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Buzz Kelley
Buzz Kelley (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Alaska. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. Kelley unofficially withdrew from the race but appeared on the general election ballot on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Kelley earned an associate degree in human services from Mat-Su College in 1994. He worked as a mechanic and was a member of the Operating Engineers Local 302.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Alaska, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Alaska
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Lisa Murkowski in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 263,027 |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Alaska
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Alaska on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Murkowski (R) | 45.0 | 85,794 |
| ✔ |  | Kelly Tshibaka (R) | 38.5 | 73,414 |
| ✔ |  | Patricia Chesbro (D) | 6.8 | 12,989 |
| ✔ |  | Buzz Kelley (R) | 2.1 | 4,055 |
| Pat Nolin (R) | 1.1 | 2,004 | ||
 | Edgar Blatchford (D) | 1.0 | 1,981 | |
 | Ivan Taylor (D) | 1.0 | 1,897 | |
 | Samuel Merrill (R) | 0.8 | 1,529 | |
 | Sean Thorne (L) | 0.7 | 1,399 | |
 | Shoshana Gungurstein (Independent) | 0.4 | 853 | |
 | Joe Stephens (Alaskan Independence Party) | 0.4 | 805 | |
 | John Schiess (R) | 0.4 | 734 | |
 | Dustin Darden (Alaskan Independence Party) | 0.3 | 649 | |
 | Kendall Shorkey (R) | 0.3 | 627 | |
 | Karl Speights (R) | 0.3 | 613 | |
| Jeremy Keller (Independent) | 0.2 | 405 | ||
 | Sid Hill (Independent) | 0.1 | 274 | |
 | Huhnkie Lee (Independent) | 0.1 | 238 | |
| David Darden (Independent) | 0.1 | 198 | ||
| Total votes: 190,458 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sam Little (R)
- Elvi Gray-Jackson (D)
- Shellie Wyatt (Alaskan Independence Party)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign website
Kelley's campaign website stated the following:
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Buzz's Pro's 1. Pro America If it is good for America I would be happy to work with other lawmakers to make it happen. Most of us want the Ukraine war to end. That I support. Unfortunately, the $1.9T so-called Covid Relief bill that passed in 2021 is not something I support. As soon as I saw $500B going to climate blah blah blah I would be looking to kill the bill. 2. Pro Trump It is probably safe to say I support most of the “Trump doctrine.” I do however want to dive a little deeper. Do we really need a private company, the Federal Reserve, to manipulate our national monetary system and pull money out of our pockets? I do not think so. 3. Pro 2nd Amendment Literally, EVERYTHING that has been done to prevent the American people from keeping and bearing arms has been an infringement. What part of “... shall not be infringed” does our government not understand? Replace firearms with food. Would it not be an infringement for the government to say food cannot be grown or distributed or sold? 4. Pro union I fully support unions and here is why. 1)There is no discrimination in unions. If you are running a loader with a 3-yard bucket you will make that contractual wage just like everyone else running a loader with a 3-yard bucket no matter who you are. 2)Union jobs provide a good income. Those union hands then go out into their communities and spend that money. That is how you have an economy folks. People earn and spend money. 3)The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 states that local prevailing wages will be paid on all public works projects and federally funded projects. With union jobs keeping wages high those who work on Davis-Bacon jobs make good money. Without unions, the Davis-Bacon Act would be worthless and a lot of non-union people would miss out on union-supported industries. 5. Pro police Instead of de-funding the police we should be fully funding the police. 6. Pro military What more can be said about the finest military in the world? They deserve honor, praise and a raise. 7. Pro deportation If you are here in America illegally you have to go. Additionally, I would support legislation fining companies that hire illegal aliens. 8. Pro border wall Build that wall! Kudos to Texas Gov Greg Abbott for carrying on with the wall. Maybe states that are not interested in protecting the country should get no federal funds. 9. Pro energy independence We must take the cuffs off our energy industry. I have been to the North Slope. I have seen dozens of drilling rigs stacked up in the parking lots. Those drilling rigs should be drilling. Like Trump I want America to be energy independent. While we are at it we should make some solar panels too. We will make the best solar panels in the world. It is time for action. 10. Pro development First of all, let me say I do not support Pebble Mine. For many Alaskans, the reward is not worth the risk. If we lose that fishery it will never come back. Having said that I do support heavy industry in Alaska and throughout the nation as long as resources are responsibly developed. 11. Pro school vouchers School vouchers will solve a multitude of problems. No more tenure. No more parents labeled domestic terrorists. No more kids getting stuck in sub-standard schools. Parents decide where their kids go to school and that school gets a check for that child’s tuition. The sub-standard schools fade away and the good schools build more schools. 12. Pro economy I support massive reductions of state and federal taxes on American workers. With trillions of dollars of overspending going on in D.C. DO NOT tell me we cannot afford it. What needs to happen is we need to reign in all the political prostitutes who are selling us out for another $10 million in a secret bank account. 13. Pro Guantanamo Bay We must maintain some real estate where we can deal with terrorists without bringing them to the homeland. 14. Pro Israel Israel is a beacon of light in the middle east. We must keep the light burning bright. 15. Pro bust up big tech The censorship of America is not a good thing. Twitter locks out Trump but allows the Taliban to spew their hate. In July 2021 the White House and Facebook began conspiring to censor “misinformation.” People getting locked out and deleted for questioning the 2020 election, mask mandates, and the border invasion. It is just ridiculous. Bust em’ up. 16. Pro voter ID South African revolutionary political leader Nelson Mandela supported voter ID. Voter ID is not unreasonable. Watch the interaction between Rep Nancy Mace and Rep Thompson and draw your own conclusions. 17. Pro paper ballot only Lots of work needs to be done to clean up our voting system and paper ballots are only just part of the clean-up. Many states and counties have more registered voters than they have eligible voters. The chain of custody for ballot boxes is practically non-existent. As far as the Dominion voting machines or computers of any kind they need to go away. Yes, it will take longer to tally votes but in some counties, we are already waiting weeks for results. 18. Pro counter cyber attacks When we are hit by a cyberattack of any kind or magnitude we need to verify the source and send back a thousand deadly viruses and burn down the attacking system. Maybe it is time for a Cyber Force. No one can deny cyber is the new battlefield. 19. Pro audit the federal budget This is a task that is long overdue. Why has this not been done yet? 20. Pro divorce China We made China what they are today and now it is time to unmake them. We need to remove China’s Normal Trade Relations status, previously called Most Favored Nation. We have allowed most of our manufacturing base to be outsourced to China and now it is time to bring it all back. By some estimates, China makes up to ninety percent of our prescription drugs.
1. No more disastrous retreats like Afghanistan The August 2021 “departure” from Afghanistan was a humanistic and military disaster. How many Americans and Afghan allies were left behind? No one knows. The current administration admits they “may have” sent a list of all Americans and Afghan allies in Afghanistan to the Taliban supposedly to help get them out; NYP 8/26/21. Sounds like a torture and kill list to me. Treason or incompetence? You decide. It can only be one or the other. In the meantime, Austin and Milley are busy patting each other on the back for evidently what they see as a job well done. They should resign in disgrace or be charged with war crimes. 2. No more out of control government spending Excessive out of control government spending is a run-a-way train. Couple that with excessive “printing” by the Federal Reserve Bank, which of course devalues all of the existing money, and we have an economic recipe for financial disaster. In a nutshell, what needs to happen is people start paying 50% less in taxes, the money supply gets reduced and interest rates are slowly raised. With all the decades of ridiculous government spending DO NOT tell me this cannot be done. 3. No more federal money for partial-birth abortions In my opinion, partial-birth abortions are crimes against humanity. The only thing worse is making people pay for it who respect the sanctity of life. No more ever taxpayer money for partial-birth abortions. Those not familiar with the “process” might want to investigate. 4. No more RINOs This objective is self-evident. Oh sleeping conservative awake from your woke and displace so-called Republican representatives; Murkowski from Alaska, David Valadao of California, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Fred Upton of Michigan, Peter Meijer of Michigan, John Katko of New York, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Tom Rice of South Carolina, Dan Newhouse of Washington, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington and last but not least Liz Cheney of Wyoming. This would be a really good start. Incidentally, all the above RINOs voted to impeach Trump. Get em’ gone. 5. No more war on the police Defund, prosecute, and murder. Shameful! Does anybody really want less police and more crime? It is not possible to have a civilized society with rampant crime. But the good news, many of the defunded police wokesters are waking up. Can you say Wang, Schaaf, and AOC? Defunding the police was a ridiculous idea and unfortunately, people had to die to prove it. 6. No more open borders No detective work is necessary to know our government officials are lying to us about the southern border being closed. The southern border is NOT closed and there is an invasion going on right now! If elected I will work with the current patriots in congress to close down the southern border immediately! Open borders will not bring disaster to America but open borders will bring DESTRUCTION to America. Let me also say anyone who is currently in this country illegally has got to go. 7. No more sanctuary cities Sanctuary cities are just one of the reasons people illegally enter the country. As such sanctuary cities must be eliminated. Cities, states, and other jurisdictions that do not abide by federal law will get no federal money. This would include any funding for highways. 8. No more delays for Ukraine support I do not understand why congress and the WH have not done a better job supplying Ukraine with arms. Let them have the MIGs! One has to wonder is Biden punishing Ukraine for not giving him enough extorted money? I do not support sending in our armed forces but we should be helping in every other way. 9. No amnesty for illegal aliens Again until we remove ALL incentives for people to sneak into the country we have not removed ANY incentives for people to sneak into the country. In 1986 Ronald Reagan pardoned nearly three million illegal aliens which arguably probably started this mess. It would be interesting to know the real reason$ Reagan pardoned. Too bad, I used to like the guy. I would also support stronger legislation to fine/jail employers who hire illegals. 10. No illegal aliens voting in any elections There is no metric one can use to justify non-citizens voting in our elections. In addition non-compliance with federal law means no federal money. 11. No Green New Deal Not even close. It will bankrupt the country. 12. No Critical Race Theory Critical Race Theory is all about skin color. Nothing else. We do not need to teach our children to hate this country to hate each other, and to hate themselves. What we should be teaching our children is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law, Galatians 5:22-23 13. No more soft on crime policies NYC DA Alvin Bragg said he will not prosecute resisting arrest and the distribution of certain drugs. Bragg also directed prosecutors not to recommend jail time for assault, robbery or illegally possessing a firearm. LA DA George Gascón pushed pro-criminal “reforms” and now that city has seen spikes in violent crime, follow-home robberies, smash-and-grab, and murders. Is faking a hate crime a hate crime? Is covering up a hate crime a hate crime? Have you had enough? Now is the time to stop this type of foolishness. I assure you it will only get worse if not stopped. 14. No more voting machines Dominion voting machine said they did not want the machines inspected because Dominion had proprietary operations, software, hardware, blah blah blah. After every NASCAR race, the winning car is disassembled and inspected for inconsistencies. Our elections are much more important than a car race. I say we are done with all “voting machines.” Yes, it will take longer but we are already waiting days for some precincts to count all the votes. The other factor is how many ballots get stuffed into a voting machine. These mass mail-outs of ballots are wrong and must be stopped. 15. No more taxpayer money going to higher education for illegal aliens This objective is also self-evident. Would you take food out of your kid’s mouth to give to someone else? I do not think so. 16. No more unlimited foreign ownership of land or businesses on American soil In case folks have not noticed China has been real busy buying up agricultural land. The last count is almost 200,000 acres according to Politico worth approximately $1.9B. Also American businesses like the giant Smithfield Foods pork processing plants. To make matters worse apparently the United States government is also paying China subsidies for land China now owns. You have heard the phrase before, “You can’t make this stuff up.” In Mexico, land can be leased for ninety-nine years but not owned. Mexico is apparently twice as smart as we are on this topic. Mexico understands foreigners will come in and buy up the land and Mexico will be no more. Believe it or not even some Democrats are raising eyebrows. Maybe they actually give a !@#$ about their grandchildren. 17. No more bill riders Riders rarely have anything to do with the original bill and just enable pork. Riders are one of the reasons we have deficit spending. 18. No more hate crimes Gay or straight, is one life more important than another? I do not think so. 19. No more LGBTQ special status Again one life is not more important than another. Brown, black and white, they are precious in his sight... 20. No more socialist sanctuaries at our colleges China has donated money to Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and a host of other colleges including MIT. As per Bloomberg 2/6/20, Harvard tops the donation list as receiving $1B. Do you think that will buy some communist influence? China has what they call the Confucius Institutes on more than one hundred U.S. universities with just a few objectives; to help control China’s image and of course espionage. Confucius Institutes are something that should be allowed but restricted and monitored. Where is the FBI? CIA? Homeland Security? Some people either need to be fired or investigated or both. Same with college administrators who do not report the Chinese money or any other large donations. Fired or investigated.[2] |
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| —Buzz Kelley's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. Senate Alaska |
Footnotes
- ↑ Buzz Kelley for Alaska, "Buzz Kelley's Background," accessed September 7, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Buzz Kelley, “Buzz's Pro's and No's,” accessed July 27, 2022
