Candidate Spotlight - Preston Gabriel Nelson, Libertarian for Illinois' 8th District

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 12:55 p.m.

Preston Nelson\xa0(Libertarian Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent\xa0Illinois' 8th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on\xa0November 3, 2020.\nPreston Nelson is a 30 year old Information Technology professional, amateur linguist, and inventor who hates what he sees happening in his government.\nNelson was raised, first as a Christian, and second as a Republican. He has since forsaken the \u201crepublican\u201d label, but he clings to his faith, and considers Christian morals as the foundation of his opposition to the Republicrat establishment.\nAs a child, Nelson cheered when George Bush went after those bad guys in Iraq and Afghanistan, but as an adolescent, he saw through Bush\u2019s war lies, considered politics hopeless, and stopped paying attention.\nAs a young man, Nelson stumbled across the Libertarian Party (thanks to Ron Paul.) Learning that, compared to the D and R parties, Libertarians in Illinois required 10-times the number of people to sign their petition, just in order to have their names written on the ballot, and further learning that Republican lawyers filed suit against the Libertarian petitions every year in an attempt to nullify them, or at least waste the Libertarians\u2019 time and money in court, Nelson was outraged, and immediately began working in Public Relations for the Libertarian Party of Illinois.\nHistorically, Libertarian campaigns are a crap shoot, so in 2018, Nelson ran in the Republican Primary against incumbent U.S. Representative Mike Bost. Nelson focused his campaign on 3 issues: Foreign Policy Reform and Bringing Troops Home; Ending Corporate Factory-Farm Subsidies; Monetary Reform to Stop Endless Inflation and Currency Devaluation, and he won 17% of the Republican primary election vote, even while writing \u201cLibertarian\u201d on all of his campaign literature.\nThis year, Nelson is running Libertarian, in a 2-way race with a incumbent Democrat. His issues remain the same:\n\nEnding decades-long wars which now only serve to hurt our global standing, while bankrupting the nation to enrich the Military Industrial Complex\n\nLetting people keep their own money, instead of taxing it to give to big agribusinesses which produce unhealthy food\n\nBoosting the American economy by balancing the budget, and protecting the Dollar from inflation and devaluation.\n\n\nNeed someone to talk to?\nBetterhelp.com/gml\nInterested in learning how to Day Trade?\nMastermytrades.com\nSupport the show and join the live group!\nPatreon.com/goodmorningliberty\nProtect your wealth, escape taxation, and live like a true Libertarian by going to:\nExpatmoneyshow.com\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices