Patrick Kilpatrick

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Patrick Kilpatrick

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

September 14, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

University of Richmond, 1972

Other

New York University, 1973

Personal

Birthplace

Orange, Va.

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Patrick Kilpatrick (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of California. He lost in the recall election on September 14, 2021.

Kilpatrick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Kilpatrick was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 33rd Congressional District of California. Kilpatrick withdrew from the race prior to the filing deadline.

Biography

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Patrick Kilpatrick was born in Orange, Virginia. He earned a B.A. in English, teaching, and history from the University of Richmond in 1972. He earned a degree from New York University in 1973. Kilpatrick's career experience includes working as an actor, producer, screenwriter, consultant; and as a CEO Uncommon Dialogue Films, Inc.

Elections

2021

Gavin Newsom yes/no recall question

Gavin Newsom recall, 2021

Gavin Newsom won the Governor of California recall election on September 14, 2021.

			Recall  Vote	%	Votes
			Yes	38.1	4,894,473
		✔	No	61.9	7,944,092
			Total Votes		12,838,565

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General election

Special general election for Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Governor of California on September 14, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
		Larry Elder (R)	48.4	3,563,867
		Kevin Paffrath (D)	9.6	706,778
		Kevin Faulconer (R)	8.0	590,346
		Brandon Ross (D)	5.3	392,029
		John Cox (R)	4.1	305,095
		Kevin Kiley (R)	3.5	255,490
		Jacqueline McGowan (D)	2.9	214,242
		Joel Ventresca (D)	2.5	186,345
		Daniel Watts (D)	2.3	167,355
		Holly Baade (D)	1.3	92,218
		Patrick Kilpatrick (D)	1.2	86,617
		Armando Perez-Serrato (D)	1.2	85,061
		Caitlyn Jenner (R)	1.0	75,215
		John Drake (D)	0.9	68,545
		Daniel Kapelovitz (G)	0.9	64,375
		Jeff Hewitt (L)	0.7	50,378
		Ted Gaines (R)	0.7	47,937
		Angelyne (No party preference)	0.5	35,900
		David Moore (No party preference)	0.4	31,224
		Anthony Trimino (R)	0.4	28,101
		Doug Ose (R) (Unofficially withdrew)	0.4	26,204
		Michael Loebs (No party preference)	0.3	25,468
		Heather Collins (G)	0.3	24,260
		Major Singh (No party preference)	0.3	21,394
		David Lozano (R)	0.3	19,945
		Denver Stoner (R)	0.3	19,588
		Samuel Gallucci (R)	0.2	18,134
		Steven Chavez Lodge (R)	0.2	17,435
		Jenny Rae Le Roux (R)	0.2	16,032
		David Bramante (R)	0.2	11,501
		Diego Martinez (R)	0.1	10,860
		Robert Newman (R)	0.1	10,602
		Sarah Stephens (R)	0.1	10,583
		Dennis Richter (No party preference)	0.1	10,468
		Major Williams (R) (Write-in)	0.1	8,965
		Denis Lucey (No party preference)	0.1	8,182
		James Hanink (No party preference)	0.1	7,193
		Daniel Mercuri (R)	0.1	7,110
		Chauncey Killens (R)	0.1	6,879
		Leo Zacky (R)	0.1	6,099
		Kevin Kaul (No party preference)	0.1	5,600
		David Hillberg (R)	0.1	4,435
		Adam Papagan (No party preference)	0.1	4,021
		Rhonda Furin (R)	0.1	3,964
		Nickolas Wildstar (R)	0.1	3,811
		Jeremiah Marciniak (No party preference)	0.0	2,894
		Joe Symmon (R)	0.0	2,397
	Submit photo	Miki Habryn (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	137
	Submit photo	Roxanne (D) (Write-in)	0.0	116
	Submit photo	Stacy Smith (D) (Write-in)	0.0	81
	Submit photo	Vivek Mohan (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	68
	Submit photo	Thuy Hugens (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in)	0.0	19
	Submit photo	Vince Lundgren (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	5

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Karen Blake (R)
• Mariana Dawson (No party preference)
• Veronika Fimbres (G)
• Elizabeth Floyd (No party preference)
• Wayne Frazier (R)
• Timothy Herode (R)
• Luis Huang (D)
• Jimih Jones (R)
• Paul Mesrop Kurdian (No party preference)
• Carla Canada (No party preference)
• Mary Cook (No party preference)
• Torr Leonard (D)
• Jeremy Lupoli (D)
• Louis J. Marinelli, III (R)
• Christopher Mason (R)
• John Pierce (R)
• Patrick Rakus Jr. (R)
• Frank Wade (D)
• Marc Roth (No party preference)
• Christopher Carlson (G)
• Douglas Deitch (D)
• Bryan Farley (D)
• Justin Hubbard (R)
• Jason Dixon (D)
• Sean Harrison (R)
• Ronald Palmieri (D)
• Ben Zandpour (No party preference)
• Robert Davidson Griffis (D)
• A. Shantz (G)
• Adam Hadjinian (No party preference)
• Michael Lynn Gabriel (No party preference)
• Hilaire Shioura (No party preference)
• Lee Olson (No party preference)
• Joseph Luciano (R)
• Steven Fitzgerald (R)
• Anthony Fanara (D)
• Jemiss Nazar (No party preference)
• Kevin Abushi (R)
• Joseph Amey (American Independent Party of California)

2014

See also: California's 33rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Kilpatrick briefly ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 33rd District. Kilpatrick dropped out of the race before the filing deadline.

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Patrick Kilpatrick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kilpatrick's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

200+ films/hit TV shows as lead actor, producer, international film funding expert, and screenwriter - work with Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Antoine Fuqua, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, Naomi Watts, etc. He has appeared in over 80 beloved series - all ‘CSI’ and ‘NCIS’ franchises, ‘Nip/Tuck’, ‘Criminal Minds’, ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ among them. Between international film and television appearances, Kilpatrick has been a scriptwriter, producer consultant, and producer on a multitude of projects.

Kilpatrick is president and CEO of Uncommon Dialogue Films, Inc. (UDF) - a full-service script, casting, film and media service company.

Writer for every magazine and ad agency in New York - TIME, LIFE, PEOPLE, INTERVIEW. Broadway/off-Broadway assistant director/director.

Kilpatrick is a resident of California since 1987 and a participant in numerous California charities. He is also a father of two grown sons with no student debt.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Lower taxes to place money in the hands of every Californian while eradicating the homelessness issue.
• Pro-business eco-sensitive industry policies including the film industry to accelerate job growth.
• Encouragement of parental choice in education with State funding reaching children and teachers' programs.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about every policy and issue within our campaign. Please go to KilpatrickForGovernor.com to understand what our campaign will accomplish.

Homelessness is rampant and cannot be allowed to continue. It is unacceptable for our culture, community health, law enforcement, property rights- on every level of basic common sense. We will end that.

I would solve many issues simultaneously, just as we do every day in film development/production.

We are about lowering punishing taxes, seeing that money for our children and teachers is delivered directly where it will bolster premiere education. Supporting parental school choice. Supporting pensions and health care costs without bankrupting local and state governments.

Lip service to preserving the environment is the current order of the day. We must take the steps necessary to truly preserve the environment and halt climate change.

Return of film production and eco-sensitive businesses to California is paramount. Zero tolerance for crime with police reform/advanced training. These are all issues of high priority.

I am proud of the evolutionary conversation that Americans carry out each and every day. I now believe we can go forward as one nation, one state - California UNITED. Equal justice, prosperity, personal safety, and stellar education. We will couple this with teamwork involving the private sector, visionary government, and responsible citizens, to heal our state.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I believe great governing ideas come from the best and brightest of all ages and generations. People from all walks of life can contribute vision and substance to our evolution as citizens and a species. Theodore Roosevelt transformed himself from a child not expected to survive to one of the most accomplished, forward-thinking, effective leaders in the history of America. In one day, he created all of the National Park systems. He went against the monopolies of his day and enacted visionary legislation, which embraced everything from the completion of the Panama Canal to halting exploitive child labor practices. He was a man of impeccable strength and civic virtue. George Washington - is it necessary to even elaborate on his contributions to the great American revolutionary experiment? He was a leader forged in the battle against the greatest empire of its time. Victorious, he assumed presidential power only to voluntarily relinquish it, unlike a multitude of other leaders in human experience. Abraham Lincoln - again, is it necessary to elaborate on his contributions to the nation in guiding the United States of America through the most perilous of times, with grace and empathy. Franklin D. Roosevelt, through the Depression and World War II, led America for four arduous presidential terms, all while being paralyzed. George S. Patton, on a single gallon of gas, would carry his tank armies 75 miles. He was the consummate warrior leader, bold and decisive. Martin Luther King was a spell-binding orator and moral leader who galvanized human discourse for all time. Non-violent and yet extremely transformative. He is, with Nelson Mandella and Mahatma Gandhi, among the greatest leaders of all time. Malala Yousafzai - stands against global murderous tyranny, shoulder to shoulder with human rights titans, Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy and Serpico by Sidney Lumet. Serpico describes one man devoted to being uncorrupted by a corrupted system. It involves heroism in the face of peer pressure, greed, and marred ethics by the many.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Vision, drive, a dedication to delivering the goods, and encompassing love for people of all kinds and my state.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To possess the highest ethical standards, a gift for situational adaptation, compassion for others, the ability to listen to your citizens and be decisive. To be proactive.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to leave a world that is a finer place for my children and for the children of others. I would like to leave California more prosperous, more peaceful, and more beautiful than it currently is. I want to be known as a person who used all his talents and abilities to serve others. I want to be known as a person who gave eco-sensitive jobs to millions. I want to be remembered by those who love me as one who loved fully, as someone who had complete devotion to the principles of the United States and elevation of humankind.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Dying for Living: Sins & Confessions of a Hollywood Villain & Libertine Patriot - Vol. 1 - Upbringing.
Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics by Charles Krauthammer.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers in John Sandford's novels.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

"Come With Me Now" by Kongos.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

I overcame a severe broken-back trauma from a car accident in 1967, and childhood asthma, and was still able to do my own stunts in almost 200 films and TV shows. My parents and the doctors initially thought I wouldn't be able to walk again. I do not believe in negative events. My injuries and asthma resulted in my cultivating writing skills, love for reading, and the development of exercise and healing methods.

A governor is the top executive authority in his or her state. What does that mean do you?

In a democracy, that means that you are representative of the executive branch of the multi-branched government. It is a sacred duty, a position of leadership, diplomacy, empathy for all, elevation for all, and without self-interest.

Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state?

At all times, the responsibilities of the governor must be squarely rooted in the economic and physical safety, health, and well-being of the residents of the state. The governor is also the chief diplomat in relation to the United States federal government and all other US states. The governor is also the primary ambassador of California to all other nations worldwide.

Different states require governors to have different degrees of responsibility for the state budgeting process. If it were your choice, what do you believe is the appropriate degree of gubernatorial involvement with this process in your state?

I would always take my inspiration from the constitution of the United States of America, which is clear in its sacred separation of the branches of government.

In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power?

When an item is clearly not in the interest of the citizens of the state, then the line-item veto should be exercised. When vested interest surmounts the aspirations and prosperity of our citizens then executive decisions are required to halt such misguided efforts.

If the governor's office in your state does not have the line-item veto power, do you believe it should? Why or why not?

The government of California does grant permission for a gubernatorial line-item veto and I believe that is appropriate to preserve the separation of branches of government.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

Collaborative, inclusive, with absolute dedication to the solutions for challenges facing the state. Again, motives of inordinate self-interest must be set aside for the will and benefit of the people.

What do you love most about your state?

I admire the ethnic and physical diversity and geographical beauty of our state, as well as its rich history and promise for the future.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Our challenges over the next decade will be immense. We are challenged with film production and businesses fleeing the state along with quality eco-sensitive jobs. A deteriorating educational system- funding is not reaching children's and frontline teachers' programs. The continual rampant growth of homelessness across the entire state must be immediately halted and solved. Escalating taxes must be reversed. Economic competition within the US and abroad must be met and surpassed. Zero tolerance for crime and advanced police training is imperative. Degradation of the environment, sewage being pumped into the Santa Monica Bay and our coastline, natural disasters, forest fires, rising of the sea level, lack of water, all factors stemming from climate change need to be addressed.

Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers?

Under any situation that warrants it, such as an imminent crisis of health, safety, national disasters, civil unrest, armed conflict, medical pandemic, epidemic, or other biosecurity risks.

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2014

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From working with former California Governor and fellow action-star Arnold Schwarzenegger to one of Hollywood's top directors' Steven Spielberg, diversity and comradeship is key in moving forward successfully for a progressive society that will benefit all.

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