John Whalen III (Delaware)
John Whalen III (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Delaware's At-Large Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
John Whalen III lives in Millsboro, Delaware. Whalen graduated from Thomas McKean High School in 1972. His career experience includes working with the Delaware Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police for 20 years. Whalen also established his own residential construction company.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2024
Delaware's At-Large Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Republican primary)
Delaware's At-Large Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District
Sarah McBride defeated John Whalen III in the general election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sarah McBride (D) | 57.9 | 287,830 |
 | John Whalen III (R) | 42.1 | 209,606 | |
| Total votes: 497,436 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District
Sarah McBride defeated Earl Cooper and Elias Weir in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah McBride | 79.9 | 66,764 |
| Earl Cooper | 16.2 | 13,557 | ||
 | Elias Weir | 3.9 | 3,286 | |
| Total votes: 83,607 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Colleen Davis (D)
- Eugene Young (D)
- Alexander Geise (D)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
- Curtis Aiken (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District
John Whalen III defeated Donyale Hall in the Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Whalen III | 55.8 | 19,880 |
 | Donyale Hall | 44.2 | 15,752 | |
| Total votes: 35,632 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Arminio (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Whalen in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign website
Whalen’s campaign website stated the following:
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MY PLATFORM WHAT I WILL FIGHT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION Illegal immigration through our southern border is at a historic high. We cannot afford to let more than 8 million illegals into our country in less than four years without doing harm to our economy and national security. Bidens failure to enforce U.S. Immigration laws has had ramifications that extends far beyond our borders. His negligence has "fundamentally" changed hundreds of American communities into border towns, leaving them vulnerable to those who take advantage of his unlawful policies. Politicians on both sides of the aisle often opine "our immigration system is broken". Therein lies the problem, is our system "broken", or is it political speak for government's failure to enforce our immigration laws. Biden's "catch and release" policy is in direct violation of 8 USC 1225 which requires the detention of all illegal aliens. Congress should insist that the Executive Branch enforce our laws. It's a matter of national security. THE ECONOMY "The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt." Cicero Biden tells us that his economic policies are working, while average Americans watch their family budgets shrink as the federal budget grows. His war on fossil fuels has un-necessarily burdened families with higher electric bills, higher fuel cost for those traveling back and forth to work, and higher grocery cost, while lining he pockets of foreign entities that produce the solar panels and windmills for his climate agenda. The federal debt is now $34.8 trillion. The cost to service the debt for FY 2024 is projected to be $870 billion, surpassing our defense budget of $822 billion. If deficit spending continues at its current pace, our Republic as we know it today, will cease to exist. Its time for Congress to start asking the tough questions: Why are Americans being asked to borrow money to support foreign wars. Why are we supporting institutions of higher learning that are sitting on millions of dollars in endowments. Why do we continue to spend billions of dollars funding government agencies that have failed to perform the duties for which they were formed. Why did Congress remove the self-imposed "debt ceiling". Why are Americans being asked to spend billions to support illegal aliens. "To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt .... I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple." |
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| —John Whalen III’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ John Whalen for Congress, "MEET THE CANDIDATE," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ John Whalen for Congress, “PLATFORM,” accessed August 12, 2024
