Randall Terry

In 1986, Terry was arrested for the first time for chaining himself to a sink at an abortion clinic. Terry was frequently in the news because of his activities as the leader of Operation Rescue.

Terry was named as a co-defendant in the 1994 Supreme Court case, NOW v. Scheidler, a class-action suit to compel anti-abortion leaders to compensate clinics for loss of business. Terry settled out of court with the National Organization for Women. Rather than pay the settlement, Terry promptly filed for bankruptcy, prompting Senator Charles Schumer to propose an amendment to a bankruptcy bill in Congress which would "specifically ... prevent abortion opponents from using the bankruptcy code to avoid paying court fines." The amendment was not included in the final bill. In 1998, NOW obtained more than 25,000 "frequent flyer miles" which were held by Terry in order to help satisfy a legal judgment.{{cite web|url=http://www.publiceye.org/body_politic/news/now80310.htm |title=NOW LDEF Gets Randall Terry's Frequent Flier miles |publisher=Publiceye.org |access-date=February 26, 2011}}

In 1990, Terry helped to organize protests outside the hospital where Nancy Cruzan was a patient, around the time when her feeding tube was removed. The group Missouri Citizens for Life was also involved in the protests, along with the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, a former Operation Rescue staffer. He was also involved in protests which were related to the Terri Schiavo case. In 1994, Terry was a named defendant in Madsen v. Women's Health Center Inc. which ultimately made it all the way to the US Supreme Court. The Justices sided with Aware Woman Clinic and upheld a Buffer Zone.

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On March 20, 2009, the White House announced that President Barack Obama was going to speak at the May 17 Commencement of the University of Notre Dame. Terry declared that Notre Dame, which is one of the foremost Catholic universities in the nation, should not have allowed Obama to speak. Terry objected to Obama's speech because Obama supports abortion rights. In an article which was published in the university's newspaper, The Observer, Terry was quoted as stating that he planned to turn the commencement into "a circus." On the Notre Dame campus on May 1, 2009, Terry was arrested for violating a no-trespassing order. He posted a bond of $250 at the St. Joseph County Jail, was released that same day, and was assigned a court date later that month.[https://archive.today/20120714023346/http://southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090501/News01/905010173/1130 Randall Terry Bonds Out of Jail], 2009. Available only via paid archive at South Bend Tribune of Indiana. Excerpt available here [http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/05/randall-terry-bonds-out-of-south-bend.html] accessed May 29, 2009. In a statement which he released to a Christian news service, Terry claimed that Notre Dame's invitation to Obama was a betrayal of Catholic teaching, comparing it to Judas' betrayal of Jesus Christ.[http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=33463 Arrested at Notre Dame; Statement by Randall A. Terry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629170651/http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=33463 |date=June 29, 2009 }}. May 5, 2009. Christian Newswire story in Catholic Online (news).

When Kansas obstetrician George Tiller was murdered while he was serving as an usher in his Wichita church on the morning of May 31, 2009, Terry immediately issued a statement in which he denounced Tiller.[http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/7392310537.html "Dr. Tiller's Death: Randall Terry Releases Video for Pro-life Leaders Concerning Dr. Tiller's Killing"], Christian Newswire, May 31, 2009, Retrieved June 8, 2009Barnes, Robert. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/31/AR2009053101181.html Abortion Provider Shot Dead In Church], June 1, 2009. Washington Post. On the same day, June 1, Terry released a video in which he called president Barack Obama and pro-choice politicians "child killers", and he also stated that Tiller was a "mass murderer" who "reaped what he sowed." He voiced regret that Tiller was not able to "get things right with his maker" and he also stated that it was unfortunate that Tiller did not get a "trial of a jury of his peers and to have a proper execution."[http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/8514/ Randall Terry Video Statement on Tiller Murder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929111937/http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/8514/ |date=September 29, 2011 }}, June 1, 2009. Crooks and Liars. Accessed June 4, 2009. Terry's comments provoked a backlash, and Operation Rescue released a statement disavowing any connection to Terry, specifically criticizing his statement that Tiller's murder had "the potential to propel us more quickly to our goal."{{Cite web |date=2008-06-08 |title=Statements Concerning Randall Terry and His Unbiblical Lawsuit Against Troy Newman {{!}} Operation Rescue |url=https://www.operationrescue.org/noblog/three-statements-concerning-randall-terrys-unbiblical-lawsuit-against-troy-newman/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hirschhorn |first=Dan |date=18 January 2011 |title=Abortion foe plans Obama challenge |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/abortion-foe-plans-obama-challenge-047760 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529222146/https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/abortion-foe-plans-obama-challenge-047760 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Politico}} In an editorial, the Albany Times-Union accused Terry of undermining the credibility of the "generally peaceful" anti-abortion movement."Murder, in the name of life", Albany Times Union, June 4, 2009

In 2013, Terry appeared on an episode of MTV's True Life and during his appearance on the show, he advocated the criminalization of all forms of birth control. During the course of the episode he stated, "Do we want to make the pill illegal? Yes. Do we want to make the IUD illegal? Yes. The morning after pill? Yes. The patch? Yes. Anything that's a human pesticide, they all have to be made illegal. A woman has to go to jail if she kills her baby."{{cite web|last=Marty|first=Robin|title=They Are Coming for Your Birth Control: 'Do We Want to Make the Pill Illegal? Yes!'|date=April 26, 2013 |url=http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/04/25/they-are-coming-for-your-birth-control-do-we-want-to-make-the-pill-illegal-yes/|access-date=April 29, 2013}}

Terry produces and hosts a television program titled Randall Terry: The Voice of Resistance, which airs on The Walk TV{{cite web|url=http://thewalktv.wordpress.com/programs/|title=Programs|date=August 15, 2016}} and can be seen on his website "Voice of Resistance".{{cite web|url=http://www.voiceofresistance.com/|title=Home}}

In 1998, Terry ran for the United States House of Representatives in Upstate New York. Terry competed with radio station owner William "Bud" Walker for the Republican nomination to face Democratic incumbent Maurice Hinchey. Terry received the endorsement of Focus on the Family head James Dobson; however, national and state Republicans were not supportive of Terry's candidacy.Corn, David. [http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/2009/06/riding-with-an-antiabortion-fo.html Riding with an Abortion Foe Who Once Targeted Tiller] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616033044/http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/2009/06/riding-with-an-antiabortion-fo.html |date=June 16, 2009 }}. June 2, 2009. CQ Politics. Terry was defeated by Walker 53% to 35%, but he was the Right to Life Party's nominee in the general election.[http://www.publiceye.org/body_politic/news/rat80917.htm Randall Terry Defeated – Cost $100 per Vote]. September 17, 1998, at PublicEye.Org. Terry came in third place, winning 7% of the vote, with Hinchey and Walker winning 62% and 31% respectively.[http://www.nationaljournal.com/members/campaign/1998/house/ny.htm New York House Races (1998)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816065856/http://nationaljournal.com/members/campaign/1998/house/ny.htm |date=August 16, 2000 }}. September 15, 1998, National Journal. In 2000, Terry and his son Jamiel promoted the candidacy of Steve Forbes in the Republican presidential primary.

In June 2005, Terry announced plans to run in the primary against Florida Republican state senator James E. King, citing King's attempt to block legislation which would have kept Terri Schiavo alive. In August 2006, in an attempt to undermine King's support in a Republican primary the next month, Terry publicized an endorsement of King by "Bill Clinton" — actually, robo-calls by a professional impersonator of former president Bill Clinton. The two "Clinton" scripts each contained a disclaimer. One was, "Hello friend, Bill Clinton here – not really!" The other was "This is a celebrity impersonation." Terry used the scripts and the impersonator in 43,000 calls. The "no amnesty" line was a reference to immigration reform proposals which were an issue in many campaigns in 2006. On September 5, 2006, Terry was defeated in the primary, with King receiving over two-thirds of the votes which were cast.

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In January 2011, Terry announced his intention to challenge President Barack Obama in the Democratic Party primaries for the presidential election of 2012.Dwyer, Devin (January 18, 2011) [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/anti-abortion-activist-randall-terry-eyes-presidency-graphic/story?id=12639702 "Activist Vows Graphic Anti-Abortion Ads During Super Bowl"], ABC News. Retrieved January 18, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/pro-life-activist-randall-terry-looks-defeat-barack-obama-2012-dem-primaries |title=Pro-Life Activist Randall Terry Looks to Defeat Barack Obama in 2012 Dem Primaries |date=January 18, 2011 |publisher=Sunshine State News |access-date=February 26, 2011}} His campaign strategy was based upon a commercial during Super Bowl XLVI featuring graphic photographs of aborted fetuses; historically, the networks have refused all political and issue-related advertising during the Super Bowl, citing equal-time rules, and the advertisement did not air.Teinowitz, Ira. [http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/01/fox_wont_sell_super_bowl_ads_t.php Fox Won't Sell Super Bowl Ads to Candidates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111144932/http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/01/fox_wont_sell_super_bowl_ads_t.php |date=January 11, 2012 }}. TV Week. January 24, 2008.

The attempt to air the ads led to legal action{{cite web |url=http://www.rbr.com/media-news/advertising/randall-terry-run-my-ads-or-else.html |title=Randall Terry: Run my ads or else – Radio & Television Business Report |access-date=February 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205052213/http://www.rbr.com/media-news/advertising/randall-terry-run-my-ads-or-else.html |archive-date=February 5, 2012 }} and a statement by the Democratic National Committee that Terry was not a legitimate candidate,{{cite web |url=http://midwestdemocracy.com/articles/dems-say-randall-terry-not-bona-fide-candidate/ |title=Dems say Randall Terry not "bona fide" candidate | Midwest Democracy |access-date=February 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207023058/http://midwestdemocracy.com/articles/dems-say-randall-terry-not-bona-fide-candidate/ |archive-date=February 7, 2012 }} and thus should be forbidden privileges given others running.

In December 2011, he became the physical target of candidate Vermin Supreme, who sprinkled glitter over his head during a debate, claiming he was "turning Randall Terry gay."{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN9nxFLXrKU|title = Vermin Supreme on C-SPAN turning Randall Terry Gay|date = January 6, 2012|publisher = C-Span| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125224727/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN9nxFLXrKU | archive-date=January 25, 2012 }}

Terry received 18% of the vote in the 2012 Democratic Oklahoma presidential primary. He also won 12 counties in the state, including the entire panhandle, and was awarded two delegates in the Democratic primary.{{cite web | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/7/obama-renomination-wont-be-unanimous/ | title=Obama renomination won't be unanimous | work=The Washington Times | date=March 7, 2012 | access-date=March 7, 2012 | author=Dinan, Stephen}} Kansas TV station KDGL-LD{{Cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=182368|title=TV Query Results -- Video Division (FCC) USA}} channel 23, is an Independent TV station serving Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. It and its sister stations carry Randall's Walk TV program, broadcasting the length of the Panhandle. It was the only primary in which Terry won any counties or delegates. He had also appeared on the ballots in Alaska, Missouri, and New Hampshire. He received 22,858 votes or 0.3% in the Democratic primary.

Detailed below are the FEC-filed finances of Randall Terry for President Campaign Committee as of September 5, 2014

Although he lives in West Virginia, Terry paid his filing fee and ran as an independent candidate for Congress in Florida's 20th District. Incumbent Democrat Alcee Hastings won that election with 88% of the vote on November 6, 2012.{{cite news| url=http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results/florida | work=Huffington Post | title=Election results}}

{{see also|2024 Constitution National Convention}}On March 29, 2024, Terry declared his candidacy in the 2024 United States presidential election.{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2024 |title=Three Candidates for the Constitution Party Presidential Nomination to Debate on April 6 {{!}} |url=https://ballot-access.org/2024/03/30/three-candidates-for-the-constitution-party-presidential-nomination-to-debate-on-april-6/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |language=en-US}}

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He was nominated by the Constitution Party for president on April 27, 2024.{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2024 |title=Randall Terry Wins Constitution Party's Presidential Nomination {{!}} |url=https://ballot-access.org/2024/04/27/randall-terry-wins-constitution-partys-presidential-nomination/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |language=en-US}} He said he would not accept the nomination if Stephen Broden was not nominated for vice president.{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2024 |title=Constitution Party Vice-Presidential Nominee is Stephen E. Broden {{!}} |url=https://ballot-access.org/2024/04/27/constitution-party-vice-presidential-nominee-is-stephen-e-broden/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |language=en-US}} He was nominated by the Constitution Party of Oregon on May 28, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Jordan |date=May 28, 2024 |title=Constitution Party of Oregon Nominates Candidates, Names Randall Terry as Presidential Nominee |url=https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2024/05/constitution-party-of-oregon-nominates-candidates-names-randall-terry-as-presidential-nominee/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |website=Independent Political Report}} Some state parties such as Nevada and Utah rejected Terry's nomination and instead nominated convention opponent Joel Skousen.{{cite web | title=Nevada and Utah Constitution Parties Nominate Joel Skousen for President | website=Ballot Access News | date=May 28, 2024 | url=https://ballot-access.org/2024/05/28/nevada-and-utah-constitution-parties-nominate-joel-skousen-for-president/ | access-date=August 30, 2024}}

In August 2024, The New York Times reported that some Democratic Party donors and operatives were assisting Terry's ballot access efforts and seeking to promote his campaign among pro-life voters, in order to help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris by taking votes from Donald Trump.{{cite web | last=Schleifer | first=Theodore | title=To Beat Trump, Democrats Seek to Help Anti-Abortion Candidate | website=The New York Times | date=August 29, 2024 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/politics/trump-terry-anti-abortion.html | access-date=August 30, 2024 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240829220816/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/politics/trump-terry-anti-abortion.html | archive-date=August 29, 2024}}

Terry's campaign paid for ads that aired on ABC in October, during commercial breaks for ABC World News Tonight, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and The View.{{cite news|url = https://www.abc10.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/what-to-know-about-the-graphic-anti-abortion-ad-on-abc/103-0f5ebbac-58a1-4d7b-9250-e92819219102|title = What to know about the graphic anti-abortion ad airing on ABC & ABC10|work = KXTV|date = October 15, 2024|accessdate = November 30, 2024}} They drew media attention for containing graphic photos of aborted fetuses, and narration which compared celebrities who supported abortion rights to Nazis.{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/view-television-advertising-abortion-fcc-0d8c5944405d13bdccf9cd17a4891e8b|title = 'The View' abortion ad signals wider effort to use an FCC regulation to spread a message|last = Bauder|first = David|date = October 11, 2024|accessdate = November 30, 2024|work = Associated Press}}{{cite news|url = https://www.semafor.com/article/10/18/2024/the-presidential-candidate-forcing-the-view-to-air-his-ultra-grisly-abortion-ads|title = The presidential candidate forcing 'The View' to air his ultra-grisly abortion ads|date = October 18, 2024|accessdate = November 30, 2024|work = Semafor|last = Weigel|first = David|authorlink = David Weigel}} Because Terry met the Federal Communications Commission's definition of a "legally qualified candidate", ABC was required to air the advertisements without any edits, though due to their controversial content, the network ran disclaimers noting its legal duty to broadcast them and warning viewers of the imagery within.

File:Chase Oliver, Jill Stein & Randall Terry (53866448015).jpg, Stein, and Terry at the Free and Equal debate in Las Vegas.]]

Terry has been married twice. With his first wife Cindy, he had a daughter and then he fostered two additional daughters and a son. He adopted the two youngest foster children. He has four sons with his second wife, Andrea.Labash, Michael. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121019061805/http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/randall-terry-shoots-ad_654411.html?nopager=1 Randall Shoots an Ad], October 22, 2012. "The Weekly Standard.

The son of public school teachers, Terry was raised in Rochester, New York. After dropping out of high school, hitch-hiking around the United States, and returning home to work in various jobs, he attended Elim Bible Institute, graduating in 1981. He later earned degrees from Empire State College and Norwich University.{{cite news |last1=Gibson |first1=William E. |title=Congressional race targets Obama, national themes |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2012/09/25/congressional-race-targets-obama-national-themes/ |access-date=February 26, 2024 |work=Sun Sentinel |date=September 25, 2012}}

In the early 1980s, Terry married Cindy Dean, a woman who he had met in Bible school.{{Cite news |date=2011-08-20 |title=Family Values |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A32934-2004Apr21?language=printer |access-date=2025-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820123527/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A32934-2004Apr21?language=printer |archive-date=August 20, 2011 }} In 1985, he met a woman who gave birth to her second child in prison and was planning to have an abortion rather than have a third child. Terry persuaded her to continue with the pregnancy and a daughter named Tila was born later that year. In 1987, Cindy and Randall Terry had a daughter together, whom they named Faith. In March 1988, they took in Tila, then aged three, and her siblings Jamiel, 8, and Ebony, 12, as foster children. All three of them are biracial; their mother was white. Terry formally adopted the two younger children in 1994 and on his résumé, he began to describe his family as: "Children: One by birth and three black foster children," although Ebony had left home at the age of 16 in 1991.

Ebony, who was not adopted by Terry, uses the surname Whetstone, but Jamiel and Tila took and retained the surname Terry.[http://www.nndb.com/people/704/000059527/ Randall Terry], National Names Database. Accessed May 29, 2009. Ebony converted to Islam, a religion which Terry has preached is composed of "murderers" and "terrorists." In 2004, Terry described his relationship with Ebony as "good." However, Terry banned Tila from his home after she became pregnant outside of marriage twice by the age of 18; her first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage.Hinojosa, Maria. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0404/15/lol.03.html Live From... with Miles O'Brien], April 15, 2004. CNN transcript.

In 1998, when Terry was accused of advocating racism while he was running for Congress, his son Jamiel stepped forward to defend him. In 2000, Jamiel worked with his father on Steven Forbes' campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. president, and he campaigned with his father against gay marriage in Vermont. In 2004, Jamiel publicly announced that he was gay and he also wrote an article for Out Magazine, for which he was paid US$2,500. When he learned that the Out article was going to be published, Terry pre-empted Jamiel by writing an essay, "My Prodigal Son, the Homosexual", in which he writes of pain and disappointment, blames Jamiel's homosexuality and his other troubles on his childhood experiences, and contends that much of the Out Magazine article is false and was written by other people. Jamiel's response was, "My father's first and foremost aim is to protect himself. He talks about how I prostitute the family's name, but he's used the fact that he saved my sister from abortion and rescued me from hardship in his speeches and interviews. What's the difference?"

In 2000, Terry divorced Cindy Dean, his wife of 19 years, and married his former church assistant, Andrea Sue Kollmorgen.Barry, Dan. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/20/nyregion/icon-for-abortion-protesters-is-looking-for-a-second-act.html Icon for abortion protesters is looking for a second act]. July 20, 2001. New York Times. Kollmorgen, born c. 1976, was approximately 25 years old at the time of their nuptials; As a consequence of the divorce, the home on {{convert|119|acre|km2}} where he had lived with Cindy and their four children was going to be sold. In 2000, some in the press unfavorably compared his decision to divorce Cindy Dean and marry Kollmorgen to the opinion which he expressed in his 1995 book, The Judgment of God: "Families are destroyed as a father vents his mid-life crisis by abandoning his wife for a 'younger, prettier model.' "Terry, Randall. The Judgment of God. (1995). ISBN unavailable. His sentiments against divorce had been so strong that when his own parents got divorced, "Randall refused to let his children speak with their grandfather for three years," according to interviews which were conducted with the family by the Washington Post.

As a result of Terry's divorce from Cindy Dean, the pastor of the Landmark Church of Binghamton, New York, "unceremoniously tossed him out" although Terry had been a member there for 15 years.[http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2000/04/pampe.html Religious Right Leader Randall Terry Censured] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519211939/http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2000/04/pampe.html |date=May 19, 2009 }}, April 2004. Americans United for Separation of Church and State. That church had previously censured him because he had abandoned his wife and the two children while they were still living at home in preparation for divorce, and it also censured him by claiming that he was engaging in a "pattern of repeated and sinful relationships and conversations with both single and married women." After the censure and expulsion, Terry joined the Charismatic Episcopal Church, a denomination which was established in 1992.

After a period of study which commenced in 2005, Terry formally converted to Catholicism in 2006, taking the confirmation name David Mark.Drake, Tim. [http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=19866 Pro-life activist Randall Terry converts to Catholicism, still slaying dragons] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204012141/http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=19866 |date=February 4, 2007 }}. May 17, 2006. National Catholic Register. After his conversion, he disavowed his first marriage and divorce, saying, "There were tragic problems that were inherent to the marriage. According to Catholic doctrine as it has been taught to me, those problems made it an invalid sacrament."

In 2004, the Washington Post reported that Terry and Cindy's daughter was in college. Five years into his second marriage, a 2006 article in the National Catholic Register described his current family as "his three, soon to be four, rambunctious young boys." Terry's second wife, Andrea, is also an anti-abortion activist and in 2008, she was arrested for trespassing while she was leafleting a Catholic cathedral parking lot with campaign fliers for a fictitious candidate who was advocating the enslavement of African-Americans. Terry stated, "The piece was intended to be incendiary and basically a satire," a protest against vehicles in the church parking lot which, he said, carried bumper stickers supporting pro-choice political candidates, particularly Rudy Giuliani.Sly, Randy. [http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=26597 Pro-Life Workers Arrested at St. Petersburg, FL Cathedral] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011112701/http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=26597 |date=October 11, 2012 }}, January 26, 2008. Catholic Online (news).

Terry's son Jamiel was killed in an automobile accident in November 2011. They had reportedly reconciled prior to Jamiel's death.[http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/12/02/Gay_Son_of_AntiChoice_Activist_Dead_in_Car_Crash/ Gay Son of Antichoice Activist Dead in Car Crash] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204061247/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/12/02/Gay_Son_of_AntiChoice_Activist_Dead_in_Car_Crash/ |date=December 4, 2011 }} Terry's daughter Tila died in 2024.{{Cite web |title=Funeral Fund for Tila Marie Terry Cullifer |url=https://www.givesendgo.com/FuneralTilaTerryCullifer |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=GiveSendGo}}

In 2012, Terry moved his family to Romney, West Virginia, to focus on his political campaign.{{cite web|url=http://journalism.smcvt.edu/webcourses/PresidentialProfiles/randallterry.htm|title=Randall Terry: Shifting Parties for a Purpose|author=Liz Kendall and Katie Hodges|publisher=Saint Michael's College Media and American Politics class|access-date=May 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604003722/http://journalism.smcvt.edu/webcourses/PresidentialProfiles/randallterry.htm|archive-date=June 4, 2012}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Maurice D. Hinchey|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=99,249|percentage=52.56%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Maurice D. Hinchey|party=Independence Party of New York|votes=6,321|percentage=3.35%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Maurice D. Hinchey|party=Liberal Party of New York|votes=2,634|percentage=1.39%}}

{{Election box winning candidate no change|candidate=Maurice D. Hinchey (incumbent)|party=Total|votes=108,204|percentage=57.30%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=William "Bud" Walker|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=47,084|percentage=24.93%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=William "Bud" Walker|party=Conservative Party of New York State|votes=7,692|percentage=4.07%}}

{{Election box candidate no change|candidate=William "Bud" Walker|party=Total|votes=54,776|percentage=29.01%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Randall Terry|party=New York State Right to Life Party|votes=12,160|percentage=6.44%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=188,835|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = 2006 Florida Senate District 8 Republican Primary{{cite web

| title = September 5, 2006 Primary Election Republican Primary

| work = Florida Division of Elections

| url = https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9/5/2006&DATAMODE= }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = James E. King (incumbent)

|votes = 27,548

|percentage = 67.33%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Randall Terry

|votes = 13,369

|percentage = 32.67%

}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=40,917|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=2012 Florida congressional election, District 20}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Alcee Hastings (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes =214,727

| percentage = 87.90%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Randall Terry

| party = Independent

| votes = 29,553

| percentage = 12.10%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Anthony M. Dutrow (write-in)

| party = Independent

| votes = 5

| percentage = 0.00%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 244,285

| percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Randy Fine|votes=110,764|percentage=56.66%|change=-9.87%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Josh Weil|votes=83,485|percentage=42.71%|change=+9.24%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Andrew Parrott|votes=701|percentage=0.36%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Randall Terry|votes=525|percentage=0.27%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box total|votes=195,475|percentage=100.0%}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}

See 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries (ran as a Democrat) and Third-party and independent candidates for the 2024 United States presidential election (ran with the Constitution Party).

• Accessory To Murder: The Enemies, Allies, And Accomplices To The Death of Our Culture (1990) {{ISBN|0-943497-78-7}}
• Why Does A Nice Guy Like Me... Keep Getting Thrown In Jail?: How theological escapism and cultural retreatism in the Church have led to America's demise. (1993) {{ISBN|1-56384-052-9}}
• The Sword: The Blessing Of Righteous Government And The Overthrow Of Tyrants (1995) {{ISBN|1-887690-00-X}}
• A Humble Plea: To Bishops, Clergy, Laymen: Ending the Abortion Holocaust (2008) http://ahumbleplea.com

• I Believe in You
• Dark Sunglasses Day

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{{Commons category|Randall Terry}}

{{wikiquote|Randall Terry}}

• [https://www.terry2024.com/ 2024 Presidential campaign website]
• [http://voiceofresistance.org Voice of Resistance]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110412022247/http://www.terryforpresident.com/ 2012 Presidential campaign website]
• [https://archive.today/20031129050802/http://www.randallterrylive.com/ Radio show]
• {{IMDb name|2553986}}
• {{C-SPAN|9369}}

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