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Adrian Galysh
From Ballotpedia
Adrian Galysh was a 2010 Libertarian candidate for District 20 of the California State Senate. The primary election was on June 8, 2010, and the general election was on November 2.
Biography
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Galysh earned his bachelor's degree from Duquesne University. His professional experience includes working as a musician, music teacher and for a music accessories business.
Campaign themes
2010
Galysh's website highlighted the following campaign issues:
- Your Candidate
- Excerpt: "Adrian Galysh believes you are better able to run your life than any politician can. Adrian wants you to be free — free to live your life as you want to live it, not as the Republican and Democratic politicians think is best."
- The Economy
- Excerpt: "Californians cannot afford to alienate businesses with excessive taxes, regulation, and the nation's worst workers' compensation system. However, supporting business does not mean that businesses should receive subsidies and other forms of corporate welfare. "
- Part Time Legislature
- Excerpt: "California’s government has a full-time spending problem. I support a constitutional amendment that would turn California’s full-time legislature into a part-time legislature..."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Your tax money should be returned to you, so that you may use it for the public or private (nonprofit or for profit; religious or secular) school or college of your choice."
- Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Politicians love to posture as friends of particular groups — women, children, and people suffering from a particular disease — by forcing insurance companies to cover some medical procedure that's important to a target audience. But every time the government (state or federal) forces insurers to include another benefit in your policy, your premium has to go up."
- Gun Laws
- Excerpt: "Like so many well-meaning laws in this country, gun laws injure the innocent while allowing the guilty to continue slipping through the net. And the gun laws are particularly tragic because they cause so many deaths."
- Marijuana and Drug Laws
- Excerpt: "Before there were drug laws in America, we did not have the drug problems we have today. And prior to the government's declaration of war on drugs in the 1960's, there were no muggers on the street trying to support a $100-a-day habit, no pushers on high school campuses trying to hook children on drugs, no gangs fighting over drug territories, no drive-by shootings, no crack babies, no overdose problems. "[1]
Elections
2010
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2010
Galysh was defeated in the November 2 general election by incumbent Democrat Alex Padilla.[2]
External links
- October 30, 2010 snapshot of Galysh's campaign website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- List of candidates certified for the June 8, 2010 primary in California
Footnotes
Current members of the California State Senate
Leadership
Minority Leader:Brian Jones
Senators
District 1
Megan Dahle (R)
District 2
Mike McGuire (D)
District 3
District 4
District 5
Jerry McNerney (D)
District 6
Roger Niello (R)
District 7
Jesse Arreguín (D)
District 8
Angelique Ashby (D)
District 9
Tim Grayson (D)
District 10
Aisha Wahab (D)
District 11
Scott Wiener (D)
District 12
Shannon Grove (R)
District 13
Josh Becker (D)
District 14
Anna Caballero (D)
District 15
Dave Cortese (D)
District 16
Melissa Hurtado (D)
District 17
John Laird (D)
District 18
Steve Padilla (D)
District 19
District 20
District 21
S. Limón (D)
District 22
Susan Rubio (D)
District 23
District 24
Ben Allen (D)
District 25
District 26
Maria Durazo (D)
District 27
Henry Stern (D)
District 28
District 29
Eloise Reyes (D)
District 30
Bob Archuleta (D)
District 31
District 32
Kelly Seyarto (R)
District 33
Lena Gonzalez (D)
District 34
Tom Umberg (D)
District 35
Laura Richardson (D)
District 36
Tony Strickland (R)
District 37
Steven Choi (R)
District 38
District 39
Akilah Weber (D)
District 40
Brian Jones (R)
Democratic Party (30)
Republican Party (10)
