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Peter Mathisen
Peter Mathisen (also known as Doober) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 8th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the primary on March 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: California's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 8
Jay Obernolte defeated Chris Bubser in the general election for U.S. House California District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jay Obernolte (R) | 56.1 | 158,711 |
 | Chris Bubser (D) | 43.9 | 124,400 | |
| Total votes: 283,111 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 8
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 8 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jay Obernolte (R) | 34.9 | 50,677 |
| ✔ | | Chris Bubser (D) | 28.7 | 41,595 |
 | Tim Donnelly (R) | 20.7 | 30,079 | |
 | Bob Conaway (D) | 6.2 | 9,053 | |
 | Jeff Esmus (Independent) | 2.8 | 4,042 | |
 | James Ellars (D) | 2.7 | 3,948 | |
 | Jeremy Staat (R) | 1.6 | 2,288 | |
| Jerry Laws (R) | 1.4 | 2,010 | ||
| Justin David Whitehead (R) | 0.9 | 1,305 | ||
 | Jacquetta Green (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 | |
| Total votes: 145,008 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paul Cook (R)
- Peter Mathisen (Nonpartisan)
- Nathan Charette (R)
- Destiny Lovato (R)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Peter Mathisen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
