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Sean Scorvo
Sean Scorvo (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 23. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Scorvo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Scorvo was born on September 11, 1970, in Fairfield, California. He graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor's degree in 1993. He went on to obtain his M.D. from the Oregon Health and Sciences University in 1998. Scorvo's professional experience includes working as a president of a telecommunications company. He has also worked as an emergency medicine doctor and pharmaceutical research technician.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent Mike Nearman defeated Sean Scorvo, Alex Polikoff, and Scott Clawson in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Nearman (R) | 58.3 | 23,884 |
 | Sean Scorvo (D)  | 34.9 | 14,292 | |
 | Alex Polikoff (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party) | 4.3 | 1,770 | |
| Scott Clawson (L) | 2.4 | 963 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 37 | ||
| Total votes: 40,946 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Sean Scorvo advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Scorvo | 98.1 | 5,663 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 112 | ||
| Total votes: 5,775 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent Mike Nearman advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Nearman | 98.7 | 8,586 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 117 | ||
| Total votes: 8,703 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Scott Clawson advanced from the Libertarian convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on July 6, 2020.
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| ✔ | Scott Clawson (L) | |
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Pacific Green Party convention
Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Alex Polikoff advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on June 6, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Alex Polikoff (Pacific Green Party) |
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Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Sean Scorvo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Scorvo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Occupational Background: Emergency Medicine Physician (Ret.), Telecommunications, Electronic Medical Record Security and Fraud Prevention, Pharmaceutical Research, Landscaping Educational Background: Bellevue West HS-1988; OSU Bachelor of Science-Summa Cum Laude 1993; OHSU Doctorate of Medicine-1998; Emergency Medicine Residency-2001. Prior Governmental Experience: Benton County Planning Commission (Current).
My name is Sean Scorvo. A medical/technology/business background, Oregon roots back to the 1850's, and a lot of dirt under the fingernails have provided me with the perspective to represent you in Salem. But if you're a Republican, how can you be sure that it is safe to overlook the "D" behind my name, and if you are a Democrat, have you honestly looked beyond my opponent's "R"? Forget what you believe about party politics and look at whether the person you are voting for shares your values and your view of the future. For more, please go to "www.seanscorvo.com".- Campaign Finance Reform: Our current representative has a business model based on his legislative authority...and it has nothing to do with representing you. Campaign finance reform is the only way to address this broken system of poor representation.
- Climate Change: This is no longer a maybe, it is happening, and the effects are profound. But doing our part to fix the problem doesn't need complicated cap and trade schemes...in fact, my solution can increase revenue for the state, create jobs, and improve on the climate change goals discussed these last two sessions!
- Structural Change: Our current two party dominated, winner take all, primary based system of choosing who represents us stifles ideas, ensures that money determines the winner, and consistently picks more and more extreme candidates from the right and left. Fixing how we draw district boundaries, and how we elect candidates is absolutely necessary. That is why I fervently support independent commissions for the creation of district boundaries and rank choice voting.
The Culture Wars: Let's face it, these issues are tearing us apart, organizations from the right and left that fund campaigns don't have an interest in truly solving the problems (they would cease to exist if they did), and so it goes, decade after decade. It is time for truce. We will not all see eye to eye on abortion because there is a difference of opinion all the way down to the moment life is believed to begin. We will not see eye to eye on gun control, because viable gun control options are different from rural to urban to suburban. How do we solve this? By stopping the fruitless attempts at persuasion, and allowing people to direct their tax dollars to certain agencies in a way the reflects what they want to support, and remove those tax dollars from agencies they don't support. In short, provide an economic truce that allows for coexistence.
Personally: Chuck Yeager. I read everything I could get my hands on regarding General Yeager as a teen, because, before medicine, I wanted to be a fighter pilot (specifically, the A-10...have to get down in the mud if you want to accomplish anything). With the end of the cold war, I knew a 6'5" kid with some ROTC and private pilot training wasn't going to get into dwindling fighter slots, so I put dreams aside for practicality...but I never forgot General Yeager and all I read on him. He combined a sharp intellect and data driven approach to flying with an ability to stay cool in stressful situations. He is the person I thought of when I calmed myself to run a medical code as an ER doc.
To remain impartial on every issue, always looking for solutions to problems that will benefit the most people at the lowest cost to the taxpayer.
To avoid the lure of power, because a desire for power kills any attempt at impartiality or a maintenance of integrity.
a) Oregonians apply to serve on the commission (people who have recently run for political office, or work in politics are barred from applying)
b) A Tri-Partisan panel of judges (Rep/Dem/Ind.-Misc.) chooses candidates from the pool
c) Twelve representatives are chosen from the pool, with 4/4/4 mix from the Tri-Partisan categories of people.
Healthcare
Energy & The Environment
Water
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 27, 2020
