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Harpreet Chima
Harpreet Chima (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 9th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Chima completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Harpreet Chima earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis, in 2011.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: California's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 9
Incumbent Josh Harder defeated Tom Patti in the general election for U.S. House California District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Harder (D) | 54.8 | 95,598 |
 | Tom Patti (R)  | 45.2 | 78,802 | |
| Total votes: 174,400 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 9
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 9 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Harder (D) | 36.7 | 39,026 |
| ✔ | | Tom Patti (R) | 29.0 | 30,843 |
 | Jim Shoemaker (R) | 14.5 | 15,443 | |
 | Harpreet Chima (D) | 7.9 | 8,433 | |
| Jonathan Madison (R) | 5.6 | 5,992 | ||
 | Khalid Jeffrey Jafri (D) | 3.0 | 3,174 | |
 | Karena Feng (D) | 2.5 | 2,632 | |
 | Mark Andrews (Independent) | 0.7 | 758 | |
| Total votes: 106,301 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Harpreet Chima completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chima's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I look at our community and see the lack of progress we have made. Today, there are fewer possibilities of reaching the same American Dream my parents achieved. The costs of education, of housing, of living have all skyrocketed. But wages have barely gone up. Too many working people live paycheck to paycheck. But our politicians are content to fix things around the edges. The sense of hurt, pain, and urgency we feel is not reflected in the actions of the people we elect to represent us.
I’m running for Congress because I believe our government should serve working people, not wealthy campaign contributors.
- HOUSING FOR FAMILIES, NOT FOR WALL STREET: Corporations and wealthy investors are buying up single-family homes. Families are priced out even though they spend years saving for a down payment. This forces them to make a tough decision. They either move further away and commute or rent the very home they were trying to buy. Buying a home is a key part of fulfilling the American Dream and it cannot just become another get richer scheme for the already rich. My priority is families wanting to put down roots in our towns, not the wealthy few.
- GREEN NEW DEAL & GOOD UNION JOBS: While the surge in solar and wind deployment is encouraging, the low pay of the workers in these sectors is not. Yes, we need a mass worker mobilization to combat climate change. But it cannot come on the backs of nonunionized and poorly paid workers. Let’s not repeat the mistakes of the past and rely on profit seeking investors. The federal government should create or expand agencies such as FDR’s New Deal’s Tennessee Valley Authority - a public power company owned by the federal government. Through these agencies, we will deploy solar, wind, and retrofit our buildings while creating unionized jobs with good pay and benefits.
- SOCIAL SECURITY & A DIGNIFIED RETIREMENT: Too many of our seniors dare not dream about retirement. 40% of households aged 50-64 have nothing at all in personal retirement accounts; two-thirds in that age group have less than one year of income saved up for retirement. This means that instead of enjoying retirement, seniors are continuing to work. And they often work at low-paying jobs. We must end the shameful crisis of senior poverty. I support returning the retirement age to 65. And I support legislation to strengthen and expand Social Security. After a life of hard work, everyone deserves to retire in security, with dignity.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House California District 9 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 22, 2022
