Helene Schneider

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Helene Schneider

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 7, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Helene Schneider was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 24th Congressional District of California.

Elections

2016

See also: California's 24th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as a race to watch. Incumbent Lois Capps (D) did not seek re-election in 2016. Salud Carbajal (D) defeated Justin Fareed (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Carbajal and Fareed defeated Benjamin Lucas (D), William Ostrander (D), Helene Schneider (D), Katcho Achadjian (R), Matt Kokkonen (R), Steve Isakson (Independent), and John Uebersax (Independent) in the top-two primary on June 7, 2016.

U.S. House, California District 24 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal	53.4%	166,034
	Republican	Justin Fareed	46.6%	144,780
Total Votes				310,814
Source: California Secretary of State

U.S. House, California District 24 Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Salud Carbajal	31.9%	66,402
	Republican	Justin Fareed	20.5%	42,521
	Republican	Katcho Achadjian	18.1%	37,716
	Democratic	Helene Schneider	14.9%	31,046
	Democratic	William Ostrander	6.1%	12,657
	Republican	Matt Kokkonen	5.6%	11,636
	Independent	John Uebersax	1.1%	2,188
	Independent	Steve Isakson	1%	2,172
	Democratic	Bernjamin Lucas	0.8%	1,568
Total Votes				207,906
Source: California Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Schneider's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Protecting & Preserving Our Environment: As long as our economy is based on fossil fuels, spills from Santa Barbara to the Gulf of Mexico will continue to occur. We must end our addiction to oil and grow an economy based on clean and renewable energy sources. Water: We need to think long term when it comes to ensuring reliable and clean water supplies. In Congress, I will bring my experience as Mayor during this drought to tackle these complex issues head-on at the federal level by working to establish more long-term water conservation and supply policies that ensure Californians and all Americans can afford and have access to clean drinking water, and the water supplies necessary to support and sustain our rich agricultural and tourism industries. Full Equality for Women: This Congress has actually been turning back the clock on women’s rights, not forward. The best way to fight back against this extremist agenda is to elect more women to Congress who will work to protect our rights and advance equality for women and girls. Protecting Medicare and Social Security: Seniors deserve to retire with respect and dignity. Medicare and Social Security have been central to accomplishing this for generations of retired Americans. Fair Trade that Creates Good US Jobs: As it’s currently written, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade deal looks too much like NAFTA, where we saw thousands of good, middle class American jobs shipped overseas to foreign countries. While this may not have been the policy intention, the fact is that NAFTA created a race to the bottom when it comes to wages and protections for working people. It’s vital that we protect our current jobs and work to create more well paying jobs— not outsource them.	”
—Helene Schneider's campaign website, http://heleneschneider.org/

Campaign finance summary

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• California's 24th Congressional District election, 2016
• California's 24th Congressional District

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
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• Twitter feed

Footnotes

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California's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Alex Padilla (D)

Adam Schiff (D)

Representatives

District 1

Doug LaMalfa (R)

District 2

Jared Huffman (D)

District 3

Kevin Kiley (R)

District 4

Mike Thompson (D)

District 5

Tom McClintock (R)

District 6

Ami Bera (D)

District 7

Doris Matsui (D)

District 8

John Garamendi (D)

District 9

Josh Harder (D)

District 10

Mark DeSaulnier (D)

District 11

Nancy Pelosi (D)

District 12

Lateefah Simon (D)

District 13

Adam Gray (D)

District 14

Eric Swalwell (D)

District 15

Kevin Mullin (D)

District 16

Sam Liccardo (D)

District 17

Ro Khanna (D)

District 18

Zoe Lofgren (D)

District 19

Jimmy Panetta (D)

District 20

Vince Fong (R)

District 21

Jim Costa (D)

District 22

David Valadao (R)

District 23

Jay Obernolte (R)

District 24

Salud Carbajal (D)

District 25

Raul Ruiz (D)

District 26

Julia Brownley (D)

District 27

George Whitesides (D)

District 28

Judy Chu (D)

District 29

Luz Rivas (D)

District 30

Laura Friedman (D)

District 31

Gil Cisneros (D)

District 32

Brad Sherman (D)

District 33

Pete Aguilar (D)

District 34

Jimmy Gomez (D)

District 35

Norma Torres (D)

District 36

Ted Lieu (D)

District 37

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)

District 38

Linda Sánchez (D)

District 39

Mark Takano (D)

District 40

Young Kim (R)

District 41

Ken Calvert (R)

District 42

Robert Garcia (D)

District 43

Maxine Waters (D)

District 44

Nanette Barragán (D)

District 45

Derek Tran (D)

District 46

Lou Correa (D)

District 47

Dave Min (D)

District 48

Darrell Issa (R)

District 49

Mike Levin (D)

District 50

Scott Peters (D)

District 51

Sara Jacobs (D)

District 52

Juan Vargas (D)

Democratic Party (45)

Republican Party (9)