Jason Nelson (Texas)

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Jason Nelson
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Elections and appointments
Last election

March 1, 2022

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1997 - 2021

Personal
Birthplace
El Paso, Texas
Religion
Christian
Profession
Policy advisor
Contact

Jason Nelson (Republican Party) (also known as Stormchaser) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 17th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.

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

Biography

Jason Nelson was born in El Paso, Texas.[1] Nelson served in the U.S. Army from 1997 to 2021 and in the U.S. Marine Corps.[1][2] His career experience includes working as a geopolitical advisor.[3]

Elections

2022

See also: Texas' 17th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 17

Incumbent Pete Sessions defeated Mary Jo Woods in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 17 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions (R)
 
66.5
 
144,408
Image of Mary Jo Woods
Mary Jo Woods (D) Candidate Connection
 
33.5
 
72,801

Total votes: 217,209
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 17

Mary Jo Woods advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 17 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Jo Woods
Mary Jo Woods Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
17,085

Total votes: 17,085
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 17

Incumbent Pete Sessions defeated Jason Nelson, Paulette Carson, and Robert Rosenberger in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 17 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions
 
69.9
 
48,222
Image of Jason Nelson
Jason Nelson Candidate Connection
 
12.1
 
8,371
Image of Paulette Carson
Paulette Carson
 
10.5
 
7,246
Image of Robert Rosenberger
Robert Rosenberger
 
7.4
 
5,100

Total votes: 68,939
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Jason Nelson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nelson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Jason Nelson, call sign, “Storm Chaser”, is a recently retired U.S. Army Soldier, and former United States Marine. His highly decorated service includes combat deployments, and humanitarian missions, where he served as a Civil Affairs SNCOIC in operations and planning. He is 100% permanently disabled from combat service.
  • Less taxes, less regulation, more efficient spending. Innovation through emerging technologies is the key to restoring manufacturing to our country, & communities. We will end burdensome regulations, & resolve to be energy independent.
  • Health autonomy, and an end to mandates. There is no more sacred right than to enjoy our foundational freedoms without fear of government intrusion. Transparency is required of our government, not us to them. End the pandemic through common, cheap prophylaxis. I will never allow such a shutdown of our society, and never shut our citizens out of the process again.
  • End Congressional insider trading, career politicians, and ensure legal voting with transparent elections. I will only serve 6 years, and will vote to demand an end to trading within the legislative body while serving. It's only fair, and honest.
Creating direct access to the Representative is my number one priority. This includes a Rep office in every County, with access to crafting workable legislation, VA/SSA/FOIA paperwork, and many other basic functions of government that you should have daily access to- no matter what. I will be in the district every week to stay with my wife and small children, and intend to honorably represent the district while highlighting its many wonderful communities to the country at large.

I will also ensure that each and every bill voted on will be explained in clear terms to every constituent, by experts pulled from the community. There will never be a vote from my office that isn't in the best interest of my district, regardless of the political costs. The office of Texas 17's Congress-member will always be the office of the people whom I serve.

The only thing that matters to me, is that you always know you matter.
I intend to serve only 6 years. If you cant do the job in that amount of time, what are you even capable of doing?

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Campaign website

Nelson's campaign website stated the following:

Border Security

We are a nation of laws with a sovereign border. I will work tirelessly with the Texas Caucus to ensure our border is finally secured with a REAL WALL, enforce the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and work to destroy drug and human smuggling pipelines owned by terrorist drug cartels.

Health Freedom

Texans’ medical decisions are theirs alone, and they don’t want talking heads from Washington telling them what to do. No mandates of any kind, at any time. No matter what.

Over-Taxation, and Over-Regulation

Simplify the tax code. End insane regulations. Bring good, honest work back to our communities.

Veterans Affairs

Almost two million Texans are Veterans of the Armed Forces. With a community built on those who served, it’s time to ensure that not one veteran suffers without care. As a 100% disabled combat veteran, I commit to standing with our nation’s Heroes.

Second Amendment

Texans will never back down on this issue. I will never cast a single vote that infringes on your constitutional right to bear arms, in any way. Period.

100% Pro-Life

Protecting the most vulnerable lives in any community is the most basic function of government. I am firmly committed to the Pro-Life movement and will fight to ensure not a dime of your tax dollars goes towards abortion.

Election Integrity

Voters all over this district are tired of worrying about their legal votes—and only legal votes—counting. Texans deserve to have faith that other states have the same high standards we do—including MANDATORY voter ID and electoral transparency.

Term Limits in Washington D.C.

It’s getting near impossible to clean out the swamp in D.C., and I will lead from the front—giving you a contracted guarantee that I will only stay 3 terms, while fighting to remove out-of-touch career politicians.[4]

—Jason Nelson's campaign website (2022)[5]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 3, 2022
  2. Jason Nelson for Congress, "Meet Jason," accessed February 7, 2022
  3. Twitter, "Jason “Storm” Nelson," accessed February 7, 2022
  4. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. Jason Nelson for Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 22, 2022


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