Todd Young being the other former Lugar staffer currently running for Congress.
This one is Phil Troyer, a financial services lawyer (previously of Washington, now of Fort Wayne), who intends to announce a primary challenge to Mark Souder on Tuesday:
Phil Troyer to Announce Candidacy for Congress
(FORT WAYNE) Phil Troyer, a Fort Wayne attorney, will announce his intention to challenge incumbent U.S. Congressman Mark Souder in the 2010 Republican Primary during press conferences to be held at the following times and locations:
Chestnut Hills Clubhouse (off U.S. 14) in Fort Wayne – Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ 8:00 a.m.
Goshen Public Library – Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ 4:00 p.m.
Troyer, a former aide to U.S. Senators Dan Coats (R-IN) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) and campaign manager for Rick Hawks’ 1990 congressional challenge race, brings considerable political experience to the race. “Frankly, I had no intention of returning to politics,” said Troyer. “Working on Capitol Hill was a tremendous opportunity for someone who grew up in small towns like Etna Green and Shipshewana. However, I decided to move back to northeastern Indiana to concentrate on raising a family and building a career outside of government.”
Troyer currently serves as General Counsel for a national financial services firm whose parent company was recently named the 2nd fastest growing privately-held company in the country by Inc. magazine. “I have a great job and was not looking to change careers,” noted Troyer. “However, when Congressman Souder voted in favor of the $700,000,000,000.00 bailout of Wall Street, I decided someone needed to do something.”
I am not thinking that “worked for Dick Lugar” is going to be a big selling point with conservative Republican primary voters. It’s certainly not what a smart, conservative candidate would want to start their resume with or list as their first qualification in a campaign announcement press release (unless he’s either not smart, or not conservative, or both).
Also, let me get this straight. Troyer work as a lawyer for a big national financial services company. So big that he doesn’t mention its name in his press release, but important enough to his resume that he mentions it anyway.
And, since he works in the financial industry, he’s basing his campaign on complaining that Mark Souder voted to bail out the financial industry.
What?
Wow.
Pot, meet kettle.
Anyway, Troyer’s challenge to Souder will be the third Congressional primary for Republicans in Indiana, after the 5th District and the 9th District (the latter having probably just gotten considerably less interesting and more, well, over).
This post is also available at Hoosierpundit.
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Scott,
Thanks for the post. I got a chuckle out of it.
I don’t know which is worse, being criticized for managing a district office for Senator Lugar (2008 National Taxpayers Union rating – 51%) twenty years ago or having Sylvia Smith call me a former “ally” of Congressman Souder (2008 National Taxpayers Union rating – 51%). From the numbers, it looks like a tie.
I know it will be tough for some “conservatives” to swallow, but my campaign will prove that you can’t support Congressman Souder and claim to oppose wasteful federal spending. You will have to choose a side to avoid hypocracy. Look for a lot more on that topic at my announcement on Tuesday.
As for my employer, it is NRP Financial. The company is based in Bryan, Ohio, which is not quite Wall Street. However, as a licensed securities principal, I understand how the markets work and why it was unnecessary to give Goldman Sachs billions of our tax dollars. All I can say is that the executives at Goldman should send Congressman Souder one hell of a fruit basket. He earned it.
Again, thanks for the post. However, I would appreciate it if, next time, you could include my entire press release – even the parts that disclose Congressman Souder’s record on spending. The truth is going to get out in any event. You might as well be on the right side of it.
Since you’re running a primary challenge to Souder and apparently view his National Taxpayers Union rating to be inadequate, would you also encourage a similar primary challenge to Lugar (since Lugar’s is the same)?
As for quoting the entirety of your press release, please appreciate that it’s not our job to quote entire press releases. Getting press for your press releases is, well, your job. I think that people can understand that you’re challenging Souder on the basis of his record of spending and bailouts without us quoting what amount to lengthy talking points.
And, all of that being said, good luck. I’m personally of the opinion that the Republican Party, being as it is (or tries to be, or should be) the party of competition and free markets, should support competition and the marketplace of ideas in primaries, too. That can be taken to lengths that are counterproductive, but tends to be healthy.
I hope that any primary in the 3rd district will be of the healthy sort.
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