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Joe Williams
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Peace and Freedom Party

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Last election

June 7, 2016

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Joe Williams was a 2016 Peace and Freedom candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 20th Congressional District of California.[1]

Elections

2016

See also: California's 20th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Sam Farr (D) did not seek re-election in 2016. Jimmy Panetta (D) defeated Casey Lucius (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Panetta and Lucius defeated Joe Williams (Peace and Freedom), Jack Digby (Independent), and Barbara Honegger (Independent) in the top-two primary on June 7, 2016.[2][3]

U.S. House, California District 20 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJimmy Panetta 70.8% 180,980
     Republican Casey Lucius 29.2% 74,811
Total Votes 255,791
Source: California Secretary of State


U.S. House, California District 20 Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJimmy Panetta 70.8% 116,826
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCasey Lucius 19.8% 32,726
     Peace and Freedom Joe Williams 3.9% 6,400
     Independent Barbara Honegger 3.7% 6,054
     Independent Jack Digby 1.8% 2,932
Total Votes 164,938
Source: California Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Williams' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • Socialism: We support social ownership and democratic management of industry and natural resources. Under capitalism, the proceeds of labor go to the profits of the wealthy few. With socialism, production is planned to meet human needs.
  • Labor and Full Employment: Double the minimum wage, and index it to the cost of living.
  • Peace and International Justice: The drive for greater profits by multi-national corporations which direct U.S. foreign policy is a major cause of war. We stand for peace between nations and the right of all peoples to self-determination. We support an ongoing socialist transformation everywhere.
  • Equal Rights and Liberties: The capitalists use every difference in society, including sex, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, age, and physical abilities to divide workers in order to depress wages, maintain a surplus labor pool, and prevent working-class unity. We demand equal treatment of all people by employers, businesses and government. We stand for a world free from all forms of oppression.
  • Women: We demand full equality for women in all aspects of life. Sexism is a major instrument for teaching relations of domination and inequality and for keeping one- half of the workforce underpaid or unpaid.

[4]

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—Joe Williams' campaign website, http://joewilliams4congress.com/

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ County of Santa Cruz, "June 7, 2016 Presidential Primary Election - Candidate Watch," accessed January 25, 2016
  2. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 2016
  3. ↑ The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 7, 2016
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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