Joseph Oddo
Joseph Oddo (Alliance Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent South Carolina's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
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Biography
Joseph Oddo was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He earned a high school diploma from McKeesport Area Senior High School and a bachelor's degree from Penn State in 1985. His career experience includes working as a managing director, writer, political campaign manager, sales manager, and business consultant. Oddo has been affiliated with Better Ballot South Carolina, Alliance Party of SC, Independent Green Party of Virginia, WTJU radio, and Friends of the Library.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 6
Incumbent James Clyburn defeated Duke Buckner, Michael Simpson, Gregg Marcel Dixon, and Joseph Oddo in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Clyburn (D) | 59.5 | 182,056 |
 | Duke Buckner (R) | 36.7 | 112,360 | |
 | Michael Simpson (L)  | 1.7 | 5,279 | |
 | Gregg Marcel Dixon (United Citizens Party) | 1.6 | 4,927 | |
 | Joseph Oddo (Alliance Party) | 0.3 | 1,056 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 299 | ||
| Total votes: 305,977 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justin Ginn (Independent)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent James Clyburn advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 6.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 6
Duke Buckner defeated Justin Scott in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 6 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Duke Buckner | 55.8 | 10,145 |
 | Justin Scott | 44.2 | 8,050 | |
| Total votes: 18,195 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dennis Whiteley (R)
Alliance Party convention
Alliance Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 6
Joseph Oddo advanced from the Alliance Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 6 on April 20, 2024.
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 6
Michael Simpson advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 6 on May 4, 2024.
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United Citizens Party convention
United Citizens Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 6
Gregg Marcel Dixon advanced from the United Citizens Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 6 on March 9, 2024.
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Oddo in this election.
2022
See also: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Incumbent Nancy Mace defeated Annie Andrews and Joseph Oddo in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nancy Mace (R) | 56.4 | 153,757 |
 | Annie Andrews (D) | 42.5 | 115,796 | |
| Joseph Oddo (Alliance Party) | 1.0 | 2,634 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 494 | ||
| Total votes: 272,681 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alejandro Otman (Independent)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Annie Andrews advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Incumbent Nancy Mace defeated Katie Arrington and Lynz Piper-Loomis (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nancy Mace | 53.1 | 39,470 |
 | Katie Arrington | 45.2 | 33,589 | |
 | Lynz Piper-Loomis (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.6 | 1,221 | |
| Total votes: 74,280 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ingrid Centurion (R)
- Keith Blandford (R)
- Thomas Allen (R)
Alliance Party convention
Alliance Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 1
Joseph Oddo advanced from the Alliance Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on April 23, 2022.
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Labor Party convention
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lucus Devan Faulk (Labor Party)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Joseph Oddo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Oddo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I host a weekly Podcast entitled Citizens Alliance for Better Candidates and have led a number of political advocacy organizations including co-founding the Independent Greens of Virginia.
A Public Policy major from Penn State, I spent over twenty years in sales/lead management and business development. Oddo is a church member, volunteer DJ at public radio WTJU and a Friend of the Library. This year, I am on the ballot for congress for the fifth time outside of the legacy parties.- More than any single issue, the health of the planet will have a more direct impact on our lives and livelihoods in the US & beyond. Protect Our Natural Resources
- Invest in national lead pipe replacement and infrastructure upgrades to guarantee access to safe and affordable drinking water. - Promote local and community organic farming and phase out large agribusiness subsidies. - Transition away from the big polluters controlling the EPA, and from Big Pharma controlling the CDC, FDA, and NIH. - Invest in future infrastructure starting with Modern Cross-Country High Speed MagLev. - Enhance national standards for clean air and water.
- Expand, Reforest and Restore millions of acres of public and recreational land and waters. - I get on the ballot to flip the script on the standard media narrative by arguing that the Big Two political parties actually spoil elections for us independents. By limiting electoral marketplace competition with their uni-party monopoly that excludes all outsiders - with an assist from Big Media who doesn’t dare upset their gravy train of ad revenue - we provide alternatives to elevate the citizens’ voice above the mainstream media noise. We actively recruit and empower citizens to act, to engage in civic solutions, and to stand for political office - especially since one-half of all elections have only one name on the ballot. Several election reform measures should be adopted including Open primaries.
- Open primaries which proposes that there is only one (1) primary, run by the state, wherein ALL candidates regardless of party affiliation, compete to be on the General Election ballot. The top vote getters (2, 3, 4 or 5) go on to the general election. They could all be from different parties or possibly, all from the same party. Then in the general election (using Ranked Choice/Instant runoff voting) the voters choose their candidates in order of preference. In order to win, one must get over 50%. Instant Runoff saves the state millions of dollars in expensive runoffs.
- Same day voter registration
- Election day holiday
- IRV/RCV
- Open primaries
- Voting rights DC residents representation in Congress
- Fair ballot access
- Fair debate participation
- Fair media coverage
- End straight ticket voting
- End gerrymandering with non-partisan redistricting commissions
- Term limits (12 yr Legislative; 18 yr Judicial, to include the Supreme Court)
Bonus:
- Proportional representation.
- Citizens equal time to lobby their elected representatives.
- Campaign finance reform – pubic financing, paid for by anti-trust violating parties that purposely exclude competition.
bettercandidates.org
usBillofRights.org
This is where the vision of our Alliance movement comes from. We offer the idea of an Alliance movement toward important Election Reform. My 10-point National Election Reform Platform (details on bettercandidates.org) would provide us honorable citizen legislators who commit to transparency in their economic disclosures, ethical dealings with those that provide them their funding, and a fair campaign marketplace that lowers the bar for participation, encourages average citizens to serve honorably in conducting their city, state and federal business of governing, and voluntarily imposes term limits in order to keep more proactive members of our governing bodies listening to the people’s wishes over the booming voices of the barge-loads of money.
We will work to end gerrymandering, advocate for election-day voter registration, ban legislators from lobbying their previous office for up to five years after serving, and working to overturn the negative effects of Citizens United which promulgated an avalanche of dark money in politics.
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Campaign website
Oddo’s campaign website stated the following:
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United By A Common Goal The USA leads the world in many categories but the lack of high speed rail is an embarrassment. To tackle our serious infrastructure needs, we need bold, forward-looking initiatives like MagLev to connect 100 cities so we can travel faster by train than by plane. It will reduce fossil fuel consumption which reduces the need to go to war and provides us a healthier environment. More Trains Less Traffic Safer Highways Serve The Community
Get Involved 1) Unpaid citizen lobbyists should have equal access to our representatives as paid lobbyists. 2) We can't count on the so-called major parties. Once again, this year over 50% of our State elections have no major party challenger. 3) It's time to put a 12-year term limit on legislators and to ban them from serving as lobbyists for 5 years after leaving office.[3] |
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2022
Joseph Oddo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Oddo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After 20 years in retail management and launching large sales teams to transition to e-Commerce, Joe Oddo switched back to his college studies to create a writing and political/sales consulting practice in 2002. He is a three-time candidate for congress from Virginia (2004-08), and founder of a number of numerous political advocacy organizations. A Public Policy major from Penn State, Oddo volunteers as DJ at public radio WTJU, was volunteer host on GreenTV public television, and a Friend of the Library. In SC, he teamed up with Better Ballot SC to advocate for Instant Runoff/Ranked Choice Voting. Currently he is the South Carolina Managing Director for Neumann Associates M&A Advisors.
- Make Democracy Representative - End Partisan Gerrymandering. Implement Ranked Choice / Instant Runoff Voting for all elections. Enact Term Limits on legislators. Eliminate Barriers to Participation in Democratic Processes. We the People have lost representation due to continuously higher barriers erected against non-traditional candidates who want to run for public office. Allow for same-day voter registration for all current unregistered voters and implement automatic voter-registration. Impose term limits upon elected officials. Overturn Citizens United and reform campaign finance laws to increase transparency and limit the influence of special interests.
- Protect Our Natural Resources: Man-made changes in our climate have created an existential threat to our security and prosperity. Enhance national standards for clean air and water. Invest in applied research to rid our oceans and waterways of plastics and toxins. Harness technologies to extract carbon dioxide and methane from our atmosphere. Expand, Reforest and Restore millions of acres of public and recreational land and waters. Support sustainable agricultural, soil management, and fishing practices. Invest in national lead pipe replacement and infrastructure upgrades to guarantee access to safe and affordable drinking water. Promote local and community organic farming and phase out large agribusiness subsidies.
- government and active citizen participation. The Alliance Party recognizes the duty of the government to coordinate with private enterprise to enact a comprehensive Green Initiative to reverse current trends and create 10 million new public and private industry green jobs. - Increase financial transparency by mandating disclosure of tax returns. - Impose term limits upon elected officials. - Introduce election recall processes for elected officials. - Equal access for citizen lobbying.
- More Voices, More Choices
- Instant Runoff Voting
- Alternative Energy
- Infrastructure that includes High Speed Maglev
- Protect Civil Liberties / Personal Privacy
America became great because of our freedoms. We have a civic responsibility to preserve them.
Encourage open government and active citizen participation.
Demand a New Breed of Public Servant - Eliminate Barriers to Participation in Democratic Processes
We the People have lost representation due to continuously higher barriers erected against non-traditional candidates who want to run for public office.
Our manner of legislating has been hijacked by special interest dominance. They ensure members vote to legalize the corruption as investing millions yields billions in favorable legislation in return.
Further, our elected officials choose their voters through partisan gerrymandering, which leaves them safe to ignore the will of their constituents in favor of corporate donors and private money.
- Allow for same-day voter registration for all current unregistered voters and implement automatic voter-registration.
- Expand the use of early in-person voting.
- Overturn Citizens United and reform campaign finance laws to increase transparency and limit the influence of special interests and private money.
- Ban legislators from becoming lobbyists for 5 years after leaving office.
From Freedom to Fascism, Aaron Russo.
Once as high as an 80% reelection rate, the power of the incumbency still rules. Congress critters are able to generate millions of dollars instantly, many are at it year-round, long before the election cycle resumes.
That begs the question then, where do we independents come from? And why do we bother engaging when our chances of winning are so slim? Even if we just stand for public office, we declare that to be a noble calling, and a responsible service to our country. So, I ask you to consider volunteering yourself, or someone near and dear to you to run for office – as long as they promise not to hate you for it later.
As the demographics display, if you have a law degree, a half a million dollars seed money, maybe a sponsor or a few dozen sponsors lined up, then you can consider vying for the nomination of one of the two largest parties. But what if you don’t? What if you are a cook, or a carpenter, an engineer or a teacher? What if you want to challenge the oftentimes, hand-selected choice of the party? Those who have the in with the legal or banking community? Those who have a lineage to a politically active family or a current staffer of an incumbent politician?
That was a very bold, independent approach to challenge his big monopoly party’s position on the 2020 election outcome and is rare for elected officials. It makes you wonder if others got death threats and are keeping quiet as a result. He and his only accomplice Liz Cheney are still very critical of the current, opposition-party incumbent president and drum their party line on ideological and economic principle. But that is not good enough for those who maintain the “stolen election” farce in fear of being proven wrong about the ex-president’s claim of being a moral individual. Exactly how long did Al Gore go around inciting the “stolen election” theory in 2001? He didn’t. Which is why we did not have the democracy crises that we now witness.
I am a recovered member of one of those big monopoly parties, having been run off in the 1990’s by their bigotry and how they size you up as a candidate – by judging you based on how much money you can bring to their cause.
Since then, I have tried to bring True Independents out of their propensity to be merely swing voters and encouraged them to play a broader and more meaningful role in the conduct of our government. When I run for office, I present a platform offers positive solutions designed to reactivate civic pride and participation. My independent colleagues and I don’t run for office spewing the negativity that has become the calling card of either of the big monopoly parties.
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2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 25, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 10, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Joseph Oddo’s campaign website, “Platform,” accessed October 15, 2024
