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Michael Ernest Kerr
Michael Ernest Kerr (Green Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 10th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Kerr completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Ernest Kerr was born in Duluth, Minnesota. Kerr served in the U.S. Army from 1972 to 1975. He earned an associate degree in computer technology from Heald College in 1978.[1][2][3]
Kerr's career experience includes working as an advocate, with National Semiconductor, and as a handyman. He has been affiliated with Our Revolution Contra Costa, Code Pink, Diablo Greens, Oscar Grant Committee, Anuta Park Picknickers, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) of Bay Point, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Bay Point Garden Club, Crosses of Lafayette, Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center, Veterans for Peace, Ambrose Community Garden, Bay Point Residence Association, Nuremberg Actions, Injured Workers United, San Jose NOW, Sunnyvale Renter's Association, Un Chong Sexual Harassment Support Team, Korea Link - Human Rights Korea, and Sunnyvale Renters Association.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: California's 10th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 10
Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier defeated Michael Ernest Kerr in the general election for U.S. House California District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark DeSaulnier (D) | 78.9 | 198,415 |
 | Michael Ernest Kerr (G)  | 21.1 | 52,965 | |
| Total votes: 251,380 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 10
Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier and Michael Ernest Kerr defeated Katherine Piccinini in the primary for U.S. House California District 10 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark DeSaulnier (D) | 84.0 | 124,787 |
| ✔ | | Michael Ernest Kerr (G) | 14.9 | 22,210 |
 | Katherine Piccinini (R) (Write-in) | 1.1 | 1,638 | |
| Total votes: 148,635 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Oleksii Chuiko (R)
- Sean Harrison (R)
- Simon Aslanpour (R)
- Ricky Gill (R)
- Angelina Sigala (D)
- Eugene Kilbride (R)
Endorsements
To view Kerr's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
2020
See also: California's 11th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 11
Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier defeated Nisha Sharma in the general election for U.S. House California District 11 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark DeSaulnier (D) | 73.0 | 271,063 |
 | Nisha Sharma (R) | 27.0 | 100,293 | |
| Total votes: 371,356 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 11
Incumbent Mark DeSaulnier and Nisha Sharma defeated Michael Ernest Kerr in the primary for U.S. House California District 11 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark DeSaulnier (D) | 71.2 | 151,544 |
| ✔ | | Nisha Sharma (R) | 21.4 | 45,606 |
| Michael Ernest Kerr (G) | 7.4 | 15,697 | |
| Total votes: 212,847 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matthew Doyle (D)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Ernest Kerr completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kerr's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My activist days actually began in earnest when I was the last of the draftees in October 1972. After training, I was assigned to the U.S. Army Signal Corp in South Korea. After a year of research, I started sending letters to Congress and President Gerald Ford complaining of the U.S. support of the Park Chong Hee dictatorship. My letters were usually signed by 5-6 other soldiers. On my 4-page letter to the President, I collected over 100 signatures from my base. in July 1975, I was abruptly and secretly removed from Korea by the U.S. Military command at the demands of the Korean Government.
I am agnostic and I respect all religions. I, however, find that most people do not really practice the most sacred values of their religions as to peace, loving thy neighbor and doing no harm to others. This is particularly evident in the way people blindly believe corporate media and then vote for government officials that promote war and violence, destroy the environment, and ignore the basic needs of the people for a fair and just life!- Military Industrial Complex control of media and the two main political parties and censorship of alternative information from their profit driven narratives.
- Our government and media are not treating climate change like the serious crisis it has become
- The Military Industrial Media Complex has split the country into extreme hatred between Republicans & Democrats despite both having similar basic needs and wants
I have been arrested over a dozen times protesting against the U.S. Drone Assassination program at either Beale AFB or Creech AFB for close to 10 years. These drone attacks have killed thousands of civilians, terrorized millions more in countries we are not at war. These drone attacks are in violation of our U.S. Constitution and International Law.
We have a government and mainstream media under the control of the military-industrial-prison complex and a few hundred powerful and rich people who comprise the Deep State. They are real and too be feared. They act to smear and frame those who might successfully oppose them. When that fails, they have orchestrated the deaths of outspoken leaders such as JFK, RFK, MLK and Malcolm X. They attack, imprison, exterminate whistleblowers and activists like Paul Robeson, Karen Silkwood, S Brian Willson, Judi Bari, Mumia Abu Jamal, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Daniel Ellsberg, Ralph Nader, among others. They conspire to keep or remove from political office those who would defy them publicly, such as Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney and Bernie Sanders.
I highly respect the many censored Journalist, Researchers and Activists for example: Chris Hedges, Abby Martin, Glenn Greenwald, Richard Wolff, Rosa Parks, Jesse Ventura, John Pilger, Ray McGovern, Robert F Kennedy Jr., Media Benjamin, Richard Falk, Noam Chomsky, Jim Hightower, Norman Solomon, Benjamin Linder, Rachel Corrie, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Kim Chi Ha, Harvey Milk, Che Guevara, Medgar Evers, Eugene Victor “Gene” Debs, Steve Biko, Leonard Peltier, Cesar Chavez, Jill Stein, Ajamu Baraka, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ed Ashner, Martin Sheen, Jane Fonda, Richard Boyle, Óscar Romero and the many activists exposing the lies about 9/11 .
I am a problem solver and always try to engage in active research and study before taking a position especially concerning controversial issues. Yet my positions are always open to change based on new information and facts.
As there are many lobbyists vying for one's attention especially from monied special interests, I believe that one should engage with representatives of all sides of an issue. I believe that a Representative should actively seek out those individuals and organizations of possible different views on issues. One should always seek the advice of trusted experts concerning issues and events.
The Deep State relentlessly promotes racial, religious, and social issues to divide, control and conquer us. The Republican and Democratic Parties along with the Corporate Media have become the Deep State tools to subvert us. Only when we understand this will we have a chance to unite and slay this demon that would willingly destroy us and the world for power and wealth.
With the Corporate Media long censoring opposing viewpoints of the government narrative on important issues, now we are seeing massive flagrant censorship in social media platforms at a level only seen in the most authoritative of governments.
I will never accept campaign donations from corporations. I will only accept donations from individuals! If elected, I don't intend to spend much time fundraising as I will let my actions and bullhorn on the issues speak for me!
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2020
Michael Ernest Kerr completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kerr's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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We have a government and mainstream media under the control of the military-industrial-prison complex and a few hundred powerful and rich people who comprise the Deep State. They are real and too be feared.
They act to smear and frame those who might successfully oppose them. When that fails, they have orchestrated the deaths of outspoken leaders such as JFK, RFK, MLK and Malcolm X. They attack imprison, exterminate whistleblowers and activists like Karen Silkwood, Brian Willson, Judi Bari, Mumia Abu Jamal, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Daniel Ellsberg, among others. They conspire to keep or remove from certain political offices those who would defy them publicly, such as Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader and Bernie Sanders.
The Deep State relentlessly promotes racial, religious and social issues to divide, control and conquer us. The Republican and Democratic Parties along with the Corporate Media have become the Deep State tools to subvert us. Only when we understand this will we have a chance to unite and slay this demon that would willingly destroy us and the world for power and wealth- Initiate implementation of the Green New Deal immediately
- Implement immediately Medicare For All.
- Get Big Money out of our Elections via 100% Public financing. Circumvent Citizen United ruling by funding candidates and issues publicly to effectively neutralize big money expenditures. Obtain Funds by special tax on multi-national corporations. Will use my Congressional bullhorn to attack any policies, tax schemes that don't help address these issues above. We have 10 years to save, not just America, but the world from runaway climate catastrophe.
2. The Citizen's United decision by the Supreme Court demands certain Justice's Impeachment. It is insane to think that our Republic will long survive where big money has free reign over our election system.
3. The Military-Industrial-Prison (MIP) complex steals out limited taxes to create more and more weapons. They lobby our Congress on unsubstantiated fears for more wars, continued wars and military sales to other countries.
4. Obama refused to consider Medicare for All, removed the Public Option & Cost Controls from his corporate Insurance written profit bonanza disastrous "Obamacare". It drove middle class subject to increasing insurance costs into to supporting a Republican take over of our Government. Now we have Trump.
5. End our cruel illegal foreign policy of wars, coups, sanctions and destabilization of other nations that is the number one reason for mass immigration. Grant Dreamers prompt opportunity for citizenship.
6. Beyond Reading and Math, Critical Thinking should be most important learning skill taught in our education system.
7. Wealth Inequity in America and the World is totally unacceptable. Tax billionaires out of existence. Need a guaranteed livable income for all citizens.
Today, I find further inspiration from Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Greta Thunberg, Kathy Kelley, Media Benjamin, Colin Kaepernick among others.
I am in respect of those in politics who have made bold progressive stands such as Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney, JFK, RFK, FDR, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as examplesd,
I am also constantly inspired by my many personal progressive friends and relatives for all that they do on behalf of Peace, Justice and the Environment.
I have been an activist involved in movements concerning sexual harassment, rent control, injured workers, human rights, environment, occupy, police brutality, militarized drones, Monsanto, foreign policy, progressive electoral. I know foreign policy as good as most congresspeople. I will listen to foreign service officers and organizations that care about people. I will not support any more military aid to any country as it is only used to threaten others or oppress their own people. I will only support military budgets that are significantly reduced, and which closes many of the 800+ overseas bases. War on Drugs, Terrorism, Russia are hoaxes.
I am skilled in critical thinking. I am very organized. I respect the work of intelligent people who truly care about the lives of people and the environment. I will not rely on corporate media, think tanks, lawyers and P.R. firms for the truth about anything. Their purpose is to only make short term profits at any costs. I consider corporations to be the greatest evil and danger ever created by humans.
I won't be controlled by corporations & big money interests. I will be outspoken for interests of the people. It is not enough to just vote on major key issues. There is too much vote counting by Congressional Party leaders. This often allows Congresspersons to seemingly vote in their people's best interests when it actually will not hurt corporate interests. But "woe is them" if their vote causes a legislation to go against corporate interests. But that is often a truer test of a congressperson's independence from big money and corporate party leadership and their believe in the people they represent.
A congressperson needs to keep in close touch with the people, non-profits and community organizations of his district. Townhalls, meetings with organization leaders is also important. Individuals and small organizations who will often just drop in unexpectantly, can be canaries in the mine as to larger problems and concerns in the district.
Mail, e-mails, phone calls, petitions all contribute to understanding the mood and feelings of your district. I believe any person in districts outside yours should have easy method to contact a Congressperson. On national issues I believe it is important to also know the feelings of people outside one's district. Communication with national organizations is very important.
While it is important to have communication with business and corporate interests, a Congressperson must also seek alternate viewpoints & information A good open relationship with non-corporate funded issue oriented local, state and national organizations is a valuable resource in that process.
The two year terms of Representatives has plus and minus. The election of the entire House members each two years allows for faster response to changing attitudes in America. This can be good or bad. The Senate does offer a stop-break on sudden flip-flopping of public opinion.
The two year election cycle often forces continuous fundraising by candidates and incumbents. This opens politicians to financial influenced voting and decision making. This problem is solved with 100% public financing of elections. Right now it is more a problem in swing districts.
I have 45 years of on the ground in your face political struggle involving many different issues. I have been arrested in civil disobedience over 30 times. I am willing to more than match my political and foreign policy knowledge with almost any person in Congress or the Senate. It's not that I am smarter or "more" educated. I have a deeper understanding of the issues the people confront, and I am not afraid to speak out. I may only be a one term Congressperson under "Citizen United", but I would go down with my bullhorn loud and clear on what our problems are and how we might solve them rather quickly. I will win and continue winning when enough people have had enough of big money control of government.
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See also
2022 Elections
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