Brandon Reiser
Brandon Reiser (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 48th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Reiser completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 48
Harley Rouda defeated incumbent Dana Rohrabacher in the general election for U.S. House California District 48 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Harley Rouda (D) | 53.6 | 157,837 | |
| Dana Rohrabacher (R) | 46.4 | 136,899 | ||
| Total votes: 294,736 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 48
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 48 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dana Rohrabacher (R) | 30.3 | 52,737 | |
| ✔ | Harley Rouda (D) | 17.3 | 30,099 | |
| Hans Keirstead (D) | 17.2 | 29,974 | ||
| Scott Baugh (R) | 15.8 | 27,514 | ||
| Omar Siddiqui (D) | 5.0 | 8,658 | ||
| John Gabbard (R) | 3.3 | 5,664 | ||
| Rachel Payne (D) | 2.1 | 3,598 | ||
| Paul Martin (R) | 1.7 | 2,893 | ||
| Shastina Sandman (R) | 1.6 | 2,762 | ||
| Michael Kotick (D) | 1.5 | 2,606 | ||
| Laura Oatman (D) | 1.4 | 2,412 | ||
 | Deanie Schaarsmith (D) | 0.8 | 1,433 | |
| Tony Zarkades (D) | 0.7 | 1,281 | ||
| Brandon Reiser (L) | 0.6 | 964 | ||
| Stelian Onufrei (R) | 0.4 | 739 | ||
| Kevin Kensinger (Independent) | 0.4 | 690 | ||
| Total votes: 174,024 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Boyd Roberts (D)
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Brandon Reiser participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 20, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Brandon Reiser's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | I’m running for Congress to slash wasteful government spending, bring our troops home from Afghanistan and end the failed War on Drugs[2][3] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Immigration. It's critical that we pass DACA through the legislative process.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Brandon Reiser answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Justin Amash. Justin is a highly principled representative who does an excellent job communicating with his constituents.[3] | ” |
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- California's 48th Congressional District election, 2018
- California's 48th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Brandon Reiser's responses," May 20, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
