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Evelyn Li
Evelyn Li was a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 17th Congressional District of California. She lost in the general election.[1]
Campaign themes
2012
Li's campaign website listed the following issues:[2]
- Economy
- Excerpt: "We need to get America working again. This is done by encouraging businesses with tax relief, less regulation, and the ability to use their creativity to discover and produce better services and products. This approach will increase the number of jobs we have available for our workforce."
- Healthcare
- Excerpt: "We spend 2.7 trillion dollars per year on health care, surpassing a lot of other country’s total GDP, such as France’s. We need to cut down administrative and other unnecessary costs that put a stumbling block in price-conscious, efficacious healthcare delivery. We need to support providers (the medical experts closest to their patients) to deliver excellent healthcare."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Our children are the backbone of America, and education starts at childhood. We need to ensure pre-college schools in America are the best in the world. Our children are suffering in schools with reduced funding, teachers that are saddled with politically correct curriculums and school administrations that are top-heavy."
- Values
- Excerpt: "The families in our country are the foundation of our happiness and success. The family unit can be made up of many people whether they are grandparents, adoptive parents or natural parents. Many of the families in this country are unique in their own way and we need to support them so that they can flourish at home and in their influence in their community."
- Foreign Policy
- Excerpt: "Endorse a strong military defense, but focus on facilitating better communication between countries and utilize civilized, educated modality to deal with differences and promote ultimate, sustainable peace."
Elections
2012
Li ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 17th District. She and district 15 incumbent Mike Honda (D) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating Charles Richardson (Ind). They faced off in the November 6, 2012, general election and Honda won.[1][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Mike Honda Incumbent |
73.5% | 159,392 | |
| Republican | Evelyn Li | 26.5% | 57,336 | |
| Total Votes | 216,728 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Li is married and has three children.[5]
Recent news
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CNN, "California Districts Race - 2012 Election Center," accessed December 1, 2012
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," November 6, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed June 2, 2014
