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Matthew Jesuele
Matthew Jesuele (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 36th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Jesuele completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Matthew Jesuele was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Jesuele earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in 2011. His career experience includes working as a software engineer.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: California's 36th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 36
Incumbent Ted Lieu defeated Joe Collins in the general election for U.S. House California District 36 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ted Lieu (D) | 69.8 | 194,299 |
 | Joe Collins (R)  | 30.2 | 84,264 | |
| Total votes: 278,563 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 36
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 36 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ted Lieu (D) | 67.1 | 122,969 |
| ✔ | | Joe Collins (R) | 13.4 | 24,553 |
 | Derrick Gates (R) | 5.6 | 10,263 | |
 | Ariana Hakami (R) | 5.3 | 9,760 | |
 | Claire Ragge (R) | 4.0 | 7,351 | |
| Colin Kilpatrick Obrien (D) | 3.4 | 6,221 | ||
 | Steve Williams (Independent) | 0.6 | 1,180 | |
 | Matthew Jesuele (Independent) | 0.5 | 976 | |
| Total votes: 183,273 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Storm Jenkins (R)
- Mitchell Battersby (D)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matthew Jesuele completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jesuele's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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The United States Constitution is probably the single greatest political document in human history. It affirms in its first three words — we the people — that the government of the United States exists to serve the American people, and not the other way around.
But a ruling elite has formed which treats we the people like subjects instead of sovereigns, and which runs the country for its own pleasure and enrichment.
The freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution are infringed upon further and further by big government working hand-in-glove with big business.
And at the highest levels, threats, violence, bribery, blackmail, cheating, and deception ensure that the biggest bully and the highest bidder have their way, while the rest of us pay the price.
This must end, and it will only end if moral and courageous people rise up and reclaim control over our government and our country. Moral leadership, more than any political solution, is the only thing that can save America.
I am not motivated by fame or riches. I only care about truth and freedom. I am willing to live for them, and if necessary, to die for them.
Send me to Washington and that is precisely what I will fight for.- I will fight fearlessly to expose government corruption and coverups, and beat back the overreach of the intelligence agencies and national security state. I will also oppose imperialism and unnecessary foreign interventions, like our current funding of the conflict in Ukraine. We need to make sure that we take care of Americans first, and reject ridiculous proxy wars that only serve to enrich the military industrial complex.
- As a true believer in limited government, I am completely opposed to medical mandates of any kind. I believe that individuals are capable of making their own medical decisions for themselves and their families, and that they don’t need to be forced into considering their communities.
- I’m also concerned about what we’ve been seeing in the realm of education. I believe the government needs to stop inserting itself between parents and their schoolchildren, and to get out of the way so that communities can make their own decisions about how to educate their kids.
A better system might be to keep the first term at two years, but for re-election to be for a period of four or six years, to allow a proven representative to focus on legislation and service rather than re-election.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 4, 2022
