Ravin Pierre
Ravin Pierre (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Washington. He lost in the primary on August 2, 2022.
Pierre completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ravin Pierre was born in Redmond, Washington. Pierre served in the U.S. Air Force from 2001 to 2003. He earned a bachelor's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2005 and a graduate degree from the University of Southern California in 2011. Pierre's career experience includes working as an aerospace engineer, a data scientist, and an aircraft fleet monitoring engineer.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Washington, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Washington
Incumbent Patty Murray defeated Tiffany Smiley in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patty Murray (D) | 57.1 | 1,741,827 |
 | Tiffany Smiley (R) | 42.6 | 1,299,322 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 6,751 | ||
| Total votes: 3,047,900 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Washington on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patty Murray (D) | 52.2 | 1,002,811 |
| ✔ | | Tiffany Smiley (R) | 33.7 | 646,917 |
 | Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party) | 3.1 | 59,134 | |
 | John Guenther (R) | 2.9 | 55,426 | |
 | Ravin Pierre (D) | 1.2 | 22,172 | |
 | Dave Saulibio (JFK Republican Party) | 1.0 | 19,341 | |
 | Naz Paul (Independent) | 1.0 | 18,858 | |
 | Bill Hirt (R) | 0.8 | 15,276 | |
 | Mohammad Said (D) | 0.7 | 13,995 | |
 | Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.7 | 13,901 | |
 | Pano Churchill (D) | 0.6 | 11,859 | |
 | Bryan Solstin (D) | 0.5 | 9,627 | |
 | Charlie Jackson (Independent) | 0.4 | 8,604 | |
 | Jon Butler (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,413 | |
 | Thor Amundson (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,133 | |
 | Martin Hash (Independent) | 0.2 | 4,725 | |
 | Dan Phan Doan (Independent) | 0.2 | 3,049 | |
 | Sam Cusmir (D) | 0.1 | 2,688 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,511 | ||
| Total votes: 1,920,440 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Ishii (D)
- Bob Hagglund (R)
- Nicolaus Sleister (D)
- Justin Greywolf (Independent)
- Isaac Holyk (R)
- David McCune (Independent)
- Robert Kirby (D)
- Mfumu Metamorphosis Mpiana (Independent)
- Larry Hussey (Independent)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ravin Pierre completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pierre's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm an aggressive Progressive 2022 US Senate Democrat Challenger. I'm a Space & STEM advocate. (Graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University & University of Southern California.)
Jan 6th 2021 insurrection against the US Capitol motivated me to run and oppose QAnon obstructionists in all forms. QAnon and its members in Congress are a threat; an existential constitutional crisis to our democracy. They erode our public trust of institutions, science expertise and understanding on complex matters impacting our society. I'm the fierce response against QAnon infection.
I strongly believe in term limits for Congress (& the Supreme Court), we need new blood and energy to combat this new problem. I also believe in transforming the Senate with radical transparency to eliminate all secret backdoor meetings; by wearing body-cams to record/livestream all interactions with lobbyists and video hosting it on OnlyFans, in order to earn the public’s trust. If the cops have to wear body-cams, so should political servants.
Congress is poorly underrepresented by people with STEM backgrounds. The public deserves more STEM representation in Congress, especially the high tech industry people of WA State.
I'm here to push the needle.- Please consider me as your F.riends U.ndermining C.onspiracy K.ooks, such as QAnon
- Radical Transparency - If elected, I and my Senate staff promise to record & livestream all interactions with lobbyists on ONLYFANS, and will even wear a bodycams, just like the police do. Washington is a technology state, its citizens would appreciate this unique reform.
- Term Limits - I'll aggressively confront all 538 members of Congress to sign the US Term Limits against Congress & Supreme Court pledge; I'll willingly sign a penalty contract with Governor of Washington prohibiting me from running beyond 2 terms of office; where the penalty is I go to prison for violating this. The public of Washington deserve this.
Reframing National Security == ‘Basic Needs Met of all citizens';
such as investing in Single Payer Universal Health Care, Public Education, Public Infrastructure and Fighting Climate Change.
Abortion == healthcare. Abortion is a private matter between a woman & her doctor. External opinions outside the examination room are irrelevant, no exceptions.
Corporate Personhood must be reversed, end Citizens United 2010 Supreme Court ruling.
Campaign Finance Reform - I will not accept corporate PAC funding in my campaign.
Ban Congress-to-Lobbyist corruption career pipeline around the Wash DC zone. As supported by US Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Senator Ted Cruz.
Voter Fraud is a destructive lie. Strengthen Voter Rights by enabling Rank Choice Voting, like Oregon have automatic Voter Registration, postal voting, and support a Congressional Voter National Holiday to replace Presidents Day Holiday.
Easily end gerrymandering of congressional districts by implementing non-partisan open source weighted Voronoi mapping algorithms. The remapping audit would be conducted by (local) data scientists, not ruthless shitty politicians.
Noam Chomsky - most pragmatic political policy person in America.
Defenders against Algorithmic Bias and Surveillance Dystopia:
Joy Buolamwini of the Algorithmic Justice League, and Yeshimabeit Milner of Data for Black Lives, Tristan Harris a data privacy advocate, research authors Timnit Gebru, Shoshana Zuboff, Safiya Umoja Noble, Cathy O'Neil and Meredith Broussard; they continuously fighting the future from falling into an data surveillance & algorithmic bias dystopia.
Senator Bernie Sanders because he pushes the nationally progressive needle on critical social issues (and sometimes Andrew Yang).
Nick Hanauer (Pitchfork Economics) and Dan Price (Gravity Payments), rare honest businessmen who actually advocates for strong fair pay, middle class driven economy with proper public social safety nets, and not one exploited by under-taxed corporations and plutocrats.
Pundits: Rutger Bregman, Anand Giridharadas, Christopher Hedges, Bill Maher, John Oliver, Hasan Minhaj, Michelle Wolf and Chamath Palihapitiya for honestly criticizing corporations & plutocrats who deceptively, economically interfere with our attempts at fair democracy.
Historically, US Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower. And US Marine Corp General Smedley Butler. The Roosevlets for imperfect but progressive movements, decrees.
Butler and Eisenhower for frankly warning America about the unwanted decay of corporate capitalism and military-industrial complex upon the safety of our democracy.
US Rep. Katie Porter (D 45th CA)- she's my congressional power animal, I <3 the whiteboard analysis breakdowns.
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(D 14th NY) - admire her strength, justice and fierce underdog energy.
“The Spider & the Starfish - the power of leaderless organizations” by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom. 2006
“School vs. Education” essay by Russell Baker, 1975
“The Corporation” Documentary (2003)
Lastly, being biased to standing up for the oppressed and the marginalized segments of the American population.
I was too young to remember the complicated nature of the event. But I recall seeing the images of the tragic event everywhere on TV & newspaper media as a child; reaction photos and videos of school teachers crying.
I held that job for 4 months. Then I departed off to college in Florida.
♪Say so♪, ♪Kiss me♪, ♪Moo♪- Doja Cat
♪Supalonely♪ - Benee
♪Loyal♪ - ODESZA
♪SAD!♪ - XXXTENTACION
♪Nobody Speak♪ - DJ Shadow + Run The Jewels
♪Bad Guy♪ - Billie Eilish
Yacht Rock
♪Breakfast in America♪ - SuperTramp
♪People are Strange♪ - The Doors
♪Squares♪ - the beta band
♪Feel it All Around ♪ (Portlandia theme) - Washed Out
♪Nostrand♪ - Ratatat
♪Destiny♪ - Zero 7
♪Shorty got low♪ - The Beach Boys
♪Careless whisper♪ - George Michael
♪Heat waves♪ & ♪Gooey♪ - Glass Animals
♪No more I love you's♪ - Annie Lennox
♪You've got the Dirtee Love♪ - Florence & the Machine + Dizzee Rascal, duet
♪Sweater weather♪ - the neighborhood
♪Lotion♪ - Greenskeepers
♪Danger (Been So Long)♪ - Mystikal
♪Ventura Highway♪ & ♪Sister Golden hair♪ - America
♪Beggin♪ (2007) - Madcon
♪No roots♪ - Alice Merton
♪Stunning♪ - Curtis Waters
♪Gold♪ - kiara
♪Cameo Lover♪ & ♪Settle down♪ - Kimbra
♪Where Is My Mind♪ - Maxence Cyrin
♪This is America♪ - Childish Gambino
♪Time is now♪ - Moloko
♪Race for the prize♪- The Flaming Lips
♪Hand covers bruise♪ - Trent Reznor + Atticus Ross
♪Fantasy♪ - Mariah Carrey
♪Planet Telex♪ - Radiohead
♪what else is there♪ - Röyksopp
♪Oh-o-oh child♪ - Five Stairsteps
♪Syrup (Stwo)♪ - TEA
♪American Boy♪ - Estelle
♪If I could change your mind♪ - HAIM
♪A Day in the Life♪, ♪The Truth♪ - Handsome Boy Modeling School
♪Everyone has a summer♪ - Lovage
♪Ants♪ - eDIT
♪Bachelorette♪ & ♪Human Behavior♪ - Björk
♪Follow your arrow♪ - Kacey Musgraves
♪Sister Wife♪ - Alex Winston
♪Blood of a young wolf♪ - Buck65
♪Intro♪ - the xx
♪Ain’t it fun♪ - Paramore
♪The future is x-rated♪ - Matthew Good Band
♪At the River♪ - Groove Armada
♪Carbination♪ & ♪Daughter in the house of fools♪ - Enon
♪Black♪ & ♪Yellow Ledbetter♪ - Pearl Jam
♪All the time (in the world)♪ - Bahamas
♪I fought in a war♪ - Belle and Sebastian
Another thought, future wars will probably battle for clean water access or fought in cyberspace. According to the DOD, who listed Climate Change as our biggest threat; last year 15 million American homes were directly affected by increase of natural disasters. In addition, Climate Change is leading our financial markets to a future Carbon Bubble crash estimated at -$2 Trillion on the horizon.
Again, if elected to office, I propose my 2 strategies; short & long term.
Short term: I personally confront all 538 members of congress to sign the US Term Limit Pledge to build a long term collective mass.
Long term: A legal framework in progress, I willfully enter into a term limits contract with the State of WA with an harsh penalty: If I serve more than 2 terms as US Senator, I go to prison.
My tenure as Senator would model reforms such as:
Radical Transparency - Live stream all Lobbyist meetings and
To loosely quote Neil DeGrasse Tyson,
"I looked up the US Congressional members' occupational backgrounds before they entered politics, Its mostly LAW, LAW, BUSINESS, LAW, LAW, LAW, BUSINESS, LAW, LAW, LAW, LAW.' I ask, where's the teachers, scientists, engineers, artists; where's the rest of life represented?" (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKdaRcptVz8)
A wiser and stronger well represented democracy would have a larger variety of socio-economic backgrounds in Congress.
Filibuster, a non-original constitutional instrument, has been badly weaponized by all parties to hurt America and its citizens in the long run. Its an inefficient clog in our democracy. That shit needs to go and die off.
1) The Presidential appointee career background aligns with the job position.
2) Similar to how the US Military pioneered this; evaluation of demographic history and demographic representation are a strength, not a weakness.
Perhaps if the job is social service position, like the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and most of the Americans it affects are BIPOC, then it would be wise to give consideration to confirm someone that closely matches that demographic it impacts.
Another example, if the job is Secretary of Defense, and historically we never had a woman lead it, then lets be grand pioneers and break that silly monotony, its the 21st Century.
Sub-committees that I would be interested in:
[Appropriations] -
Defense;
Energy and Water Development
[Armed Services] -
Cybersecurity
[Commerce, Science and Transportation] -
Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security;
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing; Space and Science
[Finance] -
Taxation and IRS Oversight
[Foreign Relations] -
[Health, Education, Labor and Pensions] -
Employment and Workplace Safety
[Judiciary] -
Ralph Yarbrough a Democrat US Senator Texas in the Senate from 1957 to 1971. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, he was one of the few southern Democrats who publicly rejected all the popular racist policies of that region, such as the Southern Manifesto to to resist all Federal desegregation policies and he supported all civil rights bills in his time, rejected high taxes and American involvement in the Vietnam War. (Source: Historian Cory Bradford - https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdSMmArR).
Personally, if that judicial nominee advocates and supports congressional & judicial term limits, I would approve of them.
I would not make (many) close friends with other US Senators or their buddy Washington DC corporate lobbyists, I would be perceived as an abnormal non-politician, despised for keeping everyone transparent & accountable for their awful bullshit.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 27, 2022
