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James Wiley
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Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Graduate

Colorado State University Pueblo, 2017

Personal
Birthplace
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Religion
Gnostic Christian
Profession
Political Consultant
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James Wiley (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Wiley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

James Wiley was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Wiley earned a graduate degree from Colorado State University Pueblo in 2017. His career experience includes working as a political consultant. Wiley has served as the director of Project Thaler, director of Save Our Suffrage, and secretary of Wave of Hope.[1]

2024 battleground election

See also: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Ballotpedia identified the November 5, 2024, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Jeff Hurd (R) defeated Adam Frisch (D) and two others in the general election for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District on November 5, 2024.

Incumbent Lauren Boebert (R) ran for re-election in the 4th District, leaving the 3rd District open.

Based on fourth-quarter reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Frisch raised $17.2 million and spent $17.3 million, and Hurd raised $2.8 million and spent $2.8 million. To review all the campaign finance figures in full detail, click here.

Hurd won the Republican primary, running on a platform of growing Colorado's rural economies.[2] He defeated five other candidates with 42% of the vote. The next closest candidate, Ron Hanks (R), received 28% of the vote.

Frisch was uncontested in the Democratic primary. He was the Democratic nominee in 2022, losing the general election to Boebert 50.1% to 49.9%. In that election, Frisch described himself as "a pro-business, pro-energy, moderate, pragmatic Democrat."[3]

Leading up to the primary, Democratic group Rocky Mountain Values PAC spent around $500,000 on ads promoting Hanks and opposing Hurd. Frisch's campaign did the same with around $100,000. A Republican super PAC, The Congressional Leadership Fund, spent $436,000 in one week on ads against Hanks, which claimed he was too liberal on gun issues.[4] According to Axios Denver, a Hanks' victory could have made the district more vulnerable to a Democratic win in November, but the primary result gave "establishment Republicans [Hurd] a victory against pro-Trump forces [Hanks] and [made] it more likely Republicans will retain the seat in the November election."[5]

According to Colorado Politics, the district was "still considered in play" before the election.[6] Additionally, former President Donald Trump (R) carried the district by 15 percentage points in 2016. This advantage was nearly halved in 2020, when he carried the district by 8.3 percentage points.[6] Before the election, four major election forecasters differed in their ratings of the general election, with three rating it Likely Republican and one rating it Lean Republican.

The Journals' Sandra Fish and Jesse Paul said, "The district hasn’t sent a Democrat to Congress since 2008. And when redistricting happened in 2021, the 3rd District was made more favorable to Republicans. Excluding Boebert’s 546-vote win in 2022, the closest 3rd District race since Republicans took control of the district in 2010 happened that year, when Tipton beat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. John Salazar by 4 percentage points."[4]

Colorado's 3rd Congressional District was one of 34 congressional districts with a Republican incumbent or an open seat that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) targeted in 2024. To read about DCCC targeting initiatives, click here. For a complete list of DCCC targeted districts, click here.

Frisch was, at the time of the election, a business owner and substitute teacher.[7][8] His priorities were inflation, women's rights, ranching, and farming. Frisch said he would work to secure the southern border and lower gas prices.[9]

Hurd was, at the time of the election, an attorney and manager of the Grand Junction office of Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe PC.[10] He said he would focus on legislation that would benefit water, energy, and natural resources if elected. [9] Like Frisch, Hurd also said he would work to secure the southern border and lower gas prices.[9]

James Wiley (L) and Adam Withrow (Unity Party of Colorado) also ran in the election.

Elections

2024

See also: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 3

Jeff Hurd defeated Adam Frisch, James Wiley, and Adam Withrow in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Hurd
Jeff Hurd (R)
 
50.8
 
201,951
Image of Adam Frisch
Adam Frisch (D)
 
45.8
 
182,147
Image of James Wiley
James Wiley (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.7
 
10,734
Image of Adam Withrow
Adam Withrow (Unity Party) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
2,721

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 397,553
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3

Adam Frisch advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Adam Frisch
Adam Frisch
 
100.0
 
51,719

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 51,719
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 3 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Hurd
Jeff Hurd
 
41.2
 
36,505
Image of Ron Hanks
Ron Hanks
 
28.5
 
25,211
Image of Stephen Varela
Stephen Varela Candidate Connection
 
9.8
 
8,638
Image of Lew Webb
Lew Webb
 
8.0
 
7,094
Image of Curtis McCrackin
Curtis McCrackin Candidate Connection
 
6.5
 
5,772
Image of Russ Andrews
Russ Andrews
 
6.0
 
5,304

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 88,524
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Polls

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Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[11] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."[12] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.

The links below show polls for this race aggregated by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, where available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation.

Election campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Adam Frisch Democratic Party $17,188,573 $17,314,502 $239,381 As of December 31, 2024
Russ Andrews Republican Party $471,361 $471,361 $0 As of August 21, 2024
Ron Hanks Republican Party $42,285 $41,795 $490 As of December 31, 2024
Jeff Hurd Republican Party $2,769,794 $2,759,491 $10,303 As of December 31, 2024
Curtis McCrackin Republican Party $73,365 $71,303 $9,716 As of July 15, 2024
Stephen Varela Republican Party $292,479 $292,479 $0 As of October 14, 2024
Lew Webb Republican Party $219,000 $218,631 $369 As of December 31, 2024
James Wiley Libertarian Party $282 $0 $282 As of September 30, 2023
Adam Withrow Unity Party $438 $768 $-280 As of October 16, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[13][14][15]

If available, this section includes links to online resources tracking satellite spending in this election. To notify us of a resource to add, email us.

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Race ratings

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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[16]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[17][18][19]

Race ratings: Colorado's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterLean RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLean Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wiley in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

James Wiley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wiley'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 am an American First Libertarian committed to disrupting the harmony of the cartel government and demolishing and transmuting the federal government into voluntary associations. I am seeking vengeance against the state actors who have become accustom to the habitual violation of the civil and human rights of the People and will work through congress to bring justice for these crimes against humanity.
  • I am a America First Libertarian committed to demolishing the federal government.
  • Suffrage, the People's right to vote, must be cherished and defended with the vigilance with which we guard our own families.
  • The innocence of our youngest generation must be defended against the exploitation of child sex traffickers and their bribed government officials.
Libertarian Candidates have historically run on a pro-choice platform. I and my peers have departed sharply from this previous position as we recognize the Sovereignty of human life in even its smallest and most precious form. I believe abortion is the murder of one's human peer no matter the number of cells.

I propose a constitutional amendment to enshrine the right to life for all humans of whatever number of living cells. The fetal tissue industry must be destroyed. Let us not be a society of vampires.

We have seen in the last decades how the advances in medical technology have allowed for the continued life of those prematurely born children of a younger and younger age. Science must advance more quickly to better provide replacement environments for the development of unborn children in the event that the mother-child relationship isn't working out. Transplant operations that have proven reliability and success at a demonstrated level of maturity of a child may be offered to those unwilling to continue to be mothers.

I also charge the medical and scientific community with the responsibility of developing options for both mothers and children when the mental and physical health of the mother is at risk. At the age the child will be considered viable when independent from their mother a doctor might arrange for their mutually healthy separation. The child may then continue their development without the environmental stress of rejection by one's own mother
I look up to Socrates, Jesus Christ, Marcus Aurelius, Giordano Bruno, Deganawida, Francis Bacon, and Thomas Jefferson.
The Anatomy of the State by Murry Rothbard
That they have principles and they are bound to them before and after their election.

This is the core duty of an elected official and it is a duty largely neglected by the current generation of House Representatives. People ask and expect candidates to do what they say they are going to do. A candidate may have whatever belief or policy position they choose, but if elected they must honor that principle or policy position as the choice of the People and above and beyond their own person, a simple vessel of principle.

To the public my name no longer represents my person but rather my ideals, which I am offering in my name in service to the People's purposes. I am campaigning on the principle of transmuting the government into voluntary private non profit associations and demolishing its cartel powers. I will deliver on this principle, that is my solemn promise to the People.
I have the integrity to fulfill my plan regarding the demolition and transmutation of the federal government as soon as I am sworn in. I am unwavering in the foundation of my principles. I have nothing and need nothing. No force of government evil can sway my resolution or stain my dignity.

I am extensively read, well-spoken, imaginative, vengeful, and honest.
Dismantle the federal government and investigate it for crimes against the rights of the People. That is the answer in my case and for all elected under the banner of vengeance. An elected official must be prepared to fulfill the tasks on which they campaigned and for which they are elected. In our current political condition, this simple principle is far too foreign among allegedly elected officials and representatives.
To reference Lord of the Rings again, I hope to be remembered like Frodo. I am willing to take office and face the journey ahead to destroy the power of the federal government. Many men are so eager to contribute something to the world in hopes of claiming in writing part of humanity's immortal memory. I seek instead to purge humanity of the parasite of the United States federal government which now attacks the same memory with the corruption of communist lies and deceit. Our enemies establish ministries of truth while we engage in the ministry of truth. We do not now have a free country, but we may yet make it so.
I remember the 2000 election and the recounts in Florida. Election day was my birthday that year, I turned 7 years old.
I worked as a computer repair technician with Pueblo PC & Mac starting in the spring of 2011 until I moved to Boulder CO for school that fall.
Revelations

St. John was an absolute poet.
While I mentioned this before I would probably have to repeat myself again with the analogy that my "heros' journey" is meant to parallel that of Frodo Baggins of the Shire. I have agreed, after much reluctance, to accept the burden of political power which I will use to destroy the federal government. Trust me, there is nothing I want more than to stay in the shire. With the present crisis, my desires are irrelevant.
Our time is now - Gojira
It has been a struggle for me to come to terms with the fact that some things you just have to do yourself if you want it done and done right. I have wanted to witness the federal government's collapse since the beginning of my political life in 2012, while I consistently advocated the cause through the years, I never took on the responsibility to see it through. My campaign represents the results of my internalizing this reality and accepting the task God has laid out before me and given me the tools to perform.
It has the ability to rapidly reflect sudden changes in the popular sentiment given the frequent elections for the office. As our nation decides that it no longer wishes to be exploited by a cartel government we can elect an entire house of Libertarian vengeance candidates prepared to execute on this goal within their first term.
No
We must eliminate the parasite to our great nation in the federal government. The challenge of this task may by of a similar proportion to that faced by our founders. By transmuting the government into voluntary private associations the little good the government does will continue but now without the theft inherent in the model of taxation.
Yes
I have signed a pledge which has been filed with the Secretary of State and is available on my website which will limit me to 3 terms in Congress. My opponents have not.
Thomas Massie.
Lord of the Rings is easily my favorite story. I've heard a lot of other stories but not much can really compete with this one. Joking aside, the stories I've heard the last 3 year are filled with tears, pain, regrets, and a deep deep hate for the federal government. I won't invite suffering upon you by retelling them now. These are stories you have all heard, stories that you have told, and stories that you have lived. Now is not the time to tell stories, now is the time to act. Once justice has been fulfilled and out vengeance claimed, only then can we begin to tell stories and begin to heal. Until then we must callous ourselves to our suffering and turn our bitterness to the labor of our revenge.
My roommate told me last night that I hadn't offended him, I replied "Well, I can still seek out a path to offense".

After a short pause, I pointed into the yard where a path leads to a fence, "There is one!"

He told me I could claim dadhood by means of the quality of my humor.
No, I believe honest representation is necessary and desirable. A Representative in Congress must sacrifice their free will and autonomy and put on instead the will of the People from whom the power of Congress is delegated. Those statements, claims, and promises made to the People to secure their vote bind my future actions in the fixed stone of my word. To compromise for the sake of reciprocation or civility is the doom of a free society. Policymaking is not desirable in itself, policy should be unmade. When
Within my power delegated to me by the People of my district, I will not permit any bills concerning taxation theft to be passed. The People will come to understand that while all theft may not be taxation, all taxation is theft. A society and government with theft as one of its core attributes is a harbor for immorality and must reform or face destruction. When elected I will execute this reform.
To investigate all aspects of the federal government for high crimes against humanity, violations of the Geneva Convention, and treason against our nation. This includes also private companies that engage in contractual relationships with the government, carry out conduct classified as state action, and are liable for the protection of the People's civil rights.
Hannah Goodman, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Colorado

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Campaign finance summary

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James Wiley campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. House Colorado District 3Lost general$282 N/A**
Grand total$282 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 19, 2023
    2. ↑ Jeff Hurd 2024 campaign website, "Issues," accessed July 8, 2024
    3. ↑ CPR News, "Democrat Adam Frisch on how he plans to unseat Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District," September 9, 2022
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Journal, "Jeff Hurd wins Republican primary in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District," June 29, 2024
    5. ↑ Axios Denver, "Jeff Hurd wins GOP nod in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District," June 25, 2024
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Colorado Politics, "Colorado Democrat Adam Frisch calls on Biden to withdraw as party's presidential nominee," July 2, 2024
    7. ↑ Adam Frisch 2024 campaign website, "Meet Adam," accessed July 9, 2024
    8. ↑ LinkedIn, "Adam Frisch," accessed July 15, 2024
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 KOAA News 5, "Meet the candidates on November’s ballot for Colorado's Congressional District Three," June 26, 2024
    10. ↑ Jeff Hurd 2024 campaign website, "Meet Jeff," accessed April 19, 2024
    11. ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
    12. ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
    13. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
    14. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
    15. ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
    16. ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
    17. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
    18. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
    19. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018


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