Antonio Sunseri

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Antonio Sunseri

Progressive Party

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Last election

November 8, 2022

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Antonio Sunseri (Progressive Party) (also known as AJ) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 60. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Sunseri completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 60

Incumbent Mark Owens defeated Antonio Sunseri in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 60 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Owens (R / D / Independent Party)	89.2	24,496
		Antonio Sunseri (Progressive Party)	10.3	2,837
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	131

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 60

Incumbent Mark Owens advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 60 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Owens (Write-in)	34.3	138
		Other/Write-in votes	65.7	264

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 402
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 60

Incumbent Mark Owens advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 60 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Owens	99.1	9,665
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	84

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,749
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Antonio Sunseri completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sunseri's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am 23 years old and I have lived in this district almost my entire life. I am running for office in 2022 so that there will be more than one options for voters. I am a member of the Oregon Progressive Party.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• PRO-CHOICE - I am fed up with anti-choice politicians who want to control other people's bodies. Your body, your choice, not the legislature's.

• TAXES - Oregon has the 4th highest income taxes on people living near or below the poverty line. The state should not be taking their revenue from the most vulnerable citizens. We need a progressive tax rate.

• MORE CATTLE - Our rangelands and forests are poorly managed by both the federal government and the State of Oregon. In order protect the soil from degradation and desertification, as well as to sequester carbon, we need to increase the stock of cattle and most importantly, move them with more control. It is impossible for ranchers or environmentalists to get this done under our current land management practices.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

GMOs- I believe that we should label packaged foods if they were genetically modified in a way that is not natural.

State Bank- I believe Oregon should establish a publicly owned State Bank. North Dakota has this, but the other 49 states do not. It is a good alternative to fund state projects, compared to national banks from Wall Street, which do not have Oregonians best interest in mind.

Campaign Finance Reform- No big money tampering in our elections.

Addiction resources - Rural parts of the State are in desperate need of drug addiction and mental health services. In the five counties this district encompasses, there is only one rehab center. Drug addiction will get worse in our communities if we do not get more resources for the issue. Every County should have something.

Oil & Coal- I do not support using public money to transport coal and oil by train in Oregon. I do not support exporting fossil fuels from our ports.

Unicameral Legislature- it is unnecessary for us to have a bicameral legislature. The districts are the same in either chamber, every State Senate seat is made up of two State House seats. I propose that we introduce a constitutional amendment in Oregon that abolishes the bicameral legislature and replaces it with a 100 member assembly. This would make every house district less than two thirds of it's current size. This change would make the legislature better because representation would be more local in rural areas.

What are the benefits and drawbacks of a unicameral state legislature, in your opinion?

A unicameral legislature would make rural districts smaller. District 60 grew by an entire county after redistricting. Bicameral legislature is an unnecessary extra step that slows government and legislation down. 100 members of a unicameral legislative body would be great, in my opinion.

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

Yes. I don't think that they should be preoccupied with other political or administrative positions while they are a legislator. Like overseeing economic development in one county while serving as legislator in another, for instance.

What process do you favor for redistricting?

Independent committee with local voices - no gerrymandering. I believe congressional representatives should be elected statewide and given there position based on the percentage of the vote. So if half of Oregon votes for a slate of Democrats, then three seats are apportioned to that party. The reason I think this is because people are going to be better represented by someone with the same views as them and the congressional district model does not work to do that because we have two supermajority districts in District 2 and 3. Third party voters like me will likely not see representation in congress without an apportionment system for selecting congressional delegates statewide.

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Footnotes

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Oregon's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jeff Merkley (D)

Ron Wyden (D)

Representatives

District 1

Suzanne Bonamici (D)

District 2

Cliff Bentz (R)

District 3

Maxine Dexter (D)

District 4

Val Hoyle (D)

District 5

Janelle Bynum (D)

District 6

Andrea Salinas (D)

Democratic Party (7)

Republican Party (1)