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R. Leon Noble
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Last election

November 8, 2022

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R. Leon Noble (Libertarian Party) ran for election for Governor of Oregon. Noble lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Noble completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

R. Leon Noble's career experience includes working as an entrepreneur.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Oregon gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Oregon

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Oregon on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tina Kotek
Tina Kotek (D / Working Families Party)
 
47.0
 
917,074
Image of Christine Drazan
Christine Drazan (R)
 
43.5
 
850,347
Image of Betsy Johnson
Betsy Johnson (Independent)
 
8.6
 
168,431
Image of Donice Smith
Donice Smith (Constitution Party)
 
0.4
 
8,051
Image of R. Leon Noble
R. Leon Noble (L) Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
6,867
Image of Paul Romero
Paul Romero (Constitution Party of Oregon) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
0
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2,113

Total votes: 1,952,883
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tina Kotek
Tina Kotek
 
56.0
 
275,301
Image of Tobias Read
Tobias Read
 
31.7
 
156,017
Image of Patrick Starnes
Patrick Starnes Candidate Connection
 
2.1
 
10,524
Image of George Carrillo
George Carrillo Candidate Connection
 
1.9
 
9,365
Image of Michael Trimble
Michael Trimble Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
5,000
Image of John Sweeney
John Sweeney
 
0.9
 
4,193
Image of Julian Bell
Julian Bell Candidate Connection
 
0.8
 
3,926
Image of Wilson Bright
Wilson Bright Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
2,316
Image of Dave Stauffer
Dave Stauffer
 
0.5
 
2,302
Image of Ifeanyichukwu Diru
Ifeanyichukwu Diru
 
0.4
 
1,780
Keisha Merchant
 
0.4
 
1,755
Genevieve Wilson
 
0.3
 
1,588
Image of Michael Cross
Michael Cross
 
0.3
 
1,342
David Beem
 
0.3
 
1,308
Image of Peter Hall
Peter Hall
 
0.2
 
982
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.8
 
13,746

Total votes: 491,445
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Oregon

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christine Drazan
Christine Drazan
 
22.5
 
85,255
Image of Bob Tiernan
Bob Tiernan
 
17.5
 
66,089
Image of Stan Pulliam
Stan Pulliam
 
10.9
 
41,123
Image of Bridget Barton
Bridget Barton Candidate Connection
 
10.8
 
40,886
Image of Bud Pierce
Bud Pierce Candidate Connection
 
8.7
 
32,965
Image of Marc Thielman
Marc Thielman Candidate Connection
 
7.9
 
30,076
Image of Kerry McQuisten
Kerry McQuisten
 
7.6
 
28,727
Bill Sizemore
 
3.5
 
13,261
Image of Jessica Gomez
Jessica Gomez
 
2.6
 
9,970
Image of Tim McCloud
Tim McCloud Candidate Connection
 
1.2
 
4,400
Image of Nick Hess
Nick Hess Candidate Connection
 
1.1
 
4,287
Image of Court Boice
Court Boice
 
1.1
 
4,040
Image of Brandon Merritt
Brandon Merritt Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
3,615
Reed Christensen
 
0.8
 
3,082
Image of Amber Richardson
Amber Richardson Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
1,924
Image of Raymond Baldwin
Raymond Baldwin
 
0.1
 
459
Image of David Burch
David Burch
 
0.1
 
406
John Presco
 
0.0
 
174
Image of Stefan Strek
Stefan Strek
 
0.0
 
171
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.0
 
7,407

Total votes: 378,317
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

R. Leon Noble completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Noble's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Balance for Oregon

There is only one statewide elected public servant that represents all of Oregon, all the time. The role of fulcrum between Counties, Districts, Parties, Cities, the People, and the Legislature is the office of the Governor. That role has been abused for decades.

Oregon is out of balance.

I'm not asking for your vote; I'm asking for your help. Lend me your voice and , together, we will set Oregon free.
  • Safety and security The National average response time for police assistance is about 10 minutes; Oregon is reportedly the worst. ​ With recent events, we must reduce and remove barriers to self security. By focusing on peer interactions, getting to know our neighbors, and building cooperative programs to enhance security we can, and will, provide equal opportunity for the safety and security of our population. ​ We must also work with Law Enforcement to reduce their workload to prioritized functions and fund training without expansion. Additionally, we must address the cause of crime.
  • Liberty and Equality It is easy to focus on these other issues and accidentally cause new ones by suppressing the liberties of the people who you are trying to educate. Our population has ceased to be filled with traditional binary social norms. The rise of our valued LBGTQ+ community, the resurgence of undesirable behaviors, and the increasing divide in politics means that we have to learn how to communicate with each other again. The entirety of society is the result of change. We must embrace change and still have respect for our neighbors, regardless of our agreement with their values. We must allow the people to speak even if it's offensive and to have dominion over their own bodies according to their own morals.
  • Economy We must recognize the value associated with the development of knowledge and skills. ​ We trade our Time, Effort, Knowledge, and Skill (TEKS) for resources to increase our lifestyles. The majority of our incomes are the direct result of the trade between employers and employees. That relationship is also reflected in client and supplier relationships. The cost of that trade should be left to negotiation between the affected parties. ​ These platform issues are connected. Our Economy is affected by the state of our Safety and Liberties. We must work together, not a State divided, but a State united, to address the proper application of our TEKS to recover the proper values of our TEKS.
All of our issues are tied together. The cause for all is the same, government overreach.

It's time to remove government from interfering with our lives, be it professional or personal.
Never.
Emergency powers in Oregon is tied to spending the people's money. At no time is it so imperative to declare and emergency and not be able to call a special session of the Legislature to deal with that issue.

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Campaign website

Noble's campaign website stated the following:

Safety and security

The National average response time for police assistance is about 10 minutes; Oregon is reportedly the worst.

With recent events, we must reduce and remove barriers to self security. By focusing on peer interactions, getting to know our neighbors, and building cooperative programs to enhance security we can, and will, provide equal opportunity for the safety and security of our population.

​Significant challenges have been presented with infringement of the rights to self defense. Private access, ownership, and carry of firearms is an imperative right for all.

Article I Section 27 of the Oregon State Constitution addresses this in no uncertain terms.

"Right to Bear Arms; Military Subordinate to Civil Power

The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defence [sic] of themselves, and the State, but the Military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power[.]"

We have allowed our elected to pass egregious unconstitutional laws to limit our capacity to provide for our own self defense.

We must also work with Law Enforcement to reduce their workload to prioritized functions and fund training without expansion.

The world of the Andy Griffith show is long gone, but the sentiment of that type of community policing still has merit.

I envision a world where, because of individual responsibility, our local "Barney" keeps his bullet in his pocket.

The easiest way to reform policing is to reduce the need for policing.

Repealing the excessive laws that require more and more Law Enforcement, reduces, not only, our tax burdens, but the risks of Officers as well.

If the crime is a fine, it's only purpose is to keep the wallets of the poor empty. If the only victim of the crime is the government, the crime is only a tax.

We have created a Nanny State for the sake of protection, but have failed to note the exchange of consequences. Vehicle infractions, code enforcement, the war on drugs, and prostitution, are all good examples of unnecessary laws that exchange a consequence. Many of these laws have the same consequences: the difference is the delivery method, or rather, the delivery by cop.

We made steps this cycle to end the drug war in Oregon, but it's not enough. We must reverse the laws that made drugs of all types illegal and reduce the number of random stop excuses to keep our Law Enforcement community from being revenue streams.

The public should not live in fear of being pulled over. Many of our laws were created to battle problems that didn't exist and remain to add funding to the government.

Media like "1984", "Animal Farm", "Minority Report", "Judge Dredd", and "RoboCop" have all been referenced in recent times.

The idea of "Judge Dredd", where a single individual is judge, jury, and executioner, has been a consistent conversation with Law Enforcement killing citizens. Breonna Taylor, Duncan Lemp, George Floyd, and in very recent events, John Hurley (who stopped a shooter in CO, only to be killed by law enforcement), and Robert Delgado, who was killed by Portland Police, in Oregon, are all examples of reasons to reform, and in some cases, defund Law Enforcement.

The first step is to end Qualified Immunity for all Oregon public employees and elected. The Oregon State Constitution, Article I, Section 1, states:

"Natural Rights Inherent in People

We declare that all men, when they form a social compact are equal in right: that all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; and they have at all times a right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper."

​Our government is created by the citizens, for the citizens, of the citizens, and none are above the law.

Liberty and Equality

It is easy to focus on these other issues and accidentally cause new ones by suppressing the liberties of the people who you are trying to educate.

Our population has ceased to be filled with traditional binary social norms. The rise of the LBGTQ community, the resurgence of undesirable behaviors, and the increasing divide in politics means that we have to learn how to communicate with each other again.

The entirety of society is the result of change. We must embrace the change and have respect for our neighbors, regardless of our agreement with their values.

We must allow the people to speak offensively.

The right to have your say is your own. You also have the right to deal with the consequences.

Our State Constitution (Article I Sections 8 and 26) says this on the subject:

"Freedom of Speech and Press
No law shall be passed restraining the free expression of opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely on any subject whatever; but every person shall be responsible for the abuse of this right."


"Assemblages of People; Instruction of Representatives; Application to Legislature
No law shall be passed restraining any of the inhabitants of the State from assembling together in a peaceable manner to consult for their common good; nor from instructing their Representatives; nor from applying to the Legislature for redress of greviances [sic]."

Did you know that one of our State Legislators sponsored a bill to ban display of a noose after being was hung in effigy during a protest? There’s probably a dozen people in this state that even know how to tie one.

I believe that to be a travesty and would be happy to teach anyone who would like to know how.

​We must allow the people to have dominion over their own bodies.

Again to our Oregon State Constitution; Article 1, Section 1:

"Natural Rights Inherent in People
We declare that all men, when they form a social compact are equal in right: that all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; and they have at all times a right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper."

We must allow the people to make decisions based on their own values.

Pretty sure there’s a pattern here as we once again visit the Oregon State Constitution, Article I, Sections 2-6:

"Freedom of Worship
All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences."

"Freedom of Religious Opinion
No law shall in any case whatever control the free exercise, and enjoyment of religeous [sic] opinions, or interfere with the rights of conscience."

"No Religious Qualification for Office
No religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office of trust or profit."

"No Money to Be Appropriated for Religion
No money shall be drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any religeous [sic], or theological institution, nor shall any money be appropriated for the payment of any religeous [sic] services in either house of the Legislative Assembly."

"No Religious Test for Witnesses or Jurors
No person shall be rendered incompetent as a witness, or juror in consequence of his opinions on matters of religeon [sic]; nor be questioned in any Court of Justice touching his religeous [sic] belief to affect the weight of his testimony."

We must cease the use of government entities to enact violence on the public, regardless of intent.

Article I, Section 15:
"Foundation Principles of Criminal Law
Laws for the punishment of crime shall be founded on these principles: protection of society, personal responsibility, accountability for one’s actions and reformation."

Article I, Section 18:
"Private Property or Services Taken for Public Use
Private property shall not be taken for public use, nor the particular services of any man be demanded, without just compensation; nor except in the case of the state, without such compensation first assessed and tendered; provided, that the use of all roads, ways and waterways necessary to promote the transportation of the raw products of mine or farm or forest or water for beneficial use or drainage is necessary to the development and welfare of the state and is declared a public use."

Article I, Section 22
"Suspension of Operation of Laws
The operation of the laws shall never be suspended, except by the Authority of the Legislative Assembly."

We must reduce government interference in the lives of the public.

Our state is diverse. The people come from all walks of life. What works in Wallowa causes pain in Paisley, suffering in Sandy, destruction in Dufur, kookiness in Klamath Falls, and calamity in Coos Bay.

Article I, Section 20:
"Equality of Privileges and Immunities of Citizens
No law shall be passed granting to any citizen or class of citizens privileges, or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens."

All of Oregon is entitled to their own beliefs, religions, and thoughts, with the right to also express them. They are also entitled to the consequences of their expression.


Economy

We must recognize the value associated with the development of knowledge and skills.

​We, as a populace, have the right to dictate our own terms of life.

We trade our Time, Effort, Knowledge, and Skill (TEKS) for resources to increase our lifestyles. The majority of our incomes are the direct result of the trade between employers and employees. That relationship is also reflected in client and supplier relationships. The cost of that trade should be left to negotiation between the affected parties.

Unless doing business with the government, there should be no involvement of the government. Excessive taxes have been applied to our State economy without regard to the effects; big business has gotten bigger, while small business, which is the bulk of the economy, has gone out of business.

How do we know we have too many taxes? We have the Kicker, which refunds our money, disproportionately, after taxing us.

The Oregon State Constitution says this in Article I, Section 21:

"Ex-Post Facto Laws; Laws Impairing Contracts; Laws Depending on Authorization in Order to Take Effect; Laws Submitted to Electors No ex-post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts shall ever be passed, nor shall any law be passed, the taking effect of which shall be made to depend upon any authority, except as provided in this Constitution; provided, that laws locating the Capitol of the State, locating County Seats, and submitting town, and corporate acts, and other local, and Special laws may take effect, or not, upon a vote of the electors interested."

These platform issues are connected.

Article I, Sections 33 and 34:
"Enumeration of Rights Not Exclusive
This enumeration of rights, and privileges shall not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people."

"Slavery or Involuntary Servitude
There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude in the State, otherwise than as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."

It is not the government that drives the economy. It is the people.

Government spending is stealing from the people to pay for the pet projects of the political machine. There have been calls to audit several functions of our government; let me be very clear: audits cost money and that money comes, directly, from the public.

To combat financial waste, slash the budget.

Our Economy is affected by the state of our Safety and Liberties. We must work together, not a State divided, but a State united, to address the proper application of our TEKS to recover the proper values of our TEKS.

The proper application of government consists of protecting the people from infringements on their rights. Without safety, security, liberty, and equality, we don’t have an economy. Chaos would ensue as it has in Portland.

We can reverse this trend. Promoting diversity in all things, teaching new approaches to old problems, encouraging small businesses, keeping our governments small enough to not tread on the public while still protecting the rights of the people. [2]

—R. Leon Noble's campaign website (2022)[3]

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 6, 2022
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. R. Leon Noble's campaign website, "The Platform," accessed August 29, 2022