Ron Burrus

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Ron Burrus

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Last election

November 3, 2020

Personal

Birthplace

Houston, Texas

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Ron Burrus ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Burrus completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

In 2020, Burrus participated in a Candidate Conversation hosted by Ballotpedia and EnCiv. Click here to view the recording.

Elections

2020

See also: Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 8 Republican primary)

Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 8 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kaiali'i Kahele (D)	63.0	171,517
		Joseph Akana (R)	30.9	84,027
		Michelle Rose Tippens (L)	2.5	6,785
		Jonathan Hoomanawanui (Aloha Aina Party)	2.4	6,453
		Ron Burrus (Nonpartisan)	1.0	2,659
		John Giuffre (American Shopping Party)	0.2	661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 272,102
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Kaiali'i Kahele defeated Brian Evans, Brenda Lee, and Noelle Famera in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kaiali'i Kahele	76.5	100,841
		Brian Evans	9.4	12,337
	Submit photo	Brenda Lee	8.1	10,694
		Noelle Famera	6.1	7,992

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 131,864
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Cornejo (D)
• Ryan Meza (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Akana	44.1	15,107
		Elise Hatsuko Kaneshiro	15.4	5,294
	Submit photo	David Hamman	10.0	3,430
	Submit photo	Robert Nagamine	8.4	2,887
	Submit photo	Nicholas Love	7.6	2,616
		Steven Bond	6.5	2,218
	Submit photo	Felipe San Nicolas	4.3	1,465
		Karla Gottschalk	2.8	953
	Submit photo	Raymond Quel	0.9	305

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,275
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Ron Burrus defeated Byron McCorriston in the primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ron Burrus	59.2	1,308
	Submit photo	Byron McCorriston	40.8	901

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,209
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Aloha Aina Party primary election

Aloha Aina Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Jonathan Hoomanawanui advanced from the Aloha Aina Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Hoomanawanui	100.0	3,423

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,423
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American Shopping Party primary election

American Shopping Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

John Giuffre advanced from the American Shopping Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Giuffre	100.0	134

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 134
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Michelle Rose Tippens advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Rose Tippens	100.0	1,014

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,014
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Campaign themes

2020

Candidate Conversations

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Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ron Burrus completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burrus' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

In a society of specialists, I am a decathlete. I have operated in several business sectors over my career to include all walks of media life, entertainment, logistics, banking, financial services, sports, publishing, winery industry and big box retail. Due to these variety of experiences, I am well groomed to take on the many serious issues we are faced with nationally, in Hawaii and our communities. I have always maintained that one has to seek to understand before you can seek to be understood. With this philosophy and a foundation of diverse operational fundamentals, I sincerely believe I can make a difference for Hawaii as your representative. I have a degree in Pre-Law Political Science from University of Texas @ Arlington and a Sports Management Certificate from Columbia University and I am ready to get to work NOW!

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Deregulation is the father of fascism. The US has been on a very aggressive deregulation path for several decades, primarily in banking, the media and agriculture and these conglomerates need to be broken up.
• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
• Be informed, be engaged and be involved, let's work together!

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Re-regulation of highly over consolidated industries, banking, media and agriculture. This really started heavily in the 1980s. In 1980, we had about 9,000 companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, today we have about 2,950 listed on the NYSE. There really is no such thing as anti-trust, these industries are chain monopolies and power and money are heavily over consolidated. We have to have forced government divestitures in these industries. As it is, it is to easy to price fix and the supply chains are very vulnerable. The aggressive mergers and acquisition activity brought high efficiency to the supply chain but now if there is a problem, as the recent pandemic has shown us, the chain gets broken. You no longer have a wide choice of suppliers to reach out to if one or more suppliers fails. We have seen what over consolidation in the media has brought us, fake news and turmoil. In 1982, when President Reagan deregulated the media industry, we had 54 media companies, today, there are only 6 majors ones and they control virtually every broadcast and digital media outlets. This is simply not healthy for the USA, not for any country for that matter. We have to fix it!

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Footnotes

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Hawaii's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mazie Hirono (D)

Brian Schatz (D)

Representatives

District 1

Ed Case (D)

District 2

Jill Tokuda (D)

Democratic Party (4)