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Vince Flaherty was a 2014 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 33rd Congressional District of California.[1]

Biography

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Flaherty has worked in the motion picture and real estate industry. He is also a historian of California and United States history, and a past president of the Pacific Palisades Historical Society. Flaherty worked as an intern to Congressman Charles Wilson (R) and as an aide to former governor Pat Brown (D).[2]

Campaign themes

2014

Flaherty's campaign website listed the following issues:[3]

“
  • Augment the G.I. Bill: "Augment the G.I. Bill: to require enhanced oversight of the Veteran's Administration bureaucracy, increased opportunity for rehabilitation and medical services, and as a temporary measure to reduce the glut of bank-owned real estate, increase the government's down payment for veterans purchasing homes to fifty percent of the purchase price."
  • Lower Taxes: "Lowering taxes at least ten percent across the board, notwithstanding preserving taxes necessary for essential public services, can ensure an economic recovery that will endure. I am inclined to support a heretofore unheard of, equal transaction tax that could replace cumbersome, unjust and ambiguous IRS tax law."
  • California Earthquake Warning System: "Los Angeles has fault lines running under businesses, hotels, and homes in District 33. Mexico and Japan both have functioning earthquake early warning systems. The California legislature has approved such a warning system on the condition, among others, that it be a private/public partnership. The bids to construct such a system are high and the government has yet to determine how to contribute its share of the cost and/or work. If elected I promise to find ways to make the system a reality."
  • Re-enact Glass Steagall or similar legislation: "Enormous banks, the individual entities otherwise known collectively as the international financial trading enterprise, do a lot of good things and serve many useful purposes. However, in the interest of Democracy and Liberty, certain areas demand serious review and reform. Among other things, we must prohibit banks, holding companies, and financial trading companies from securitizing and selling bonds made up from mortgages they design, originate, rate and service."
  • End Poverty in California: "Sixty percent of California's public school children qualify for free school lunches because of poverty. The upbeat news releases from Washington D.C. and Sacramento cannot hide this. Big brothers four top candidates in this race, assisted behind the scenes by the same Clinton/Obama operatives and their same old glossy game plan, cannot make this issue go away by ignoring it."

[4]

”
—Vince Flaherty's campaign website, https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.vote4vince.us/blog

Elections

2014

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See also: California's 33rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Flaherty ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 33rd District. Flaherty was defeated in the blanket primary on June 3, 2014.[5]



U.S. House, California District 33 Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngElan Carr 21.6% 23,476
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTed Lieu 18.8% 20,432
     Democratic Wendy Greuel 16.6% 17,988
     Independent Marianne Williamson 13.2% 14,335
     Democratic Matt Miller 12% 13,005
     Republican Lily Gilani 7.1% 7,673
     Republican Kevin Mottus 2.4% 2,561
     Democratic Barbara Mulvaney 2.3% 2,516
     Democratic David Kanuth 1.4% 1,554
     Democratic Kristie Holmes 0.9% 994
     Libertarian Mark Herd 0.8% 883
     Green Michael Sachs 0.7% 732
     Democratic Michael Shapiro 0.6% 650
     Independent Tom Fox 0.5% 509
     Democratic Zein Obagi 0.4% 477
     Democratic Vince Flaherty 0.3% 345
     Democratic James Graf 0.3% 327
     Independent Brent Roske 0.2% 188
Total Votes 108,645
Source: California Secretary of State

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Campaign website, accessed March 19, 2014
  2. ↑ Campaign website, "About Vince," accessed April 23, 2014
  3. ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 21, 2014
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. ↑ The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 3, 2014


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