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Article: Anatomy of a stealth candidate.(Watch on the Right)(Column)
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- The Humanist
- Article date:
- May 1, 1995
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Ron Freeman was a black fundamentalist "stealth" candidate who suddently emerged in Kansas City, Missouri, to run for Congress in both 1992 and 1994. Although he was ultimately defeated both times, his political career thus far sheds an interesting light on the electoral strategies being pursued by Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition.
The term stealth candidate was first coined by the coalition's executive director, Ralph Reed, to refer to a political unknown with no previous record who conceals his or her radical religious support and loyalty. Reed said that running stealth candidates is "just good strategy. It's like guerrilla warfare. . . . It's better to move ...