- RICK BIONDI
- U.S. SENATE
- ARIZONA
A LIBERTARIAN
Your Alternative to Senator John McCain
A FREEDOMIST
Rick Biondi is a libertarian who seeks to foster freedom at home and abroad as a means of preventing war and democide (death by government). You can read more about the reasoning behind this approach at Dr. R.J. Rummel's website.
Rick Biondi enlisted in the United States Army’s delayed entry program on his 18th birthday. After graduating from high school in 1989, he attended Basic Training, Airborne School and the Ranger Indoctrination Program at Ft. Benning, GA, and was subsequently stationed at Ft. Lewis, WA. He served with the 2nd Ranger Battalion and other infantry units until 1992.
Rick Biondi earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Washington in 1997 after matriculating from Shoreline Community College in Seattle. He continued his studies at the University of Idaho (1997-1999) where he specialized in international organizations and law. During graduate school, Rick focused on “capability theory,” which predicts that strong states use international organizations, such as the United Nations, to augment their power, while weaker states rely on such institutions to constrain the power of more capable states. His areas of research included NATO, the United Nations and the International Criminal Court. After years of studying freedom, democracy and the correlates of war and peace, Biondi concluded that the best way to achieve a secure and lasting peace is to defend and extend individual liberty through free federal union.
Coauthored: "Capability Theory and the Future of NATO's Decisionmaking Rules," Journal of Peace Research (2001)
In January of 201o, Rick Biondi started a new business, Freezona Risk Management, an insurance and risk management consulting firm. Prior to starting his own business, Rick worked as a commercial underwriting specialist for leading property and casualty insurance companies. His areas expertise include construction, manufacturing and small business.
In 2008, Rick Biondi ran for U.S. Congress in the 6th Congressional District against Representative Jeff Flake. He received roughly 3% of the vote.
Biondi is running for U.S. Senate because Arizonans can no longer trust Senator John McCain.