Ethan Osborne
Ethan Osborne (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Osborne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ethan Osborne was born in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Osborne's professional experience includes working as a wildland firefighter, organizer, arborist, farmer, and landscaper. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2006 to 2008. Osborne earned a bachelor's degree from Northern Kentucky University in 2006.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 4
Incumbent Thomas Massie defeated Matthew Lehman and Ethan Osborne in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Thomas Massie (R) | 65.0 | 167,541 |
 | Matthew Lehman (D)  | 31.0 | 79,977 | |
 | Ethan Osborne (Independent) | 3.9 | 10,111 | |
| Total votes: 257,629 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Matthew Lehman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4
Incumbent Thomas Massie defeated Claire Wirth, Alyssa Dara McDowell, and George Washington in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Thomas Massie | 75.2 | 50,301 |
 | Claire Wirth | 15.7 | 10,521 | |
| Alyssa Dara McDowell | 5.2 | 3,446 | ||
| George Washington | 3.9 | 2,606 | ||
| Total votes: 66,874 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ethan Osborne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Osborne's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Both of my opponents are corporate sponsored millionaires. I'm the only working class candidate refusing dark money and corporate contributions.
- Kentucky's natural resources have been plundered by oligarchs like Mitch McConnell for 100 years. Our natural resources belong to all of us and I will work to nationalize them.
- I am a secularist, pro 2nd Amendment, pro bill of rights, pro choice.
I view addiction as a medical, not criminal issue.
I support strong unions and workers rights.
I am pro 2nd Amendment.
I support universal health care.
I support reparations for the descendants of African Slaves.
I support universal basic income and student debt forgiveness.
I am against income taxes on the working class.
I believe we should not be the world's police and we should have a Swiss Style military, not an offensive corporate war machine.
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Campaign website
Osborne's campaign website stated the following:
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100% Pro Choice: 1. Ethan Osborne is the only candidate in the race for US House of Representatives (in northern Kentucky, district-4) who is 100% pro-choice/pro reproductive rights. 2. No one should dictate what women can and cannot do with their bodies, whether it's men, religious institutions, or the government. 3. To protect this human/women's right, Ethan will work on helping get an amendment to the constitution.
1. Fight Gerrymandering 2. Reform/Abolish Electoral College 3. Enforcement of Universal Term Limits 4. Abolish the Fillibuster 5. Adopt a System of Ranked-Choice Voting 6. Independent Redistricting Commissions
Support civil liberties & criminal justice reform and a focus on the Bill of Rights. 1. Free speech absolutism, freedom of & from religion, freedom of the press, freedom of petition, protest & assembly and the guaranteed protection of corruption whistleblowers. 2. Common sense interpretation & utilization of the 2nd & 3rd Amendments: A. Right to self defense B. Sensible regulation of weaponry C. Oppose standing armies & unnecessary foreign entanglements. D. Adopt a military structure more resembling the Swiss Armed Forces. 3. Protect individual privacy, due-process/speedy-trials, prohibit unreasonable searches, cruel/unusual punishment, 4. Ensure the rights of minorities, women, immigrants & LGBTQ communities. 5. End prohibition of drugs & treat addiction as a medical issue. 6. Decriminalize, tax & unionize sex work.
1. Abolish all income tax for the working class. 2. Nationalize raw materials such as coal, water & other key natural resources. 3. Enact “vice sales taxes” on legalized cannabis, alcohol, gaming, junk food, tobacco, & adult entertainment, including prostitution. 4. Combine nationalized natural resources & vice sales taxes to subsidize infrastructure, universal healthcare, universal basic income, reparations, & other social programs, in place of income tax.
1. Quality universal healthcare for all 2. Universal basic income 3. Land Reform 4. Reparations for the descendants of African slaves. 5. Create a federal, state, county and city, public works job program. 6. Mandatory conscription of a year in a national service program after high school. 7. Empower strong unions, workers rights, & labor solidarity.
1. Dismantle military & prison industrial complexes. 2. End international arms dealing 3. End for profit wars of imperialist aggression. 4. Strive for denuclearization globally, all weapons of mass destruction. 5. End all sanctions that cause harm to civilian populations.[2] |
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| —Ethan Osborne's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 9, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ethan Osborne For Congress, “E.O. Platform,” accessed August 27, 2022
