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After a great PotUS elections between President Deepchill and Rainy Sunday we have turned the corner once again and find ourselves in another heated race. This one all be it is far closer. Originally the expected candidates would be 4 but I was forced to step down when my employer asked me to take over their Social Media department and to be honest I am so glad I did as it left a race between the 3 most likely next Fed PP's. Without further a due here are your candidates for Federalist Party President:





This has already become a tight race with two being tied multiple times and the third being right on their heels. You don't want to miss out on the tightest race since Apollo vs Evil Elvis back in May. The poll closes tomorrow in just over 24 hours so take sometime and make your vote count and your voice heard!

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As a party we always have an open door for anyone who wants to donate their time to the party and make a difference. As the Second Oldest and Largest Political Party in the eUSA Community we have a long and storied history. We were able to reach such heights due to the work by our dedicated party members. From every level and position we have grown into a formidable force and the sky is the limit. If you wish to become a staff member then either talk with a member of the Party Leadership or fill out the forum below!

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For those who know me you already know the story and for those of you who don't let me bring you into my world for a bit. In real life I am a 27 year old Divorced Father of Three amazing children and I work as a Regional Truck Driver spending most of my time in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, and Wisconsin. I contribute about 20+ hours a week to the party while working over 70+ hours a week, some call me dedicated and others just nuts! Mainly I get told to get a life but hey I got my eLife so I am good. Well I do so much work for the party and the community not just out of Passion but because in my situation in life I have a big hill to climb and so I do all I can to keep busy. I recently took a two week reprieve from the community to focus on my RL job but have since returned to full active duty because I missed the friendships, conversations and over all fun I have had as a member of the Federalist Party and former SHIELD member.

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 Back in the Beta / v1 Days

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Originally I played a game called Nation States and many of the original Beta players came from this same platform and I had recently left the game due to the NationStates2 Debacle and went looking for a new place to waste my time. Luckily I found eRepublik and created an account back in early August 2008. I quickly learned the game and even was elected as Party President during my first month. I found the party lacking ( a small t6 party with maybe 14 members ) and moved onto the RfC where I meet my first friends Ron Paul and Justinious Mcwalburgson III. I took over the reigns of Internal Development ( Staffing ) and Web Development from ThisGenMedia ( Teacher / Franco / Harrison Richardson ) and did well; even becoming a congress member, but after Ron Paul was ousted by Desert Falcon I began to step back from eRepublik and left entirely around November 2008.

I once again returned to the game full time; March 2009, when my old friend Justinious asked me to return as he could use the help to re-organize the UiP after his run as PotUS. There I meet some new friends and even became a Captain with the US Army; back when the US Mil was the national Military Unit. I worked for my good friend Jameson L. Tai; who was Army XO under Knojerakk. After another couple of months I started having issues in RL with my marriage and was pulled away for 5 Long Years.

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 On a Whim

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My life had taken a turn for the worst over the last 5 years and I ended up cheated on, divorced and with my children been kidnapped by my ex-wife and taken back to Iowa. Well long story short I returned to Iowa and did all I could to fight in court but with Iowa being so biased and uncaring of my Children's Rights I spent $4,000 without a justifiable outcome. During this time I spent a year with an employer who worked me to the bone ( 90+ Hours a Week ) and it all came to an end when oddly enough my landlord asked me if we could end the lease early as he wanted to take over the top Apartment as the bottom one was becoming too clustered for him to be happy and he wanted the bigger space I had. Well it's a good thing I elected to do as he wanted and ended my lease early because not even a month later my employer who was killing me forced me to quit. So on Tuesday June 10th I was out of a job; which I got a new job less than 4 days later woot woot.

To keep my mind from going to the dark side during all of this on a whim after receiving an email from eRepublik I re-opened my account and began rebuilding. I quickly found out that Simulated Organism's ( Org's ) were no longer accessible and had been quietly removed as a feature of the game. I lost 2 companies and ton's of Gold without a resolution and so I wrote an article blasting Plato. After once again ready to quit for good I met my new best friend; WookyJack ( 5am Saint ). He and I began talking after he made a comment on my article and he won me over with his true kindness and I joined the Federalist Party and SHIELD on May 15th, 2014.

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 Work, Work and more Work

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After joining the Party and MU I began to see why he was so passionate about it and quickly began taking it all in. While I was unable to take a job at the time because of my work schedule I began to pester and push for my future within the Party and MU. Around June I was asked by [url=http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/6531258
]BamaBettie[/url], the then HAMMER Director and Fun Department Director, to join another Beta player who recently came back Jake Coltrane as a Co-Deputy Director of the Fun Department. I lasted about 2 weeks until the issue with my job forced me out and I was left to deal with the RL issues mentioned above.

During that time BamaBettie left, Apollo lost to Evil Elvis and I started getting my life together and was ready to make a big return. Then finally in the August Party President Primary my good friend was elected; WookyJack. He had asked me to become his Fun Department Director as dk3dknight and BamaBettie had both stepped a way for a bit. I tried as much as I could but I could never fill the shoes of either one and really only got the Lucky Lotto back up and running.

During WookyJack's second term as PP I was asked to be Fun Director and Chief of Staff as Apollo221 once again returned to College. I took the role seriously and finally the greatest Fun Director of all time had return to activity and began showing me why he was always the Fun Director; dk3dknight. During Apollo's first absence I took over his reigns as Fed Radio Co-Host to continue helping dk3dknight who even with taking time away from the Fun Department never left Fed Radio and kept it going no matter what obstacles he faced.

I really enjoyed my time as WookyJack's CoS and was glad to hand over the reigns of the Fun Department to more capable hands. During WookyJack's administration I felt I had accomplished alot and managed to do Lucky Lotto and get Fed Awards back up and running with the help of the then Media Director dk3dknight; Nickbergman had recently stepped down to get more time in RL and be with his family. Once WookyJack's second and final term finally was nearing it's end it became clear that the next PP would probably Trekker but both myself and dk3dknight made sure to put up one heck of a fight even at one point dk3dknight made an awesomely funny video. However we got our butts handed to us and Trekker took the Primary like no one else.

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 Recent Times

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At the end of WookyJack's final term I moved to a little town in eastern Iowa with a horrible ISP who wanted $75 a month for 1 gig download and 14 kb upload while not reimburing me if the connection didn't work and they wanted a 2 year contract. So I was left to relying on my Sprint connection which sucks at my house lol. Well once it became official I was asked to be Trekker's Vice Party President and Media Director, happily swapping roles with dk3dknight so he could once more take the reigns of Fun Department and I could try my hand at the Media Department. For the remainder of Trekkers first term I became an article posting machine as we introduced the now famous Mini-FPR series such as this.

After a really successful month both Nationally and in the Party I was asked to step back to just Media Director as the ever Famous Molly Emma was thinking of returning to Party Politics after her rest from her two terms as PotUS. I gave up the position of VPP to Molly and stuck with mainly the Media Director role. During this time I spent a fair amount of time Nationally as well becoming the Director of the Census Bureau after Dave Guyla was promoted to XO of the United States Armed Forces; our national military unit. Under Tyler's second term as PotUS I had done a few contest's but it became clear that the National Forum trolls such as Pfeiffer and Aramec where determined to do all they could to anger me and I subsequently slowed my work in the DoCB.

After Oblige was elected to PotUS after a hot race with our guy Dave Gulya barely lossing to the 6th time former President I was again asked to be the Director of the Census Bureau but as a part of the Department of Interior as a Special Deputy SoI. After a month of fighting to get the resources I needed for the Department I just gave up on the National Scene and focused on the Party. Partly due to the turn in my RL where on what would have been the 8th Wedding Anniversary I signed my divorce papers. Due to this change I had to step away for a couple of weeks and handed the Role of Media Director over to the everly increasing Fed Force that is Dave Gulya. During this time my old friend WookyJack retired from SHIELD and handed the reigns to our other good friend and Cool Kids Club ( cKc ) brother Nickbergman who had finally returned to us from RL! While on a break I temporarily retired from SHIELD and joined VMA-214 the Blacksheep MU and spent time hanging out with the likes of Roper, Henry William French and Arrden until recently when I was asked to return to both my roles.

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 Today and the Future

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After 2 weeks off I returned to the Media Director position and the ever happy Dave got all into his Recruiting and new Role as the XO of SHIELD. I didn't have a really productive first week as I am now home most weekends and with my crappy home connection it's tough getting the media out some days and sadly I missed an FPR last week and for that I want to personally apologize to all of you. I also have had trouble getting out the PB's on a daily basis and fell behind on keeping the site and wiki updated and I assure you I will get it all cleaned up by Christmas; including the national stuffs such as the DoE, DoI, and DoCB.

Now I know you asking yourself why did he spend the time to go into so much detail well, I am sitting here at Tyson's in Storm Lake, Iowa and have no internet connection as I am in Roaming and over my limit which reset's at midnight but oddly enough I will post this after midnight so these tense's are all off. Don't beat me Eli please no more beatings I beg you, just have a heart and give me mercy oh old timer fed.

This is my third FPR-Mini since returning and I plan to have another couple more out by Monday and the ever needed FPR for this week. Also on the horizon is the Fed Awards Ceremony which was delayed due to a lack of availability on my part as I have spent every weekend at home and been stuck with 8 hour breaks all week. Next week we have a lot planned and I would highly recommend you getting acquainted with the party and joining up to rise through the ranks as I have and so has everyone else in the party.

As you can tell I work hard and that is why I have managed to win the Fed Award - Work-a-holic Fed 3 months in a row. I want someone to challenge me for that Award so you better bring you A game!