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James Hemenway
James Hemenway (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 7th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 25, 2024.
Hemenway completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
James Hemenway was born in Connecticut. Hemenway's professional experience includes working in financial services. He has also worked as an analytics manager and director at a bank. Hemenway earned a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University in 1985 and a graduate degree from the University of Rochester in 1990.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 7
Incumbent Brittany Pettersen defeated Sergei Matveyuk, Patrick Bohan, Ron Tupa, and Patrick Flaherty in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brittany Pettersen (D) | 55.3 | 235,688 |
 | Sergei Matveyuk (R)  | 41.1 | 175,273 | |
 | Patrick Bohan (L) | 2.3 | 9,697 | |
 | Ron Tupa (Unity Party) | 1.2 | 5,271 | |
| Patrick Flaherty (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 37 | ||
| Total votes: 425,966 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Morgan Law (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7
Incumbent Brittany Pettersen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brittany Pettersen | 100.0 | 71,052 |
| Total votes: 71,052 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7
Sergei Matveyuk advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sergei Matveyuk | 100.0 | 46,154 |
| Total votes: 46,154 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Hemenway (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hemenway in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James Hemenway completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hemenway'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've been active in politics since I was in high school and have voted in every election and primary. I read around 25 politically oriented books per year and stay current on all major policy issues. I never had time to run for office while working full time, but since retiring I want to give it a go.
I think that polarization is a problem and am committed to taking steps to diminish it where possible. On both sides, a prerequisite to de-escalation is to acknowledge that the other side has some legitimate beefs.
I will be a provocative and unconventional candidate. Let me say it right up front – the Democrats aren’t wrong about everything. If we want to win in Colorado’s 7th district or nationwide, and govern with confidence, we need to appropriate some of their positions and take some of their voters. Bill Clinton called it “triangulation”, but it's just common sense.
- Our country has a lot of problems. Both immigration and our national debt/deficit are out of control and our foreign policy is irresponsible.
- Incumbents of both parties have failed, let issues fester and allowed polarization to go too far.
- I believe there are limits to things in all realms of life. I.e. limits on how big the deficit and debt can be, on how many immigrants we can absorb and how much CO2 we pump into the atmosphere.
The numbers have been too high for too long and we've been too lax about it. Across the developed world there’s a growing backlash to high immigration levels. We need to get much more comfortable deporting people.
Rapid demographic change and reduced levels of social cohesion, stress on infrastructure and the environment, expensive housing, and high levels of income inequality are all well documented downsides to high immigration levels. The alleged economic benefits are so small as to be negligible and new empirical research confirms this.
We have to decide whether the U.S. is a nation or a business/sociology experiment.
Climate.
Global warming is real, it’s due to human emissions of CO2 and we need to begin attacking it.
Please read the Climate Leadership Council's proposal to see how Republicans should address global warming. George Schultz and James Baker founded the group to encourage a conservative response knowing that willful blindness is a bad strategy. Their "carbon tax and dividend" proposal in early 2019 started at $40/ton and generated roughly $2,000 dividend payments back to citizens. H.R. 763 was introduced in the House in 2019 but didn't pass. I support these efforts because they encourage innovation and conservation.
Increased use of nuclear energy is part of the solution too.
Foreign Policy
Immigration/Identity Politics
Moreover, I actually say that Democrats aren't wrong about everything. E.g. i agree with them on the need for action on climate, antitrust policy and certain aspects of health care.
On guns, I’m a gun owner and defender of the 2nd amendment, but I'm open to certain common-sense reforms like universal background checks and red flag laws. Some gun owners oppose all restrictions on a slippery slope basis, but I think our legal position is strong enough to take some actions with sunset provisions and fix any abuses that occur.
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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 January 11, 2023
