Don Grundmann
Don Grundmann (No party preference) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent California. He is on the ballot in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in California, 2024
General election
The primary will occur on March 5, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California
The following candidates are running in the primary for U.S. Senate California on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
Sharleta Bassett (R) | ||
James P. Bradley (R) | ||
Eric Early (R) | ||
Steve Garvey (R) | ||
Denice Gary-Pandol (R) | ||
Laura Garza (No party preference) | ||
Sepi Gilani (D) | ||
Don Grundmann (No party preference) | ||
Forrest Jones (American Independent Party of California) | ||
Harmesh Kumar (D) | ||
Barbara Lee (D) | ||
Sarah Sun Liew (R) | ||
Gail Lightfoot (L) | ||
James Macauley (R) | ||
Christina Pascucci (D) | ||
David Peterson (D) | ||
Douglas Howard Pierce (D) | ||
Katie Porter (D) | ||
Perry Pound (D) | ||
Raji Rab (D) | ||
Jonathan Reiss (R) | ||
John Rose (D) | ||
Mark Ruzon (No party preference) | ||
Adam Schiff (D) | ||
Stefan Simchowitz (R) | ||
Major Singh (No party preference) | ||
Martin Veprauskas (R) | ||
Eduardo Berdugo (Independent) (Write-in) | ||
Danny Fabricant (R) (Write-in) |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paul Anderson (G)
- Carson Franklin Jr. (D)
- Barack Obama Mandela (R)
- Zafar Inam (D)
- Renee Martinez (Independent)
- Lexi Reese (D)
- Peter Yuan Liu (R)
- Joe Sosinski (Independent)
- Roxanne Lawler (R)
- James Shuster (R)
- Frank Ferreira (Independent)
- Rommell Montenegro (D)
- Jeremy Fennell (D)
- Zakaria Kortam (R)
- John Pappenheim (R)
- Jacob Farmos (D)
- Joshua Bocanegra (D)
- Alexander Norbash (D)
- Dominick Dorothy (D)
- Jehu Hand (R)
- Dana Bobbitt (Independent)
- Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Vienmerisce Veittemeignzce USA)
- Jessica Resendez (D)
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2022
See also: United States Senate election in California, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate California
Incumbent Alex Padilla defeated Mark Meuser in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Alex Padilla (D) | 61.1 | 6,621,621 | |
Mark Meuser (R) | 38.9 | 4,222,029 |
Total votes: 10,843,650 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Alex Padilla (D) | 54.1 | 3,725,544 | |
✔ | Mark Meuser (R) | 14.9 | 1,028,374 | |
Cordie Williams (R) | 6.9 | 474,321 | ||
Jonathan Elist (R) | 4.2 | 289,716 | ||
Chuck Smith (R) | 3.9 | 266,766 | ||
James P. Bradley (R) | 3.4 | 235,788 | ||
Douglas Howard Pierce (D) | 1.7 | 116,771 | ||
John Thompson Parker (Peace and Freedom Party) | 1.5 | 105,477 | ||
Sarah Sun Liew (R) | 1.1 | 76,994 | ||
Dan O'Dowd (D) | 1.1 | 74,916 | ||
Akinyemi Agbede (D) | 1.0 | 70,971 | ||
Myron Hall (R) | 1.0 | 66,161 | ||
Timothy Ursich Jr. (D) | 0.8 | 58,348 | ||
Robert Lucero (R) | 0.8 | 53,398 | ||
James Henry Conn (G) | 0.5 | 35,983 | ||
Eleanor Garcia (Independent) | 0.5 | 34,625 | ||
Carlos Guillermo Tapia (R) | 0.5 | 33,870 | ||
Pamela Elizondo (G) | 0.5 | 31,981 | ||
Enrique Petris (R) | 0.5 | 31,883 | ||
Obaidul Huq Pirjada (D) | 0.4 | 27,889 | ||
Daphne Bradford (Independent) | 0.4 | 26,900 | ||
Don Grundmann (Independent) | 0.1 | 10,181 | ||
Deon Jenkins (Independent) | 0.1 | 6,936 | ||
Mark Ruzon (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 206 | ||
Lily Zhou (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 58 | ||
Irene Ratliff (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | ||
Marc Roth (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 |
Total votes: 6,884,065 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chloe Hollett-Billingsley (D)
- Dhruva Herle (D)
- Chris Theodore (D)
- Ernest Taylor (D)
- B. John-Michael Williams (Independent)
- Marie Encar Arnold (D)
- Peter Yuan Liu (R)
- Brian Ainsworth (R)
- Yvonne Girard (R)
- Elizabeth Heng (R)
- Erik Urbina (R)
- Denard Ingram (D)
- Ellerton Whitney (L)
- Danny Fabricant (R)
- Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Independent)
- Paul Gutierrez (R)
- Mary Glory Thach (Independent)
2020
See also: California's 15th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 15
Incumbent Eric Swalwell defeated Alison Hayden in the general election for U.S. House California District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Eric Swalwell (D) | 70.9 | 242,991 | |
Alison Hayden (R) | 29.1 | 99,710 |
Total votes: 342,701 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 15
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 15 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Eric Swalwell (D) | 59.0 | 103,826 | |
✔ | Alison Hayden (R) | 17.0 | 29,864 | |
Sam Campbell (D) | 9.8 | 17,286 | ||
Peter Yuan Liu (R) | 7.8 | 13,634 | ||
Tuan Phan (D) | 3.7 | 6,509 | ||
Austin Intal (D) | 1.4 | 2,548 | ||
Don Grundmann (Independent) | 1.2 | 2,194 |
Total votes: 175,861 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Aisha Wahab (D)
- Jacob Vital (Independent)
- Bob Wieckowski (D)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate California
Incumbent Dianne Feinstein defeated Kevin de León in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dianne Feinstein (D) | 54.2 | 6,019,422 | |
Kevin de León (D) | 45.8 | 5,093,942 |
Total votes: 11,113,364 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dianne Feinstein (D) | 44.2 | 2,947,035 | |
✔ | Kevin de León (D) | 12.1 | 805,446 | |
James P. Bradley (R) | 8.3 | 556,252 | ||
Arun Bhumitra (R) | 5.3 | 350,815 | ||
Paul Taylor (R) | 4.9 | 323,533 | ||
Erin Cruz (R) | 4.0 | 267,494 | ||
Tom Palzer (R) | 3.1 | 205,183 | ||
Alison Hartson (D) | 2.2 | 147,061 | ||
Roque De La Fuente (R) | 2.0 | 135,278 | ||
Pat Harris (D) | 1.9 | 126,947 | ||
John Crew (R) | 1.4 | 93,806 | ||
Patrick Little (R) | 1.3 | 89,867 | ||
Kevin Mottus (R) | 1.3 | 87,646 | ||
Jerry Laws (R) | 1.0 | 67,140 | ||
Derrick Michael Reid (L) | 0.9 | 59,999 | ||
Adrienne Nicole Edwards (D) | 0.8 | 56,172 | ||
Douglas Howard Pierce (D) | 0.6 | 42,671 | ||
Mario Nabliba (R) | 0.6 | 39,209 | ||
David Hildebrand (D) | 0.5 | 30,305 | ||
Donnie Turner (D) | 0.5 | 30,101 | ||
Herbert Peters (D) | 0.4 | 27,468 | ||
David Moore (Independent) | 0.4 | 24,614 | ||
Ling Shi (Independent) | 0.4 | 23,506 | ||
John Thompson Parker (Peace and Freedom Party) | 0.3 | 22,825 | ||
Lee Olson (Independent) | 0.3 | 20,393 | ||
Gerald Plummer (D) | 0.3 | 18,234 | ||
Jason Hanania (Independent) | 0.3 | 18,171 | ||
Don Grundmann (Independent) | 0.2 | 15,125 | ||
Colleen Shea Fernald (Independent) | 0.2 | 13,536 | ||
Rash Bihari Ghosh (Independent) | 0.2 | 12,557 | ||
Tim Gildersleeve (Independent) | 0.1 | 8,482 | ||
Michael Fahmy Girgis (Independent) | 0.0 | 2,986 |
Total votes: 6,669,857 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Leigh Scott (R)
- John Estrada (R)
- Steve Stokes (D)
- Michael Eisen (Independent)
- Topher Brennan (D)
- Timothy Charles Kalemkarian (R)
- Jerry Leon Carroll (Independent)
- Charles Junior Hodge (Independent)
- John Melendez (D)
- Caren Lancona (R)
- Stephen Schrader (R)
- Donald Adams (Independent)
- Richard Mead (Independent)
- Clifton Roberts (Independent)
- Michael Ziesing (G)
- Jazmina Saavedra (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated California's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. California's U.S. Senate seat was open following the retirement of incumbent Barbara Boxer (D). Thirty-four candidates filed to run to replace Boxer, including seven Democrats, 12 Republicans, and 15 third-party candidates. Two Democrats, Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez, defeated the other 32 candidates to advance to the general election. Harris won the general election.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kamala Harris | 61.6% | 7,542,753 | |
Democratic | Loretta Sanchez | 38.4% | 4,710,417 | |
Total Votes | 12,253,170 | |||
Source: California Secretary of State |
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kamala Harris | 40.2% | 3,000,689 | |
Democratic | Loretta Sanchez | 19% | 1,416,203 | |
Republican | Duf Sundheim | 7.8% | 584,251 | |
Republican | Phil Wyman | 4.7% | 352,821 | |
Republican | Tom Del Beccaro | 4.3% | 323,614 | |
Republican | Greg Conlon | 3.1% | 230,944 | |
Democratic | Steve Stokes | 2.3% | 168,805 | |
Republican | George Yang | 1.5% | 112,055 | |
Republican | Karen Roseberry | 1.5% | 110,557 | |
Republican | Tom Palzer | 1.2% | 93,263 | |
Libertarian | Gail Lightfoot | 1.3% | 99,761 | |
Republican | Ron Unz | 1.2% | 92,325 | |
Democratic | Massie Munroe | 0.8% | 61,271 | |
Green | Pamela Elizondo | 1.3% | 95,677 | |
Republican | Don Krampe | 0.9% | 69,635 | |
Republican | Jarrell Williamson | 0.9% | 64,120 | |
Independent | Elanor Garcia | 0.9% | 65,084 | |
Republican | Von Hougo | 0.9% | 63,609 | |
Democratic | President Cristina Grappo | 0.8% | 63,330 | |
Republican | Jerry Laws | 0.7% | 53,023 | |
Libertarian | Mark Matthew Herd | 0.6% | 41,344 | |
Independent | Ling Ling Shi | 0.5% | 35,196 | |
Peace and Freedom | John Parker | 0.3% | 22,374 | |
Democratic | Herbert Peters | 0.4% | 32,638 | |
Democratic | Emory Rodgers | 0.4% | 31,485 | |
Independent | Mike Beitiks | 0.4% | 31,450 | |
Independent | Clive Grey | 0.4% | 29,418 | |
Independent | Jason Hanania | 0.4% | 27,715 | |
Independent | Paul Merritt | 0.3% | 24,031 | |
Independent | Jason Kraus | 0.3% | 19,318 | |
Independent | Don Grundmann | 0.2% | 15,317 | |
Independent | Scott Vineberg | 0.2% | 11,843 | |
Independent | Tim Gildersleeve | 0.1% | 9,798 | |
Independent | Gar Myers | 0.1% | 8,726 | |
Total Votes | 7,461,690 | |||
Source: California Secretary of State |
2012
Grundmann ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing California. He was defeated in the June 5 open primary.[3][4]
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Don Grundmann participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 29, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Don Grundmann's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
“ | 1) Ban the transgender mutilation of children. 2) Nationalize the Federal Reserve System. 3) Abolish the personal income tax and the IRS.[6][7] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
“ | Protecting children from the so-called LGBT Movement. Stopping the " American Mafia " known as the Federal Reserve System; a private banking Cartel.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Don Grundmann answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
“ | Jesus Christ.[7] | ” |
“ | The Bible.[7] | ” |
“ | Following christian principles.[7] | ” |
“ | Knowledge of the problems and the will to apply true solutions.[7] | ” |
“ | Protect the citizens and stop attacks upon them.[7] | ” |
“ | That I left the world as a better place and challenged and defeated many different evils.[7] | ” |
“ | Kennedy assassination. 11.[7] | ” |
“ | Paper boy.[7] | ” |
“ | Nothing.[7] | ” |
“ | July 4th. A celebration of the nation.[7] | ” |
“ | The Bible. It tells the truth of creation by The Creator.[7] | ” |
“ | Winston Smith.[7] | ” |
“ | My hyperbaric oxygen chamber.[7] | ” |
“ | Lone Ranger theme.[7] | ” |
“ | Relationship with my brother.[7] | ” |
“ | It can be a forum for true problem solution(s).[7] | ” |
“ | Not necessarily.[7] | ” |
“ | It can be a very usefull tool.[7] | ” |
“ | Their value system.[7] | ” |
“ | The rulership of an unelected elite of " Plantation Masters " who now rule us after overthrowing our Constitutional Republic.[7] | ” |
“ | Yes.[7] | ” |
“ | Finance and Environment.[7] | ” |
“ | Not applicable.[7] | ” |
“ | If they align with my values.[7] | ” |
“ | Sen. Ted Cruz.[7] | ” |
2016
The following issues were listed on Grundmann's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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—Don Grundmann's campaign website, http://www.fight-the-power.org/issues/ |
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified list of candidates," accessed June 1, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," November 6, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Don Grundmann's responses," May 29, 2018
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.