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Jimmy Fremgen
Jimmy Fremgen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Fremgen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jimmy Fremgen was born in Santa Rosa, California. He earned an associate degree from Santa Rosa Junior College in 2008. His career experience includes working as a congressional investigator, a senior policy advisor to former Representative Elijah Cummings, and a high school teacher. Fremgen has been affiliated with United CORE Alliance[1][2][3]
Elections
2022
See also: California's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 7
Incumbent Doris Matsui defeated Max Semenenko in the general election for U.S. House California District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Doris Matsui (D) | 68.3 | 150,618 |
 | Max Semenenko (R) | 31.7 | 70,033 | |
| Total votes: 220,651 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 7
Incumbent Doris Matsui and Max Semenenko defeated Jimmy Fremgen in the primary for U.S. House California District 7 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Doris Matsui (D) | 63.2 | 94,896 |
| ✔ | | Max Semenenko (R) | 28.5 | 42,728 |
 | Jimmy Fremgen (D) | 8.4 | 12,550 | |
| Total votes: 150,174 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jimmy Fremgen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fremgen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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We can’t wait. The decisions we make in the next two years will impact the next 20. I have seen the consequences of inaction: I graduated college with student debt during the Great Recession, lost my job and business in the pandemic, and witnessed endless war, school shootings, and climate change. We deserve better than this.
As Senior Policy Advisor for Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, I held government and corporations accountable for fraud and abuse against taxpayers, and led investigations to prevent for-profit colleges from exploiting veterans and people of color.
In Congress, I will pursue policies to end homelessness, promote universal healthcare, fight climate change, protect taxpayers from price-gouging corporations, and obtain federal money for our recovery from the pandemic. I will hold at least four community workshops per year to provide direct support on housing, healthcare, homelessness, and education. My office will be located in a high need community and I will host monthly open meetings to listen personally to you.
I will use this office to serve you. View my policy platform and plans for success at electjimmy.com
- The battle against homelessness starts long before someone is sleeping outside. My major priorities upon entering office will be: ● Investigating inefficiencies, government waste, and abuse in our homelessness response ● Create a G.I. Bill for housing, to make sure that no veteran ever has to sleep outside again ● Support the creation of an integrated case management system
- I believe that healthcare is a human right and should be treated as such. Our elected leaders have built a healthcare system that only serves patients until it is no longer convenient for insurance companies and big business. Access to quality health care should not be determined by the preferences of your employer or by whether your GoFundMe page goes viral.
- We are in a climate emergency. Red smoky skies and serious drought continue to show the severity of our crisis. I support sweeping and immediate climate change policies like the Green New Deal that invest in clean energy jobs and our children’s future.
As an aide to Rep. Elijah Cummings, I focused on education policy and gun violence prevention. Too often these areas intersect. This year Sacramento has seen multiple mass shootings and gun violence even impacted the school I teach at. We must act to eliminate federal gun trafficking and straw purchasing
The purpose of being your representative is to serve your interests. In order to be a truly representative
voice of the Seventh Congressional District, I will center my office around outreach and accessibility. This
will allow my office to build its casework portfolio and legislative agenda around the real-time needs of
the community. In my first term this will include:
● working as a convening force for city, county, state, and federal policy makers to ensure that
solutions to problems in our region are pursued comprehensively and collaboratively;
● monthly town hall sessions–both in person and remotely;
● quarterly outreach and survive workshops;
● “How To Pay For College” fair;
● regular attendance at neighborhood association meetings;
● visiting a school classroom every day, in-person or virtually;
● Locating congressional office into a high-need community;
● Satellite office location in southern Sacramento County.
These efforts will help inform the advocacy efforts of the office in Washington and will make sure that
the constituents in this district have an opportunity to engage with their member of Congress and my
As I got further into the process, I discovered that numerous members of Congress, including my opponent, had taken massive amounts of campaign contributions from the very same companies that had profited off of this crisis.
This struggle was personal to me and I looked to our members of Congress for examples of what to do in the face of this crisis. When I did not find the kind of support that I believe we should have had access to, I began preparing to run for Congress and to provide those resources myself.
I worked in Congress for nearly five years, working my way from a legislative intern to a senior aide to the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee. In that time I became familiar with the rules of the House, how to pass bills into law, and how to effectively influence policy at all levels.
I have led congressional investigations into fraudulent behaviors in the corporate world, caught for-profit colleges ripping off students and veterans, and stopped more than 110 highly selective colleges and universities from blocking access to low-income and first generation college students.
Our democracy is the sacred tenent of our nation, the right of EVERY citizen to vote must be protected and reinforced to make sure that this country is run on the will of the people, not the few in power.
I feel that my experience working on the House Oversight Committee as a staff member makes me particularly well suited to be a member of that committee.
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Campaign website
Fremgen's campaign website stated the following:
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END HOMELESSNESS Jimmy's plan to fight homelessness and housing instability is available here. The battle against homelessness starts long before someone is sleeping outside. Housing insecurity is a spectrum and ending homelessness means investing in more housing. Access to preventative support services is essential so no one gets to the point where sleeping outdoors is their only option. Homelessness is a complicated problem that disproportionately affects LGBTQ+ teens and people of color. Solutions require active participation and cooperation from leaders at the city, county, state, and federal levels. As your representative, I will continue to work with service providers, community leaders, and people experiencing homelessness to implement comprehensive solutions that will work in our city.
Our elected leaders have built a healthcare system that only serves patients until it is no longer convenient for insurance companies and big business. Access to quality health care should not be determined by the preferences of your employer or by whether your GoFundMe page goes viral. I have been impacted by this profit motive in my own health care. We must remove health care uncertainty and invest in a system that is based on people, not profit. I will cosponsor and fiercely support H.R. 1976 - Medicare for All.
We must stop the epidemic of gun violence in our nation. I have fought to toughen penalties against those who knowingly buy guns that will be used in a crime and to stop interstate gun trafficking. I believe in common sense reforms like banning assault weapons, requiring mandatory background checks at gun shows, increasing penalties for gun trafficking, and investing in a healthcare system that supports mental health.
Corporations buy elections by funding the campaigns of elected officials at every level. When a member of Congress spends more time with corporate donors and Wall Street bankers than they do with their own constituents, it robs everyday Americans of the opportunity to be heard and denies them effective representation. I have pledged not to accept a single dollar from corporate PAC’s and would vote to end Citizens United. Our democracy is more important than campaign fundraising.
We are in a climate emergency. Red smoky skies and serious drought continue to show the severity of our crisis. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that we have 10 years remaining to prevent irreversible damage to the Earth due to global warming. Without a healthy planet and a commitment to environmental justice, every other conversation is a waste of time. I support sweeping and immediate climate change policies like the Green New Deal that invest in clean energy jobs and our children’s future.
The War on Drugs is a failure and the patchwork of cannabis laws across the country continue to disproportionately penalize minority communities. As more states end cannabis prohibition, it is essential for the Federal government to end the disjointed and unpredictable legal landscape that makes it impossible for cannabis consumers and businesses to build their lives without fear. I support the end of Federal cannabis prohibition. New policies must support small-businesses and equity for minority cannabis operators. I will work to eliminate the "280E" tax loophole that prevents cannabis operators from competing in a fair market.
As a queer person, this is personal to me. Equality under the law must apply to all of us, not some of us. No one should be turned away from jobs, housing, or healthcare because of prejudice. I am committed to passing stronger protections for the LGBTQ+ community. As your member of Congress, I will work to pass comprehensive anti-discrimination policies, protect the privacy and right to healthcare of transgender people, and ban conversion therapy. We must step up to champion legislation that will better the lives of LGBTQ+ residents in the Sacramento region.
No woman should have to live in fear or silence, yet women's rights continue to come under attack. As a staffer to Congressman Cummings, I drafted legislation that would have extended workplace harassment protections to unpaid interns in the public and private sectors. As your member of Congress, I will fight for pay equity, repeal the Hyde Amendment, defend Planned Parenthood, and will stand against attacks on reproductive rights. This will include paying all of my staff equal wages for equal work and fighting aggressively against discrimination of all types.
Everyday Americans pay far too much in taxes while corporations and the ultra-rich exploit a tax code full of loopholes designed to get them out of paying almost anything. I support a wealth tax that would tax 2 percent of wealth over $50 million and 3 percent over $1 billion. This would affect 0.001 percent of American families while making sure that working class families aren't the only ones chipping in. With a more equitable tax code, we will be far better prepared to take on the complicated challenges of good government.[4] |
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| —Jimmy Fremgen's campaign website (2022)[5] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House California District 7 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Jimmy For Congress, "Meet Jimmy," accessed May 27, 2022
- ↑ Twitter, "Jimmy Fremgen," accessed May 27, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 27, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jimmy For Congress, “On The Issues,” accessed May 19, 2022
