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Drew Layda
Drew Layda (Republican Party) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 31. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on May 21, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 31
Darcey Edwards defeated Jordan Gutierrez and Robert Miller in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 31 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Darcey Edwards (R) | 59.0 | 23,972 |
| Jordan Gutierrez (D) | 37.3 | 15,145 | ||
| Robert Miller (L) | 3.4 | 1,389 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 93 | ||
| Total votes: 40,599 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 31
Jordan Gutierrez advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 31 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jordan Gutierrez | 97.2 | 4,882 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.8 | 142 | ||
| Total votes: 5,024 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 31
Darcey Edwards defeated Aaron Hall in the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 31 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Darcey Edwards | 81.0 | 5,529 |
| Aaron Hall | 18.1 | 1,234 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 65 | ||
| Total votes: 6,828 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Drew Layda (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Layda in this election.
2022
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 31
Brian Stout defeated Anthony Sorace in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 31 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Stout (R) | 59.3 | 22,026 |
 | Anthony Sorace (D / Independent Party / Working Families Party) | 40.5 | 15,031 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 77 | ||
| Total votes: 37,134 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 31
Anthony Sorace advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 31 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony Sorace | 97.7 | 5,312 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.3 | 125 | ||
| Total votes: 5,437 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 31
Brian Stout defeated Drew Layda in the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 31 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Stout | 63.3 | 4,756 |
 | Drew Layda | 36.2 | 2,720 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 7,512 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 1
Incumbent Suzanne Bonamici defeated John Verbeek and Drew Layda in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Suzanne Bonamici (D) | 63.6 | 231,198 |
 | John Verbeek (R) | 32.1 | 116,446 | |
| Drew Layda (L) | 4.2 | 15,121 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 484 | ||
| Total votes: 363,249 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 1
Incumbent Suzanne Bonamici defeated Ricky Barajas and Michael Stansfield in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 1 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suzanne Bonamici | 92.2 | 69,774 |
 | Ricky Barajas | 3.9 | 2,945 | |
 | Michael Stansfield | 3.9 | 2,936 | |
| Total votes: 75,655 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 1
John Verbeek defeated George Griffith and Preston Miller in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 1 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Verbeek | 51.1 | 21,191 |
 | George Griffith | 41.1 | 17,049 | |
 | Preston Miller | 7.8 | 3,228 | |
| Total votes: 41,468 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Drew Layda did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Drew Layda did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Drew Layda participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Drew Layda's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Ending the Wars.
Fighting Corruption. |
” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Fairness, equity, local primacy, prosperity, liberating the economy. Protecting state’s rights, personal liberties and the environment.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. Drew Layda answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | I look up to entrepreneurs, academics, parents and other people of productive passion. I look up to healers, peacemakers, and the defenders of justice and liberty. I look up to sheepdogs, oath-keepers, good cops, firemen and emergency responders. I look up to civil rights activists, environmental protectors, and all trying to hold us to a higher standard. I look up to those doing thankless jobs, for shrinking wages, to keep from burdening others. I look up to people recovering from things I can’t imagine. I look up to our immigrant population, my ancestors were immigrants - as is true of most Americans - their perseverance and determination is a welcome addition to our own.
I look up to the common people holding this nation together, even if they have forgotten it is THEM that make America great - not it’s leaders.[3] |
” |
| “ | Movie - Mr. Smith goes to Washington.
Authors - Hayek, Chomsky, Von Mises, Locke, Paine, Zinn, Bastiat, Marx,[3] |
” |
| “ | Fairness, incorruptibility, honesty, integrity, morality, equity, empathy, intellect, resilience, perseverance, dedication, and mindful of the knowledge that any power or authority they have was ceded by the People. The true owners of this great union of individuals.[3] | ” |
| “ | See above.[3] | ” |
| “ | To never act in a conflict of their people’s interests. To protect their people’s rights without exception. To otherwise yield personal abdication to the consent of the people represented.[3] | ” |
| “ | Being remembered as a peacemaker, healer, and empowering statesman. I want to be remembered as someone who cared deeply about the prosperity and happiness of everyone I ever met.[3] | ” |
| “ | The Iranian revolution, the hostages. I was around 5. The Cold War was in full swing - a period in history I thought we were not soon to repeat. It chills me how we seem headed in that direction again.[3] | ” |
| “ | Shoveling horse manure from ten horse stables, wheelbarrowing it to a huge garden plot, and turning it under the soil. I was twelve, it took two weeks, and I bought my first real bike and a skateboard with the proceeds.[3] | ” |
| “ | Long story short, I ended up married to my wife of 20 years.[3] | ” |
| “ | I love all holidays. Any excuse to celebrate with family and friends, or meet new people in fellowship is great for the soul. My favorites would probably be Thanksgiving, Christmas, Independence Day, and my wife and kid’s birthdays.[3] | ” |
| “ | I cannot possibly name just one favorite book! Too many talented authors and researchers to even pretend a favorite.[3] | ” |
| “ | It’s a toss-up between Professor X, Batman and Iron man... but probably Rick Sanchez from earth dimension C137.[3] | ” |
| “ | My family and pets.[3] | ” |
| “ | A 1994 hit by Denis Leary... I won’t say the name.[3] | ” |
| “ | Being an orphan as a child, not knowing where I came from. Not being able to do more to help my fellow humankind.[3] | ” |
| “ | The U.S. House is the foundation of our federal government. This is because this is where the will of the people is expressed, and their ownership of this nation is most directly asserted.
It is this aspect - the direct connection to the people represented - that makes this federal office so special and essential.[3] |
” |
| “ | Our nation’s history is replete with career politicians, yet, so few can be found that actually combat corruptions of government, preserve the checks and balances of governmental authority, protect the rights and liberties of the people, when possible expanding them.
Most career politicians are profiteers on the back of public service, and have no interests more special to them than their own profit. Experienced politicians, sad to say, are the reason we have cronyism, corruption, and a nation run by the greed of the lobby, not the will of the people.[3] |
” |
| “ | It all involves Americans refusal to be divided and conquered, and desire to be united and free.[3] | ” |
| “ | I would be interested in the Ethics, Energy and Commerce, Oversight & Gov. Reform comitteees - as well as the joint economic and joint taxation committees.[3] | ” |
| “ | Yes.[3] | ” |
| “ | Something like term-limits is definitely needed to protect the people from corruptions of power due to the corrupting nature of power itself.[3] | ” |
| “ | One that is derived at the most local level possible to protect communities from predatory gerrymandering and ensure that these lines are defined by the people effected, not the politicians affecting.[3] | ” |
| “ | That is extremely unlikely. I would be the first third party represenative and fusion candidate ever elected to the US House[3] | ” |
| “ | There are a few I liked aspects of, and others whom inspired me to run by being so dismal.[3] | ” |
| “ | A woman I met very briefly once said to me “It’s to the point that the biggest threats to our Democratic Republic are Democrats and Republicans! What are we supposed to do?”
“Stop electing them.” I said.[3] |
” |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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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, "Drew Layda's responses," April 27, 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 3.26 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
