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David Delk (Oregon)
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David Delk is an officeholder of the Progressive Party of Oregon Chair.
Delk (Progressive Party, Independent Party, Pacific Green Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Joanna Harbour and David Delk in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Earl Blumenauer (D) | 69.9 | 212,119 |
 | Joanna Harbour (R) | 26.3 | 79,766 | |
| David Delk (Progressive Party / Independent Party / Pacific Green Party) | 3.6 | 10,982 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 467 | ||
| Total votes: 303,334 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Jonathan Polhemus in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Earl Blumenauer | 94.3 | 96,386 |
 | Jonathan Polhemus | 5.3 | 5,392 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 428 | ||
| Total votes: 102,206 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Joanna Harbour advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joanna Harbour | 97.7 | 18,031 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.3 | 429 | ||
| Total votes: 18,460 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Earl Blumenauer (D) defeated David Walker (Independent) and David Delk (Progressive) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No Republican candidates filed to run in the race.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Earl Blumenauer Incumbent |
71.8% | 274,687 | |
| Independent | David Walker | 20.4% | 78,154 | |
| Progressive | David Delk | 7.3% | 27,978 | |
| N/A | Misc. | 0.4% | 1,536 | |
| Total Votes | 382,355 | |||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Delk did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Delk's campaign website stated the following:
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The gap between the wealthy and the rest of us continues to grow wider. The US is engaged in wars and other military actions around the world. The climate crisis continues to worsen. The too-big-to-fail banks grow larger. With these and many more problems, we can find solutions, but it takes acting together for the common good. This is something we can do but we must confront corporate power to make it happen. Remember that the issue is not the individual issues but the whole system. Solutions come from that realization.
The Affordable Care Act has improved access to health insurance. But we don't need health insurance. We need universal, affordable access to health care. I suppose the current Congressional proposals for an improved single payer program to replace the current health "system". Such a system has been proposed in prior Congresses as HR 676. . I support this statement by Physicians For A National Health Program: "We propose to replace the ACA with a publicly financed National Health Program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans, while lowering costs by eliminating the profit driven private insurance industry with its massive overhead".
To address Citizens United and other US Supreme Court decisions which have given corporations our human rights, we need a 28th Constitutional amendment. Such an amendment has been proposed - HJR48, the We The People Amendment. I would sign on immediately as a co-sponsor. Additionally, we need an effective system of public funding for candidates running for federal offices. Therefore, I support passage of Government By the People Act (H.R.20) and the Fair Elections Now Act (S.1538).
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| —David Delk's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate filings search results," accessed March 9, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Oregon Primary Results," May 17, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Delk for Congress, “Issues,” accessed October 10, 2022
