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==Political career==

==Political career==

[[Liberal]] exploitation of [[early voting]] and questionable ballots caused the [[liberal media]] to insist just as the numbers had likely wrongfully stated that West lost his 2012 reelection bid to Democrat [[Patrick Murphy]] by a mere 0.7%.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_18th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012 Florida's 18th Congressional District elections, 2012]</ref> West contested the election; however, he conceded on November 20, 2012, citing "high evidentiary hurdles."<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/20/after-recount-west-concedes-in-tight-congressional-race/?hpt=hp_t2</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/20/florida-rep-allen-west-concedes/|title=Florida Rep. Allen West concedes|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|date=November 20, 2012|accessdate=November 20, 2012|work=Washington Post}}</ref>

[[Liberal]] exploitation of [[early voting]] and questionable ballots caused the [[liberal media]] to insist just as the numbers had likely wrongfully stated that West lost his 2012 reelection bid to Democrat [[Patrick Murphy]] by a mere 0.7 percent.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_18th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012 Florida's 18th Congressional District elections, 2012]</ref> West contested the election; however, he conceded on November 20, 2012, citing "high evidentiary hurdles."<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/20/after-recount-west-concedes-in-tight-congressional-race/?hpt=hp_t2</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/20/florida-rep-allen-west-concedes/|title=Florida Rep. Allen West concedes|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|date=November 20, 2012|accessdate=November 20, 2012|work=Washington Post}}</ref>

West left Florida after his congressional defeat and relocated to Texas. He is the new state Republican party chairman, having unseated the four-year incumbent, [[James Dickey]], at the first of the party's two summer conventions in an early morning vote by state senatorial districts on July 20, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/20/allen-west-james-dickey-texas-gop-chairman/|title=Allen West unseats James Dickey to become Texas GOP chairman: West defeated Dickey, who was running for a second full term, early Monday morning at a tumultuous virtual state convention|author=Patrick Svitek|date=July 20, 2020|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''}}</ref>  However West announced that effective July 11, 2021 he will step down as state GOP chairman; it is believed he plans to run for political office in Texas, either for the 32nd Congressional District (currently held by Democrat Colin Allred; the district is a swing district which leans and is trending Democrat) or to run against Governor [[Greg Abbott]] (a move which, if successful, would virtually guarantee a Democrat flip of the governorship).

West left Florida after his congressional defeat and relocated to Texas. To win the state Republican chairmanship, he unseated the four-year incumbent, [[James Dickey]] of [[Austin]], at the first of the party's two summer conventions in an early morning vote by state senatorial districts on July 20, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/20/allen-west-james-dickey-texas-gop-chairman/|title=Allen West unseats James Dickey to become Texas GOP chairman: West defeated Dickey, who was running for a second full term, early Monday morning at a tumultuous virtual state convention|author=Patrick Svitek|date=July 20, 2020|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''}}</ref>  However West announced that effective July 11, 2021 he will step down as state GOP chairman; it is believed he plans to run for political office in Texas, either for the 32nd Congressional District (currently held by Democrat Colin Allred; the district is a swing district which leans and is trending Democrat) or to run against Governor [[Greg Abbott]] (a move which, if successful, could virtually guarantee a Democrat flip of the governorship).

After a year as [[Texas]] [[GOP]] chairman, West resigned to challenge Governor [[Greg Abbott]] in the primary scheduled for March 1, 2022. With West's candidacy imminent, Abbott suddenly agreed to spend state funds to complete gaps in the border wall, as West had called upon him to do.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2021/06/allen-west-to-resign-as-texas-gop-chairman-will-he-seek-higher-office/|title=Allen West To Resign As Texas GOP Chairman: ‘Prayerfully Considering’ Run For Governor|author=Andy Hogue|date=June 4, 2021|publisher=Thehayride.com|accessdate=June 11, 2021}}</ref>

After a year as state chairman, West resigned to challenge Governor Abbott in the primary scheduled for March 1, 2022. With West's candidacy imminent, Abbott suddenly agreed to spend state funds to complete gaps in the border wall, as West had called upon him to do.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2021/06/allen-west-to-resign-as-texas-gop-chairman-will-he-seek-higher-office/|title=Allen West To Resign As Texas GOP Chairman: ‘Prayerfully Considering’ Run For Governor|author=Andy Hogue|date=June 4, 2021|publisher=Thehayride.com|accessdate=June 11, 2021}}</ref>

He and his wife, Angela, have two children. In August 2021, Mrs. West was arrested for driving under the influence though she had not been drinking. This may be a political vendetta by Dallas police aimed at the conservative West, who is despised by the Democrats and the [[Moderate Republican]] establishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelibertydaily.com/political-setup-dallas-pd-releases-arrest-video-of-clearly-unimpaired-angela-west/|title=Political Setup? Dallas PD Releases Arrest Video of Clearly Unimpaired Angela West}author=J.D. Rucker|date=August 23 2021|accessdate=August 24, 2021}}</ref>3e= • Aug. 23, 2021

West and his wife, Angela, have two children. In August 2021, Mrs. West was arrested for driving under the influence though she had not been drinking. This may be a political vendetta by Dallas police aimed at the conservative West, who is despised by the Democrats and the [[Moderate Republican]] establishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelibertydaily.com/political-setup-dallas-pd-releases-arrest-video-of-clearly-unimpaired-angela-west/|title=Political Setup? Dallas PD Releases Arrest Video of Clearly Unimpaired Angela West}author=J.D. Rucker|date=August 23 2021|accessdate=August 24, 2021}}</ref>3e= • Aug. 23, 2021

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