Jake Matthews

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Jake Matthews

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 17, 2022

Jake Matthews (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 4th Congressional District. Matthews lost in the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Val Hoyle defeated Alek Skarlatos, Levi Leatherberry, Jim Howard, and Michael Beilstein in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Hoyle (D / Working Families Party)	50.5	171,372
		Alek Skarlatos (R)	43.1	146,055
		Levi Leatherberry (Independent Party / L)	2.7	9,052
	Submit photo	Jim Howard (Constitution Party)	1.8	6,075
		Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party)	1.8	6,033
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	490

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 339,077
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Hoyle	63.5	56,153
		Doyle Canning	16.1	14,245
		Sami Al-Abdrabbuh	6.9	6,080
		John Selker	5.4	4,738
		Andrew Kalloch	4.9	4,322
	Submit photo	G. Tommy Smith	1.4	1,278
	Submit photo	Jake Matthews	0.7	607
		Steve William Laible	0.3	292
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	663

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,378
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zachary Mulholland (D)
• Joshua Welch (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Alek Skarlatos advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alek Skarlatos	98.3	58,655
		Other/Write-in votes	1.7	1,021

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,676
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Garrett Hoppe (R)
• Jeremy Van Tress (R)

Campaign themes

2022

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Campaign website

Matthews' campaign website stated the following:

“	$100,000 per capita We are going to build a smart city in Oregon's 4th District. It will compete with Arizona's proposed "Telosa" city and Saudi Arabia's proposed "Neom" city. The job-creation alone will raise the per capita in Oregon's 4th District to well over $100,000 from it's current $24,000 (the poorest in our whole state). Driverless eco friendly taxis Eco villas that use 72% less energy than a normal home 2-3 sq mi solar array Low carbon cement 90% recycled aluminum Energy/Water consumption down by 40% 10 megawatt solar array 17,500 megawatt hours produced annually offsetting 15,000 tons carbon emissions No exhaust smoke allowed in the city $200,000 400 sq ft eco villas to solve the housing crisis that output 40,000 kilowatt energy to the national grid Why do we pay Congress so much? Congressmen's salaries should be pegged against the per capita of their respective districts. Pegging Congressional salaries against per capita incentivizes them to bring in better, higher-paying jobs for the constituents that sent them to Congress. If the average voter earns $40,000 per year, the Congressman gets paid a $40,000 salary that year. Right now, your Congressman gets $174,000 regardless of the work he or she does. Our district in Oregon is the poorest in the whole state because of this. We have a per capita of $24,000 while our Congressman has made millions of dollars over 34 years. Just like any other job where economic incentives are in place to improve job performance, the performance of our Congressmen should only be rewarded if they are actually doing their job. Save Four Children in Afghanistan I know four children, currently in hiding, who are set for execution by the Taliban in Afghanistan. I worked with their Father to get their story out as the news cycle quickly forgot about their case. I've talked with the State Department and Congressman DeFazio's office to help them escape to any other country and was told "the State Department doesn't talk to Congress" and was advised to use human smuggling to get them out on my own dollar. This is your government in action. So, instead of collecting a $174,000 salary, as your Congressman I will only collect the per capita of $24,000 and use the rest to rescue those children from imminent death. Their clock is ticking.	”
—Jake Matthews' campaign website (2022)

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Footnotes

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Oregon's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jeff Merkley (D)

Ron Wyden (D)

Representatives

District 1

Suzanne Bonamici (D)

District 2

Cliff Bentz (R)

District 3

Maxine Dexter (D)

District 4

Val Hoyle (D)

District 5

Janelle Bynum (D)

District 6

Andrea Salinas (D)

Democratic Party (7)

Republican Party (1)