Editing Ron Paul (section)

=== Elections ===
In 1974, incumbent [[Robert R. Casey]] defeated him for the [[Texas's 22nd congressional district|22nd district]].<ref name="psul"/> President [[Gerald Ford]] later appointed Casey to the [[Federal Maritime Commission]], and Paul won an April 1976 [[special election]] to the vacant office after a [[Two-round system|runoff]].<ref name="1976-election">{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eswtAAAAIBAJ&dq=ron%20paul&pg=1316%2C978854 |title=Names in the News |work=[[Tri-City Herald]] |date=April 4, 1976}}{{dead link|date=April 2016}}</ref><ref name="casey">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wFXP0ZxhxE0C&q=Robert+R.+Casey+%22Federal+Maritime+Commission&pg=PA270 |title=A Concise History of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations |author=House Committee Print |date=December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070323/23paulfacts.htm |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Ron Paul |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |date=March 23, 2007 |first=Danielle |last=Burton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517082524/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070323/23paulfacts.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Paul lost the next regular election to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Robert Gammage]] by fewer than 300&nbsp;votes (0.2%), but defeated Gammage in a 1978 rematch, and was reelected in 1980 and 1982.<ref name="fewer-than-300">{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6TZfAAAAIBAJ&dq=ron%20paul&pg=4829%2C3755468 |title=In Texas |work=The Bonham Daily Favorite |date=November 12, 1976}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C14FA395B167493C6A9178AD95F428785F9 |title=Many Democrats in South Winon Carter's Coattails; G.O.P. Weakened in Region at All Political Levels |date=November 4, 1976 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=B. Drummond Jr. |last=Ayres}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/douthat-Pariahs-and-Prophets.html |title=Pariahs and Prophets |work=The New York Times |date=December 31, 2011 |first=Ross |last=Douthat |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109114706/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/douthat-Pariahs-and-Prophets.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> Gammage underestimated Paul's popularity among local mothers: "I had real difficulty down in [[Brazoria County, Texas|Brazoria County]], where he practiced, because he'd delivered half the babies in the county. There were only two obstetricians in the county, and the other one was his partner."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15016924 |title=Paul Has Long Drawn Support from Unlikely Places |publisher=NPR |date=October 7, 2007 |author=Goodwyn, Wade |work=the '08 Candidates' First Campaign |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228231605/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15016924 |archive-date=December 28, 2007 |url-status=live |author-link=Wade Goodwyn}}</ref>