IThinkThereforeiFlam
iThinkThereforeiFlam | |
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House Minority Leader | |
Assumed office January 27, 2021 | |
Deputy | blockdenied |
Preceded by | Kevin McCarthy |
Leader of the House Republican Conference | |
Assumed office January 27, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Kevin McCarthy |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Dixie | |
Assumed office January 22, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Constituency | 2nd district (2021–present) |
Personal details | |
Born | iThinkThereforeiFlam January 1, 1992 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Political party | Republican Party |
Education | University of Georgia (BA) |
iThinkThereforeiFlam (born January 1, 1992) is an American politician serving as the House Minority Leader and Representative from Dixie's Second Congressional District.
A member of the Republican Party, Flam graduated from the University of Georgia before entering politics. He is widely considered to be one of the leading voices for laissez-faire capitalism and limited government in American politics.
Before Politics[edit | edit source]
iThinkThereforeiFlam was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 1, 1992. His parents soon moved to the foothills of northwest Georgia, where he attended High School. Flam went on to the University of Georgia, where he studied Political Science and Philosophy. Following graduation, Flam moved to Washington, DC, where he did research for a number of think-tanks and worked for several Members of Congress, before deciding to run for office himself.
Political Career[edit | edit source]
Run for Senate[edit | edit source]
On March 30, 2021, Flam announced his campaign to be the next Senator from Dixie in the upcoming Midterm Elections.
Congress[edit | edit source]
Flam was elected to serve as the first Representative of the newly created Second Congressional District of Dixie in January, 2021. He was selected as Minority Leader to lead the Republicans in the House shortly thereafter.
Run for Dixie Governor[edit | edit source]
Flam announced that he would be challenging incumbent Republican Governor MrWhiteyIsAwesome for the Republican nomination to be Dixie's Governor on February 20, 2021.[1] After a very contentious campaign that saw Governor Whitey on the defensive, Flam defeated the sitting Governor in a landslide.
Flam finished second in the general election, losing to the current Governor Tripplyons18.
Campaigns[edit | edit source]
Dixie Governor[edit | edit source]
General Election[edit | edit source]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tripplyons18 | 8,985,919 | 37.81% | |
Republican | iThinkThereforeiFlam | 7,423,918 | 31.23% | |
Civics People's | CryDefiance | 7,358,262 | 30.96% | |
Total votes | 23,768,099 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Republican Primary[edit | edit source]
Flam defeated incumbent Governor MrWhiteyIsAwesome in a contentious primary election. Many Republicans were disappointed with Governor Whitey's fealty to former President Trump, and it is theorized that Flam's open hostility towards Trump helped him clench the nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | iThinkThereforeIFlam | 4,037,126 | 54.83% | |
Republican | MrWhiteyIsAwesome | 2,155,163 | 29.03% | |
Republican | The_Hetch | 1,196,735 | 16.12% | |
Total votes | 7,423,918 | 100.00% |
Dixie's Second Congressional District[edit | edit source]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | iThinkThereforeiFlam | 2,738,540 | 56.61% | |
Democratic | JohnGRobertsJr | 2,098,956 | 43.39% | |
Total votes | 4,837,496 | 100.0% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Political Positions[edit | edit source]
Flam is an Objectivist and a member of the Liberty Caucus of the Republican Party.
Non-Canon[edit | edit source]
Second canon (2018-2021)[edit | edit source]
This section documents information which is no longer canon to ModelUSGov. It was canon from June 2018 until December 2020. |
Flam joined ModelUSGov and the Republican Party on February 23, 2019. Originally starting out as a member of the Dixie Assembly, Flam soon won election to the United States House of Representatives as the Member from Dixie's Second Congressional District. He became Minority Whip for the House Republican Caucus under Minority Leader Gunnz011, and after serving there for a term, he replaced Gunnz as Minority Leader for the next three terms, also serving at one point as the Member from Chesapeake's Third Congresional District.
In February 2020, Flam ran for, and won, a seat in the United States Senate from Chesapeake. He was appointed to the Vice Presidency following the appointment of Vice President Ibney00 to the Supreme Court, but opted not to remain on the ballot for President Gunnz001's reelection, deciding to retire from ModelUSGov.
Flam returned in Novemeber 2020, taking up a list seat in the House, as well as the Minority Whip position.
- ↑ "iThinkThereforeiFlam announces campaign for Governor of Dixie". reddit.com/r/ModelUSPress.