Matt West
Matt West (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022.
West completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Matt West earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona in 2009. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. His career experience includes working as an engineer at Intel.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 6
Andrea Salinas defeated Mike Erickson and Larry McFarland in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrea Salinas (D / Working Families Party / Independent Party) | 50.1 | 147,156 |
 | Mike Erickson (R) | 47.7 | 139,946 | |
| Larry McFarland (Constitution Party) | 2.1 | 6,073 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 513 | ||
| Total votes: 293,688 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrea Salinas | 36.8 | 26,101 |
 | Carrick Flynn | 18.4 | 13,052 | |
 | Steven Cody Reynolds | 11.2 | 7,951 | |
 | Loretta Smith | 10.0 | 7,064 | |
 | Matt West | 8.0 | 5,658 | |
 | Kathleen Harder | 7.8 | 5,510 | |
 | Teresa Alonso Leon | 6.5 | 4,626 | |
 | Ricky Barajas | 0.4 | 292 | |
| Greg Goodwin | 0.3 | 217 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 508 | ||
| Total votes: 70,979 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Hylland (D)
- Kevin Easton (D)
- Derry Jackson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Erickson | 34.7 | 21,675 |
 | Ron Noble | 17.6 | 10,980 | |
 | Amy Ryan Courser | 16.3 | 10,176 | |
 | Angela Plowhead | 13.2 | 8,271 | |
| Jim Bunn | 10.1 | 6,340 | ||
 | David Russ | 3.8 | 2,398 | |
 | Nate Sandvig | 3.6 | 2,222 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 432 | ||
| Total votes: 62,494 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matt West completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by West's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Combating climate change is my top priority. I am a scientist committed to bold solutions to protect our planet.
- Billionaires must pay their fair share in taxes instead of flying off into space.
- We must protect democracy and prosecute Trump and those who sought to overturn it on January 6th
The other areas of public policy I am passionate about include creating an economy that works for everyone by tackling wealth inequality, strengthening unions, fixing our broken healthcare system, and protecting our seniors and Medicare and Social Security
They should be approachable and present in their community. They should work in good faith with those who will work in good faith with them. Elected officials must be good listeners, both to those they don’t share the same point of view and with constituents. And most importantly, elected officials need humility to remember that it isn’t about them but rather about the district and the people they've been elected to serve. These are the values I will hold when I am in Congress.
Second is societal inequality. During the pandemic, millions of Americans struggled to pay for food and rent. Meanwhile, billionaires got so much wealthier that they had their own frivolous space race. We must reform our tax code to make sure the wealthy pay their fair share. Also, we need to address our history of systemic racism in this country. From the racial pay gap to adverse health outcomes for people of color, it is time to make our country more equitable.
As an engineer, I have developed strong collaborative skills and learned how to give space for good faith disagreement to reach a compromise.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 3, 2022
