{"id":36418,"date":"2026-09-30T16:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=36418"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:29:17","slug":"an-overview-of-the-nra-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=36418","title":{"rendered":"An Overview Of The NRA Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have digging into the report from the Nominating Committee and the 27 nominees that they reported out. Using LinkedIn, Google, and other sources, I have been able to put together a high level overview of the candidates. Many candidates touch on multiple categories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am sure as we get closer to the election that I and others will start doing more of deep dive on all the individuals on the ballot including those who made it by petition. Speaking of which, if you haven&#8217;t signed the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=36416\">petitions of these candidates<\/a><\/strong> and you are a voting member, do so now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first breakdown is by incumbency, past service, and meeting the Final Judgment criteria for &#8220;New Qualified Candidates.&#8221; The last means they are new with no service on the Board, their service on the Board was post 2022, or that they served only one term prior to 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11 Incumbents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Prior Board Service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 Not Currently Serving as Directors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22 Meet Final Judgment criteria of &#8220;New Qualified Candidates&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next breakdown is by demographics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>23 Men<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 Women<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Minorities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Age 30 or Under (maybe)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My final breakdown is by their background. In this breakdown most candidates will hit multiple categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7 Business (Other than Financial Services)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 Financial Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 Prior NRA Employee (ILA or Field Director)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Law Enforcement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 Military Service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 Lobbyists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 Trained in Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Information Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 Attorneys (apparently only one still in practice other than lobbying or finance)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 Prior or Current Non-Elected Government Service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 Held Elected Office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Public Relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 President or Exec Director of State Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Competitors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Primarily 2A Activists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is only a thumbnail sketch of the candidates from the Nominating Committee and it comes from what I gathered independently. I did not use AI to generate this as I prefer to do my own digging.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have digging into the report from the Nominating Committee and the 27 nominees that they reported out. 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