Mike Lumpkin

Mike Lumpkin

Mike Lumpkin (age 43) is the Democratic Party nominee running for the United States Congress in California's 52nd congressional district. [ [http://lumpkinforcongress.com/ Candidate website] ] He was endorsed by the California Democratic Party for the primary election in 2008 [cite news | url=http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2008/03/democratic_party_backs_candida.html | title=Democratic Party backs candidates | publisher=San Diego Union Tribune | date=March 31, 2008] and won with 59% of the votes.cite news | url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/politics/16485579/detail.html | title=Hunter Wins GOP Congressional Primary - Son Of Incumbent To Face Democrat In November |author=Troy Hirsch | publisher=NBC San Diego | date=June 4, 2008]

Lumpkin is a retired United States Navy SEAL Commander [cite news | url=http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2008/04/52nd_congressional_candidates.html | title=52nd Congressional candidates tout endorsements | publisher=San Diego Union Tribune | date=April 19, 2008] and an Iraq War Veteran, at one time in charge of all Special Forces in Iraq whose military experience also includes working in an interrogation facility [cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326026,00.html | title=Ex-Colonel Defends Controversial Actions in Iraq, Runs for Florida House Seat | author=Kelley Beaucar Vlahos | publisher=Fox News | date=January 28, 2008] and executing counternarcotics operations in Central and South America. [cite news | url=http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2008/09/09/veterans-of-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-campaign-for-seats-in-congress.html?PageNr=1 | title=Veterans of Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign For Seats in Congress | author=Katherine Skiba | date=September 9, 2008 | publisher=U.S. News and World Report] He has a Master's Degree in National Securitycite web | url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/11/04/ca/state/vote/lumpkin_m/ | title=Voter information for Michael D. "Mike" Lumpkin | publisher=League of Women Voters | accessdate=September 20, 2008] from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.cite news | url=http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/12/news/sandiego/13_02_059_11_07.txt | title=Former Navy SEAL enters race for Hunter's seat | author=EDWARD SIFUENTES | date=September 11, 2007 | publisher=North County Times] Lumpkin was born in Oceanside, California, grew up in Vista, California and attended the University of California, San Diego; He now lives in Jamul, California and has a grown son and two granddaughters.

Political positions

* Self-proclaimed "fiscal conservative".cite news | url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080713/news_mz1e13hotsea.html | title=Hot seat: Mike Lumpkin | publisher=San Diego Union Tribune | date=July 13, 2008]
* "Earmark spending must be for emergencies like natural disasters or wartime."
* Gun owner.
* Former Republican.

References

External links

* [http://www.lumpkinforcongress.com/ Mike Lumpkin for Congress] official campaign site


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