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| | == Contenders == | | == Contenders == |
| − | *[[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], who beat back an ambush [[sham impeachment]] to prevail by a landslide in the Texas Senate (''See'' [[Paxton impeachment]]) and won a federal ruling against the [[Biden regime]] for destruction of the [[Biden border crisis|border fence]]. | + | *[[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], who beat back an ambush [[sham impeachment]] (''see'' [[Paxton impeachment]]) to prevail by a landslide in the Texas Senate, and then won a unanimous Texas Supreme Court decision against media-hyped late [[abortion]] (after 20 weeks). Paxton also appealed a federal ruling against the [[Biden regime]] for destruction of the [[Biden border crisis|border fence]]. |
| | * Rep. [[Jason Smith]] (R-MO), a [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] who was a late entry and then stunning winner of the coveted chairmanship of the [[House]] [[Ways and Means Committee]], on Jan. 9, 2023.<ref>https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/trump-ally-jason-smith-to-lead-congress-s-powerful-tax-committee-1.1867784</ref> Rep. Smith became its youngest chairman ever.<ref>https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/pdfgen/2023/01/09/rep-jason-smith-picked-to-lead-house-ways-and-means-committee/75642/</ref> | | * Rep. [[Jason Smith]] (R-MO), a [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] who was a late entry and then stunning winner of the coveted chairmanship of the [[House]] [[Ways and Means Committee]], on Jan. 9, 2023.<ref>https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/trump-ally-jason-smith-to-lead-congress-s-powerful-tax-committee-1.1867784</ref> Rep. Smith became its youngest chairman ever.<ref>https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/pdfgen/2023/01/09/rep-jason-smith-picked-to-lead-house-ways-and-means-committee/75642/</ref> |
| | *Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] (R–FL), for cleverly and quickly deposing the compromising, establishmentarian [[Kevin McCarthy]] from House Speaker and ended [[Ukraine funding]] | | *Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] (R–FL), for cleverly and quickly deposing the compromising, establishmentarian [[Kevin McCarthy]] from House Speaker and ended [[Ukraine funding]] |
| | + | *Sen. [[Rand Paul]] (R-IN), for opposing endless funding of the [[NATO War in Ukraine]] and for saving a fellow senator's life with the Heimlich maneuver. |
| | + | *Sen. [[J.D. Vance]] (R-OH) |
| | *Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] (R-OH) | | *Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] (R-OH) |
| − | *Sen. [[J.D. Vance]] (R-OH)
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| | *Sen. [[Josh Hawley]] (R-MO) | | *Sen. [[Josh Hawley]] (R-MO) |
| − | *Sen. [[Rand Paul]] (R-IN)
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| | *[[True the Vote|Catherine Englebrecht]] | | *[[True the Vote|Catherine Englebrecht]] |
| | *[[Speaker of the House]] [[Mike Johnson]] (R-LA), for becoming perhaps the most [[conservative]] [[Speaker of the House]] in history | | *[[Speaker of the House]] [[Mike Johnson]] (R-LA), for becoming perhaps the most [[conservative]] [[Speaker of the House]] in history |
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| | * [[Nayib Bukele]] for his successful efforts to fight and reduce crime in [[El Salvador]] | | * [[Nayib Bukele]] for his successful efforts to fight and reduce crime in [[El Salvador]] |
| | * [[Victoria Villarruel]] for successfully defeating leftists in Argentine election along with Javier Mileli | | * [[Victoria Villarruel]] for successfully defeating leftists in Argentine election along with Javier Mileli |
| − | * [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] for exposing Ronna McDaniel, how she incompetent is | + | * [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] for exposing Ronna McDaniel, how incompetent she is |
| | * [[Geert Wilders]] for successfully winning Dutch election, being first nationalist-populist to win in North western Europe | | * [[Geert Wilders]] for successfully winning Dutch election, being first nationalist-populist to win in North western Europe |
| | * William Cogswell for winning [[Charleston]] mayor election, and being first Republican to win this seat | | * William Cogswell for winning [[Charleston]] mayor election, and being first Republican to win this seat |