There’s nothing slick about Kurt Maddox. He’s not always politically correct. And he calls himself the outsider. But this self-made businessman from Gravette, Ark., says he’s the right person to represent Arkansas in Congress.

“I think America needs to elect citizen legislators, not career politicians,” Maddox said, as he sat at a desk inside his campaign headquarters in a small storefront in downtown Gravette, population 1,864.

Kurt and his wife, Dawn, came from humble beginnings, but they’ve always dreamed big. This campaign for Congress is no exception. The campaign is gaining momentum from its center in Gravette. “Real folks are relating to my message.”
The Maddoxes have six children and say they both want their kids to experience their own successes.

“That’s what we’re losing right now; we’re losing our opportunity for prosperity. I’ve never been more concerned about America and its future, and I’ve never been more angry about what career politicians and special interests are doing to this nation.

“Dawn and I can’t sit back and do nothing. We want our children to go to college and have a successful life, but we have to fight like our lives depend on it against the professional politicians and the special interests literally mortgaging our country into financial ruin.

“That’s why I’m running for Congress.”

Kurt said his grassroots campaign has caught fire. More and more Arkansas citizens are getting on board.

He says he has been encouraging the voters to visit his website, NoBrownCows.com.

“We’re comparing career politicians to brown cows because they do the same thing day after day. They feed at the trough of special interests at taxpayer expense. And that’s a problem because the powerbrokers in Washington, D.C., have mortgaged our children’s future.”

Maddox has also created what he calls “The Razorback Pledge,” which he says is simply a commitment to be a servant to the citizens of Arkansas, and to never become a career politician while in Congress.

In the Razorback Pledge, Maddox states he will:
• Limit himself to eight years in Congress.
• Give half of his first term’s salary to Arkansas charities.
• Keep more of his staff in Arkansas than in Washington, D.C., and keep office expenses low.
• And never accept campaign money from special-interest PACs or lobbyists.

 

As a result, Maddox says his only special interests will be putting America first and representing the people of Arkansas, just as the Founding Fathers intended.

“I am challenging my opponents to sign the pledge also and asking the citizens of Arkansas to join me by signing up to support someone with Arkansas’ interests at heart, not D.C. interests, ” Maddox said.

Kurt and Dawn grew up in middle-income working homes. Both sets of parents were in the ministry. Kurt’s mother was a music teacher and his father a high school counselor.

“We were rich in faith and heritage but we certainly lived from day to day with grace on our side. Our belief was through hard work and putting our faith in God, we could prosper and do better. It’s the American dream, and there’s nothing I believe more passionately in,” Maddox said.

As a high school student, to work his way through college, Kurt began cleaning dorm rooms at the University of Arkansas and apartments as a business. It eventually grew into a janitorial service that has employed hundreds of people, and now, at 40, Kurt is in the real estate business.

Maddox says, in spite of the current crisis in America, he remains hopeful. “But conservatives need to do more, even if it means sacrificing for their country; we simply must, if we are indeed to save our nation for future generations.”