Monica Carpio
Monica Carpio (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Virginia's 8th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican convention on May 21, 2022.
Carpio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Monica Carpio was born in San Diego, California. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in 1993 and a graduate degree from Cornell University in 1995. Her experience includes being a stay-at-home parent, economist, and political activist.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. defeated Karina Lipsman and Teddy Fikre in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) ![]() | 73.5 | 197,760 |
![]() | Karina Lipsman (R) ![]() | 24.8 | 66,589 | |
![]() | Teddy Fikre (Independent) ![]() | 1.5 | 4,078 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 503 |
Total votes: 268,930 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. defeated Victoria Virasingh in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. ![]() | 77.1 | 39,062 |
![]() | Victoria Virasingh ![]() | 22.9 | 11,583 |
Total votes: 50,645 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Republican convention
Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Karina Lipsman defeated Kezia Tunnell, Jeff Jordan, Heerak Christian Kim, and Monica Carpio in the Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on May 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Karina Lipsman (R) ![]() | 61.5 | 440 |
![]() | Kezia Tunnell (R) ![]() | 19.1 | 137 | |
![]() | Jeff Jordan (R) | 15.9 | 114 | |
![]() | Heerak Christian Kim (R) ![]() | 2.4 | 17 | |
![]() | Monica Carpio (R) ![]() | 1.1 | 8 |
Total votes: 716 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Monica Carpio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Carpio's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
Collapse all
|- Monica is running to fight for families, women & children in her district and across the nation.
- Monica is running to curtail the excessive taxation of the middle class, and to promote the strength of free markets, and need for responsible fiscal spending.
- Monica will fight to prioritize taxpayers’ interests (America First), to secure borders and prioritize a strong U.S. Defense.
Women’s rights.
Worker’s rights to a safe workplace.
-loyal
-passionate
-creative
-Increased U.S. border control. Increased visa requirements such as demand for health insurance to enter U.S. Otherwise tax payers have to cover visitors’ hospital bills.
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Living alone for many years before getting married; having my family overseas or in another state.
Lack of extended family after having children. Again, not having extended family nearby.
Ethnic friction.
Immigration.
Gas prices.
-Budget
-Education & Labor
I think terms should be limited to two, with an option to run again after a break.
Bob Good, VA 5
Ben Cline, VA 6
-Dad of 5 struggling to manage all kids at home & work remotely
-Mom of two had to quit her job to watch her kids when schools were closed for almost a year
-Kids having mental health problems because of unnecessary school closures
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Candidate U.S. House Virginia District 8 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 30, 2021