Born to a military family in [[Washington State]], Maness was an unsuccessful Republican U.S. Senate candidfagte in 2014. He lost out to fellow Repubican [[Bill Cassidy]] of [[Baton Rouge]], who unseated then sitting [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator [[Mary Landrieu]]. Maness endorsed Cassidy in the runoff contest against Landrieu. Maness was endorsed in that race by former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], the 2008 Republican candidate for [[Vice President of the United States]]. | Born to a military family in [[Washington State]], Maness was an unsuccessful Republican U.S. Senate candidfagte in 2014. He lost out to fellow Repubican [[Bill Cassidy]] of [[Baton Rouge]], who unseated then sitting [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator [[Mary Landrieu]]. Maness endorsed Cassidy in the runoff contest against Landrieu. Maness was endorsed in that race by former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], the 2008 Republican candidate for [[Vice President of the United States]]. |