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Dave Saulibio
Dave Saulibio (JFK Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Washington. He lost in the primary on August 2, 2022.
Saulibio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dave Saulibio served in the U.S. Army from 1970 to 1976. Saulibio earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in 1978. His career experience includes working as the CEO of USA Tactical Tripod, the CEO of DAS Electronics, Inc., and a production and human resources manager with the Boeing Company.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Washington, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Washington
Incumbent Patty Murray defeated Tiffany Smiley in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patty Murray (D) | 57.1 | 1,741,827 |
 | Tiffany Smiley (R) | 42.6 | 1,299,322 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 6,751 | ||
| Total votes: 3,047,900 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Washington on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patty Murray (D) | 52.2 | 1,002,811 |
| ✔ | | Tiffany Smiley (R) | 33.7 | 646,917 |
 | Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party) | 3.1 | 59,134 | |
 | John Guenther (R) | 2.9 | 55,426 | |
 | Ravin Pierre (D) | 1.2 | 22,172 | |
 | Dave Saulibio (JFK Republican Party) | 1.0 | 19,341 | |
 | Naz Paul (Independent) | 1.0 | 18,858 | |
 | Bill Hirt (R) | 0.8 | 15,276 | |
 | Mohammad Said (D) | 0.7 | 13,995 | |
 | Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.7 | 13,901 | |
 | Pano Churchill (D) | 0.6 | 11,859 | |
 | Bryan Solstin (D) | 0.5 | 9,627 | |
 | Charlie Jackson (Independent) | 0.4 | 8,604 | |
 | Jon Butler (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,413 | |
 | Thor Amundson (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,133 | |
 | Martin Hash (Independent) | 0.2 | 4,725 | |
 | Dan Phan Doan (Independent) | 0.2 | 3,049 | |
 | Sam Cusmir (D) | 0.1 | 2,688 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,511 | ||
| Total votes: 1,920,440 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Ishii (D)
- Bob Hagglund (R)
- Nicolaus Sleister (D)
- Justin Greywolf (Independent)
- Isaac Holyk (R)
- David McCune (Independent)
- Robert Kirby (D)
- Mfumu Metamorphosis Mpiana (Independent)
- Larry Hussey (Independent)
2020
See also: Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 8
Incumbent Kim Schrier defeated Jesse Jensen in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kim Schrier (D) | 51.7 | 213,123 |
 | Jesse Jensen (R) | 48.1 | 198,423 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 566 | ||
| Total votes: 412,112 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 8 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kim Schrier (D) | 43.3 | 106,611 |
| ✔ | | Jesse Jensen (R) | 20.0 | 49,368 |
 | Keith Swank (R) | 17.4 | 42,809 | |
| Dave Saulibio (Trump Republican Party) | 11.8 | 28,976 | |
 | Corey Bailey (Independent) | 2.7 | 6,552 | |
 | James Mitchell (D) | 2.5 | 6,187 | |
 | Keith Arnold (D) | 1.7 | 4,111 | |
 | Ryan Burkett (Unaffiliated) | 0.6 | 1,458 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 289 | ||
| Total votes: 246,361 | |||
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Candidate profile
Party: Trump Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am a Trump Republican and MAGA warrior. Trump is a once-in-a-century President. Trump will rebuild our economy bigger and better than ever. But, Congress has to help, or get out his way. The 2020 elected congressional candidates will either make Trump's job easier or difficult the next two years. Trump is fighting for us with one had behind his back. I have just one mission: Do whatever it takes to make Trump's job easier so we all have peace and prosperity."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Washington District 8 in 2020.
2018
General election
Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers defeated Lisa Brown in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 5 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 5
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) | 54.8 | 175,422 |
 | Lisa Brown (D) | 45.2 | 144,925 | |
| Total votes: 320,347 | |||
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Top-two primary
Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Lisa Brown defeated Dave Saulibio, Jered Gavin Bonneau, and Kari Ilonummi in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 5
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) | 49.3 | 99,689 |
| ✔ | | Lisa Brown (D) | 45.4 | 91,738 |
| Dave Saulibio (Trump Populist Party) | 2.4 | 4,845 | |
 | Jered Gavin Bonneau (R) | 2.2 | 4,453 | |
| Kari Ilonummi (R) | 0.7 | 1,507 | ||
| Total votes: 202,232 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Krystol McGee (L)
- Eric Agnew (Independent)
- Matthew Sutherland (D)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dave Saulibio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Saulibio's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I became a Republican convert. I voted for Donald Trump and ran for Congress as a Trump supporter.
I found Trump's policies almost a perfect match to Kennedy's policies, policies that foster prosperity for all Americans.
The JFK Democratic Party is gone. I did not leave the Democratic Party. It left me.
Think about this. Look at the inflation, the worst in 40 years.
The ineffective career politicians in charge, who just messed up your wallet, want another chance. Bad idea.
This election, cut your losses. Tend to your unhappy wallet.
- The proof is in the pudding. Under JFK, inflation was 1%. Trump's inflation rate was 1.2%. I will sponsor proven policies that work in reducing inflation.
- America was energy independent under JFK. Under Donald Trump, the USA was a net exporter of energy. I support energy independence because it allows America to negotiate from a position of strength.
- I do not support Biden's open border policy. It is unconstitutional. Accordingly, I will oppose amnesty for illegal aliens.
For every American manufacturing job, you create one job each in service, distribution, and marketing. A focus in manufacturing is the best avenue to full employment. Manufacturing is a force multiplier. Look at Germany.
At full employment, you have a tighter labor market. In a tighter labor market, real wages rise, which in turn, brings in more revenues into the Treasury.
More money in the Treasury leads to a potential surplus. A surplus can be used to reduce the national debt, save Social Security and Medicare.
Sooner or later, we will have to pay the pied piper when he comes calling. The national debt will eventually limit Congress' ability to fund the government.
It's called service over self-interest.
It is more important to have common sense and good interpersonal relationship skills. A background in business and management is real big plus.
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Campaign website
Saulibio's campaign website stated the following:
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NO FOREIGN AID. INSTEAD, TAKE CARE OF AMERICA FIRST. HOW MUCH IS THE LIFE OF A CHILD WORTH? The billions of U.S. dollars spent on foreign wars could have been better served protecting our precious children by solidifying security at U.S. schools with full-time armed guards and installing metal detectors, like our court houses. Moreover, I support arming teachers on a voluntary basis, as an additional layer of defense. Put fear into the heads of these evil perpetrators thinking of harming our children. Case in point, in a National Institute of Justice poll, 74% of 2,000 felons affirmed "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are home is that they fear being shot during the crime." By the way, did you know that the U.S. is ranked 66th out of 101 countries IN MASS SHOOTINGS by FBI definition? That's right. Email me for more details.
There have been just two school shootings in Israel in 44 years. The Israelis have armed guards at their schools plus other counter-measures. How come Israel has it figured out and we haven't? What say you, Congress? Gun-free zone "signs" stop absolutely no one. The Crime Prevention Research Center reported 94% of mass shootings occur in gun-free zones. A fact, it takes 5 to 10 minutes or longer, for the police to arrive after any 911 call. If you deal with any life threatening situation at the outset, those critical initial seconds, you stand a far better chance of achieving a favorable outcome.
There are 23,000 unsafe dams in America. 45,023 bridges are "structurally deficient." Yet, Congress in 2021 gave $38 billion dollars in foreign aid to help other countries. Except for arming Israel and Taiwan, I say to hell with foreign aid. It's our money, we the people. I say we use "foreign aid" to aid America, and fix our own house first. Include making our schools as safe as our court houses. This is MOST URGENT.
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2020
Dave Saulibio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Saulibio's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Bring back U.S. manufacturing, Made-in-America, America first again.
Open up all businesses, all schools, and all churches. Immediately!
Beat communist China back now while we still can.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 17, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 28, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dave Saulibio For U.S. Senate, “Foreign Aid To Our Kids,” accessed June 28, 2022
