Brayden Olson
Brayden Olson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Washington's 8th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the primary on August 7, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
Kim Schrier defeated Dino Rossi in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 8 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 8
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kim Schrier (D) | 52.4 | 164,089 |
 | Dino Rossi (R) | 47.6 | 148,968 | |
| Total votes: 313,057 | |||
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Top-two primary
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 8 on August 7, 2018.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dino Rossi (R) | 43.1 | 73,288 |
| ✔ | | Kim Schrier (D) | 18.7 | 31,837 |
 | Jason Rittereiser (D) | 18.1 | 30,708 | |
 | Shannon Hader (D) | 12.5 | 21,317 | |
 | Jack Hughes-Hageman (R) | 2.5 | 4,270 | |
| Gordon Allen Pross (R) | 1.2 | 2,081 | ||
| Thomas Cramer (D) | 0.9 | 1,468 | ||
 | William Eugene Grassie (Independent) | 0.7 | 1,163 | |
| Richard Reyes (L) | 0.7 | 1,154 | ||
 | Keith Arnold (Independent) | 0.6 | 1,090 | |
 | Patrick Dillon (Neither Major Party) | 0.5 | 898 | |
| Todd Mahaffey (Independent) | 0.4 | 673 | ||
| Total votes: 169,947 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Kostenko (D)
- Poga Ahn (D)
- Robert Hunziker (D)
- Brayden Olson (D)
Campaign themes
2018
January 17, 2018, candidate forum
When asked, "If elected, what would you do to bring economic improvement to the rural communities in your district?" the candidate said the following:
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I’ve actually worked on legislation on this very topic and the question is about how we can do things in rural areas, just not for the country as a whole. I worked on the Washington Jobs Act of 2014 because I’m a huge proponent of equity job funding. The middle class has not gotten a raise since the 1980s. All of the wealth aggregates to the top. First to the cities, then to the millionaires, then to the 1 percent. So we need ways for communities to invest in themselves. Equity crowdfunding enables that to happen because if someone wants to open a new bar or restaurant or create a new job or buy equipment for their farm, people can do that thing and then they benefit from the wealth that’s created. So you keep the wealth in the community, you keep the jobs in the community, and if we want a system of government that’s going to build rural areas, we can’t just attack the federal legislation.”[1] |
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| —Brayden Olson (2018)[2] | ||
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2018
- Washington's 8th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Daily Record News, “Candidates address community concerns at district forum,” accessed January 17, 2018
