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Justin Smoak
Justin Smoak (unaffiliated) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Washington's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the primary on August 4, 2020.
Smoak completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Justin Smoak was born in Palo Alto, Californa. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and mining engineering from Virginia Tech University and a master's degree in mineral economics from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Smoak's career experience includes working in various senior operations management and junior executive roles in the mining industry. He is an engineering manager at Samson Rope.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Washington's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 1
Incumbent Suzan DelBene defeated Jeffrey Beeler in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Suzan DelBene (D) | 58.6 | 249,944 |
 | Jeffrey Beeler (R) | 41.3 | 176,407 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 511 | ||
| Total votes: 426,862 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 1
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 1 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suzan DelBene (D) | 55.4 | 147,666 |
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Beeler (R) | 32.1 | 85,655 |
 | Derek Chartrand (R) | 5.9 | 15,777 | |
 | Justin Smoak (Unaffiliated) | 2.9 | 7,701 | |
| Steven Skelton (L) | 2.7 | 7,286 | ||
 | Matthew Heines (Unaffiliated) | 0.5 | 1,335 | |
| Robert Mair (Unaffiliated) | 0.3 | 812 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 340 | ||
| Total votes: 266,572 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Justin Smoak completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Smoak's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Breaking through partisan gridlock in Washington DC
- Preparing our education system and economy for future of automation
- Making government more efficient and better at service delivery for regular citizens
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 8, 2020
