Giuliano DePaolis
Giuliano DePaolis (independent) (also known as Gio) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 28th Congressional District. DePaolis lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Biography
Giuliano DePaolis' career experience includes working as an IT specialist and a film and television editor.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: California's 28th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 28
Incumbent Judy Chu defeated Wes Hallman in the general election for U.S. House California District 28 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Judy Chu (D) | 66.2 | 150,062 |
 | Wes Hallman (R) | 33.8 | 76,495 | |
| Total votes: 226,557 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 28
Incumbent Judy Chu and Wes Hallman defeated Dorothy Caronna and Giuliano DePaolis in the primary for U.S. House California District 28 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Judy Chu (D) | 63.0 | 90,395 |
| ✔ | | Wes Hallman (R) | 29.2 | 41,955 |
 | Dorothy Caronna (D) | 5.6 | 7,993 | |
 | Giuliano DePaolis (Independent) | 2.2 | 3,100 | |
| Total votes: 143,443 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jonathan Braun (D)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign website
DePaolis' campaign website stated the following:
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1. Single Payer Medical Insurance Over 72% of all Democrats, and over 50% of Republicans now support a single-payer health care option, and yet we have a government that refuses to entertain the idea, much less put it to a House vote, mainly due to the influence of Big-Pharma and the for-profit health insurance industry. Since medical bankruptcy is the primary cause of homelessness in the U.S., solving the issue of the uninsured would resolve the key factor in the creation of the unhoused. A Single Payer Option would offer an alternative to the for profit health care system that, in the near future will be financially untenable, and contribute to the collapse of the healthcare market.
Since it's legalization or decriminalization in 37 states and the District of Columbia, the cannabis industry has generated billions of dollars of revenue for state and local governments annually and provides millions of above-market employment opportunities. However the Federal Government insists on classifying cannabis as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, claiming that it is more dangerous than Fentynal and Oxicotin, opioids that are responsible for hundreds of thousands of overdoses in the U.S. This Schedule 1 classification excludes all cannabis industry profits from appropriate Federal Taxation, prohibits research into the possible medical benefits of cannabis, and prevents cannabis from being a viable alternative solution to the climate change issue.
Speaking of climate change, Bio-sequestration, and carbon capture are two technologies that can reduce and remove billions of tons of CO2 emissions from the environment annually. And yes, the cannabis industry can play a vital role here as well. One hectare of cannabis can absorb 15 tons of CO2, and is carbon negative to produce. Hemp's rapid growth makes it one of the fastest CO2-to-biomass conversion "technologies" available, more efficient than agro- forestry. In Canada and Europe, governments are embracing cannabis as a cheap, and low-impact solution to reducing their carbon emission footprint. But, the current U.S. is focused on how to impose "Carbon Taxes" and wasteful "Climate Justice" initiatives. No one asked for an $.08 per mile usage tax.
It is my intent to introduce a bill that aims to reduce the cost of the NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act, by %03 per year over a period of 5 years. Our current bill for the defense of our nation stands at $777.7 billion. As we spend more on defense than the next 10 global militaries combined, the focus of this legislation will be to eliminate waste in the military spending budgets, while seeking to maintain, or improve military capability.[2] |
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| —Giuliano DePaolis' campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Gio DePaolis for California Congressional District 28, "Home," accessed May 12, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Gio DePaolis for California Congressional District 28, “The Issues...,” accessed May 6, 2022
