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Barry Jacobsen
Barry Jacobsen (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 44. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Jacobsen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Barry Jacobsen was born in Los Angeles, California. He served in the U.S. Army from 1980 to 1988. His career experience includes working as a business owner.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 44
Incumbent Laura Friedman defeated Barry Jacobsen in the general election for California State Assembly District 44 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Laura Friedman (D) | 71.4 | 113,380 |
 | Barry Jacobsen (R)  | 28.6 | 45,519 | |
| Total votes: 158,899 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 44
Incumbent Laura Friedman and Barry Jacobsen advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 44 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Laura Friedman (D) | 73.2 | 80,209 |
| ✔ | | Barry Jacobsen (R) | 26.8 | 29,381 |
| Total votes: 109,590 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Barry Jacobsen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jacobsen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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He served throughout the Reagan Years, on various special ops in Asia, Central America and Africa, combating communist expansion. After leaving the Army Barry built a career in hyperbaric oxygen therapy and today owns and operates a medical clinic in Beverly Hills. Father of three, grandfather of two, Barry has a son presently serving his country in the US Army.
Throughout his life Barry was a parachutist, scuba diver, avid backpacker, historian and writer, and was featured on and involved in the production of the hit television series, “Deadliest Warrior”. Having served his country, built a business and raised a family, Barry is now prepared to serve his country again, his native California and his neighbors and friends in the 44th District .
- I am running to bring sanity back to California state government. We must stop allowing ourselves to be divided by party. Instead, we must start thinking and acting as fellow Californians, and work together to make California the place to be, not the place to flee.
- Homelessness, crime, the flight of business, rising prices and shortages, and parental rights and authority when it comes to what their children are being taught in our schools: these are the top issues most of us agree need to be addressed. I will work to find pragmatic and sensible solutions, not just band-aids. .
- The "Scarcity Lobby" has too long controlled Sacramento and worked to create artificial shortages of water, power, and food. This is the Golden State. We were once among the top agricultural producers in the country, one of the top energy producers and exporters, and only four other states have more coastline. We should be desalinating Ocean water and provide enough water not only for our own needs, but be able to export it to the South Western states at a profit. We must renew our energy production, creating a stable grid that that supports our future energy consumption. And we must support and encourage our farmers, and make California again the breadbasket of the country.
2. Parental authority/parental choice - Parents, not School Boards or teachers, must have the sole authority to determine when their children are exposed to human sexuality. Schools should not be teaching transgendered propaganda, and encouraging children's gender confusion. Nor should schools be teaching Marxism or Critical Race Theory, and teaching our children to hate our country. Parents must have the right to place their children in schools that best serve their needs, and their tax dollars should follow wherever the student goes.
2. Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
3. Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell
2. Water: As a state that borders the Pacific Ocean the only thing stopping us from meeting our water needs, and becoming a net water exporter, is lack of vision and will. Desalination is a proven technology that supplies the water needs of the entire Middle East, with Israel being a water exporter to its neighbors. California needs follow that example. Next, we must improve our water collection and reclamation faculties. Every rainy season we watch water wash into the storm drains and out to sea. It is vital that we capture this runoff, purify and return it to our storage basins for future use.
3. Business: Jobs are leaving the state at record numbers, as California has become a hostile place to open and maintain a business. Small business is the backbone of America, our greatest source of employment and a part of the America dream that allows everyone to work hard, follow their vision, and create a sustainable business. But taxes and burdensome regulations are driving employers out of state, and furthering an unemployed dependence class rather than an independent working middle class.
Education: Our children are the future of our society, and today schools are failing the students and the parents. Radical leftism has taken over our education system, and I will protect the rights of parents to determine what their children learn in the classroom.
Military and Veterans Affairs: As a veteran and member of a family of veterans (4 generations), I feel very strongly about the treatment of our veterans and the opportunities California should provide. Further, we are the home to many military bases and facilities, and someone with experience is needed to contribute to the effectiveness of this committee.
Water, Parks, and Wildlife: California has for years mismanaged its resources, and failed to adequately provide for water reclamation and storage.
"Oh, Mrs. O'Toole, I have terrible news fer ya", he says. "Yer husband, Patrick, he fell into a vat of Guinness and drowned!"
"Oh", she cries, "that is terrible news indeed! I hope it was quick."
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 9, 2022
