Andrew Kaza
Andrew Kaza was a 2014 Independent candidate for District 16 of the Oregon State Senate.
Campaign themes
2014
Kaza's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
- Excerpt: "I will never support a general sales tax in any way, shape or form."
- Excerpt: "We need new policies to increase affordable lending to farms, small business and to improve infrastructure. We need to keep a college education within reach of all Oregonians."
- Excerpt: "We need to reverse the "Johnson agenda." It is high time to put people and families ahead of corporate interests. I will be a tireless advocate for ordinary Oregonians by pushing for legislation to end such inequitable and unjust provisions in our law."
Elections
2014
- See also: Oregon State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Oregon State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014. Incumbent Betsy Johnson was unopposed in the Democratic primary. She also ran as a write-in candidate on the Republican party ticket. Robert Ekstrom ran as a Constitution Party candidate and Perry Roll ran as a Libertarian candidate. Andrew Kaza also ran as an Independent and Working Families Party candidate. Johnson defeated Ekstrom, Roll and Kaza in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Betsy Johnson Incumbent |
70% | 34,324 | |
| Independent | Andrew Kaza (Independent & Working Families) | 13.5% | 6,603 | |
| Constitution | Robert Ekstrom | 12.2% | 5,985 | |
| Libertarian | Perry Roll | 3.9% | 1,901 | |
| None | Miscellaneous | 0.4% | 193 | |
| Total Votes | 49,006 | |||
Endorsements
2014
In 2014, Kaza's endorsements included the following:[5]
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for "Andrew + Kaza + Oregon + Senate'"
- All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.
See also
- Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Oregon State Legislature
- Oregon State Senate
- Oregon State Senate District 16
External links
- Official campaign website
- Andrew Kaza on Twitter
- Andrew Kaza on LinkedIn
- Andrew Kaza on YouTube
- Oregon State Legislature
Footnotes
- ↑ Andrew Kaza, "On the Issues," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official Results - May 20, 2014 Primary Election," accessed July 8, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing," accessed March 15, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official general election results for 2014," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Outpost, "Betsy Johnson Stiffed by Working Families Party.," accessed August 28, 2014
