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Thomas Busse
Thomas Busse (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 33. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Busse completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Thomas Busse was born in Pomona, California. He earned a high school diploma from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2002. His career experience includes working as an accountant and a professional tenor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 33
Incumbent Shannon Isadore defeated Stan Baumhofer and Thomas Busse in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 33 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shannon Isadore (D) | 83.6 | 29,132 |
| Stan Baumhofer (R) | 12.6 | 4,400 | ||
 | Thomas Busse (L)  | 3.6 | 1,258 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 58 | ||
| Total votes: 34,848 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 33
Incumbent Shannon Isadore defeated Pete Grabiel and Brian Duty in the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 33 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shannon Isadore | 51.5 | 5,751 |
| Pete Grabiel | 27.8 | 3,105 | ||
| Brian Duty | 20.4 | 2,275 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 28 | ||
| Total votes: 11,159 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 33
Stan Baumhofer defeated Dick Courter in the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 33 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stan Baumhofer | 50.0 | 567 | |
| Dick Courter | 47.0 | 533 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.1 | 35 | ||
| Total votes: 1,135 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Busse in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thomas Busse completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Busse's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Years of supermajority rule have cumulated in failed policies and a hostile business and tax climate. Urban Portland needs an independent voice in the legislature who will ask hard questions of the Democratic caucus.
- Oregon needs major governance and tax reform in order to revitalize Portland's downtown, which I am running to represent. I am proposing a moratorium on new local income taxes and systems to coordinate bond measures by local agencies.
- Oregon has an overbearing licensure regime impacting poorly-compensated professions leading to shortages of critical workers such as preschool teachers. We need to drastically scale back Professional and Occupational licensing, which is a crony practice with roots in Jim Crow
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 25, 2024
