John Rose (California)
John Rose (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent California. He is on the ballot in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Rose completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Rose was born in Castro Valley, California. He graduated from Hayward High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University in 1990. His career experience includes working as an office manager. He has been affiliated with the Sonoma County Democratic Party.[1]
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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John Rose completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rose's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As the only Senate candidate to file and win a National Labor Relations Board case, I officially registered my Senate candidacy on the anniversary of FDR signing 1935’s National Labor Relations Act, on July 5. Labor rights is the issue that pulled me out of high tech and back into art and humanities. My NLRB case opposed the offshoring of jobs and I support the Pro Act and other labor reforms that protect workers.
I worked for Hewlett-Packard’s which was spun-off as Agilent Technologies. I joined HP because I believed in their corporate values. When my job launching new products included offshoring production I balked at the mission and chose my community over my career.
Now I use my Systems Engineering skills for the good of the people. I’m running for Senate because it is at the root Congress systemic failure. Congress must pass legislation for the good of the nation, and the Senate filibuster rule has killed debate on popular and overdue bills. Congress has ignored the stakeholders and is only focused on the shareholders.
- I support and promote Campaign Finance Reform and a Constitutional Amendment to empower citizens over corporations and the morbidly rich.
- I support policies that promote middle class economic growth. I support labor rights because wages have stagnated since Reagan declared war on workers rights in the 1980’s.
- I support fair taxation to invest in America. Our infrastructure and educational system promotes the welfare of business and investors and they must pay their fair share to keep our economy strong.
Ending the excessive cost of political campaigns, increasing labor rights, increasing voting rights, eliminating partisan gerrymandering, and reforming Senate rules that prevent democratic debate and votes of proposed legislation (filibuster reform).
Lincoln led the nation through a period of extreme divisiveness. His speech to the Springfield Lyceum as a young state congressman “The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions” is a guiding light in ensuring that government of the people, for the people, and by the people shall not perish from the Earth.
I also appreciate FDR’s New Deal and JFK’s inspiring moon shot and calls for national service.
If You Give the House a Cookie: How the Squeaker of the House Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Democracy
A change agent and project manager with a proven record of success.
A functional Congress with a job approval rating above failing.
I worked at a parking lot and private gas station during the OPEC crisis in the 1970’s. I was employed over the summer before high school began.
I’m listening to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I love the subtext in Rowling’s series and wrote a popular Wikipedia article about the politics in Harry Potter. Rowling has managed to be cancelled by both the far right anti-woke and the far left woke community, which is quite a feat.
I still enjoy the books for their underlying philosophy and stand with Rowling’s opinion that the title should never have been changed in the U.S. from “the Philosopher’s Stone” to the “Sorcerer’s Stone.” The U.S. publisher preferred to have Americans believe that magic, and not knowledge, was the power to overcome evil.
Bob Marley’s Redemption Song is on replay in my head. Being from the Dutch West Indies Marley’s use of the word pirates calls to mind the Dutch word for pirate “filibuster” and our challenges to reform it. Won’t you help me sing these songs of freedom?
Faith. I was brought up Protestant, but after learning the teachings of Christ had a hard time reconciling his philosophies and teachings with the church’s and congregation’s actions and lifestyles. I tend to require proof before I believe something. I have a difficult time being a follower and tend to agree upon a direction or mission rather than follow a superior.
My agnostic identification is complicated. I believe in the philosophy and mission. I used to define agnostic as requiring proof, but now tend to think that I am not capable of understanding any level of proof that could be provided. Therefore I try to do good, and sometimes place my faith in fate, destiny, or God’s path by doing what I think is the morally right thing to do. It’s a struggle, and having faith and not thinking about it would be far easier.
Joining together for mutual benefit and setting partisan politics aside.
I believe that incumbents have an unfair advantage in elections and campaign finance reform, public funding, and public debates would help increase competition for offices. The age of current politicians is a concern and as we have minimum age requirements for certain offices we should consider similar life expectancy requirements. For example if the minimum age requirement is 35 for an office there should be a more than a 10% chance that a candidate for office will still be alive in 35 years.
Term limits might help with the high average age, but could also lead to experienced candidates merely using their name recognition to dominate a campaign for a different office.
The Senate provides equal representation for territories that have been recognized as states, but the filibuster rule has weaponized political opposition to popular legislation. The Senate must allow debate of proposed legislation and require public votes to allow the people to hold their Senators accountable.
Knowledge of our history and laws is beneficial. A record of successful implementation of projects is also beneficial. Continuing to follow traditions and practices that have been proven failures is not beneficial
I think we should talk about legislation. Most people don’t know or understand a filibuster. The word is Dutch for piracy, and they filibuster has stolen our democratic values. It is not part of the constitution and is a rule set by the majority of the Senate. I don’t like the filibuster.
I love a good brick joke. See my website for the “dumb as a brick lawyer joke” that took 20 years to deliver the punchline.
Peace, love, and understanding.
Knowledge, skills, and the ability to work in a nonpartisan manner for the good of the American people.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2023
