Tom Hwang

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Tom Hwang

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 19, 2024

Education

Graduate

University of Maryland

Personal

Birthplace

Cleveland, Ohio

Profession

Business

Contact

Campaign website

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Tom Hwang (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 19, 2024.

Biography

Tom Hwang was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Hwang attended Stanford University, The Ohio State University, and earned a master's degree in physics from the University of Maryland. His career experience includes owning a small business.

Elections

2024

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 2

David Taylor defeated Samantha Meadows and Alexander Schrank in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Taylor (R)	73.6	268,211
		Samantha Meadows (D)	26.4	96,401
	Submit photo	Alexander Schrank (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 364,616
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Samantha Meadows advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Samantha Meadows	100.0	15,022

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 15,022
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joe Wessels (D) (Unofficially withdrew)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Taylor	25.5	26,247
		Tim O'Hara	22.0	22,626
		Larry Kidd	19.0	19,583
		Shane Wilkin	9.6	9,932
		Ron Hood	8.8	9,020
		Phil Heimlich	4.9	5,080
		Tom Hwang	3.1	3,202
		Kim Georgeton	2.2	2,311
		Charles Tassell	1.7	1,737
		Niraj Antani	1.7	1,700
		Derek Myers	1.5	1,565

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,003
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Henderson (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hwang in this election.

2022

See also: Ohio State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Ohio State Senate District 17

Shane Wilkin defeated Garry Boone in the general election for Ohio State Senate District 17 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shane Wilkin (R)	74.4	77,325
		Garry Boone (D)	25.6	26,559

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,884
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio State Senate District 17

Garry Boone advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio State Senate District 17 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Garry Boone	100.0	2,664

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,664
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alex Trevino (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ohio State Senate District 17

Shane Wilkin defeated Tom Hwang in the Republican primary for Ohio State Senate District 17 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shane Wilkin	78.5	9,121
		Tom Hwang	21.5	2,499

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,620
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tim Inwood (R)

2021

See also: Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021

Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021 (August 3 Republican primary)

Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021 (August 3 Democratic primary)

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 15

Mike Carey defeated Allison Russo in the special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Carey (R)	58.3	94,501
		Allison Russo (D)	41.7	67,588

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 162,089
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15

Allison Russo defeated Greg Betts in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on August 3, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo	84.2	13,704
		Greg Betts	15.8	2,576

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,280
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Stinziano (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on August 3, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Carey	37.0	18,805
		Jeff LaRe	13.3	6,776
		Ron Hood	13.1	6,676
		Bob Peterson	12.6	6,407
		Ruth Edmonds	10.0	5,090
		Tom Hwang	4.9	2,499
		Stephanie Kunze	4.6	2,363
	Submit photo	Thad Cooperrider	2.1	1,076
		Omar Tarazi	1.8	907
		John Adams	0.3	173
	Submit photo	Eric M. Clark	0.2	83

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,855
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brian Stewart (R) (Unofficially withdrew)
• Jeffrey Fix (R)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Tom Hwang did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Hwang’s campaign website stated the following:

“	TOM HWANG FOR U.S. CONGRESS Let us speak plainly. The USA is in a world of trouble. Government Debt is out of control. Our good common sense has been replaced by legalese argued by egghead lawyers and academics using twisted logic, false premises and selective use of facts to reach absurd conclusions. Our businesses are over regulated and our personal freedoms are being taken away. The American Spirit is being crushed by cancel culture, CRT, historical revisionism and a great dilution of our culture by admitting too many immigrants (legal or illegal) who do not share the values that made America great. My Core Values say that: Low Taxes, Less Regulation, and Personal Freedoms are what make America great. The border must be secure and immigration reduced. Our 2nd Amendment rights must be protected. CRT, Cancel Culture and white male discrimination are wrong and must stop. The government spending dollar bills like sheets of toilet paper causes out of control inflation and must stop. We must speak plainly, openly, factually and arrive at common sense solutions. GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND INFLATION: The U.S. uses about 4 Trillion sheets of toilet paper a year. The US government spends about 6 Trillion dollars a year. We are literally spending dollar bills like sheets of toilet paper. This must stop or it will be inflation forever. As your representative in Congress, this is my first priority. Inflation has killed the American dream for many people. Our people can’t afford new cars (or even used ones), can’t afford buying a house or even renting an apartment. Even a meal at a fast food restaurant is a near luxury now. IMMIGRATION AND THE BORDER: Our border needs to be secure and immigration (especially illegal immigration) must be reduced. I refuse to engage in pro immigration arguments from the leftist liberals who say that America must be generous, that we are all immigrants, and shouldn’t we take in other countries’ tired, poor, yearning to be free, etc. The leftists also say that I am a hypocrite since my parents were immigrants. But my parents followed all of the laws when the immigrated and so should every other person wanting to move to America. an see with my own eyes and use my own common sense, that this must be done. The left must be stopped. They want every person that tries to cross the boarder to be allowed in, given financial benefits and granted citizenship. I will fight the left every step of the way to secure our boarders and stop the immigration problem. ON CRT AND CANCEL CULTURE: I am really tired of hearing about all the faults of the founding fathers of the USA. Fact is, they were human, they had faults. But they also created a system of government which has been and continues to be better than any other system of government. It has stood the test of time for over 200 years and is the government of choice that most people in the world aspire to have in their own countries. That is a great accomplishment and it should be celebrated as such. It is their legacy and our inheritance. Let us celebrate American culture, the one that Chinese students celebrated in Tiananmen Square, the one that drew immigrants from all over the world for hundreds of years, the one that you and I loved for most of our lives. Paraphrasing the Declaration of Independence, Governments are instituted among men to secure “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” CAN YOU FIND THE WHITE GUY IN THIS PICTURE? From my last name and the picture above, you may have guessed that my parents were Chinese. My parents suffered anti-Chinese discrimination and so did I. Now I see the same thing happening to white men and it is so wrong. I watch TV. I watch the commercials. It is as if there has been an extinction level event for white men on those media. I feel for you. I watch white men, keeping your heads down, keeping quiet, just like I used to do. In the 1960’s, the blacks were not being treated fairly and Americans spoke and stood against it. Now, it is white men being treated unfairly and it is time that we as a society speak out against this. The left is creating divisions among people with winners and losers. This is not the American Way. AMERICA NEEDS TO GET BACK TO LIVING LIFE WITH PRIDE, VIGOR, ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM. When you take away people’s personal freedoms, if you tax people too much, and if you regulate too much, you kill the American spirit and American dream. Businesses are successful when they serve the people. Regulations mostly make that more difficult. Why go to work if you don’t have the freedom to spend your free time and money how you see fit? Why work if the govt. takes too much of your money in taxes? Low Taxes, Less Regulation, Personal Freedoms; why should we not have these things?	”
—Tom Hwang’s campaign website (2024)

2022

Tom Hwang did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Tom Hwang did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Hwang's campaign website stated the following:

“	The Budget Deficit In 2020, the budget deficit was 3.1 trillion dollars and is likely to be 3.5 trillion or higher in 2021. In contrast, Americans used about 3.5 trillion sheets of toilet paper last year. Deficit spending of dollar bills at the same rate as sheets of toilet paper means a dollar may soon buy only 1 sheet of toilet paper. ​The deficit is robbing this generation and the next of the opportunities they should have. This is also destroying the country’s financial health and threatens the social security payments that millions of Americans count on. This is my number one issue and I will fight to bring fiscal sanity to Washington. ​Immigration We need to reduce immigration. Under President Trump, immigration was reduced and as a result, wages for U.S. citizens rose--in particular for the working class and especially for Blacks and Hispanics. This was a good result. ​We simply must finish building the border wall and enforce the immigration laws already on the books. Whatever immigration policies you want which may be the same as mine or maybe a little different, they will simply not be achievable without a border wall and enforcement of immigration laws. Joe Biden refusal to finish the wall, and his refusal to enforce immigration laws, has unleashed chaos on our borders and it must be stopped. Science I have a strong science education background which few in Congress have. ​The talk in Washington is that you should believe the science. But the science has been so politicized it is hard to know what to believe. But with my science background, I will be able to cut through the politics, the useless and confusing jargon and spin in a way that few others can. MAGA - Make America Great Again For me, MAGA means investing for the future. We need more investment in Ohio and the USA. More specifically, to have a first-rate economy, we need: A real plan to improve our infrastructure (not the Biden-Pelosi bloated social program overspending plan), better capital equipment in our private sector business, better access to capital for small firms, an upgraded electrical grid and power generation, and better broadband connectivity especially in rural areas.	”
—Tom Hwang's campaign website (2021)

Campaign advertisements

"Stop Runaway Government Spending!" - Hwang campaign ad, released July 8, 2021

"Critical Race Theory" - Hwang campaign ad, released June 30, 2021

"Tom Hwang for Congress" - Hwang campaign ad, released June 7, 2021

Campaign finance summary

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Tom Hwang campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Ohio District 2	Lost primary	$254,000	$254,000
2022	Ohio State Senate District 17	Lost primary	$22,327	$63,664
2021	U.S. House Ohio District 15	Lost primary	$758,707	$758,402
Grand total			$1,035,034	$1,076,066
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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Ohio's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Husted (R)

Bernie Moreno (R)

Representatives

District 1

Greg Landsman (D)

District 2

David Taylor (R)

District 3

Joyce Beatty (D)

District 4

Jim Jordan (R)

District 5

Bob Latta (R)

District 6

Michael Rulli (R)

District 7

Max Miller (R)

District 8

Warren Davidson (R)

District 9

Marcy Kaptur (D)

District 10

Michael Turner (R)

District 11

Shontel Brown (D)

District 12

Troy Balderson (R)

District 13

Emilia Sykes (D)

District 14

David Joyce (R)

District 15

Mike Carey (R)

Republican Party (12)

Democratic Party (5)