Kyle Markley

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Kyle Markley

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Iowa State University

Personal

Profession

Engineer, Intel Corp.

Contact

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Kyle Markley (Libertarian Party) ran for election for Oregon Secretary of State. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Oregon Secretary of State election, 2020

Oregon Secretary of State election, 2020 (May 19 Democratic primary)

Oregon Secretary of State election, 2020 (May 19 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Oregon Secretary of State

Shemia Fagan defeated Kim Thatcher, Nathalie Paravicini, and Kyle Markley in the general election for Oregon Secretary of State on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shemia Fagan (D / Working Families Party)	50.3	1,146,370
		Kim Thatcher (R / Independent)	43.2	984,597
		Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party)	3.6	82,211
		Kyle Markley (L)	2.8	62,985
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,340

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,278,503
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon Secretary of State

Shemia Fagan defeated Mark Hass and Jamie McLeod-Skinner in the Democratic primary for Oregon Secretary of State on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shemia Fagan	36.2	209,682
		Mark Hass	35.5	205,230
		Jamie McLeod-Skinner	27.5	159,430
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	4,395

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 578,737
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jennifer Williamson (D)
• Cameron Smith (D)
• Ryan Wruck (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon Secretary of State

Kim Thatcher defeated Dave Stauffer in the Republican primary for Oregon Secretary of State on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Thatcher	85.6	312,296
		Dave Stauffer	13.4	48,839
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	3,625

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 364,760
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Oregon Secretary of State

Kyle Markley advanced from the Libertarian convention for Oregon Secretary of State on July 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Kyle Markley (L)

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Pacific Green Party convention

Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon Secretary of State

Nathalie Paravicini advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon Secretary of State on June 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green Party)

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2018

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 30

Incumbent Janeen Sollman defeated Dorothy Merritt and Kyle Markley in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 30 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Janeen Sollman (D)	61.7	17,459
		Dorothy Merritt (R)	30.5	8,630
		Kyle Markley (L)	7.7	2,188
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	34

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,311
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 30

Incumbent Janeen Sollman advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 30 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Janeen Sollman	100.0	4,049

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 30

Dorothy Merritt advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 30 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dorothy Merritt	100.0	2,199

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2016

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Oregon House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016. Incumbent Joe Gallegos (D) did not seek re-election.

Janeen Sollman defeated Dan Mason and Kyle Markley in the Oregon House of Representatives District 30 general election.

Oregon House of Representatives, District 30 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Janeen Sollman	52.33%	15,336
	Republican	Dan Mason	39.15%	11,473
	Libertarian	Kyle Markley	8.52%	2,498
Total Votes				29,307
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

Janeen Sollman ran unopposed in the Oregon House of Representatives District 30 Democratic primary.

Oregon House of Representatives, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Janeen Sollman  (unopposed)

Dan Mason ran unopposed in the Oregon House of Representatives District 30 Republican primary.

Oregon House of Representatives, District 30 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Dan Mason  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Oregon House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014. Incumbent Joe Gallegos was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Dan Mason was unopposed in the Republican primary. Gallegos also ran on the Independent Party ticket. Kyle Markley ran as a Libertarian candidate. Gallegos defeated Mason and Markley in the general election.

Oregon House of Representatives District 30, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Gallegos Incumbent	50%	10,426
	Republican	Dan Mason	40.8%	8,518
	Libertarian	Kyle Markley	8.9%	1,860
	None	Miscellaneous	0.2%	50
Total Votes				20,854

2012

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2012

Markley ran for election in the 2012 election for Oregon House District 30. Markley was defeated by Joe Gallegos (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Oregon House of Representatives, District 30, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Gallegos	49.5%	12,299
	Republican	Shawn Lindsay Incumbent	44.7%	11,096
	Libertarian	Kyle Markley	5.8%	1,441
Total Votes				24,836

Campaign themes

2020

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2014

Markley's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Civil Forfeiture

• Excerpt: "When elected, I will be proud to introduce legislation to protect innocent property owners."

Economic Development

• Excerpt: "Reducing the quantity and complexity of laws and regulations reduces the costs of compliance for all businesses and simultaneously reduces opportunities for special interest influence and favoritism. That is the right way to promote economic growth. Government doesn't need to make the economy grow - it needs to let the economy grow."

Budgeting

• Excerpt: "In general, the government's ability to accept long-term liabilities should be limited. We must recognize that long-term liabilities of the government become a burden to be paid by the young and by the unborn. In a system of representative government, this amounts to taxation without representation, which is morally repugnant. It is wrong to force our liabilities onto our children and to bind them to long-term contracts when they had no voice to object."

Legal equality

• Excerpt: "I will be a determined proponent of legal equality and opponent of special interests, whether from the private or the public sector, and will work to reform the laws and traditions that create illegitimate advantages for politically-connected groups."

Protecting your rights

• Excerpt: "When elected, I will work to clean up the text of poorly-written, overbroad, or unconstitutional laws. I will volunteer to aid people whose rights the State is violating. I believe that the testimony of a sitting legislator, opposing the State's excesses, would hold considerable weight with any judge or jury."

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