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Jazari Kual Zakaria
Jazari Kual Zakaria (Democratic Party) (also known as Joseph) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Nebraska's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 10, 2022.
Zakaria completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jazari Kual Zakaria was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] Zakaria's career experience includes co-founding LNK Freedges and working as the CEO of The Kualdom.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Nebraska's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Nebraska District 1
Incumbent Mike Flood defeated Patty Pansing Brooks in the general election for U.S. House Nebraska District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Flood (R) | 57.9 | 129,236 |
 | Patty Pansing Brooks (D) | 42.1 | 93,929 | |
| Total votes: 223,165 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 1
Patty Pansing Brooks defeated Jazari Kual Zakaria in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 1 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patty Pansing Brooks | 86.5 | 31,808 |
 | Jazari Kual Zakaria | 13.5 | 4,944 | |
| Total votes: 36,752 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 1
Incumbent Mike Flood defeated Jeffrey Fortenberry (Unofficially withdrew), John Glen Weaver, Thireena Yuki Connely, and Curtis Huffman in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nebraska District 1 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Flood | 73.9 | 61,265 |
 | Jeffrey Fortenberry (Unofficially withdrew) | 11.8 | 9,807 | |
 | John Glen Weaver | 6.6 | 5,470 | |
| Thireena Yuki Connely | 4.0 | 3,353 | ||
 | Curtis Huffman | 3.7 | 3,062 | |
| Total votes: 82,957 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jazari Kual Zakaria completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zakaria's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Over the years, I have used my talents to creatively give back to the community. I am a videographer, photographer, live streamer, and all-around content creator by day. I have worked with several different media publications as a contributor and correspondent. I take pride in being a community reporter and covering events and topics affecting our community.
- I am an everyday person trying to represent everyday people. I wasn't born into money or a politically powerful family. I have had enough of our communities being left behind, so that is why I am running for office.
- We have been led to believe that it takes a special kind of person to run for office. Not special in terms of talents and gifts, but rather someone connected and wealthy. I am not a career politician but rather someone concerned about where our nation is heading, and that special interests and money have overshadowed the needs of the people.
- Change only happens when the affected ones can bring about that change. We keep sending people to Congress that do not live in the same reality as us. We need leaders who have the same lived experience as the people they represent.
Supply chain shortages and inflation have negatively affected our country. The current state of the world has proven we need to be more self-sufficient. Investing in our economy, specifically businesses with low capital needs, and creating more jobs for the American people is the only way we can address these issues. In addition, giving working-class and middle-class Americans a true tax break and raising the minimum wage will help stabilize this problem.
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Campaign website
Zakaria's campaign website stated the following:
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Strengthening the Economy To strengthen the American economy, we must build from the ground up. So often, federal politics focuses on helping large corporate industries while forgetting about smaller businesses. Yet, working-class and middle-class Americans and small business owners are the lifelines of our economy. Investing in local economies will help build state economies, which will then help strengthen our national economy.
Supply chain and labor shortages have negatively affected our country. The current state of the world has proven we need to be more self-sufficient. Investing in our economy, specifically local and small businesses, and creating more jobs for the American people will help address these issues. Infusing more capital into agriculture will help Nebraska farmers and us become more self-sufficient with our food production. We need to limit the number of imported foods and increase our production and export of it to help decrease the cost.
I believe we can combat inflation by giving the American people a true tax break. 0T40, "Zero Tax after 40," would eliminate federal taxes from overtime pay. Nebraska has a lot of production jobs where overtime is required. I would support legislation to eliminate federal tax on overtime pay so that workers can pay off their debts, save for a down payment on a home, save for their children's college tuition, or start their own business. Tipped employees have significantly struggled throughout the pandemic, and 0T40 would halt federal tax collection on tips.Before 1984, a federal tax on social security checks was non-existent, and this legislation would reverse that taxation. Lastly, increasing the federal minimum wage so that Americans can make a living wage will help them meet their needs.
The federal government should take more action with the eviction moratorium. This will continue to impact low-income households for years to come. Staffing shortages and lack of necessary resources have affected the quality of education for k-12 students. Congress should now focus on the recovery from COVID-19 by investing more in our public education system and youth mental health.
The climate crisis will and is actively affecting the entire world. In 2019, there were devastating floods in Nebraska that significantly affected agriculture. The following year, we had scheduled power outages during record cold temperatures and snowfalls because our power grids could not handle the energy demand. Therefore, we need to invest in clean and renewable energy to lower emissions. Otherwise, the crises caused by climate change will continue to occur more frequently and more severely.
Security at our borders is essential and needs to remain. However, illegal immigration has become an issue associated with terrorism and used to evoke fear. When people are trying to get into the United States, they pursue a better life for their families. Immigrating to the U.S. or even visiting requires documents and monetary requirements that some countries either do not issue or people cannot afford. Our immigration system has become complex and inaccessible to so many people. We need to reconstruct our immigration policies and procedures to safely open our doors to bright, ambitious, and talented individuals who can help our nation progress.[3] |
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| —Jazari Kual Zakaria's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 12, 2022
- ↑ Facebook, "Jazari Kual," accessed April 18, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jazari Kual, “Key Issues,” accessed Jazari Kual Zakaria
