Joanna Harbour

Joanna Harbour (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Joanna Harbour earned a bachelor's degree from Northwest Nazarene University in 2000 and a J.D. from Willamette University College of Law in 2003. Her career experience includes working as an entrepreneur.^[1]

Elections

2024

Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Maxine Dexter defeated Joanna Harbour, David Walker, Joe Meyer, and David Frosch in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maxine Dexter (D)	67.7	226,405
	Joanna Harbour (R)	25.2	84,344
	David Walker (Independent Party / Progressive Party)	3.1	10,245
	Joe Meyer (Pacific Green Party)	3.0	10,106
	David Frosch ()	0.7	2,459
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	810

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 334,369
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 21, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maxine Dexter	47.3	47,254
	Susheela Jayapal	32.8	32,793
	Eddy Morales	13.4	13,391
	Michael Jonas	2.4	2,359
	Nolan Bylenga	2.1	2,138
	Rachel Rand	0.9	856
	Ricky Barajas	0.6	649
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	430

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 99,870
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Joanna Harbour defeated Gary Dye and Teresa Orwig in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 21, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joanna Harbour	55.0	13,948
	Gary Dye	27.1	6,869
	Teresa Orwig	17.0	4,303
	Other/Write-in votes	1.0	258

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,378
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Joanna Harbour and David Delk in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Earl Blumenauer (D)	69.9	212,119
		Joanna Harbour (R)	26.3	79,766
	Submit photo	David Delk (Progressive Party / Independent Party / Pacific Green Party)	3.6	10,982
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	467

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 303,334
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Jonathan Polhemus in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 17, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Earl Blumenauer	94.3	96,386
	Jonathan Polhemus	5.3	5,392
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	428

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 102,206
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Joanna Harbour advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 17, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joanna Harbour	97.7	18,031
	Other/Write-in votes	2.3	429

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,460
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2020

Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (May 19 Democratic primary)

Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (May 19 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Joanna Harbour, Alex DiBlasi, and Josh Solomon in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Earl Blumenauer (D / Working Families Party)	73.0	343,574
		Joanna Harbour (R)	23.5	110,570
		Alex DiBlasi (Pacific Green Party)	1.9	8,872
	Submit photo	Josh Solomon (L)	1.5	6,869
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	621

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 470,506
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Edward Baker (Nonpartisan)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Albert Lee, Dane Wilcox, Matthew Davis, and Charles Rand Barnett in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Earl Blumenauer	80.5	140,812
		Albert Lee	16.8	29,311
	Submit photo	Dane Wilcox	1.1	1,966
	Submit photo	Matthew Davis	0.6	1,101
	Submit photo	Charles Rand Barnett	0.5	953
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	714

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 174,857
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Gregory Aller (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Joanna Harbour defeated Tom Harrison and Frank Hecker in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joanna Harbour	62.8	21,114
		Tom Harrison	23.1	7,751
	Submit photo	Frank Hecker	12.3	4,147
		Other/Write-in votes	1.8	612

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 33,624
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Josh Solomon advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on July 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Josh Solomon (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Pacific Green Party convention

Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Alex DiBlasi advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on June 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Alex DiBlasi (Pacific Green Party)

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

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Joanna Harbour did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Harbour’s campaign website stated the following:

“

Beliefs

I support the Following:

The Constitution
Religious Freedom
The 2nd Amendment Rights
Medical Freedom
Right-to-Life
Legal Immigration
Term Limits
Right to Work
Social Security Repair
Campaign Finance Reform
A Balanced Budget

Concerns

We need to work on the following:

The Economy – we need energy independence, to balance the budget, get out of debt, bring down inflation, prioritize water to our farmers and ranchers, and fix our supply lines.
Education – School Choice is vitality important. The money should follow the child (this includes homeschooling). Additionally, parents must have a say in their children’s education. School vouchers will help ensure this happens.
Homelessness and Crime – this is a problem that should be resolved at a local level, however, as a representative I can help with bringing finances and other resources to the district.
Border Security – we need to immediately secure the border and stop all illegal crossings. We must go back to immediately returning those who crossed over illegally to their country of origin. We must deal humanely with those who came here illegally but they must never receive citizenship.
Election Integrity – Every state and territory should conduct full forensic audits of the 2020 election. Appropriate action should be taken following the results of the audit, including prosecution for anyone who have violated the laws. Voter rolls need to be cleaned to guarantee only citizens are voting.

Action

I will introduce legislation or sponsor existing legislation on the following issues:

Combat sex and human trafficking
Assist the victims of sex and human trafficking
Help states to find solutions for affordable housing crisis
Help states and localities find solutions to homelessness (which will require dealing with the multifaceted causes of homelessness – mental illness, drug addictions, lack of resources, etc.)
To make the tax cuts permanent
To end the practice of “let it burn” forest management that has allowed fires to go unchecked threatening the lives of our citizens, their livestock, and land
To bring back Oregon’s forests to local control
To make congressional retirement and health insurance options the same as private citizens and to end any other perks or benefits that congress has granted itself that the private citizens do not have access to
To fix the problems with Medicare
To correct issues with the justice system, similar to the First Step Act and encourage the states to do the same with the state justice system
To repeal and replace Obamacare, while protecting coverage for those with pre-existing conditions.^[2]

”

—Joanna Harbour’s campaign website (2024)^[3]

2022

Joanna Harbour did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Harbour’s campaign website stated the following:

“

Beliefs

I support the Following:

The Constitution
Religious Freedom
The 2nd Amendment Rights
Medical Freedom
Right-to-Life
Legal Immigration
Term Limits
Right to Work
Social Security Repair
Campaign Finance Reform
A Balanced Budget

Concerns

We need to work on the following:

The Economy – we need energy independence, to balance the budget, get out of debt, bring down inflation, prioritize water to our farmers and ranchers, and fix our supply lines.
Education – School Choice is vitality important. The money should follow the child (this includes homeschooling). Additionally, parents must have a say in their children’s education. School vouchers will help ensure this happens.
Homelessness and Crime – this is a problem that should be resolved at a local level, however, as a representative I can help with bringing finances and other resources to the district.
Border Security – we need to immediately secure the border and stop all illegal crossings. We must go back to immediately returning those who crossed over illegally to their country of origin. We must deal humanely with those who came here illegally but they must never receive citizenship.
Election Integrity – Every state and territory should conduct full forensic audits of the 2020 election. Appropriate action should be taken following the results of the audit, including prosecution for anyone who have violated the laws. Voter rolls need to be cleaned to guarantee only citizens are voting.

Action

I will introduce legislation or sponsor existing legislation on the following issues:

Combat sex and human trafficking
Assist the victims of sex and human trafficking
Help states to find solutions for affordable housing crisis
Help states and localities find solutions to homelessness (which will require dealing with the multifaceted causes of homelessness – mental illness, drug addictions, lack of resources, etc.)
To make the tax cuts permanent
To end the practice of “let it burn” forest management that has allowed fires to go unchecked threatening the lives of our citizens, their livestock, and land
To bring back Oregon’s forests to local control
To make congressional retirement and health insurance options the same as private citizens and to end any other perks or benefits that congress has granted itself that the private citizens do not have access to
To fix the problems with Medicare
To correct issues with the justice system, similar to the First Step Act and encourage the states to do the same with the state justice system
To repeal and replace Obamacare, while protecting coverage for those with pre-existing conditions^[2]

”

—Joanna Harbour’s campaign website (2022)^[4]

2020

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Joanna Harbour completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harbour's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

At the age of twelve my parents moved our family to Estacada, Oregon. I attended College in Idaho and spent one semester in Washington, D.C. After college, I immediately went to law school. In 2004, I returned to my home town and started my own law practice. In 2016, I decided to close down my law practice for multiple reasons, including a small town was not providing enough clients for a stable income. In the fall of 2016, I began working as an office manager for a local business owner, who owned multiple rental properties and began caregiving for my mother who had a bad fall. That business owner moved out of the country in 2018, so I began a health and fitness coaching career I had lost weight on a program and wanted to share it. During this time, I continued to assist a few other clients and caregiving for my mother, who is continuing to get better. Recently a couple of people have said I should run for Congress. I have prayerfully considered it and decided that now is the time. I am running to bring common sense and actual citizen representation back to this district.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

We must combat sex & human trafficking and assist the victims
We must drain the swamp and rid the government of corruption
We must make the tax cuts permanent, end tax loopholes and fix the forms for filing

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Rebuilding the economy, saving small businesses, restoring and adding jobs, ending sex and human trafficking, assisting the victims of the trafficking, tax cuts, balanced budget, ending the "let it burn" practice of forest management, repealing and replacing Obamacare, fixing Medicare, correcting the issues with the judicial system, and having senators and representatives retirement and health care the same as private citizens.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I would like to follow the example of Jesus Christ. Jesus in the ultimate example of how we should live our lives. He was filled with love and compassion. When He spoke to people, He Truly listened. He did not tell people what to do, He showed them. He wasn't afraid to speak the truth and tell it like it is. He exposed corruption, self-dealing, and hypocrisy. He stood up for what is right no matter the cost. He stood up for the oppressed and exposed the injustices. He showed us that our priorities our first our relationship with God and second our relationship with others (that we are to treat others as we want to be treated). Both concepts were revolutionary.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

I believe the characteristics that are most important are integrity, honesty, boldness, compassion, and the ability to listen to your constituents.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I am a trained lawyer and I am used to fighting for and representing the interests of my clients. In Law School I learned how to analysis the laws. I have training in leadership through the Ford Institute Leadership Program, which is an influential program that benefits the community, so I become a facilitator and teacher of the program for two different years as a Community Ambassador Trainer. During college I interned for a semester in Washington, D.C. and studied policy. I have always been interested in and followed politics, so what many people find frustrating and annoying I have found fascinating. I am a problem solver as many people have come to me to help solve their personal issues. I keep my promises and speak the truth.

What is your favorite book? Why?

My favorite book is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Ms. Austen was a fabulous writer who could capture the issues of the day like no other. Her characters are timeless. She pointed out injustices (like daughters being unable to inherit) in a way that was captivating.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

It can be but it is not necessary. Many Representative have been their for decades and yet the problems are not resolved. Their experience has failed to get the job done. Sometimes it is necessary to send new people in who are willing and able to do the hard work to solve the problems.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

I believe that China is one of the greatest challenges we face, as the fact that they allowed the virus to spread around the world without warning and attempting to cover it up demonstrates. Not to mention all the intellectual property theft, placing spies in our universities, trade imbalance and more. We still also have other countries that pose a threat to our security, such as Iran, North Korea, and Russia.

Additionally, we must deal with all the government corruption. We have the added difficulty of it being extremely hard for Congress to investigate when many of the congress people are corrupt themselves. Just look at the number of Senators and Representatives who sold stock after closed door meetings on the virus, in order to make sure that they did not lose money like the millions of Americans who were about to lose on the stock market.
Also, we have the budget, deficient, and debt. We must balance our budget while at the same time begin to pay off the large sums of debt that we have accumulated.

Finally, we must secure our borders and deal with immigration. We must find a comprehensive plan for dealing justly and compassionately with the millions of illegal aliens who are already in this country. While we may give a pathway to citizenships for those who came here as minors after a vetting process, we should not ever give citizenship to the adults who flagrantly flaunted our laws and came here illegally. We may give those adults a permanent residency after they pass a vetting process.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

The 2 years was placed in the US Constitution by the Founders. The Representatives are the ones who are supposed to be the closest to the people and represent those living in their districts. They are to be in communication with their constituents and by having the election every 2 years we guarantee that contact.

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↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 4, 2020
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Joanna Harbour for U.S. Congress, Issues, accessed April 24, 2024
↑ Joanna Harbour for U.S. Congress, Issues, accessed November 3, 2022

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Maxine Dexter (D)

District 4

Val Hoyle (D)

District 5

Janelle Bynum (D)

District 6

Andrea Salinas (D)

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[quotedisclaimer-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[3] Joanna Harbour for U.S. Congress, Issues, accessed April 24, 2024

[4] Joanna Harbour for U.S. Congress, Issues, accessed November 3, 2022

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Joanna Harbour

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Pacific Green Party convention

Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Campaign website

2022

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2020

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