Brad Klippert

Brad Klippert is an American Republican politician who is a member of the Washington House of Representatives. He ran for the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 2006.

Career

Klippert is a Pentecostal minister and a sheriff's deputy for the Benton County sheriff's department, serving as a school officer during legislative sessions and a patrol officer at other times. Klippert was in the U.S. Army Reserves in 1987 and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard.

Klippert joined the Washington House of Representatives in 2008 and was re-elected that year and again in 2010. He is currently an Assistant Minority Whip.

Political positions

A political and social conservative, Klippert supports the death penalty, the Patriot Act, and "limited" wiretapping of U.S. citizens by the National Security Agency, and opposes abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and affirmative action.

2004 U.S. Senate election

Klippert ran for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat of Patty Murray. He lost the primary to U.S. Representative George Nethercutt 432,748–29,870. Murray was re-elected at the general election.

2006 U.S. Senate election

Klippert ran in the Republican primary against former insurance corporation CEO Mike McGavick for the Senate seat held by Democrat Maria Cantwell. He came in distant second place, with seven percent of the vote against McGavick's 85 percent. Cantwell went on to win the general election.

See also

• Washington United States Senate election, 2006

External links

• Personal website