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Gareth Gilsdorf
Gareth Gilsdorf (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 9th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022.
Gilsdorf completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gareth Gilsdorf was born in Flagstaff, Arizona.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 9
Incumbent Paul Gosar defeated Richard Grayson and Thomas Tzitzura in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Paul Gosar (R) | 97.8 | 192,796 |
 | Richard Grayson (D) (Write-in) | 1.8 | 3,531 | |
| Thomas Tzitzura (D) (Write-in) | 0.4 | 858 | ||
| Total votes: 197,185 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gareth Gilsdorf (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9
No candidate advanced from the primary.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
 | David Lucier (Write-in) | 72.7 | 1,319 | |
 | Gene Scharer (Write-in) | 27.3 | 496 | |
| Total votes: 1,815 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9
Incumbent Paul Gosar defeated Randy Kutz, Adam Morgan, Sandra Dowling, and Jack Harper in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Gosar | 65.9 | 67,340 |
 | Randy Kutz | 13.1 | 13,387 | |
 | Adam Morgan | 12.2 | 12,508 | |
 | Sandra Dowling | 8.7 | 8,851 | |
 | Jack Harper (Write-in) | 0.1 | 76 | |
| Total votes: 102,162 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Saul Rodriguez (R)
- Orlando Johnson (R)
- Jana Jackson (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gareth Gilsdorf completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gilsdorf's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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May 27th, 2021, my town was evacuated due to the Spur Fire. It destroyed 30 structures, and 13 homes. That day changed my life. I watched the fire threaten everything we knew, and when we fled that day, we didn’t know if we would be starting over. It shook my very soul. In the aftermath, the Firefighters used so much water fighting the fire, that we had water restrictions for days. The power lines and the phone lines also burned, so we were without power for days, and internet for weeks.
As I watched the community come together, and take care of each other during and after the fire, I was utterly inspired. Political differences meant nothing when peoples homes were burning and their lives destroyed. From that day forward, I decided I would do everything in my power to bring that same community spirit to every aspect of my life. I am determined to solve every problem I face.- I am a anti corruption, 100% grassroots campaign. Our government needs to kick its addiction to dirty money. I plan on overturning citizens united, legislating current lobbying practices as bribery and racketeering and banning stock trading by government officials.
- Inflation is demand outpacing supply. We have been supplementing our supplies of essential resources with imports from other countries. The way for us to fight inflation is to invest in the production and manufacture of essential resources we have been importing from other countries. Until we do this, every time there is a trade disruption, inflation will spike and people will suffer. By investing in Solar Energy and Water Treatment, we can save our state, secure our food supply and reduce the cost of living and doing business for every American.
- Working full-time needs to earn a living income, whether by conventional payroll practices or by profit-sharing. I favor profit-sharing. Workers who are also shareholders care about a company's success, and are represented on the company board of directors.We can have a smaller government, and no additional taxes as long as people are provided for. I am proposing a large tax cut for profit-sharing corporations to encourage more companies to adopt the practice.
"Don't stop thinking about tomorrow" by Fleetwood Mac
I think we should triple the number of house representatives per capita. Uncap the number of representatives, returning it to the per capita levels from before the Taft Administration. This would create more local and responsive representatives.
Education and Labor
Energy and Commerce
Ethics
Oversight and Reform
Science, Space, and Technology
Small Business
Transportation and Infrastructure
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans' Affairs
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
I also plan on making Apollo program style investments in next generation infrastructure, such as solar energy, Water treatment and Desalination, Lithium extraction from Seawater, and Silica Industry technologies. Taken together, investing in these industries will lower the cost of living and doing business, add millions of jobs and increase our standard of living.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 4, 2022
