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Michele Weslander Quaid
Michele Weslander Quaid (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 24th Congressional District. She lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Weslander Quaid completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michele Weslander Quaid was born in California. Quaid earned a bachelor's degree in physics and engineering science from Seattle Pacific University in 1991 and a graduate degree in optics from the University of Rochester in 1994.[1][2] Her career experience includes founding and working as the president of Sunesis Nexus. Quaid served on the board of directors of Providence, A Santa Barbara Christian School, and on the board of trustees of National Flight Academy.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: California's 24th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 24
Incumbent Salud Carbajal defeated Brad Allen in the general election for U.S. House California District 24 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Salud Carbajal (D) | 60.6 | 159,019 |
 | Brad Allen (R)  | 39.4 | 103,533 | |
| Total votes: 262,552 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 24
Incumbent Salud Carbajal and Brad Allen defeated Michele Weslander Quaid and Jeff Frankenfield in the primary for U.S. House California District 24 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Salud Carbajal (D) | 60.0 | 111,199 |
| ✔ | | Brad Allen (R) | 31.0 | 57,532 |
 | Michele Weslander Quaid (Independent) | 7.5 | 13,880 | |
 | Jeff Frankenfield (Independent) | 1.5 | 2,732 | |
| Total votes: 185,343 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gurpinder Singh Sagoo (R)
- Kenneth Young (Independent)
Endorsements
To view Weslander Quaid's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michele Weslander Quaid completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weslander Quaid's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Raised in Santa Barbara by a single mom with an income below the US-defined poverty level, I worked hard to get a good education and earn a better standard of living. After graduating as the valedictorian of my high school, I earned a B.S. in Physics and Engineering Science and an M.S. in Optics. This led to a 25-year national security career in the Washington D.C. area.
In 2002, I was recruited into government service to lead innovation and sworn in as a senior executive in defense intelligence. I voluntarily traveled to the combat zones of Iraq and Afghanistan to better support our troops and served as the first Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Director of National Intelligence. As a senior policymaker, I worked with Congress and successfully managed large offices and budgets. After government service, I became Google’s Chief Technology Officer for Public Sector and then started my own business, Sunesis Nexus. In 2016, I returned to Santa Barbara.
I appreciate our military and am the widow of a veteran who served our country honorably for over 22 years. Our daughter is an American patriot.
Having lived the American dream, I want to preserve it for future generations. In Congress, I will act with integrity, stand for truth and liberty, and use my expertise in executive leadership, strategic planning, and coalition building to effectively represent California’s 24th District.- Individual Liberty, Equal Justice, Constitutionally Limited Government. The Declaration of Independence states that every human is “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights” and a just government secures those rights. Our legal system follows natural law, which acknowledges individuals' rights come from their Creator, not the government, and therefore no human authority can reduce these rights. There must be liberty and justice for all. Today, our government is operating outside its legal authority as articulated in the U.S. Constitution and trying to dictate every aspect of our lives. I will support legislation that maximizes the opportunity for people to thrive, and work to restore our constitutional republic.
- National Security, Secure Border, First Responders, Military, Veterans. America is an experiment in self-government where “We The People” are the sovereign. We elect people to represent us and they derive their power from our consent. The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution articulates the role of the government, “to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.” A government’s first responsibility is to its citizens, and a sovereign nation must have secure borders. I will put the interests of America and its citizens first and support those who serve on the front lines risking their lives for us at home and abroad.
- Fiscal Responsibility, Lower Taxes, Free Market Economy, Excellence in Education. Our government has not demonstrated fiscal responsibility and is over-taxing We The People to pay for its spending habits and engaging in crony capitalism in an attempt to control the economy. This has had disastrous results. The government is overspending and printing money, devaluing the dollar. Inflation has risen to a 40 year high (March 2022), impacting every aspect of our lives. We spend large amounts on education but too many schools are failing our students. I will work to cut spending and taxes, lift unreasonable burdens for employers and employees to help our businesses to prosper, and ensure parents have school choice for their students to thrive.
Our education system is failing our children. Instead of being taught the fundamentals – reading, writing, arithmetic, true American history, and citizenship – and how to learn, students are being told what to think and subjected to indoctrination with radical ideologies. We must preserve parental rights and ensure that each child receives an educational foundation that enables them to be lifelong learners and thrive.
Our military and first responders deserve our unwavering support. My husband was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor (glioblastoma) on his first day of retirement from the military. He qualified for maximum benefits but it was a constant battle with the Department of Veterans Affairs to get them to provide the benefits to which he was entitled and he died at age 47. Those who risk their lives for our freedom deserve the best care in their time of need.
We must be good stewards of the earth and apply common-sense environmental policies that enable sustainable agriculture and forest-management practices that protect our communities.
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Campaign website
Weslander Quaid's campaign website stated the following:
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Principles Individual Liberty, Equal Justice Constitutionally Limited Government National Security, Secure Border First Responders, Military, Veterans Fiscal Responsibility, Lower Taxes Free Market Economy Excellence In Education Environmental Stewardship Sustainable Agriculture Energy Independence[3] |
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| —Michele Weslander Quaid's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House California District 24 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 8, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Michele R. Weslander Quaid," accessed May 14, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ MWQ for Congress, “Principles,” accessed May 7, 2022
