Peter Kuo (California Insurance Commissioner candidate)
Peter Kuo filed to run as a Republican candidate for California Insurance Commissioner in 2018, but he was not included in the certified list of candidates for the election.[1]
Kuo was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 17th Congressional District of California.[2]
Kuo was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 10 of the California State Senate.
Elections
2018
Kuo filed to run for California Insurance Commissioner in 2018, but he was not included in the certified list of candidates for the election.[1]
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Mike Honda (D) was defeated by Ro Khanna (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Honda and Khanna defeated Pierluigi Oliverio (D), Ron Cohen (R), Peter Kuo (R), and Kennita Watson (L) in the top-two primary on June 7, 2016.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Ro Khanna |
61% | 142,268 | |
| Democratic | Mike Honda Incumbent | 39% | 90,924 | |
| Total Votes | 233,192 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |
Ro Khanna |
39.1% | 52,059 | |
| Democratic | Mike Honda Incumbent |
37.4% | 49,823 | |
| Republican | Peter Kuo | 9.2% | 12,224 | |
| Republican | Ron Cohen | 7.8% | 10,448 | |
| Democratic | Pierluigi Oliverio | 4.2% | 5,533 | |
| Libertarian | Kennita Watson | 2.3% | 3,125 | |
| Total Votes | 133,212 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State |
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2014
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Bob Wieckowski (D) and Peter Kuo (R) defeated Mary Hayashi (D), Roman Reed (D) and Audie Bock (I) in the blanket primary. Wieckowski defeated Kuo in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Wieckowski |
68% | 111,162 | |
| Republican | Peter Kuo | 32% | 52,302 | |
| Total Votes | 163,464 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |
Bob Wieckowski |
35.4% | 36,773 | |
| Republican | Peter Kuo |
26.3% | 27,332 | |
| Democratic | Mary Hayashi | 20.6% | 21,448 | |
| Democratic | Roman Reed | 13.6% | 14,098 | |
| Independent | Audie Bock | 4.1% | 4,284 | |
| Total Votes | 103,935 | |||
Endorsements
In 2014, Kuo's endorsements included the following:[8]
- Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff
- Assemblywoman Shannon Grove
- Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves
- Assemblyman Brian Jones
- Senator Joel Anderson
- Retired US Congressman and Assemblyman Ernie Konnyu
- Former California Republican Party Chair/Current candidate for California Lt. Governor- Ron Nehring
- Former Fremont City Councilman Steve Cho
- San Jose City Councilman Johnny Khamis
- San Jose City Councilman Pete Constant
- Union City Human Relations Committee Commissioner Jaime Patino
- Kevin McGary- Founder of the Frederick Douglas Society
- Silicon Valley Republican Party
- Alameda County Republican Party
- California Young Republicans Federated
- California Republican Assembly- Milpitas-Berryessa Chaper
- The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assocation (Taxpayer rights advocacy group, protector of Prop. 13.)
Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on Kuo's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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2014
Kuo's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[10]
Economy
- Excerpt: "California needs to become the easiest state to do business"
Education
- Excerpt: "We must never allow SCA5 to become law. College admittance based on race and gender is not the American Way!"
Public Safety
- Excerpt: "Repeal AB109-Keep career criminals in jail."
Energy
- Excerpt: "Develop a truly "off grid" energy solution...collect solar energy, store it with advance batteries, use it and then repeat."
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- California's 17th Congressional District election, 2016
- California State Senate elections, 2014
- California's 17th Congressional District
External links
- Campaign website
- Facebook page
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 5, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 201
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
- ↑ kuoforsenate.com, "Endorsements," accessed May 2, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ kuoforsenate.com, "Issues," accessed May 2, 2014
