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===Presidential Primary Race===

===Presidential Primary Race===

As of December 2006, Gilmore felt that the declared candidates for the 2008 Republican nomination for President were insufficiently [[conservative]] and launched an exploratory committee, enabling him to start raising money for his run.  Despite a disappointing showing in the first quarter of 2007's [[money primary]] (he even came in behind [[Dennis Kucinich]]), Gilmore pressed on, officially declaring his candidacy on April 26, 2007, which entitled him to participate in all three of the televised [[debates]] that spring. In his campaign speeches, Gilmore continued to emphasize that he was more conservative than the [[first tier]], which he dismissed with the phrase "Rudy McRomney," a clever conflation of their names. On July 14, 2007 he withdrew from the race to get the Republican presidential nomination<ref>http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=128449&ran=117844</ref>.  

As of December 2006, Gilmore felt that the declared candidates for the 2008 Republican nomination for President were insufficiently [[conservative]] and launched an exploratory committee, enabling him to start raising money for his run.  Despite a disappointing showing in the first quarter of 2007's [[money primary]] (he even came in behind [[Dennis Kucinich]]), Gilmore pressed on, officially declaring his candidacy on April 26, 2007, which entitled him to participate in all three of the televised [[debates]] that spring. In his campaign speeches, Gilmore continued to emphasize that he was more conservative than the [[first tier]], which he dismissed with the phrase "Rudy McRomney," a clever conflation of their names. On July 14, 2007 he withdrew from the race to get the Republican presidential nomination<ref>http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=128449&ran=117844</ref>.  

==References==

==References==

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==External Links==

==External Links==

*[http://www.gilmoreforpresident.com/ Gilmore for President]

*[http://www.gilmoreforpresident.com/ Gilmore for President]