Bruce Boyer (California)
Bruce Boyer (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 26th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Bruce Boyer was born in Reseda, California. Boyer served in the United States Army as a non-commissioned officer, where he specialized in nuclear biological and chemical warfare. Boyer's career experience includes working as a small business owner and entrepreneur and working as a professional cowboy.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: California's 26th Congressional District election, 2024
California's 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 26
Incumbent Julia Brownley defeated Michael Koslow in the general election for U.S. House California District 26 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Julia Brownley (D) | 56.1 | 187,393 |
 | Michael Koslow (R)  | 43.9 | 146,913 | |
| Total votes: 334,306 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 26
Incumbent Julia Brownley and Michael Koslow defeated Bruce Boyer and Chris Anstead in the primary for U.S. House California District 26 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julia Brownley (D) | 51.4 | 84,997 |
| ✔ | | Michael Koslow (R) | 33.8 | 55,908 |
 | Bruce Boyer (R) | 10.7 | 17,707 | |
 | Chris Anstead (D) | 4.1 | 6,841 | |
| Total votes: 165,453 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Marotta (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Boyer in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign website
Boyer’s campaign website stated the following:
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Stand With Israel THE U.S. STANDS WITH ISRAEL! Those who are evil (e.g. Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran) are clear that their goal is to destroy Israel, kill all the people, and destroy the U.S.A. Israel has been our strongest ally since their founding in 1948. Israel stands rock solid with the U.S. We must support Israel, to insure that Israel has all that it needs to defend itself. We must back Israel so that Israel can do whatever they deem necessary to protect their people. We are needed so that other nations know to not get involved. Bruce Boyer, your candidate for Congress Restore Our Constitutional Rights Not Our War Europe has militaries that are FIVE times that of Russia’s; populations more than THREE times as large and a combined economy that is TWENTY times that of Russia. Europe is more than willing to let the U.S. fight “THEIR WAR,†and pay for it… In so doing, we are poking the Russian Bear, committing acts of war against Russia. Russia has 1,800 nuclear weapons that can hit the U.S. with AN HOUR! World War III! If this conflict does escalate, we could see mobilization with tens of millions of Americans in uniform fighting to defend Ukraine.. NOT OUR WAR! If we enter World War III, nothing else matters! That is why this is the Number One Issue! Immigration Policy Illegal entry of the United States: The entry of persons illegally into the U.S. is exactly that: illegal. We have laws passed by Congress that must be enforced. I shall not go into the many problems and costs we incur as a result of the millions of persons who have crossed into the U.S. illegally. We know them. Persons here illegally are not “immigrantsâ€. Immigrants are people who follow the law to become U.S. citizens. Persons here illegally are criminals.
Build the wall, deport them all, make them pay for their stay. Once we have this done, then we can discuss changes to the law. I’m open. Bruce Boyer, your candidate for Congress BruceBoyerforcongress.com Free Soil Free soil. Open up our land for homes: The Republican Party was founded in 1856 on a basic principle of free men and free soil. All men are to be free, free to work as they deem best, for themselves. The land (soil) of the Country is for the people. For Free men to be able to get what is already their land, so free.   The Federal Govt controls vast amounts of land. Millions of acres. In many states more than half of the land is held by the Federal Govt. In 1862 The Republican Party passed the Homestead Act. A family was able to settle Federal land, forty acres and build a home on it. After five years, the land was theirs. Free of charge. We need another Homestead Act for today. Probably not forty acres, even a quarter acre gives one family plenty of room. The price of homes is inflated because the politicians impose requirements and permits, reviews studies and all that literally triples the cost of constructing a home. Then, they cut deals to create a land shortage to drive up the cost of real estate. People need homes. People count, not ‘open spaceâ€. End ‘open space†preserves and turns the set-asides over to the people to live on. … A nice add on is developing more dams to create reservoirs for our water, hydroelectric power, recreation, and lakefront real estate!  Education Education; I support parents making the educational choices that they deem best for their children. Education is not a ‘one size fits all’. Parents should be given choices. If a public school is not to their liking they should be able to ‘opt out & cash outâ€. The govt. allocates money for the education of that child, that money is the tax dollars of the parents. Therefore the parents should have the right to use that money to educate their child in something other than the local private school and to have the use of that money to pay for it. Whether their choice is a public or private school, home-schooling or tutoring. The parent(s) choose what is best for their child.  As your member of Congress, I will push, advocate, vote all that I can to bring this about. I am all in. The Federal govt has no actual authority to be involved in education. This is a local matter, not for Federal control. Bruce Boyer, your candidate for Congress BruceBoyerforcongress.com Ban the Bomb of Federal Debt Congress MUST balance the budget. Raising tax rates DECREASES revenues as it prevents the growth of the economy. Congress must cut spending. A balanced budget is a cannot compromise MUST do. It will require a chainsaw, not a paring knife. This Cowboy knows how to run a chainsaw, and I will take one to the budget![2] |
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| —Bruce Boyer’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Bruce Boyer for U.S. Congress, "Meet Bruce," accessed February 10, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Bruce Boyer for U.S. Congress, “Priorities,” accessed February 10, 2024
