Richard Castaldo
Richard "Richie" Michael Castaldo | |
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| Born | December 2, 1981 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Political party | Libertarian |
Richie Castaldo (born December 2, 1981) is an American Minister, Father, and political candidate who ran for office of U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in 2018 and 2020. Richard is a defender of home schooling, liberty for all, and serving his community of Afton, Oklahoma.
Richie pastors GrandLakeLife Church, which he launched in 2015 in partnership with Life.Church, an organization in Oklahoma City.[1]
Education
Richie graduated from Grove Public Schools in May of 2000 (K-12). He received his Associate’s from NEO A&M in Miami and his Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville. He is currently a student of Global Grace University for a Master’s in Biblical Counseling.[2]
Political career
Richie is a member of the Libertarian Party and a lifetime member of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma. As such, he ran for U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in 2018. The race was a four-way election. Richie received 4,140 votes, or 1.9% of the total ballots cast.
[3] It was the first time a registered Libertarian was on the ballot for this seat. The Libertarian Party only formally gained ballot access under Oklahoma's strict party ballot access laws in 2016. [4] [5]
Richard is running once again in 2020 for the same seat, with the election to be held on November 3, 2020. The election this time will be a three-way race against a Republican incumbent and a Democratic challenger.[6]
Personal Life
Richie is a Christian and a father of two, Elisha and Isaiah. His wife, Kathy, is a traveling nurse (R.N.). For the last two years, she has served a contract on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico.
References
- ↑ https://www.grandlakenews.com/news/20170414/grand-lake-life-church-to-launch-sunday
- ↑ https://www.richiecastaldo.vote/about
- ↑ "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2020-12-14.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/libertarian-party-now-established-in-oklahoma/article_d52dfb27-719b-50ca-a458-b4cac4a1c3ea.html
- ↑ https://www.lp.org/news-press-releases-libertarian-party-will-be-on-november-ballot-in-oklahoma/
- ↑ https://www.ok.gov/elections/Election_Info/Upcoming_Elections/index.html
External links
- https://www.richiecastaldo.vote/ Archived 2020-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Castaldo
- https://twitter.com/richiecastaldo
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