Hello, my name is Victor Kocher (pronounced “Ko-her”).

I grew up in a rural community where volunteering to help was more the norm than turning to the government for help.

I earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Professional Accountancy from WVU (West Virginia University). During that time, I had to take a course in Income Tax Law and that is where I became concerned how the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) could easily morph into an American KGB. And those concerns were considered by others as far-fetched back then. (sound familiar?)

I considered myself to be a Republican until 1998; that is when I learned, while doing some research for my business, that Strom Thurmond, a REPUBLICAN, voted FOR the Brady Bill and Ernest Hollings, a DEMOCRAT, voted AGAINST it. This epiphany shook me to my core. I had to go back and check my results FIVE different times before I could accept it to be true. I FELT BETRAYED! I felt betrayed to the point that I convinced myself that I wasn’t going to waste my time voting ever again!

After some time had passed, I persuaded myself that NOT being involved in the political process would hand those who betrayed me a political victory. So, I looked for a new political party. It took me a couple of years to feel that the Libertarian Party was the party for me.

I am running for Congress in order to stop and push back the slow Progressive encroachments on our Liberties so that future generations may enjoy the blessings of these Liberties.

I would appreciate your support and vote on June 20, 2017.