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Josh Butner
Josh Butner (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 50th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Biography
Butner served in the United States Navy for 23 years, including combat missions deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. His other work experience includes owning a ranch and serving as a Trustee on the Jamul Dulzura School Board.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 50
Incumbent Duncan Hunter defeated Ammar Campa-Najjar in the general election for U.S. House California District 50 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Duncan Hunter (R) | 51.7 | 134,362 |
 | Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) | 48.3 | 125,448 | |
| Total votes: 259,810 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 50
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 50 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Duncan Hunter (R) | 47.4 | 69,563 |
| ✔ | | Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) | 17.6 | 25,799 |
 | Bill Wells (R) | 12.9 | 18,951 | |
 | Josh Butner (D) | 12.9 | 18,944 | |
 | Patrick Malloy (D) | 5.9 | 8,607 | |
 | Shamus Sayed (R) | 2.1 | 3,079 | |
| Richard Kahle (Independent) | 1.2 | 1,714 | ||
| Total votes: 146,657 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Pierre Beauregard (D)
- Andrew Zelt (R)
- Glenn Jensen (D)
- Gloria Chadwick (D)
- Alex Spilger (D)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia tracks endorsements by organizations and elected officials. As of March 23, 2018, we have located the following endorsements in this race. To notify us of other endorsements, please email us.
| Primary election endorsements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorsement |  Butner[2]
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Campa-Najjar[3]
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 Hunter[4]
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Wells[5]
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| Federal officials | ||||
| Adriano Espaillat, U.S. representative | ✔ | |||
| Luis Gutierrez, U.S. representative | ✔ | |||
| Darrell Issa, U.S. representative | ✔ | |||
| Joe Sestak, former U.S. representative | ✔ | |||
| State figures | ||||
| Betty Yee, California state controller | ✔ | |||
| Joel Anderson, California state senator | ✔ | |||
| Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher, California state assemblywoman | ✔ | |||
| Shirley Weber, California state assemblywoman | ✔ | |||
| Local figures | ||||
| Dianne Jacob, San Diego County supervisor | ✔ | |||
| Richard Bailey, Coronado mayor | ✔ | |||
| Gary Kendrick, El Cajon mayor pro tem | ✔ | |||
| Mark West, Imperial Beach mayor pro tempore | ✔ | |||
| Kristine Alessio, La Mesa vice mayor | ✔ | |||
| Jerry Jones, Lemon Grove mayor pro tem | ✔ | |||
| Steve Vaus, Poway mayor | ✔ | |||
| John Mullin, Poway deputy mayor | ✔ | |||
| Cori Schumacher, Carlsbad city councilwoman | ✔ | |||
| Steve Goble, El Cajon city councilman | ✔ | |||
| Bob McClellan, El Cajon city councilman | ✔ | |||
| Olga Diaz, Escondido city councilwoman | ✔ | |||
| Bill Baber, La Mesa city councilman | ✔ | |||
| Colin Parent, La Mesa city councilman | ✔ | |||
| Dave Grosch, Poway city councilman | ✔ | |||
| Barry Leonard, Poway city councilman | ✔ | |||
| David Alvarez, San Diego city councilman | ✔ | |||
| Ronn Hall, Santee city councilman | ✔ | |||
| Karen Clark-Mejia, Cajon Valley Union School District board member | ✔ | |||
| Esther Valdes, Coronado Unified School District board member | ✔ | |||
| Jim Kelly, Grossmont Union High School District board member | ✔ | |||
| Robert Shield, Grossmont Union High School District board member | ✔ | |||
| Gary Woods, Grossmont Union High School District board member | ✔ | |||
| David Chong, La Mesa-Spring Valley School District board member | ✔ | |||
| Pete Jenkins, San Diego County Lakeside Water District board member | ✔ | |||
| Steve Johnson, San Diego County Lakeside Water District board member | ✔ | |||
| Organizations | ||||
| California College Democrats | ✔ | |||
| California Democratic Party | ✔ | |||
| California Republican Party[6] | ✔ | |||
| California Young Democrats | ✔ | |||
| Communications Workers of America | ✔ | |||
| Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC[7] | ✔ | |||
| Democratic Woman's Club of San Diego County | ✔ | |||
| Democrats of Southwest Riverside County | ✔ | |||
| Escondido Democratic Club | ✔ | |||
| Fallbrook Democratic Club | ✔ | |||
| Flip the 50th | ✔ | |||
| Indivisible CA 50 | ✔ | |||
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 569 | ✔ | |||
| Justice Democrats | ✔ | |||
| La Mesa - Foothills Democratic Club | ✔ | |||
| Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly | ✔ | |||
| National Nurses United | ✔ | |||
| North County Latino Democrats | ✔ | |||
| Palomar College Democrats | ✔ | |||
| Riverside County Young Democrats | ✔ | |||
| Riverside Republican Party | ✔ | |||
| San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action | ✔ | |||
| San Diego County Young Democrats | ✔ | |||
| San Diego Democrats for Equality | ✔ | |||
| San Diego Progressive Democratic Club | ✔ | |||
| San Diego Republican Party | ✔ | |||
| SEIU California | ✔ | |||
| United Association of Plumbers, Steamfitters &HVAC/R Local 230 | ✔ | |||
| VoteVets.org[8] | ✔ | |||
| Working Families | ✔ | |||
Campaign finance
This section includes campaign finance information for candidates who have raised $100,000 or more through the first quarter of 2018.
Campaign themes
2018
Campaign website
Butner's campaign website stated the following:
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National Security Our nation's security is one of the primary responsibilities of the Federal government as charged by the Constitution. I believe we must use every tool at our disposal: diplomatic, intelligence, military, and economic to fully protect our nation. We must be proactive and engaged in the world to help shape its future – and more importantly, to lead it. The United States has the world’s most potent and capable military fighting force – something I experienced firsthand as a 23 year veteran of the United States Navy and the SEAL Teams. But two decades into two wars in the Middle East that have ballooned the deficit and taken thousands of American lives have taught us that we must be as committed to peace as we are ready for war. That means fully funding the State Department and international development programs like USAID, while maintaining a robust intelligence agency to monitor and help thwart attacks on our nation. Using the same fundamental principle of addressing threats in a proactive manner, we must address climate change for the threat to our national security that it presents. I fully support the growing bipartisan majority consensus in the House and Senate that have declared climate change a "direct threat to the national security of the United States." It would be a dereliction of duty not to do everything within the power of the federal government to address this threat in the most comprehensive, cost effective manner possible. Jobs As a 23 year veteran of the armed services, I fought every single day to protect the quality of life for all Americans. In Washington, I will reach across the aisle and create effective legislation in a bipartisan manner in order to protect our businesses and build jobs. This means eliminating bureaucracy and red tape so our local businesses can grow and bringing good-paying jobs to East County San Diego. That means fighting to eliminate giveaways and insider deals for big corporations and billionaires, and cutting taxes for small businesses, seniors, and the middle class instead. Healthcare Health care is a right, not a privilege. Make no mistake: our healthcare system isn’t perfect. Skyrocketing premiums are putting middle-class families at risk even as pharmaceutical companies score record profits. But those in Washington with their wealthy lobbyist friends that want to tear the whole system down, eliminating healthcare for tens of millions of Americans while the 1% pockets the savings, have it dead wrong. Instead of repealing Obamacare with no solution in sight, what we need right now is reform. We can fix the problems in the Affordable Care Act and put American families first, not the insurance and pharmaceutical companies. We can take ideas from Democrats and Republicans to create a system that works better for everyone, like increasing competition to lower premiums and allowing Medicare to negotiate prices directly with pharmaceutical companies. Education If we want to build the economy of the future, we must invest in our children’s education. Serving on the Jamul Dulzura Board of Trustees, I’ve fought to ensure that every child, no matter their zip code or background, has access to a quality education that will prepare them to be productive members of our society. This starts at the local level, where our public schools are chronically underfunded and under attack. Despite California being the wealthiest state in our country, in 2016 we ranked 42nd in funding our public education system per student. This is unacceptable. In a fast-changing world where the ability to code, build a cleaner, safer planet, or discover next-generation cures grows in importance with each passing day, it is simply unacceptable for us to leave our students behind in a competitive global economy and allow countries like China to take the lead. I will take the fight to Washington in order to be the fierce advocate our community needs for quality education for our children. Government Transparency Unaccountable money from special interests has corrupted our politics. We need to overturn Citizens United and work with both parties to ban donations from lobbyists and ensure that everyday Americans are being heard in the halls of Congress, not just the wealthy and powerful. Elected officials should hold themselves to the highest standards of ethical behavior. In Congress, like now, I pledge to uphold the values of honor, courage, and commitment. I will always put Country over party, personal profit, and special interest politics.[9] |
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| —Josh Butner for Congress[10] | ||
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- California's 50th Congressional District election, 2018
- California's 50th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Josh Butner for Congress, "About Josh," accessed May 28, 2018
- ↑ Josh Butner for Congress, "News," accessed March 23, 2018
- ↑ Ammar Campa-Najjar for Congress, "Endorsements," accessed March 23, 2018
- ↑ Facebook, "Duncan Hunter for Congress on February 22, 2018," accessed March 5, 2018
- ↑ Mayor Bill Wells for Congress, "Endorsements," accessed March 23, 2018
- ↑ The San Diego Union-Tribune, "California GOP endorses Hunter for re-election." March 3, 2018
- ↑ Politico, "Election Day in Arizona," April 24, 2018
- ↑ VoteVets.org, "Candidates," accessed March 5, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Josh Butner for Congress, "Issues," accessed May 28, 2018
