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Bongino: How to Run as a Conservative, Contrary to Party Advice

Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?

By Dan Bongino originally posted at ConservativeReview.com

Imagine this, you are a foot soldier in a battle where the opposing army fields 190,000 soldiers to your 138,000. Not only are you out-manned, but the opposing army is funded by one of the wealthiest landowners in the region, and the battlefield you are fighting on is surrounded by hostile forces.

Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? This scenario is analogous to the landscape I was facing in my fight to reclaim Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District for the Republican Party. The district, grotesquely gerrymandered in 2010 to virtually ensure Democratic dominance, comprises 190,000 Democratic voters and 138,000 Republican voters and is the ninth largest in the country. Adding to the challenges for any Republican choosing to run there is the personal wealth of the current Democratic occupant of the House seat. Rep. John Delaney, who is the third wealthiest member of Congress and was president of the 2012 freshman class of House Democrats. Combine all of these disadvantages with the fact that the Sixth District is in deep-blue Maryland and contains large swaths of the left-leaning Washington, D.C. suburbs and you have a recipe for lopsided Republican losses.

Despite these challenges, I chose to run an unapologetically Libertarian/Conservative campaign in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District and, although I conceded the race, we are down to counting the remaining absentee ballots to determine just how close we came to pulling off an upset. I’ve seen a lot of “To Do” lists through the years but, in the interests of providing some potentially helpful information for readers and future candidates I decided to put together a “To Don’t” list, or a list of things either not to do, or not to expect, if you decide to run for office in a tough district.

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Deneen Borelli

Deneen Borelli is the author of Blacklash: How Obama and the Left are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation. Deneen is a contributor with Newsmax Broadcasting. She is a former Fox News contributor and has appeared regularly on “Hannity,” “Fox & Friends,” “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” and “America’s Newsroom.” She has also appeared on Fox Business Network programs “Making Money with Charles Payne,” “The Evening Edit with Liz MacDonald,” and “Cavuto: Coast to Coast.” Previously, Deneen appeared on MSNBC, CNN, the BBC and C-SPAN. In addition to television, Deneen co-hosted radio programs on the SiriusXM Patriot channel with her husband Tom. Recently, Deneen co-hosted the Reigniting Liberty podcast with Tom. Deneen is a frequent speaker at political events, including the FreedomWorks 9.12.2009 March on D.C. which drew a crowd estimated at over 800,000 people. Deneen is also an Ambassador with CloutHub.com, a social media platform that promotes free speech, and with the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) which advances policies that put Americans first. Deneen testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources in May 2011 and before the Ohio House Public Utilities Committee in December 2011. Previously, Deneen was a BlazeTV.com host, Outreach Director with FreedomWorks.org overseeing its Empower.org outreach program, a Project 21 Senior Fellow, and Manager of Media Relations with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Prior to joining CORE, Deneen worked at Philip Morris USA for 20 years. During her corporate career at Philip Morris she worked in various positions, her last as Project Management Coordinator in the Information Management department where she was responsible for the department’s mandated quality processes, communications, sales information and database management. Deneen began her Philip Morris career as a secretary and advanced to positions of increasing responsibilities. Deneen worked full-time and attended classes at night for 11 years to earn her B.A. in Managerial Marketing from Pace University, New York City. Deneen served on the Board of Trustees with The Opportunity Charter School in Harlem, New York. She appeared in educational videos for children, worked as a runway fashion model, and auditioned for television commercials. Her interests include ancient history, pistol target shooting, photography, and volunteering at her church. Deneen currently resides in Connecticut with her husband Tom.

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