Another possible presidential nominee.
. In 2010, Amash was elected as a so-called Tea Party Republican to represent Michigan’s 3rd congressional district, winning the primary over four other candidates, during the 2010 Tea Party wave, when the conservative-populist movement was at its peak.
During his time as a representative, Amash has differed from his House Republican colleagues on many occasions by sticking with libertarian ideals and opposing excessive federal surveillance powers and American intervention abroad. In 2015, he was a founding member of the, which includes some of the most conservative House Republicans, and whose stated goal was to take power away from entrenched leadership.
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