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10 Facts About Larry Kilgore

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Larry SECEDE Kilgore was born on 1965 and is a political activist in the Texas Secessionist Movement.

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Larry Kilgore is a perennial Republican candidate who has run in multiple Texas statewide elections.

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Larry Kilgore is one of the most prominent supporters of Texas secession.

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Larry Kilgore ran for governor in 2006 and came second in the Republican primary behind Governor Rick Perry with 50,119 votes.

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Larry Kilgore then ran for the US Senate in 2008 and came second in the Republican primary behind Senator John Cornyn with 225,897 votes.

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Larry Kilgore ran again for governor in 2014 but was not a factor in the March 4 nomination of fellow Republican Greg Abbott, the outgoing state attorney general, who succeeded Perry as governor in January 2015.

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Larry Kilgore ran for the Republican nomination for governor in the March 6,2018 Republican Party Primary Election, against Abbott and Barbara Krueger.

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Larry Kilgore has advanced a number of other policies in his political bids, mainly based on what he considers biblical law.

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Larry Kilgore believes that Abraham Lincoln was the American equivalent of Adolf Hitler.

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Larry Kilgore discussed this view and his support for secessionism in general when he appeared in a segment of The Daily Show on 21 February 2013.