Todd Akin

I may not be the favourite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made a decision.

I'm standing for real freedom.

We have a long heritage of freedom that defines America. We believe there is a Creator who blessed us with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.