In 2006, Ron Paul won 60% of the vote against Democratic opponent Shane Sklar, a young rancher and Executive Director of the Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas (ICA) who ran on a promise to serve as a fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrat and received a slightly more favorable rating from the NRA, in attempt to defeat the popular Paul. In 2008, Paul was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the primary. Libertarian Eugene J. Flynn filed to run on December 20, 2007. [http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/12/20/libertarian-files-for-pauls-cd-14-seat/][https://web.archive.org/web/20080516194328/http://lptexas.org/candidates.shtml]. The district extends from several far southern and southeastern areas of Houston, including Galveston and Brazoria County, to the Bay City, Wharton County, and Victoria areas.