Sandra Salas
Sandra Salas was a Libertarian candidate for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Salas ran in the special election on November 6, 2018.
Biography
Salas graduated from Gadsden High School in 2000. Her professional experience includes working as a stripper.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7
Mary Gay Scanlon defeated Pearl Kim, Sandra Salas, and Brianna Johnston in the special general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Gay Scanlon (D) | 52.3 | 173,268 |
 | Pearl Kim (R) | 46.0 | 152,503 | |
 | Sandra Salas (L)  | 1.0 | 3,177 | |
 | Brianna Johnston (G) | 0.8 | 2,511 | |
| Total votes: 331,459 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Sandra Salas participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 24, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Sandra Salas's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Ending the opiod crisis, getting rid of SESTA and FOSTA, and tackling the problem of nonviolent drug offenders being incarcerated.[3][4] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Sex Worker's rights, LGTBQIA rights, marijuana legalization, and gun rights.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Sandra Salas answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Theodora. She was another stripper who became the Byzantine empress. She never forgot where she came from and did a lot to advance sex worker rights.[4] | ” |
| “ | Yeah. I want my gay married uncles to protect their marijuana plants with AR-15s in a community garden run by a brothel where the workers have accept to a safe and legal working environment.[4] | ” |
| “ | Given the current administration are principles really all that important? But ideally I'd say a willingness to compromise, knowing when to stand firm and knowing when you gotta concede.[4] | ” |
| “ | I have the same qualifications as Donald Trump and they served him quite well: no political experience, tiny hands and I've been married 3 times.[4] | ” |
| “ | You're there to serve the people, not your own special interests.[4] | ” |
| “ | Hmmmm. I don't know. Maybe giving a voice to the one group isit still acceptable to shit on.[4] | ” |
| “ | Election of Barack Obama. I didn't always agree with him but he was cool.[4] | ” |
| “ | Being a stripper was my first job. I've had it for too long.[4] | ” |
| “ | I found out that the kid was a necrophiliac. He have me a kiss on the cheek and never called me.[4] | ” |
| “ | Halloween. Who doesn't like Halloween?[4] | ” |
| “ | The Prince by Machiavelli. It's great lessons for statecraft.[4] | ” |
| “ | Selina Kyle.[4] | ” |
| “ | My stripper pole. It's a great workout.[4] | ” |
| “ | American Idiot by Green Day.[4] | ” |
| “ | Probably curbing my very impulsive nature and quick temper.[4] | ” |
| “ | It's pretty fucking unique if a family values Republican can resign and a stripper run in his place.[4] | ” |
| “ | Probably but does that really matter with the current administration? I think a willingness to learn is much better. I got my current partner as a virgin and he's a very quick learner.[4] | ” |
| “ | The fact that we are more divided than ever and fail to see the bigger picture.[4] | ” |
| “ | Sure. As long as everyone involved is a consenting adult.[4] | ” |
| “ | Much needed and overdue. Have you seen some of these old farts?[4] | ” |
| “ | Yeah. I'm tired of hearing about losing friends to overdoses. I want the opiod crisis to end.[4] | ” |
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
I choos to run because SESTA and FOSTA are literally killing sex workers. This legislation does nothing to distinguish between voluntary sex work between consenting adults and involuntary sex trafficking. Not only is it an egregious violation of the first amendment it does nothing to help victims of sex trafficking and puts sex workers in danger. Is there anything you would like to add? Yeah. The two party system is just the same two turds in different color packaging.[4] |
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| —Sandra Salas[1] | ||
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District special election, 2018
- Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on August 24, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Sandra Salas's responses," August 24, 2018
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
