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Patrick Bohan
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Patrick Bohan (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Bohan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Patrick Bohan was born in New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from Penn State University in 1986. His career experience includes working as an author and electrical engineer.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
Colorado's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 7
Incumbent Brittany Pettersen defeated Sergei Matveyuk, Patrick Bohan, Ron Tupa, and Patrick Flaherty in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brittany Pettersen (D) | 55.3 | 235,688 |
 | Sergei Matveyuk (R)  | 41.1 | 175,273 | |
 | Patrick Bohan (L) | 2.3 | 9,697 | |
 | Ron Tupa (Unity Party) | 1.2 | 5,271 | |
| Patrick Flaherty (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 37 | ||
| Total votes: 425,966 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Morgan Law (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7
Incumbent Brittany Pettersen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brittany Pettersen | 100.0 | 71,052 |
| Total votes: 71,052 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7
Sergei Matveyuk advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 7 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sergei Matveyuk | 100.0 | 46,154 |
| Total votes: 46,154 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Hemenway (R)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Patrick Bohan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bohan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am husband for 31 years, a retired engineer, outdoor enthusiast (rock climber / mountaineer), author of several books, suffer from undiagnosed neuromuscular disorder, masters cycling champion, and ardent student of constitutional law and American history.
I am a firm believer in our Founders vision for the United States and the Constitution. I believe sovereignty resides with "We the People" and not the federal government. The federal government has limited powers whose chief objective is to protect the fundamental rights of all citizens equally.
- I will represent ALL constituents equally, not just those that voted for me and I will uphold my oath to serve and protect the Constitution.
- I believe in restoring the American dream through educational choice, securing our borders (not the borders of foreign countries), reducing government spending (there are plenty of unconstitutional agencies that should be on the chopping block), lowering taxes (by implementing a fair tax), separating business and state (the government has no business picking winners and losers in industry), and restoring federalism by allowing states the power to nullify and opt out of unconstitutional laws.
- The Constitution does not protect any one value system, it protects the values of everyone collectively so long as those values do not harm other citizens. The Constitution does not recognize any caste system to categorize people based on how we think or look. In other words, it does not matter if you are black, Hispanic, Asian, Native-American, white, female, gay, male, transgender, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, middle class, wealthy, poor, conservative, liberal ... we ALL have the same rights, and it is a sworn duty of government to protect those rights from being infringed and to provide us justice if those rights have been infringed. In other words, it is not the role of government to be involved in DEI, sexuality, or other woke metrics.
I am passionate about the fundamental rights of citizens. If I achieve one thing in office, it would be to pass a fundamental rights legislation to reinforce enumerated rights (those rights listed in the constitution), define what a fundamental right is, define how unenumerated fundamental rights (those rights not listed in the Constitution) are identified and protected by the Constitution, list our most essential and necessary unenumerated rights, and specify that the government cannot infringe on these rights for ANY REASON even in times of emergencies. This will restore the sovereignty that resides with "We the People."
I wrote a book on this subject: Our God-Given Fundamental Rights
I wrote a book on this subject: Our God-Given Fundamental Rights
Military personnel who protect the sovereignty of the United States and our personal liberties. Thank you to all of them! Pat Williams wrote a book entitled "Character Carved in Stone" that outlines the 12 virtues of a good leader especially those leaders in the military. I certainly have work to do to improve in a few areas such as with trust, but it is courage and service I wish I really wish to improve on. I wish I had half the courage and half the ambition to serve as these men and women who volunteer to risk life and limb so I can have so many freedoms to pursue happiness and security for my family. We all owe a debt to these men and women to preserve what they fought so valiantly to protect.
The Constitution, The Bible (the first law book of society), Second Treatise of Government (John Locke), Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Justice John Harlan's dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson (segregation case), Corfield v. Coryell, and Meyer v. Nebraska
The principles most important for an elected official include honesty, accountability, tolerance for differing opinions, and having a sound understanding of US history and constitutional law.
I am an overachiever. For example, I was winning national senior games titles in cycling when my neurologist told me she has other patients with a lot less nerve damage needing assistance to walk. I am stubborn and always strive to be the best in my field. I climbed many difficult peaks. I achieved the highest awards in the field of test engineering at Texas Instruments. I have written books despite a reading and writing learning deficiency as a youth. I overcame an abusive stepfather and overcame alcoholism. I strive to be a better person today than I was yesterday.
The core responsibility is to apply the rule of law equally and protect rights equally, not arbitrarily. The government is supposed to be a neutral arbiter of the law.
Unfortunately, the government does the opposite by driving a wedge through different classes in society. The government protects rights by creating preferred classes of people based on our demographic makeup or in other words, they protect rights based on how we look and think. There is no place in government for arbitrarily protecting people.
Unfortunately, the government does the opposite by driving a wedge through different classes in society. The government protects rights by creating preferred classes of people based on our demographic makeup or in other words, they protect rights based on how we look and think. There is no place in government for arbitrarily protecting people.
I do not want or desire a legacy; I want to restore the Founders vision for the United States and Constitution. Legacies are selfish desires and have no place in government. We do not need politicians putting their personal legacy goals ahead of protecting the people equally.
When I was 8, I do recall the Watergate fiasco.
I was a dishwasher and bus boy at a restaurant on the New Jersey shore when I was 11. I usually held summer jobs during the peak tourism season. I was able to pay for almost all of my college education through what I saved from summer jobs with the exception of a few small student loans.
I have a lot of favorite books, but if I had to pick one that has really resonated with me in recent years it is the Bible. The Bible is the first law book introduced to society. The Bible influenced the Christian revival of the 1700s, it influenced our Founders, it influenced the schools that educated our Founders and for that reason our Founding documents and statutory law are littered with biblical principles.
I am not really a big fan of fiction. I like stories based on actual events. I like learning about people and history.
I like classic rock and 60s and 70s pop music. The last song I had in my head was by Marmalade entitled "Reflections of My Life."
I won the lottery when I was born in the United States. It afforded me opportunities I would not get elsewhere, and I am 99% certain if I was born anywhere else, I would not have survived past age 10. I was in the right place at the right time when a doctor figured out I was slowly dying from an immunoglobulin (immune) deficiency that was causing me to have non-stop staph infections. My deficient immune system has created a plethora of debilitating and progressive autoimmune issues as an adult. It is a struggle and depressing at times, but I figured if I have one last fight in me, it would be to restore the same American dream that enabled me to succeed for our present and future Americans.
The U.S. House of Representatives is the democratic branch of the government because 1. representatives are selected by the citizens and 2. each district is equally proportioned based on population. The main power of the House is that all appropriation bills and impeachment proceedings must originate in the House.
No, but I think they should have a firm understanding of US history and constitutional law.
The biggest threat to the US is coming from within, not a foreign enemy, it is coming from politicians who refuse to uphold the Constitution. Each day politicians chip away at the Constitution and the public accepts it without questioning our leaders. Our Founders created a constitutional republic, not a democracy! They did not want a democracy because democracies have short life expectancies. They created a nation of laws, not a nation where the law and rights are what a majority say they are. The more we chip away at the checks and balances and separation of powers of the Constitution, the more we resemble a democracy and a socialist state. What happens in a democracy? What we see happening today - polarity, division, and anger. Democracies drive a wedge between different groups and pit man v. woman, poor v. rich, brown v. white, .... That is why democracies do not survive the test of time.
Absolutely, since the House is to represent the people, the people should be able to frequently choose who represents them in office.
I believe in term limits for all federal offices - 12 years for House, Senate, and Federal Judges (including the Supreme Court).
I would want to model myself after the father of the Constitution, James Madison, because I want to restore his constitutional vision for the US.
I hear the same story over and over, it is difficult to run a business or raise a family in the face of high taxation and stagflation. Lowering taxes and significantly cutting federal spending should be the objective to rein in inflation.
I really do not tell jokes - Instead, I generally recount funny events that I heard or experienced.
Yes and No. Yes, compromise can be made, for example, when drafting a budget but compromise has no role in protecting the rights of citizens and upholding the Constitution. For instance, Section 702 of FISA is a compromise of the people's 4th Amendment rights and should not be passed.
The House is responsible for establishing a balanced budget to 1. stop deficient spending and 2. reduce the always increasing 35 trillion-dollar national debt. The National debt is taxation without representation against our youth and unborn which is a violation of their rights, it is a national security risk because rogue countries such as China own part of our debt, and it is unsustainable and will ultimately lead to economic calamity. The bottom line, the House is failing to maintain a balanced budget.
I believe there are two important things that define us as human beings: 1. How we deal with adversity and 2. How we change when given a position of authority. Investigative powers and being elected to Congress provide some of us with a great deal of power. Unfortunately, I see investigative powers as a tool to go after political enemies and not so much as a tool to find equal justice for all. That is not a correct way to use investigative powers. Investigating wrongdoing is important, but their needs be checks and balances to hold everyone in the system accountable for finding justice, not finding vengeance by abusing power.
It is hard to get endorsements when it is against the law for nonprofit organizations who may support my political positions to endorse any political campaigns. For example, Campaign for Liberty cannot endorse me, but they definitely prefer how I answered their candidate survey. Link is listed in the next question.
My first preference is to sit on the judiciary committee but would also be interested in oversight and accountability, ways and means, appropriations, and budget committees.
My distrust of government stems from the fact I do not believe they are transparent and accountable. A government for the people must answer to the people. That means the government has a duty to be transparent and accountable. It is not an option.
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Campaign website
Bohan's campaign website stated the following:
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Policy Platform: No more polarizing politics Less government, expanding individual freedom, and treating everyone equally will make politics civil again[2] |
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| —Patrick Bohan's campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 22, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Patrick Bohan's campaign website, "Main page," accessed September 19, 2024
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