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Ron Unz
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Last election

June 7, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Ron Unz was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from California.[1]

Elections

2016

See also: United States Senate election in California, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated California's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. California's U.S. Senate seat was open following the retirement of incumbent Barbara Boxer (D). Thirty-four candidates filed to run to replace Boxer, including seven Democrats, 12 Republicans, and 15 third-party candidates. Two Democrats, Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez, defeated the other 32 candidates to advance to the general election. Harris won the general election.[2][3]

U.S. Senate, California General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKamala Harris 61.6% 7,542,753
     Democratic Loretta Sanchez 38.4% 4,710,417
Total Votes 12,253,170
Source: California Secretary of State


U.S. Senate, California Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKamala Harris 40.2% 3,000,689
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLoretta Sanchez 19% 1,416,203
     Republican Duf Sundheim 7.8% 584,251
     Republican Phil Wyman 4.7% 352,821
     Republican Tom Del Beccaro 4.3% 323,614
     Republican Greg Conlon 3.1% 230,944
     Democratic Steve Stokes 2.3% 168,805
     Republican George Yang 1.5% 112,055
     Republican Karen Roseberry 1.5% 110,557
     Republican Tom Palzer 1.2% 93,263
     Libertarian Gail Lightfoot 1.3% 99,761
     Republican Ron Unz 1.2% 92,325
     Democratic Massie Munroe 0.8% 61,271
     Green Pamela Elizondo 1.3% 95,677
     Republican Don Krampe 0.9% 69,635
     Republican Jarrell Williamson 0.9% 64,120
     Independent Elanor Garcia 0.9% 65,084
     Republican Von Hougo 0.9% 63,609
     Democratic President Cristina Grappo 0.8% 63,330
     Republican Jerry Laws 0.7% 53,023
     Libertarian Mark Matthew Herd 0.6% 41,344
     Independent Ling Ling Shi 0.5% 35,196
     Peace and Freedom John Parker 0.3% 22,374
     Democratic Herbert Peters 0.4% 32,638
     Democratic Emory Rodgers 0.4% 31,485
     Independent Mike Beitiks 0.4% 31,450
     Independent Clive Grey 0.4% 29,418
     Independent Jason Hanania 0.4% 27,715
     Independent Paul Merritt 0.3% 24,031
     Independent Jason Kraus 0.3% 19,318
     Independent Don Grundmann 0.2% 15,317
     Independent Scott Vineberg 0.2% 11,843
     Independent Tim Gildersleeve 0.1% 9,798
     Independent Gar Myers 0.1% 8,726
Total Votes 7,461,690
Source: California Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

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

“
  • Keeping English in the Schools: All immigrant children must be taught English as soon as they enter school if they are to become successful, productive members of our society. As a U.S. Senator, I would propose federal legislation requiring English in our public schools.
  • Raising the Minimum Wage: A much higher minimum wage would solve many of our serious social and economic problems, while supporting conservative principles. As a Republican U.S. Senator I would propose raising the American minimum wage to $12.
  • Solving Our Immigration Problems: Immigrants are generally fine people, but immigration is too high, causing our society all sorts of problems. As a U.S. Senator, I would propose cutting legal immigration and drastically reducing illegal immigration.
  • Admitting the Iraq War Disaster: Despite being total failures, the same people responsible for the Iraq War still dominate the foreign policy of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. As a Republican U.S. Senator I would work to remove them from all national influence.
  • Dismantling the Wall Street Casinos: Because of unfair government policies, Wall Street has grown rich while Main Street has grown poor. As a Republican U.S. Senator, I would favor ordinary Americans against the interests of the Wall Street Oligarchs.

[4]

”
—Ron Unz's campaign website, http://www.unz2016.org/unz-on-the-issues/

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Sacramento Bee, "Republican Ron Unz enters California U.S. Senate race," March 16, 2016
  2. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 2016
  3. ↑ The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 7, 2016
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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