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Rafael Dagnesses

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Rafael Dagnesses
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 5, 2018

Education

High school

Glendale High School

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Personal
Profession
Owner, Quantum Realtors
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Rafael Dagnesses was a 2018 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 26th Congressional District of California.[1] Dagnesses was not included in the certified list of candidates for the election.[2]

Dagnesses unsuccessfully sought election to the same seat in 2014 and 2016.[3][4]

Biography

Dagnesses joined the U.S. Marines upon graduating from high school. He graduated from the Navy Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center and served at Camp Pendleton's School of Infantry as a combat instructor supervisor. After being honorably discharged, Dagnesses attended California State University Northridge and worked for the Los Angeles Police Department. In 1996, he left the LAPD and started a small business. Dagnesses was the owner of Quantum Realtors at the time of his candidacy.[5]

Elections

2018

Dagnesses sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 26th Congressional District of California. He was not included in the certified list of candidates for the election.[2]

2016

See also: California's 26th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Julia Brownley (D) defeated Rafael Dagnesses (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Both candidates advanced past the top-two primary on June 7, 2016, by default.[6][7]

U.S. House, California District 26 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJulia Brownley Incumbent 60.4% 169,248
     Republican Rafael Dagnesses 39.6% 111,059
Total Votes 280,307
Source: California Secretary of State


U.S. House, California District 26 Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJulia Brownley Incumbent 64% 108,937
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRafael Dagnesses 36% 61,219
Total Votes 170,156
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California's 26th Congressional District elections, 2014

Dagnesses ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 26th District. Dagnesses was defeated in the blanket primary on June 3, 2014.[8]



U.S. House, California District 26 Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJulia Brownley Incumbent 45.5% 38,854
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Gorell 44.5% 38,021
     Republican Rafael Dagnesses 7.7% 6,536
     Independent Douglas Kmiec 2.3% 1,980
Total Votes 85,391
Source: California Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Dagnesses' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • Job Creation and the Economy: In Congress, I will seek for ways to get government out of the way of small business and entrepreneurs and to incentivize and reward innovation and growth. I will promote policies that will bring outsourced jobs home and repatriate foreign investment. We should no longer tolerate our jobs being shipped abroad.
  • Energy Policy: American dependence upon foreign fossil fuels is a national security issue. While we seek for ways to compete on the global renewable energies market, other countries continue to take advantage of increased oil production.
  • National Security: When I am elected, I will push for measures that will support and grow a strong and respected military. I will leave military decisions to military leaders and not civilian Defense Department politicians who have little-to-no information on the subject.
  • Education: Common Core started off as a good-faith effort to set standards but has mutated into a program that isn't working for students, teachers, or parents. We need to end Common Core and replace it with local standards set by parents and teachers, not bureaucrats in Washington.
  • Veterans: Over the last couple of years it has become clear that the Veterans Administration has failed our veterans. The men and women who have sacrificed life and limb to protect our freedoms have been cast aside in this failed system of care. Instead of swift and decisive action to correct it, elected officials have engaged in endless debates about bureaucracy.

[9]

”
—Rafael Dagnesses' campaign website, http://www.rafaelforcongress.com/on_the_issues

2014

Dagnesses' campaign website listed the following issues:[10]

“
  • Job Creation/Economy: "Job creation is not a Democrat or Republican issue, it's a common sense issue. As a proven business leader with real world experience, I will work hard to remove government roadblocks for businesses. Government should stop impeding startups. Government often makes it impossible for businesses to keep their doors open with over-regulation and taxation."
  • Health Care: "I will fight to repeal Obamacare. Obamacare lacks common sense solutions and is costing Americans millions of dollars. We must move away from our bureaucracy driven, third-party payment system, and focus on a new patient-centered system of consumer choice. With market-based health care solutions, we will have lower costs and better quality of care."
  • Taxes: "The federal tax code is approximately 74,000 pages long. Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars and hours are spent by individuals and businesses just trying to figure out the tax code. I will work to reform the tax code so that it is simple, understandable and fair."
  • Energy: "Our country has sustainable energy sources that we must tap into in order to build an affordable domestic energy program. I support removing and streamlining regulations to open doors for our companies to invest in our own oil and natural gas supply. We will unleash the American entrepreneurial spirit once we no longer depend on foreign countries who do not share our same principles of freedom and liberties."
  • National Security: "Peace through strength must be a critical component of our defense strategy. By maintaining an advanced military, our enemies will think twice before initiating any harmful action."

[9]

”
—Rafael Dagnesses' campaign website, https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.rafaelforcongress.com/issues/

Campaign finance summary

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rafael Dagnesses for Congress, "Home," accessed September 22, 2017
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 3, 2018
  3. ↑ Rafael Dagnesses for Congress, "Home," accessed November 18, 2015
  4. ↑ KPCC, "A second GOP challenger for Ventura County Democrat's Congressional seat," December 4, 2013
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named bio
  6. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 2016
  7. ↑ The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 7, 2016
  8. ↑ The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 3, 2014
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  10. ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 22, 2014


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