Edward Wright (Iowa)

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Edward Wright

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Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2014

Education

Bachelor's

Grand View University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Navy

Personal

Profession

Chartered financial analyst

Contact

Personal website

Edward Wright was a 2014 Libertarian candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Iowa. He was defeated by David Young (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

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Wright grew up in West Central Iowa. He studied electrical engineering at Iowa State university and the University of Kansas and earned his B.A. from Grand View University. He also studied finance at the University of Windsor.

Wright served in the United States Navy for nine years. He then worked as an electrical engineer and an investment broker. At the time of his candidacy, Wright was working as a chartered financial analyst.

Campaign themes

2014

Wright listed the following issues on his campaign website:

• Same sex marriage

"I don't think the federal government has any business in marriage. There is no moral or ethical purpose served with government being in marriage at all."

• Medicare

Excerpt: "We need to stop the mandate that everybody participate in Medicare and allow market-based decisions between doctors and their patients."

• Minimum wage

Excerpt: "I think minimum wages are generally a bad idea. It encourages employers to seek out highly-skilled employees and use fewer of them...Most people receiving minimum wage are young people or people living in a place with other people. It shouldn't be a living wage. It happens there are mature, seasoned workers that choose minimum-wage jobs, and sometimes their skill sets means that all the jobs they can get. It's utterly false that we have to provide a living wage for everyone."

• Gun control

Excerpt: "I would seek to reduce laws that limit gun ownership. I think our Second Amendment is very clear."

• Ebola

Excerpt: "I think controlling Ebola's entrance into these United States should be the priority. I'm a supporter of open borders, in general, but one of the areas we need to guard against is communicable diseases."

• Immigration

Excerpt: "I think there should be a pathway to legality, but not full citizenship. Many of these people are driving without licenses, problems in the workplace, and in their own homes and they need a way to deal with people around them in an honest way instead of hiding because of illegal status... I think we need to do a better job of [controlling the border]. And the border we need to deal with is Mexico and maybe some of the ports that would receive stowaways on ports. At the same time we need to address some of the magnetism that brings them here in the first place. What we need to do is stop the war on drugs. The war on drugs contributes considerably to the illegal immigration."

• Healthcare

Excerpt: "[The Affordable Care Act] is it not affordable and it is not caring. We need to move more towards market-directed health care. No service should be mandatorily purchased under penalty of law. We should repeal it and move more towards a competitive relationship."

• Environment

Excerpt: "I believe there is climate change. I grew up around scientific minds, my dad was a chemist, I worked around nuclear power plants. Climate change has come and gone over the years. We should not have our government subsidizing one agenda over another."

• Gas tax

Excerpt: "I think we should cut the waste in our transportation system. We have roads underused. We have cosmetic improvements. I think we should stop the leaks in road repair funds and make some tough decisions. In my little county that is losing its population, county officials routinely have to make tough decisions about returning roadways back to their original property owners."

• Drugs

Excerpt: "I think we should legalize all drugs, starting with medical marijuana."

Elections

2014

See also: Iowa's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Wright ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 3rd District. Wright sought election as a Libertarian. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Iowa District 3 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Staci Appel	42.2%	119,109
	Republican	David Young	52.8%	148,814
	Libertarian	Ed Wright	3.2%	9,054
	Independent	Bryan Jack Holder	1.5%	4,360
	Write-in	Other	0.3%	729
Total Votes				282,066
Source: Iowa Secretary of State Official Results

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Iowa's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
• Iowa's 3rd Congressional District

External links

• Official campaign website

Footnotes

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Iowa's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Joni Ernst (R)

Chuck Grassley (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)

District 2

Ashley Hinson (R)

District 3

Zach Nunn (R)

District 4

Randy Feenstra (R)

Republican Party (6)