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Carrick Flynn
Carrick Flynn (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022.
Flynn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Carrick Flynn was born in Oregon. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon in 2008. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 2011.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 6
Andrea Salinas defeated Mike Erickson and Larry McFarland in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrea Salinas (D / Working Families Party / Independent Party) | 50.1 | 147,156 |
 | Mike Erickson (R) | 47.7 | 139,946 | |
| Larry McFarland (Constitution Party) | 2.1 | 6,073 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 513 | ||
| Total votes: 293,688 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrea Salinas | 36.8 | 26,101 |
 | Carrick Flynn | 18.4 | 13,052 | |
 | Steven Cody Reynolds | 11.2 | 7,951 | |
 | Loretta Smith | 10.0 | 7,064 | |
 | Matt West | 8.0 | 5,658 | |
 | Kathleen Harder | 7.8 | 5,510 | |
 | Teresa Alonso Leon | 6.5 | 4,626 | |
 | Ricky Barajas | 0.4 | 292 | |
| Greg Goodwin | 0.3 | 217 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 508 | ||
| Total votes: 70,979 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Hylland (D)
- Kevin Easton (D)
- Derry Jackson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Erickson | 34.7 | 21,675 |
 | Ron Noble | 17.6 | 10,980 | |
 | Amy Ryan Courser | 16.3 | 10,176 | |
 | Angela Plowhead | 13.2 | 8,271 | |
| Jim Bunn | 10.1 | 6,340 | ||
 | David Russ | 3.8 | 2,398 | |
 | Nate Sandvig | 3.6 | 2,222 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 432 | ||
| Total votes: 62,494 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carrick Flynn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Flynn's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Excelling academically, Carrick went on to Yale Law School. From there, he worked in economic development and job creation. He went on to co-found the Centre for the Governance of Artificial Intelligence at Oxford University and joined Georgetown University as Research Faculty. Carrick worked on pandemic preparedness and biosecurity years before the pandemic. He advised Congress and the White House on pandemic preparedness and the creation of technology jobs. This included legislation which should create thousands of jobs in Oregon.
Carrick never planned to run for office but with the creation of the new district in Oregon, his home, he recognized the incredible potential to serve his community and ensure no other child has to go through what he did. If elected, Carrick will focus on the creation of good, green jobs, and pandemic recovery and preparedness.- Creating good, green jobs.
- Recovering from COVID and preventing future pandemics.
- Results. Not Politics.
CREATING JOBS: We will see the words “Made in America” again. It will be printed on the most sophisticated pieces of technology in the world, made right here in Oregon.
FIXING CONGRESS: Carrick will work with anybody to get things done for Oregon families. It is clear that our government hasn’t been working well in recent years.
PREVENTING PANDEMICS: Carrick will help protect Americans from pandemics.
BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY: Carrick will work in Congress to build a strong clean energy economy
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PRO-CHOICE: Carrick will always protect the right to choose.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 2, 2022
