Eric Stoltz (Nevada)
Eric Stoltz (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 12, 2018.
Stoltz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Nevada District 3
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Susie Lee (D)  | 51.9 | 148,501 |
 | Danny Tarkanian (R) | 42.8 | 122,566 | |
 | Steven Brown (L) | 1.6 | 4,555 | |
 | David Goossen (Independent) | 1.3 | 3,627 | |
| Harry Vickers (Independent American Party) | 1.2 | 3,481 | ||
| Gilbert Eisner (Independent) | 0.7 | 1,887 | ||
 | Tony Gumina (Independent) | 0.5 | 1,551 | |
| Total votes: 286,168 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susie Lee | 66.9 | 25,475 |
 | Michael Weiss | 8.2 | 3,115 | |
 | Eric Stoltz | 7.2 | 2,759 | |
 | Jack Love | 5.8 | 2,208 | |
 | Richard Hart | 4.9 | 1,847 | |
 | Steve Schiffman | 3.5 | 1,338 | |
 | Guy Pinjuv | 3.5 | 1,331 | |
| Total votes: 38,073 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Hermon Farahi (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Danny Tarkanian | 44.1 | 15,257 |
 | Michelle Mortensen | 24.6 | 8,491 | |
 | Scott Hammond | 16.8 | 5,804 | |
 | David McKeon | 4.9 | 1,698 | |
 | Annette Teijeiro | 3.5 | 1,225 | |
 | Patrick Carter | 2.7 | 942 | |
 | Stephanie Jones | 1.3 | 450 | |
 | Eddie Hamilton | 1.0 | 360 | |
 | Thomas Mark La Croix | 1.0 | 345 | |
| Total votes: 34,572 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim Murphy (R)
- Victoria Seaman (R)
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Eric Stoltz participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 29, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Eric Stoltz's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1. The implementation of a "Medicare for All" single-payer healthcare system. 2. Federal descheduling and legalization of marijuana, decriminalization of drug usage. 3. A constitutional amendment allowing governments (local, state, and federal) to impose limits on contributions and expenditures for political candidates and political action committees, effectively nullifying Buckley v. Valeo and subsequent supreme court decisions that consider unlimited political spending a form of "free speech" protected by the first amendment.[2][3] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Healthcare, criminal justice reform, campaign finance reform, immigration, taxation, foreign policy.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. Eric Stoltz answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | John McCain. Though I disagree with many of his policy positions, he is the embodiment of patriotism, integrity, and grit. I hope that his party finds a standard-bearer as worthy as he.[3] | ” |
| “ | Boethius' "The Consolation of Philosophy." Though relatively apolitical, it highlights the sheer power of virtue, the worthlessness of evil, and the axiom that even the most powerful among us inevitably lose everything.[3] | ” |
| “ | Integrity, Honesty, Magnanimity, Humility.[3] | ” |
| “ | Intellect, Integrity, Work-ethic, Humility.[3] | ” |
| “ | To serve the interests of one's constituents. To act for the betterment of society and improve the human condition.[3] | ” |
| “ | That I expended my time and energy to make the world a better place.[3] | ” |
| “ | I love "The Lord of the Rings." I have read it five times, and I hope to read it again when I have some free time. It is the most deeply imaginative and profound book I have read. I cannot fathom how Tolkien conceived of it.[3] | ” |
| “ | Gandalf.[3] | ” |
| “ | With elections every two years, there is no legislative body more prone to sweeping change than the House.[3] | ” |
| “ | Yes, absolutely. The fact that I have none is a detriment to my candidacy.[3] | ” |
| “ | To defend against the sudden surge of authoritarianism, to escape the increasing burden of our national debt, to mitigate the effects of human-induced climate change, to fight the wealthy and powerful donors that have a stranglehold on the political process.[3] | ” |
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018
- Nevada's 3rd Congressional District
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Eric Stoltz's responses," May 29, 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 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
