GOP Candidate Changes His Name, Says Real Name Sounds Like A Girl’s

Conrad Reynolds, seeking the Republican nomination in the race for U.S. Senate in Arkansas, speaks to supporters in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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An Arkansas congressional candidate has officially changed his name before May’s primary election — and the change can be traced back to his displeasure that his given name, he says, sounds like a girl’s.

Conrad Reynolds, who is seeking the GOP nomination in Arkansas’s 2nd congressional district, legally changed his name to “Colonel Conrad Reynolds” because people had come to know the 29-year Army veteran by his rank, CNN reported.

But “Conrad” isn’t Reynolds’ real name either. He was born Conald Reynolds, according to CNN, but didn’t like that it was shortened to Connie — typically a girl’s name — so he started going by Conrad. He picked that name in honor of Robert Conrad, a television actor from the 1960’s.

No word on whether Reynolds is aware of Connie Mack III and IV, a Florida father and son who served in Congress over the last three decades.

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  1. We had neighbors, Conrad and Conrad Jr.

    Everybody called them Connie and it was no big deal. Small rural farm town.

    The girl next door was also Connie, short for Constance>

    Makes me think of “A Boy Named Sue” lol

    AR dude should change his name to P***y Galore

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