David Slemmons

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David Slemmons

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 30, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Nevada

Graduate

University of Oklahoma

Personal

Birthplace

Berkeley, Calif.

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David Slemmons (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 30, 2020.

Slemmons completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

David Slemmons was born in Berkeley, CA. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada and a graduate degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Elections

2020

See also: Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)

Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole defeated Mary Brannon and Bob White in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Cole (R)	67.8	213,096
		Mary Brannon (D)	28.8	90,459
	Submit photo	Bob White (L)	3.4	10,803

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 314,358
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Mary Brannon defeated David Slemmons and John Argo in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Brannon	63.9	32,199
		David Slemmons	19.4	9,793
		John Argo	16.7	8,436

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,428
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Arash Ghazanfari (D)
• Wyndi Brown-Fietkau (D)
• Wesley Forbes (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole defeated James Taylor, Trevor Sipes, and Gilbert Sanders in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Cole	76.3	55,699
		James Taylor	15.2	11,081
		Trevor Sipes	6.0	4,357
		Gilbert Sanders	2.5	1,833

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,970
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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David Slemmons completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Slemmons' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

David Slemmons is a poet, actor, director, librarian, and lifelong human rights activist. He holds three degrees and has dedicated his life to the arts and political activism. Democratic Candidate for Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Human rights should be inalienable for every American.
• Healthcare is a Human Right.
• War is not the answer.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

David believes our top priorities as a nation should be providing quality Healthcare for all, quality Education for all, and protecting our Environment for future generations.

He has been an active partner of the arts community for many years and believes that the arts are essential for Human Rights, by providing a means of individual and community expression, so that injustices can be brought to light, and ideas can be freely born in a conceptual shared space in order to move our species forward.

David believes that Ethics and Justice in our national leadership have been replaced over the years by greed and deception. In order to fix the problems within our country and within our planet, we must first come to terms with the injustices that we have been responsible for. Countless wars, assassinations, and coups have been carried out or influenced by cowardly, inhumane leaders in Washington over the last few decades of our history. We must change this trajectory if we are going to have any hope for survival as a species.

He has attended and organized public demonstrations supporting women's rights, civil rights, and LGBTQ+ rights, and has marched against racism, war, and detention of child migrants. He is an outlaw poet and peaceful warrior, who has spent his life fighting against injustice of all kinds. Now, he is taking that fight to our nation's capital.

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Footnotes

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Oklahoma's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

James Lankford (R)

Markwayne Mullin (R)

Representatives

District 1

Kevin Hern (R)

District 2

Josh Brecheen (R)

District 3

Frank Lucas (R)

District 4

Tom Cole (R)

District 5

Stephanie Bice (R)

Republican Party (7)