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James Arthur Hansen
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Missouri State University, 2013

Personal
Profession
Public School Teacher
Contact

James Arthur Hansen (Libertarian Party) (also known as Jimmy) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Utah. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Hansen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

James Arthur Hansen earned associate degrees in alternative energy and physics from Crowder College in 2011 and a bachelor's degree in physics from Missouri State University in 2013.[1] Hansen's career experience includes working as a science teacher.[2][3]

Elections

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Utah, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Utah

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Utah on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Lee
Mike Lee (R)
 
53.2
 
571,974
Image of Evan McMullin
Evan McMullin (Independent)
 
42.7
 
459,958
Image of James Arthur Hansen
James Arthur Hansen (L) Candidate Connection
 
3.0
 
31,784
Tommy Williams (Independent American Party of Utah)
 
1.1
 
12,103
Image of Laird Hamblin
Laird Hamblin (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
152
Michael Seguin (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
60
Image of Abe Korb
Abe Korb (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
37

Total votes: 1,076,068
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Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Utah

Incumbent Mike Lee defeated Becky Edwards and Ally Isom in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Utah on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Lee
Mike Lee
 
61.9
 
258,089
Image of Becky Edwards
Becky Edwards Candidate Connection
 
29.7
 
123,617
Image of Ally Isom
Ally Isom
 
8.4
 
34,997

Total votes: 416,703
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. James Arthur Hansen advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Utah.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. Senate Utah

No candidate advanced from the convention.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kael Weston
Kael Weston (D)
 
43.2
 
594
 Other/Write-in votes
 
56.8
 
782

Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.

Total votes: 1,376
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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. Senate Utah

The following candidates ran in the Republican convention for U.S. Senate Utah on April 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Lee
Mike Lee (R)
 
70.7
 
2,621
Image of Becky Edwards
Becky Edwards (R) Candidate Connection
 
11.8
 
436
Image of Ally Isom
Ally Isom (R)
 
9.7
 
358
Image of Jeremy Friedbaum
Jeremy Friedbaum (R)
 
3.6
 
132
Image of Evan Barlow
Evan Barlow (R) Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
75
Loy Arlan Brunson (R)
 
1.9
 
71
Image of Laird Hamblin
Laird Hamblin (R)
 
0.3
 
12

Total votes: 3,705
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Constitution convention

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Independent American Party of Utah convention

Independent American Party of Utah convention for U.S. Senate Utah

Tommy Williams advanced from the Independent American Party of Utah convention for U.S. Senate Utah on April 23, 2022.

Candidate
Tommy Williams (Independent American Party of Utah)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Utah

James Arthur Hansen defeated Lucky Bovo in the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Utah on April 9, 2022.


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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

James Arthur Hansen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hansen'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 was born and raised on a rural farm, and now live in Utah working as a public school teacher. I want to advocate for less government intervention and more freedoms for all Americans.

Read more @ jimmyforutah.com

  • End the aggressive foreign policy of the US and instead focus on free trade and friendship to spread peace
  • Establish a truly free market that is not manipulated or unduly regulated by the government
  • Criminal Justice Reform: Decriminalize and legalize drugs, release non violent drug offenders, end qualified immunity, strike down victimless crime laws
Read more @ https://www.jimmyforutah.com/issues

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Campaign website

Hansen's campaign website stated the following:

HEALTHCARE: HIGH COSTS, POOR OUTCOMES

According to the World Bank, America has the highest health expenditures per capita. Yet despite paying the most of any nation, we are only ranked 35th by the Global Health Index, which considers 169 countries. Many believe the solution is more spending, government-mandated health plans, and price-fixing.

According to government estimates, millions of Americans travel to Mexico for cheaper prescription drugs and medical procedures each year. Why is it that American pharmacies and doctors cannot compete? Is it because of greedy companies? Is it because we do not have socialized medicine? The solution to high healthcare costs would be to remove the cause of high prices, not chase those high prices with more spending. Restoring a free market in the healthcare industry where doctors and hospitals compete for patients would solve our healthcare cost crisis.

  1. Remove regulations that suppress new drugs and procedures. Individuals have the right to try and pursue any treatment they wish, with or without the government's consent.
  2. Give doctors the freedom to build and establish practices and facilities where needed and repeal the government's lengthy and expensive permitting process.
  3. Reform the tort system to protect doctors, hospitals, drug manufacturers, and medical device companies from frivolous lawsuits.
  4. Vote no for Medicare/Medicaid expansions and work with congressional colleagues to introduce/sponsor legislation to enact the three stated measures above.
  5. I would support giving dollars spent on healthcare directly to Americans, allowing them to spend them on their healthcare, and supporting the systems that best help them reach their health needs.
  6. I would also be interested in a single-payer model. Most studies show significant cost savings, particularly on drugs and administrative costs. My only constraint on this system would be that we do not spend more than we already do on Medicaid/Medicare. It must deliver on the cost-saving promise!

Another ignored cause of poor American health and lower life expectancies is the typical American diet and the lack of movement in our daily lives. We could help our country return to healthier and simpler foods by making it easier for small farmers to sell their products directly to the people in their communities. Repealing USDA regulations that only allow large corporate farms to succeed would revitalize small family farms and help Americans return to a healthier diet.

As for movement, we are Libertarians, and we won't force you to be more active. Only you have the power to choose healthier outcomes!


FOREIGN POLICY: ACHIEVING PEACE THROUGH FREE TRADE AND GENUINE FRIENDSHIP

In the 75+ years since WWII, there have been over 400,000 documented US war casualties, yet Congress has not officially declared war in that time. To what end were these American lives ended or seriously maimed? Korea. Vietnam. Iraq. Afghanistan. Washington continually wastes American blood and wealth in conflicts that have nothing to do with our Nation's defense. How does jumping from one foreign conflict to the next, selling arms into active war zones, expanding military treaties in distant lands, and ultimately bankrupting America, make our country or the world safer? We should seek a state of neutrality, open dialogue, and free trade to build friendship, economic prosperity, and peace throughout the land. The current crisis in Ukraine highlights the failures of American foreign policy. The fall of the Iron Curtain was a great moment for liberty. The USSR coffers were exhausted from failed central planning policies and the decade-long civil war in Afghanistan. The right of people to move freely between countries and dictate the course of their own lives was being realized. Instead of using this momentous occasion to develop friendship and economic prosperity with Russia and all of Eastern Europe, we expanded NATO eastward, placed weapons and nuclear arms into European countries, and dumped millions of dollars to influence Ukrainian and Georgian elections. America carried out the militarization of former Soviet states in the supposed name of peace and democracy. In actuality, it was the vain desire to build a political legacy and weaken Russia. Yet we now see that Ukrainians, not Washington politicians, are harvesting the bitter fruits. We must make peace with the world and stop the pattern of war profiteering and meddling in other countries' domestic politics.

  1. I would vote no for any military action that does not directly tie to the defense of our Nation.
  2. I will vote no to arms deals to countries involved in active conflicts, such as the billions of dollars of weapons we sell to the Saudi government, which in turn are being used against Yemen, giving rise to one of the worst humanitarian crises of our day.
  3. I will work to normalize trade and walk back sanctions with our "enemies" and instead seek to establish free trade and diplomacy to achieve peace on the world stage.
  4. I would also seek unilateral denuclearization with the other nuclear powers to walk the world back from the nuclear precipice.


GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE NOT CORPORATIONS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS

A free market is one where individuals control the means of production. Individuals are free to assume risk as they undertake business ventures. That risk is a natural check to speculative enterprises and deals. We no longer have a free market when the government subsidizes industries, limits choice, and passes trillion-dollar bailout packages. It is called crony capitalism, and it benefits a few at the expense of the general population.

We are currently in a period of record inflation and shortages. According to a recent report by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, the average cost of recent inflation per household in the Mountain West region exceeds $500 per month. For families living on a fixed income, that increase is devastating. You quickly realize the empty promise of government stimulus when it evaporates after a few months of inflation costs. Inflation erases the value of savings and is particularly devastating to our senior citizens.

  1. I would vote no to bailout packages for industries. Let the free market pick winners and losers, not the government.
  2. I would support the repeal of stifling regulatory laws that make it nearly impossible for small businesses to compete with much larger and richer corporations.
  3. I would also work with congressional colleagues to introduce legislation that would repeal tax dollars subsidizing any industry sector such as manufacturing, energy production, and agriculture. Government subsidies of industries are antithetical to a free market and destroy the natural competition that keeps prices low. A quick google search pulls up many examples of politicians profiting from these very subsidies. For example, VP Al Gore and the company Silver Springs Network in which he heavily invested received federal subsidies of $560m. Mr. Gore claims that every penny he made off of these investments went back into his non-profit, but no politician or industry should profit off the backs of the populace.
  4. I would also support legislation forbidding members of congress from trading stocks. Public servants are elected to serve, not enrich their portfolios.


EDUCATION A CRITICAL INVESTMENT

Education is a critical investment for our communities. Public funding of education is, in my mind, one of the best things our Nation has done to support widespread literacy, numeracy, and the opportunity to explore new ideas. I realize this is not an orthodox, libertarian view. However, before discussing defunding schools, we should focus on the tax dollars spent on bailouts, subsidies, and weapons proliferation in much larger quantities than those spent on education.

In Washington, I would support legislation that returns education decisions to states and a voucher system where federal dollars follow the students. A voucher system would allow institutions to compete for those students, leading to better outcomes in the public and private sectors.


A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE

I fully support the individual’s right to autonomy over their body. The government, at no level, should ever dictate an individual's healthcare choices. That is between the individual and their care provider. Studies have shown that abortion bans do not reduce abortion rates; they only make abortion riskier. Those with means travel to states where the practice is legal, and those without means resort to more desperate actions. If you want to reduce abortion rates, increase access to family planning services through doctors, midwives, and nurses, and increase education about and access to effective contraceptives.

I will fully support legislation that:

  1. Removes undue burdens to professionals seeking to establish quality care for women and eliminates barriers between women and doctors, midwives, nurses, and doulas.
  2. Expands a women’s access to contraceptives without the need for a prescription.

I will support Supreme Court nominees that protect the right of the individual to make these decisions for themselves. I support any individual's right to peacefully and tastefully engage with and advocate for choices beyond abortion, such as adoption for profit. When we empower women to make the best decisions for their health, there will be far fewer abortions.[4]

—James Arthur Hansen's campaign website (2022)[5]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Jimmy Hansen For US Senate, "More About Me," accessed July 12, 2022
  2. Twitter, "James Hansen," accessed July 12, 2022
  3. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 11, 2022
  4. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. Jimmy Hansen For US Senate, “Issues & Solutions,” accessed July 5, 2022


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