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Pranav Badhwar
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Pranav Badhwar was a 2014 Libertarian candidate for the city council of Washington, D.C.
Campaign themes
2014
On his campaign website, Badhwar highlighted the following issues:[1]
Jobs
- Excerpt: "Eliminate, or make optional, licensing for 41 low and moderate income occupations. Optional certifications and customer reviews more effectively rate vendor quality, and allow competition and innovation, but DCRA approval can take months if you don't know the right people. Streamline the bureaucracy, provide transparency of status, and deliver on promised timelines."
Public safety
- Excerpt: "Free-up police to investigate real crimes of violence, theft and fraud. Harsh drug penalties violate individual rights (disproportionately of African Americans) by prosecuting victimless crimes, and exacerbate joblessness, and homelessness, make non-violent people into un-employable wards of society, and ultimately exacerbate property and violent crime."
Affordable housing
- Excerpt: "Ease building height restrictions in select areas and eliminate business licenses & cumbersome tax forms to rent out your basement apartment, carriage house, or a room in your house."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "Eliminate taxi licensing, which raises taxi fares and protects corporations from competition. Free-market solutions – Sidecar, Lyfte, Uber – show that the commission is obsolete. Now its time to expand opportunities beyond corporations with deep pockets who can lobby the government to carve out exceptions, so individuals can have the same opportunities."
Education
- Excerpt: "Allow traditional public schools the operational flexibility of charter schools. Having principals and parents largely determine the teaching and staffing model suited for the specific needs of the children will provide far more effective education. Central office should provide oversight, but not siphon away or mandate all but 10% of the almost $30,000 in per pupil funding before it reaches the traditional public school."
Elections
2014
- See also: Washington, D.C. Council elections, 2014
Washington, D.C. held city council elections on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on April 1. Charles Allen defeated Joseph Slovinec, Darrel Thompson and Shelonda Tillman in the Democratic primary, while Pranav Badhwar was unopposed in the Libertarian primary.[2][3] Allen defeated Badhwar in the general election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Charles Allen |
79.5% | 23,668 | |
| Libertarian | Pranav Badhwar | 10.5% | 3,127 | |
| Other | Write-in | 0.8% | 237 | |
| Other | Over and Under Votes | 9.2% | 2,751 | |
| Total Votes | 29,783 | |||
| Source: Washington, D.C. Board of Elections - General Election Results | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Charles Allen |
58.2% | 8,851 | ||
| Darrel Thompson | 41.6% | 6,329 | ||
| Write-in | 0.2% | 38 | ||
| Total Votes | 15,218 | |||
| Source: Washington D.C. Board of Elections |
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Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ Prana 4 DC, "Issues," accessed September 24, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Official primary candidate list," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ Washington, D.C. Board of Elections, "2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
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