Robbie Starbuck

The last poll done in the race before I was removed from the ballot.

And by the way, I was endorsed by pretty much everybody.

The last poll before I leave the race, there was a 30 point gap between me and the second person who eventually became the congressman for the district, somebody I really don't like.

But that's another story for another day.

So when this happens, I get removed from the ballot.

I sue.

I win in state court.

The state court says, yes, he absolutely should go back on the ballot.

So that's what's going to happen.

Then last minute, I think it was like 48 hours before ballots are printed, they take it to the Supreme Court.

The state Republican Party appeals to the state Supreme Court.

State Supreme Court, I think, as everybody knows, is appointed by establishment governors typically.

And so they side with the party and say, yeah, they can just remove him for any reason they want.

And so I was removed from the ballot, could not run.

as a Republican.

And at that point, it's too late to put your name on the ballot as an independent or something like that, which I wouldn't have wanted to do anyways, because I am a Republican.

I've been one my whole life.

So instead, what people did is there was the most protest votes in congressional history of write-ins, of people writing my name in in protest.

Because you can't realistically win a massive congressional race, a federal race like that with write-in votes.

And I actually told quite a few people I didn't want them to do this because I wanted to ensure that sort of best person won that primary, which, you know, I don't think really ended up the case.