Ike McCorkle
Ike McCorkle (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Incumbent Lauren Boebert defeated Trisha Calvarese, Hannah Goodman, Frank Atwood, and Paul Fiorino in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lauren Boebert (R) | 53.6 | 240,213 |
 | Trisha Calvarese (D)  | 42.0 | 188,249 | |
 | Hannah Goodman (L) | 2.6 | 11,676 | |
 | Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party) | 1.4 | 6,233 | |
 | Paul Fiorino (Unity Party) | 0.3 | 1,436 | |
| Total votes: 447,807 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Douglas Mangeris (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Trisha Calvarese defeated Ike McCorkle and John Padora Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trisha Calvarese | 45.2 | 22,756 |
 | Ike McCorkle | 41.1 | 20,723 | |
 | John Padora Jr. | 13.7 | 6,882 | |
| Total votes: 50,361 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Karen Breslin (D)
- Anil Saxena (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Boebert | 43.7 | 54,605 |
 | Jerry Sonnenberg | 14.2 | 17,791 | |
 | Deborah Flora | 13.6 | 17,069 | |
 | Richard Holtorf | 10.7 | 13,387 | |
 | Michael Lynch | 10.7 | 13,357 | |
 | Peter Yu | 7.1 | 8,854 | |
| Total votes: 125,063 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ted Harvey (R)
- Ken Buck (R)
- Justin Schreiber (R)
- Chris Phelen (R)
- Floyd Trujillo (R)
- Trent Leisy (R)
- Mariel Bailey (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for McCorkle in this election.
2022
See also: Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Incumbent Ken Buck defeated Ike McCorkle and Ryan McGonigal in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Buck (R) | 60.9 | 216,024 |
| Ike McCorkle (D) | 36.6 | 129,619 | |
| Ryan McGonigal (American Constitution Party) | 2.5 | 8,870 | ||
| Total votes: 354,513 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Donna Windholz (Independent)
- Frank Jensik (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Ike McCorkle advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ike McCorkle | 100.0 | 42,244 |
| Total votes: 42,244 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rome Vibe (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Incumbent Ken Buck defeated Robert Lewis in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Buck | 74.0 | 90,091 |
| Robert Lewis | 26.0 | 31,593 | ||
| Total votes: 121,684 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joshua Rodriguez (L)
2020
See also: Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)
Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Incumbent Ken Buck defeated Ike McCorkle, Bruce Griffith, and Laura Ireland in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Buck (R) | 60.1 | 285,606 |
| Ike McCorkle (D) | 36.6 | 173,945 | |
 | Bruce Griffith (L) | 2.3 | 11,026 | |
| Laura Ireland (Unity Party) | 1.0 | 4,530 | ||
| Total votes: 475,107 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Ike McCorkle advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ike McCorkle | 100.0 | 81,719 |
| Total votes: 81,719 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Incumbent Ken Buck advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Buck | 100.0 | 109,230 |
| Total votes: 109,230 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Bruce Griffith advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on April 13, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Bruce Griffith (L) |
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Unity Party convention
Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 4
Laura Ireland advanced from the Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on April 4, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Laura Ireland (Unity Party) | |
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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Campaign website
McCorkle's campaign website stated the following:
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Agriculture and Climate The Agricultural Industry is currently a net carbon and methane producer but with smart agricultural practices, agriculture, and production agricultur, Colorado can become net carbon and methane sinks. Increasingly agricultural policy and climate-smart practices are developed by partnering scientists and universities (like those at Colorado State) with our farming and ranching communities. These partnerships will turn agricultural industries in America and all over the world into net carbon sinks. Agriculture is a vital economic driver for the communities of eastern Colorado. Farmers and ranchers need the support of a well-informed public as they continue to provide food for a global population which is expected to increase to nearly 10 billion by 2050. At the same time, farmers and ranchers in eastern Colorado battle infringements on water rights, and struggle to implement suggested soil health practices because of Colorado’s arid environment. Climate change is the ultimate threat to our existence, and its first effect is the increasing scarcity of water, which is already at the center of conflict between rural and urban Coloradoans. In addition to water scarcity, farmers have been challenged by heat and cold extremes and increased severe weather. We have to:
When FDR fought for the original New Deal it was opposed by financial and industrial elites. It was called ‘socialism’ and considered an unwarranted government intrusion into the affairs of the ‘free-market’. But against the backdrop of the Great Depression FDR was able to implement the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). They put people back to work, modernized infrastructure, and built the foundations for a post-war economic boom. The New Deal did not undermine capitalism, it saved it. We need to:
According to science, we have a decade to save our environment. We face extinction-level threats due to the exploitation of our natural resources and generations of inaction and neglect. We have the knowledge, means, and resources to lead the world on the critical mission to change our relationships with nature and one another and to save ourselves and the planet.
The need for real campaign finance reform is an issue that should concern all Americans regardless of their political point of view. When a handful of wealthy people and special interest groups are able to “buy” elections and politicians in exchange for access and influence, the “voice” of the majority is diminished and we can no longer call ourselves a “representative” democracy. What we can do about it:
Millions of Americans are underwater on their mortgages, millions more can’t get a loan to buy a house, and more than 7 million renters lack access to affordable housing. Many working families, veterans, the mentally ill and the poor are living in their cars, in homeless shelters, or simply out on the street. Working together, this is what we need to do to address the affordable housing crisis: Help Underwater Homeowners and Renters
Promote Homeownership and Support First Time Homebuyers
As a nation, we have a moral obligation to provide the best quality care to those who have put their lives on the line to defend us. As a war-injured and retired 18-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Ike McCorkle knows you never leave a fellow service-person behind—on the battle field or at home. We need:
As we transition into a universal healthcare system that ensures lower costs and higher-quality healthcare for all Americans, we need to revitalize and restructure the VA to provide veteran-specific programs and specialties, and the opportunity to see any healthcare provider they choose.
In a highly competitive global economy, we need the best educated workforce in the world. To ensure we reach this goal, we must fully fund universal early childhood programs and our public schools. Millions of bright young people cannot afford college and/or leave school with debt that burdens them for decades. We need to:
The War on Drugs has racist beginnings and has led to an incarceration rate five times higher than in the early 1970s when we had the same low crime rate as today. We need to:
Drug and alcohol addiction are an illness. We need to:
Through private prisons, corporate entities have profited on the backs of our most disadvantaged citizens for far too long. We need to abolish private prisons nationwide.
Today, we confront political divisions that might be greater than ever before in American history. However, as citizens of this country, there is also much we have in common that can bring us together. We believe that:
Drafting and passing legislation is a collaborative effort. Bringing people together with diverse backgrounds and beliefs in order to find common ground and to achieve the common good is one of our patriotic Duties.
Climate change is the ultimate global issue and to tackle it we need a global perspective. By 2050 the world’s population will be over 10 billion. If we are to live fulfilling lives, then we need to find new modes of economic growth without damaging the biosphere. We have to:
When FDR fought for the original New Deal it was opposed by financial and industrial elites. It was called ‘socialism’ and considered an unwarranted government intrusion into the affairs of the ‘free-market’. But against the backdrop of the Great Depression he was able to implement the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). They put people back to work, modernized infrastructure, and built the foundations for a post-war economic boom. The New Deal did not undermine capitalism, it saved it. We need to:
According to science, we have a decade to save our environment. We face extinction-level threats due to the exploitation of our natural resources and generations of inaction and neglect. We have the knowledge, means and resources to lead the world on the critical mission to change our relationships with nature and one another, and to save ourselves and the planet.
Popular support indicates, and experts agree, that it’s time to introduce legislation for a new Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) that protects EVERY American from institutional oppression and discrimination. A new ERA needs to:
The most effective way to improve our economy, create jobs, save the environment and our kids’ future is to rapidly transition our energy industry from any and all fossil fuels to clean renewables. We need to:
We will use Federal, State, corporate and individual investment, tax incentive, and subsidised transfers in order to fund infrastructure projects. We will work with our colleges and universities, the Governor’s office, and private corporate cooperative development to move the state towards developing a zero-carbon electrical grid by 2040. Transitioning our energy infrastructure to renewable resource technologies such as solar, concentrated solar, wind, geothermal, atmospheric water production, and solar pump storage––also known as hydroelectric reservoir storage––will substantially increase the availability of good jobs and benefits to our economy in CD4.
The test of a great and powerful nation is not how many wars it can engage in, but how it can resolve international conflicts in a peaceful manner.
For decades, the US economy has made it difficult for the working class to achieve upward mobility. Statistics show that 75% of working class Americans live paycheck to paycheck. We need to:
As poor and working class Americans achieve a greater degree of economic equality, the nation as a whole will benefit greatly.
Safeguarding the right to vote is a primary duty of our government We need to:
The Department of Defense has seen Climate Change as a national security issue since the Reagan Administration and has addressed it explicitly in every major national security document since 1991. Senior military leaders take the issue so seriously that in March of 2017, when President Trump ordered Executive Branch agencies to remove all mention of the “Climate Change” from their internal policy documents, then Secretary of Defense Mattis effectively sidestepped the order by keeping the focus on its undeniable real world effects, including increased global instability, sea level rise, and increased damage to military and civilian infrastructure due to severe weather events. Despite recognizing climate change as a critical national security problem, efforts to date have focused on adaptation rather than prevention. The Department of Defense can and should play a more proactive role. The cutting-edge research that brought us nuclear power, manned space flight, and the global internet were all initiated by the Defense Department in response to pressing national security concerns. We now face a threat of our own making, more serious than any that has come before. If we are to meet it, we must employ every resource at our disposal. Some efforts are already underway. In February 2019 concerned members of Congress introduced The Climate Change National Security Act of 2019, which would establish an interagency working group within the Executive Branch to develop a national strategy for addressing the impacts of climate change. The bill is a strong first step in marshalling the power of our security and intelligence agencies in the fight against climate change, but more can be done. In September of 2019, the Climate and Security Advisory Group, an independent body of climate scientists, policy experts, and retired General Officers published their own roadmap going even further. As your representative, Ike will support the Climate Change National Security Act and work with its co-sponsors to ensure that it incorporates the far reaching recommendations of the Climate and Security Advisory Group. The key points of that plan will include: What we can do about it:
By leveraging the competence, capabilities, and scale of the US Department of Defense and other agencies, we can not only ensure a more secure and stable world by preventing the worst impacts of climate change, we can rebuild our national infrastructure and create a boom in green energy jobs. The full text of the Climate and Security Advisory Group’s “Climate Security Plan for America” is available here: climateandsecurity.org/climatesecurityplanforamerica/ The Climate Change National Security Act of 2019 (HR-1201) is available here: www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1201/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22S.+1238%22%5D%7D
There are many lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. One major lesson is that the U.S. desperately needs universal healthcare, which would provide a whole-country approach to access and care for our nation. A very efficient and effective healthcare system already exists. It’s Medicare and it effectively can be expanded for all. Medicare for All will:
A majority of Americans on both sides of the aisle, as well as independents and third-party members, agree that Medicare For All must be delivered. It’s time to put people before profits and it’s time that Americans stop paying the most for healthcare with the worst results.
We can reduce firearms injuries in the US by close to 80% while ensuring Second Amendment rights and the right to safety.
With rigorous education, the above measures will reduce firearm injuries in the US by more than 80%. They do not infringe on a citizen’s rights to keep and bear arms and they do not disarm our “well-regulated citizen militia.” And these laws do not impact licensed hunters. They only insure that legal gun owners have the training necessary to utilize these weapons. We require training and licensing to drive vehicles, design a house, or even to cut hair. We can require the same for those who carry weapons. Ken Buck voted against renewal of the Violence Against Women Act because it said that convicted domestic abusers could not own a firearm. Ken Buck doesn’t care about women’s rights or safety. Ken Buck thinks that convicted domestic abusers should be able to own firearms- without any licensing or training.
We cannot allow ourselves to be divided by anti-immigrant and xenophobic hysteria. America has always been a haven for the oppressed. We must embrace the historic role of the US as a protector of vulnerable people fleeing persecution. We need an immigration policy that stops the criminalization of communities of color and keeps families together. We must implement humane and secure immigration policies. We need to:
Like the interstate highway system that allows everyone access at the same speed regardless of the car they drive, Net Neutrality ensures that every American will have access to the Internet and all its information and opportunities at the same rate of speed––governed as a utility, not by a for-profit company that can block, throttle and charge users extra through class censorship. We need to enshrine Net Neutrality into law. We need to:
For more than eighty years, Social Security has stood for retirement with dignity and respect. Today, Social Security is more important than ever:
We need to:
Removing the cap will increase revenues and extend Social Security solvency for the next 50 years, benefiting all American alive today.
We need to fund a Federal Jobs Guarantee program in order to train and position Americans for a robust new economy that will grow from our needed transition from fossil fuels to renewables and from polluting energy to clean energy, all with the goal of saving our planet. Establishing a new Works Progress Administration (WPA) would help to accomplish that goal. We need to:
Science tells us we only have a decade to transition from our current polluting energy, construction, and transportation systems––and the economies surrounding them––to keep the planet habitable. The scope of that crisis requires a federal jobs program like the WPA and the CCC.[1] |
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| —Isaac McCorkle's campaign website (2022)[2] | ||
2020
Ike McCorkle did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ McCorkle for Congress, “Platform,” accessed August 30, 2022
