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Brian Belzer
Brian Belzer (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on November 8, 2022.
Belzer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brian Belzer was born in Meadville, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. His career experience includes working as a mechanic. As of his 2022 campaign, Belzer had served as a volunteer firefighter in the Prairieville Fire Department since 1994. He previously served as a volunteer in the Gonzales Fire Department for four years. He also worked for the St. George Fire Department for two years. Belzer has been affiliated with the Louisiana State Firefighters Association and Lionfish Invitational Research Expedition organizations.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6
Incumbent Garret Graves won election outright against Rufus Craig and Brian Belzer in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Garret Graves (R) | 80.4 | 189,684 |
 | Rufus Craig (L) | 13.0 | 30,709 | |
 | Brian Belzer (R)  | 6.6 | 15,535 | |
| Total votes: 235,928 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jaqueline Blaney (D)
- Scott Sonnier (R)
Endorsements
To view Belzer's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brian Belzer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Belzer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Our way of life and our liberties are becoming a focal point in this nation. Some people are just letting it happen while the majority are strong willed and looking for a resolution. They are vigilant in what they want done, but are feeling powerless to get it done! I am one of those Americans that feel it is time to get back to our fundamentals and give the government back to the people the way it should be! There needs to be accountability and justice! WE THE PEOPLE know what needs to be done and I am hoping that that will start with me.
- I am an America First candidate and I am a MAGA Supporter!
- I want less big government in our lives!
- I WANT TERM LIMITS!!! We need to get the establishment out!
Making America Great Again!!!
Second, I look up to all those that have given their lives for America for our Freedoms that are trying to be ripped away from us! I joined the Marines to try to help myself, but was hurt in training and received a medical discharge before I could get out in the world.
Integrity
PERIOD!
They all have platforms that look out for the American people and businesses first and want to eliminate unneeded taxes and regulations to better this Country.
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Campaign website
Belzer's campaign website stated the following:
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Brian's Thoughts About Term Limits 8 years. That’s it. Politicians are getting too greedy and are getting in bed with too many influencers that are making them do stuff for the money instead of the people. Being in Congress should not be a career! It should be a short service to your community and America to keep this country GREAT! I will term limit myself to 4 two-year terms (8 years). If I can’t accomplish what needs to be accomplished, then someone else needs to step up and get it done! That’s the way it needs to be. I can promise you I will do everything in my power to get term limits approved by the people!
Americans need Americans to build our future. We do not need to rely on the rest of the world to be the Greatest Country!! I want to see more federal money going to the states for OUR education instead of the wasteful spending in other countries! WE HAVE A PROBLEM! WE can fix this problem by investing in ourselves. Not everyone needs a white collar job. Tradesmen are our future. We need to get federal dollars to the people that need it most - welders, pipe fitters, diesel mechanics, auto mechanics, a/c repair personnel, carpenters, truck drivers, pipeline workers, hair dressers, any trade that can give people the sense of accomplishment they need to be fulfilled in life. Not everyone is cut out for college. But everyone needs a trade! We need to provide the opportunities. Those opportunities seem so far away to many people and they feel as if it is not attainable. We have to give the guidance and assistance needed to make people want those opportunities. Louisiana needs skilled workers. Federal money needs to be injected into our economy by way of educational job training for those that need it the most. America needs the money!! Not the rest of the world!!
America is a GREAT nation that is losing track of what it means to take care of our own. Our citizens are being thrown to the curb because they have a mental illness that no one wants to deal with! Depression, suicide, anxiety, to name a few, are more prevalant than ever. It is our responsibility as a country to assist our fellow Americans in any way we can! Our advancement in medicine can help over 95% of mental health problems. We just need to get the help to where it needs to go. It is as simple as it sounds. Get rid of the bureaucracy and get it done!!
Our military needs to be strong and ready. I am for continued money for our military every year. We have to be a strong nation. Period.
Fully funding the border wall and adding more officers This pretty much speaks for itself!
It’s sad that it comes down to this, but there has to be a law to stop this madness from ever happening again! No local, state or federal government should have the power to discriminate against someone who refuses to take a non proven vaccine or medicine by way of firing them or taking their rights away from them. This should already be a HIPPA violation but I want to make it law. Also the hospitals and doctors should not be held under the gun to follow draconian measures set forth by the government! They are doctorsfor a reason! They know what they are doing!
I am all for alternative power and less emissions for Louisiana and our country but we need to keep the workers working. We will never be free of fossil fuels. They are part of our everyday lives. We need to continue researching solar, wind and nuclear power but we cannot just stop producing carbon based fuel and oil. The oil industry is a great provider of jobs and money for Louisiana. It is always finding safer and better ways to produce the products we need for everyday life. Louisiana and the rest of the country needs the petrochemical industry!
The VA is way too bureaucratic. Their budget is $300 Billion and yet they are constantly letting our vets down. The government does NOT need to be in the business of healthcare! I will propose legislation to allow private insurance companies to bid on contracts for veteran healthcare. Get the money away from the bureaucrats and give it to the people that know the healthcare industry. Every Vet deserves a primary care physician that will KNOW there patient intimately. They sacrificed so much for this country and are getting the bureaucratic shaft!
Everyone needs to be given an opportunity in life including all the immigrants in our country. But they need to do it the legal way. We need to reform the immigration laws to help ease the burden of citizenship but need to be vigilant in keeping the criminals out! The southern border wall needs to be fully funded and completed!
There is more than enough money for America to operate on! I will work hard on passing a bill that will limit the amount of expenditures in a single bill. Five expenditures per bill is enough for any spending bill that is for a specific purpose! If the Bill is for infrastructure, then items involving infrastructure should be the only items in the bill! Congress put a moratorium on the practice of earmarking in 2010. In 2021, the current Congress lifted the ban! This ban needs to be set in stone!
As has been proven over the last year, Executive power to enact and maintain emergency mandates and orders is being abused in the name of government control! Our personal healthcare rights, liberties and personal choices are being trampled on at an alarming rate! I feel Congress needs to be able to oversee the emergency powers of the President after a certain amount of time if it involves the American people. After any emergency health declaration, Congress should be involved in the continued process of these declarations. After 60 days, Congress should have to decide if the order is continued or not. If it is, every 120 days thereafter, Congress will have to review it and decide whether to continue it again.
Everyone dislikes the media! I feel it is beyond past the time to pass legislation to make them responsible for their actions! The media should be held to a higher standard when it comes to truths and lies. They are the ones to whom the American People are trying to get the facts from. When they lie, don’t tell the whole truth, or just plain ignore news that needs to be told, they need to be held accountable. I propose a bill to hit them in the pocket book with fines whenever they are choosing ratings over TRUTH! Create an entity that will make sure they are not lying or telling half-truths before the real truth comes out. If they blatantly lie or try to discredit a true story, they will be fined a large amount.
Local, State and Federal governments SHOULD NOT have the power to tell us what our medical needs are and what to put in our bodies. That is a decision between you and your doctors! You should not be “punished” for not “obeying” the government. Tyranny starts with our rights being taken away! Our Constitutional Rights as Americans are guaranteed! The first 10 Amendments are called “The Bill of Rights”, not the Bill of Allowances!
The honest, law abiding citizen is not the problem in this country. The crooked politicians who release criminals from jail and the criminals themselves are! Guns don’t shoot people! People shoot people! Every law abiding citizen should be able to carry a pistol on them either concealed or open at any time. Of course they need to go through the same steps they do already with a background check but everyone that purchases guns from dealers already have to do that! Except the criminals! They do whatever they want anyway. To go even further, I feel there should be a Federal Carry card for anyone that likes to buy guns and suppressors, that allows them to purchase these items from dealers without having to go through the lengthy ATF waiting period. Send in your prints and application, unless you already have a CCP, then you can use that info, then get the federal card valid for 5 years. Law abiding citizens should be able to buy what they want without having to pay a $200 tax stamp!
Parents and teachers need to have more power to decide what our children learn. The Federal Government needs to oversee the states and make sure certain things are followed, but the states need the power to control the final outcome. I will work on legislation that stops certain things that hurt our children like CRT and gentrification. Parents need to be the one to talk to their children about issues like that- not schools! We also need to do away with Common Core Math and medical mandates. We need common sense education not do as I think education. Not as specific as State Legislation, but an overview of what needs to be taken out of the textbooks and what rights the parents have when it comes to their children. The government does not know what is best for OUR children. That has been proven again and again.
As a volunteer and former paid firefighter, I know the importance of training. It means the difference between life and death! Both yours and the firefighters! The National Fire Academy is the main resource for all local and state, volunteer and paid firemen training. i will push for legislation to not only have standardized fire fighting training nationwide but also fund a National Fire Academy to ensure fire fighters get the training they need to save lives and survive the rigors of their jobs.[2] |
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| —Brian Belzer's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 10, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Belzer for Change, “Platform,” accessed August 10, 2022
