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Michael Dilger
Michael Dilger (No party preference) ran in a special election to the U.S. Senate to represent California. He lost as a write-in in the special primary on March 5, 2024.
Dilger also ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent California. He lost as a write-in in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Dilger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Dilger was born in Chicago, Illinois. Dilger's career experience includes working as a business management. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Loyola University Chicago in 1999 and a graduate degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2023.[1]
Elections
2024
U.S. Senate regular election
General election
General election for U.S. Senate California
Adam Schiff defeated Steve Garvey in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adam Schiff (D) | 58.9 | 9,036,252 |
 | Steve Garvey (R) | 41.1 | 6,312,594 | |
| Total votes: 15,348,846 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Schiff (D) | 31.6 | 2,304,829 |
| ✔ | | Steve Garvey (R) | 31.5 | 2,301,351 |
 | Katie Porter (D) | 15.3 | 1,118,429 | |
 | Barbara Lee (D) | 9.8 | 717,129 | |
 | Eric Early (R) | 3.3 | 242,055 | |
 | James P. Bradley (R) | 1.4 | 98,778 | |
 | Christina Pascucci (D) | 0.8 | 61,998 | |
 | Sharleta Bassett (R) | 0.8 | 54,884 | |
 | Sarah Sun Liew (R) | 0.5 | 38,718 | |
| Laura Garza (No party preference) | 0.5 | 34,529 | ||
 | Jonathan Reiss (R) | 0.5 | 34,400 | |
 | Sepi Gilani (D) | 0.5 | 34,316 | |
 | Gail Lightfoot (L) | 0.5 | 33,295 | |
 | Denice Gary-Pandol (R) | 0.4 | 25,649 | |
 | James Macauley (R) | 0.3 | 23,296 | |
 | Harmesh Kumar (D) | 0.3 | 21,624 | |
 | David Peterson (D) | 0.3 | 21,170 | |
 | Douglas Howard Pierce (D) | 0.3 | 19,458 | |
 | Major Singh (No party preference) | 0.2 | 17,092 | |
 | John Rose (D) | 0.2 | 14,627 | |
 | Perry Pound (D) | 0.2 | 14,195 | |
 | Raji Rab (D) | 0.2 | 13,640 | |
 | Mark Ruzon (No party preference) | 0.2 | 13,488 | |
 | Forrest Jones (American Independent Party of California) | 0.2 | 13,140 | |
| Stefan Simchowitz (R) | 0.2 | 12,773 | ||
 | Martin Veprauskas (R) | 0.1 | 9,795 | |
 | Don Grundmann (No party preference) | 0.1 | 6,641 | |
 | Michael Dilger (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | |
 | Carlos Guillermo Tapia (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | |
| John Dowell (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | ||
 | Danny Fabricant (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Total votes: 7,301,317 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lexi Reese (D)
- Alexander Norbash (D)
- Renee Martinez (No party preference)
- Dominick Dorothy (D)
- Joshua Bocanegra (D)
- Barack Obama Mandela (R)
- Joe Sosinski (No party preference)
- James Shuster (R)
- Rommell Montenegro (D)
- Zakaria Kortam (R)
- John Pappenheim (R)
- Jacob Farmos (D)
- Roxanne Lawler (R)
- Jessica Resendez (D)
- Jeremy Fennell (D)
- Carson Franklin Jr. (D)
- Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Vienmerisce Veittemeignzce USA)
- Paul Anderson (G)
- Peter Liu (R)
- Dana Bobbitt (No party preference)
- Zafar Inam (D)
- Jehu Hand (R)
- Eduardo Berdugo (No party preference)
- Frank Ferreira (No party preference)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Dilger in this election.
U.S. Senate special election
General election
Special general election for U.S. Senate California
Adam Schiff defeated Steve Garvey in the special general election for U.S. Senate California on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Schiff (D) | 58.8 | 8,837,051 |
| Steve Garvey (R) | 41.2 | 6,204,637 | |
| Total votes: 15,041,688 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California
The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. Senate California on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Garvey (R) | 33.2 | 2,455,115 |
| ✔ | | Adam Schiff (D) | 29.3 | 2,160,171 |
| Katie Porter (D) | 17.2 | 1,272,684 | |
| Barbara Lee (D) | 11.7 | 866,551 | |
| Eric Early (R) | 6.1 | 451,274 | |
| Christina Pascucci (D) | 1.5 | 109,867 | |
| Sepi Gilani (D) | 0.9 | 68,497 | |
| Michael Dilger (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 27 | |
| Total votes: 7,384,186 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Dilger in this election.
2014
Dilger ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New York's 10th District.[2] He lost to incumbent Jerrold Nadler (D) in the general election.[3] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Jerrold Nadler Incumbent |
87.4% | 89,080 | |
| Conservative | Ross Brady | 11.8% | 12,042 | |
| Flourish Every Person | Michael Dilger | 0.5% | 554 | |
| N/A | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 205 | |
| Total Votes | 101,881 | |||
| Source: New York State Board of Elections, NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed August 30, 2021 | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
U.S. Senate regular election
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Dilger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dilger's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Our country is dying. There are more than three priorities to save America and truly help American citizens. However for brevity, my three priorities: 1.) Secure the Southern Border to stop illegal immigration. Then send back all criminals who came to our country illegally within the last three years. This will immediately prevent more murders as occurred with Laken Riley, the nursing student in Georgia, who was killed by the Venezuelan migrant. This will also stop the drug flow of fentanyl which killed 100,000 Americans in 2023. Moreover, this will decrease homelessness as many are now drug addicted.
- Secondly is the economy. Opening up energy will decrease inflation overnight. I will also bring critical manufacturing back to the USA. These are products if something were to happen with the country producing these products, America would face critical shortages. These products include, all pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, equipment to replenish power grid, and any product that is associated with emergencies such as ventilators as we witnessed the dire need in the pandemic which resulted in a shortage and a scrabble to produce them. Also, I have many ideas for jobs for the future to leave nobody behind, where everyone can own a home and be able to pay it off before death while having money in the bank.
- Thirdly: my brokering foreign policy, Peace & Strength; No WW3. On February 6th, the day after I’m voted into office, I will fly from California to D.C. to be sworn into my Senate Office for California. Then I will discuss my plan for a Middle East Peace with my new colleagues in the Senate. After that, I will fly from D.C. to Tehran to talk with the Ayatollah. I am well versed with nuclear technology after talking to professors at the University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute for 4 years and attending lectures. I will be extremely successful after my nonlinear life and all of my educational experiences. There is nobody in D.C. like me.
2.) I have plans to revise our energy grid.
3.) I have modern ideas to safe guard the USA from external threats.
4.) I have ideas to reduce gun violence.
5.) Ideas to solve homelessness
6.) Ideas to create jobs by giving America’s CEOS ideas to help us.
7.) Restore Trust in our institutions and government.
8.) Modernize our infrastructure and modes of travel while making them safe, ie trains.
9.) Make sure people in East Palestine Ohio are taken care of from the toxic train spill.
10.) I have ideas for better food production.
(I just made that up lol)
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U.S. Senate special election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michael Dilger did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 5, 2024
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "General election contest list," accessed October 6, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2014 New York House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2014
