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Dave Strider
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David Lee Strider (independent) (also known as Dave) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Washington. He lost in the primary on August 7, 2018.
Strider completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
Incumbent Maria Cantwell defeated Susan Hutchison in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Washington
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Maria Cantwell (D) | 58.4 | 1,803,364 |
 | Susan Hutchison (R) | 41.6 | 1,282,804 | |
| Total votes: 3,086,168 | |||
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Top-two primary
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Washington on August 7, 2018.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maria Cantwell (D) | 54.7 | 929,961 |
| ✔ | | Susan Hutchison (R) | 24.3 | 413,317 |
 | Keith Swank (R) | 2.3 | 39,818 | |
 | Joseph Gibson (R) | 2.3 | 38,676 | |
 | Clint Tannehill (D) | 2.1 | 35,770 | |
| David R. Bryant (R) | 2.0 | 33,962 | ||
 | Arthur Coday Jr. (R) | 1.8 | 30,654 | |
 | Jennifer Ferguson (Independent) | 1.5 | 25,224 | |
| Tim Owen (R) | 1.4 | 23,167 | ||
 | Matt Hawkins (R) | 0.8 | 13,324 | |
 | Don Rivers (D) | 0.7 | 12,634 | |
 | Mike Luke (L) | 0.7 | 12,302 | |
| Glen Stockwell (R) | 0.7 | 11,611 | ||
 | Thor Amundson (Independent) | 0.6 | 9,393 | |
 | Mohammad Said (D) | 0.5 | 8,649 | |
 | Matthew Heines (R) | 0.5 | 7,737 | |
 | Steve Hoffman (Freedom Socialist Party) | 0.4 | 7,390 | |
 | GoodSpaceGuy (R) | 0.4 | 7,057 | |
 | John Orlinski (R) | 0.4 | 6,905 | |
| David Lee Strider (Independent) | 0.4 | 6,821 | ||
 | Roque De La Fuente (R) | 0.3 | 5,724 | |
 | James Robert Deal (G) | 0.2 | 3,849 | |
| Sam Wright (The Human Rights Party) | 0.2 | 3,761 | ||
 | Brad Chase (FDFR Party) | 0.2 | 2,655 | |
| George Kalberer (D) | 0.1 | 2,448 | ||
 | Charlie Jackson (Independent) | 0.1 | 2,411 | |
| RC Smith (R) | 0.1 | 2,238 | ||
 | Jon Butler (Independent) | 0.1 | 2,016 | |
 | Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party) | 0.1 | 1,366 | |
| Total votes: 1,700,840 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clay Johnson (Independent)
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Dave Strider participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on July 26, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Dave Strider's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1. Health care becomes, Expanded Medicare with no co-payments, premiums, or pre-existing conditions. The Social Security Card, your Health Care enrollment passport. Health care is a universal right to everyone regardless of ability to pay. Also, included is the needs of those injured on the job injuries. No more shifting costs or responsibilities. Injured workers should never feel a loss of dignity, belonging to their community or strain to the family. Veterans Administration, I will fight against privation, I receive the very best health care from the VA. When compared to the world’s single payer the VA ranks Number 1, in the world. 2.Water is Life. Move away from carbon-based fuels, no fracking. Clean water and air, basic human rights. Water, strategic asset required, for a viable nation. Taxes do not fund Federal Spending! Spending on public programs is not debt; it is an investment in people, our nation, and our future. We are a Republic! Not an empire. 3. ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCES-big oil I am not against big oil it is a finite resource and it needs to be protected as a finite resource. The technology for alternative fuel sources has grown exponentially in the past 10 years we need to tap in to that free energy. Yes there is a cost in getting that energy to the end user which also is where the grid begins with the end user promoting more installation of solar panels wind generators for individual housing not the megaliths that we see on the open plains tidally energy geothermal are others that we can tap into. FOSSIL FUELS AND FRACKING-studies have shown that earthquakes are increasing in magnitude as far as numbers reported in areas where fracking is off the chart. It is a worldwide epidemic that was promoted by the Clinton State Department and it needs to stop. It is polluting our waterways there is little to no safety measures involved the EPA has been hindered crippled by the new administration of Donald Trump[2][3] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Environment, Single Payer Medicare, Veterans Administration #1 Single payer in the world, Military Industrial Complex, Judicial Reform, Full Job Guarantee, Education, Immigration/Refugee Crisis at our southern border, Infrastructure which includes restoring our damaged aquifers. just for starts.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Dave Strider answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Teddy R, FDR, IKE, JFK and Jimmy Carter.[3] | ” |
| “ | Network watch segment on "mad as hell"[3] | ” |
| “ | truth, and transparency most of ALL AVAILABILITY[3] | ” |
| “ | Truth[3] | ” |
| “ | listen and act on the peoples voice not special interest.[3] | ” |
| “ | one of listening to and acting on the will of those he served[3] | ” |
| “ | Kent State Massacre[3] | ” |
| “ | Farm hand, learned the caring of and preserving, harvesting, cultivating, and livestock free range.[3] | ” |
| “ | Being on my first date.[3] | ” |
| “ | Memorial Day. It is a time to reflect, the past and ponder do we want more of the same in our future.[3] | ” |
| “ | Don't have one, each book is written and it has a message. books that I do carry today is "Strike Zion" 67 war. Introduced to military operations. "Jaws", knowing that there are places I don't need to go.[3] | ” |
| “ | Dave Strider of "HOMESTUCK"[3] | ” |
| “ | Bed - Relax[3] | ” |
| “ | Revolution, the Beatles[3] | ” |
| “ | Not getting to Europe[3] | ” |
| “ | 50 states coming together to to the work of the people. It will take a few cycles. I am already preparing a view of DC never seen before.[3] | ” |
| “ | no I am a servant to serve the people of Washington and the Nation. I am their voice. Yes there will be others like me there too, and we will come together quickly[3] | ” |
| “ | I can't wait until it is my turn.[3] | ” |
| “ | Take time to vet the information and keep it to yourself until you read his bio in depth[3] | ” |
| “ | Reversing Voter Apathy and the fear of a police state[3] | ” |
| “ | yes and members of Congress[3] | ” |
| “ | Veterans, Defense and Environment[3] | ” |
| “ | no I am an Independent, voters are my endorsement. Their voice, my action.[3] | ” |
| “ | No. I have to blaze my trail, remembered for work. I am sure there will times I will pull from a previous member. Credit will be given to the source and application needed to finish. credit where it is due.[3] | ” |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Dave Strider's responses," July 26, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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