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Imraan Siddiqi
Imraan Siddiqi (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Washington's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on August 6, 2024.
Siddiqi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Imraan Siddiqi was born in Auburn, Alabama. He earned a high school diploma from Roswell High School, a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas, Arlington in 2004, and a graduate degree from Arizona State University in 2009. His career experience includes working as an small business owner. He has been affiliated with C.A.I.R.-WA, Washington Community Alliance, and the Washington Area Immigrant Solidarity Network.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 top-two primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 8
Incumbent Kim Schrier defeated Carmen Goers in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kim Schrier (D) | 54.0 | 224,607 |
 | Carmen Goers (R)  | 45.8 | 190,675 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 995 | ||
| Total votes: 416,277 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8
Incumbent Kim Schrier and Carmen Goers defeated Imraan Siddiqi and Keith Arnold in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 8 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kim Schrier (D) | 50.1 | 105,069 |
| ✔ | | Carmen Goers (R) | 45.0 | 94,322 |
 | Imraan Siddiqi (D) | 3.5 | 7,374 | |
 | Keith Arnold (D) | 1.2 | 2,603 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 291 | ||
| Total votes: 209,659 | |||
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Endorsements
Siddiqi received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Siddiqi's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Imraan Siddiqi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Siddiqi's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- This campaign is dedicated to keeping taxpayer dollars in our communities. Taxes should fund local communities instead of genocide overseas. Taxpayer dollars should be directed to affordable housing, healthcare, education, and public resources rather than the production of arms sent overseas.
- We must do everything possible to elect leaders that protect our freedoms and civil rights at all costs. No matter who you are or where you come from, we all have an equal say, and we can live in a society where we trust in the integrity of our elections. Imraan seeks to build infrastructure for those who have little protection under the local and national government, as well as fight for the security of worker, voting, reproductive, immigrant, incarcerated, environmental, and student rights in the district.
- Imraan is committed to building healthy and thriving communities with the safety and opportunity they deserve for themselves and generations to come. The middle class continues to shrink in a nation where the divide between the top earners and those earning the least grows wider and wider, while corporations continue to evade what they owe. Imraan is calling for progressive revenue that could fund housing for nearly every American that doesn’t have it, tuition-free college, universal childcare and healthcare.
Reducing costs of education and childcare, more affordable and accessible healthcare, and responding to the tech industry layoffs.
Housing Equity
Policing is not the solution to homelessness and root causes must be addressed, affordable housing must be prioritized.
Immigrant and Minority Rights
Supporting and uplifting immigrants minorities, and diaspora communities in the district while fighting rising hate crimes and exclusion.
Addressing Disproportionate Foreign Policy
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Campaign website
Siddiqi’s campaign website stated the following:
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Affordable Housing No matter what we look like or where in the 8th district we live, we all need a roof over our family’s head and a safe place to call home. Too many residents of our district are struggling to afford the cost of housing. Developers and big business have prioritized profits over the needs of our community members. I know what it's like to have to leave a community to find a place for my family that we can afford. It doesn’t have to be this way. As your Representative, I will work hard to bring affordable housing solutions to our community. We all deserve to come home at the end of the day to a safe space in a thriving community.
Healthcare is a human right. I believe every single person in the 8th district should be able to visit a doctor without worrying about the cost of the bill. That’s why I will fight for healthcare for all in Congress – to ensure everyone in our state and our district can take their kids to the doctor when they are sick. Right now, insurance companies, big corporations and the pharmaceutical industry rake in massive profits while parents struggle to afford a doctor’s bill. I know we can do better. If we come together to demand change, we can ensure a system that serves patients, not profits. I promise to ensure access to safe and legal abortion, contraception, and comprehensive reproductive healthcare and reproductive education for everyone. Decisions about reproductive health should be made by individuals, not politicians. As your Representative, I will fight for healthcare for all.
Every child in the 8th district deserves the best start in life we can provide for them. That begins with a great education in a safe and beautiful school. People of all ages deserve to be able to get an education, take the next steps in their career and build brighter futures. My son is starting college this year. I believe he should be able to pursue his dreams without accruing massive debt. And I believe every college student in the 8th district deserves the same. Unfortunately, the ultra-wealthy have rigged our tax code for their own benefit leading to chronic underfunding of our schools. As your Representative, I will fight to ensure the wealthy pay what they owe so our kids can reach for their dreams.
No matter who is elected President this November, we need strong congressional leaders who can hold the President accountable. Representative Kim Schrier can’t even hold the Biden White House accountable—she won’t hold Trump accountable either. I sued when Trump tried to implement an unconstitutional Muslim Ban. Congressional leaders like Kim Schrier declined to charge Trump for spurring the violent insurrection on January 6th, 2021. They let him slide and punted it to the state level because playing politics is more important than doing the right thing. As a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Muslim Ban, I fought to make sure Trump's administration couldn't baselessly target and discriminate against our communities. We must do everything possible to elect leaders that protect our freedoms at all costs, including encouraging those who feel disenfranchised by politicians to get out and vote. Too much is at stake in our democracy. Our democracy and elections are at stake, and we must take drastic measures to change the course of our nation's future. I grew up in Georgia, where voter suppression laws were commonplace and discriminatory practices hurt my communities. I understand the need for free and fair elections.
I’ve been witnessing for years how corporations pollute our communities just to get tax breaks and gain record profits. Washington is leading in the fight against climate change. I would work alongside local environmental justice working groups to hear their priorities and bring those to D.C. My goal is to obtain the investments for a transition to clean energy including sustainable jobs, resilient infrastructure, and successful economic development. The communities who’ve been hit hardest are the ones showing us the way to hold fossil fuel and private utility corporations accountable, protect our health and win locally made and publicly owned clean energy. Climate change is real and it’s here. I’m working towards a future where we drink clean water, breathe safe air, and live in healthy communities. This includes supporting a Green New Deal with emphasis on a transition to renewable energy sources, investing in public transportation, and ending corporate greed.
We need to pass progressive policies to build a tax code that works for working families. Taxes are how we build wellbeing together. They shouldn't be used to fund genocide and death. Our tax dollars should be going to programs that improve the lives of hard-working folks in our communities. [2] |
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| —Imraan Siddiqi’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 21, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Imraan for Congress, “Priorities,” accessed July 21, 2024
