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Peter Kuo (California Insurance Commissioner candidate)

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Peter Kuo
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June 7, 2016
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Peter Kuo filed to run as aRepublican candidate forCalifornia Insurance Commissioner in 2018, but he was not included in the certified list of candidates for the election.[1]

Kuo was a 2016Republican candidate who sought election to theU.S. House to representthe 17th Congressional District ofCalifornia.[2]

Kuo was a2014Republican candidate forDistrict 10 of theCalifornia State Senate.

Elections

2018

Kuo filed to run forCalifornia Insurance Commissioner in 2018, but he was not included in the certified list of candidates for the election.[1]

2016

See also:California's 17th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpediarated this race as safely Democratic. IncumbentMike Honda (D) was defeated byRo Khanna (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Honda and Khanna defeatedPierluigi Oliverio (D),Ron Cohen (R),Peter Kuo (R), andKennita Watson (L) in thetop-two primary on June 7, 2016.[3][4]

U.S. House, California District 17 General Election, 2016
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngRo Khanna61%142,268
    Democratic Mike HondaIncumbent39%90,924
Total Votes233,192
Source:California Secretary of State


U.S. House, California District 17 General Primary, 2016
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngRo Khanna39.1%52,059
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngMike HondaIncumbent37.4%49,823
    Republican Peter Kuo9.2%12,224
    Republican Ron Cohen7.8%10,448
    Democratic Pierluigi Oliverio4.2%5,533
    Libertarian Kennita Watson2.3%3,125
Total Votes133,212
Source:California Secretary of State

2014

See also:California State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theCalifornia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014.Bob Wieckowski (D) andPeter Kuo (R) defeatedMary Hayashi (D),Roman Reed (D) andAudie Bock (I) in the blanket primary. Wieckowski defeated Kuo in the general election.[5][6][7]

California State Senate, District 10, General Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngBob Wieckowski68%111,162
    Republican Peter Kuo32%52,302
Total Votes163,464
California State Senate, District 10 Blanket Primary, 2014
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngBob Wieckowski35.4%36,773
    RepublicanGreen check mark transparent.pngPeter Kuo26.3%27,332
    Democratic Mary Hayashi20.6%21,448
    Democratic Roman Reed13.6%14,098
    Independent Audie Bock4.1%4,284
Total Votes103,935

Endorsements

In 2014, Kuo's endorsements included the following:[8]

  • Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff
  • Assemblywoman Shannon Grove
  • Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves
  • Assemblyman Brian Jones
  • Senator Joel Anderson
  • Retired US Congressman and Assemblyman Ernie Konnyu
  • Former California Republican Party Chair/Current candidate for California Lt. Governor- Ron Nehring
  • Former Fremont City Councilman Steve Cho
  • San Jose City Councilman Johnny Khamis
  • San Jose City Councilman Pete Constant
  • Union City Human Relations Committee Commissioner Jaime Patino
  • Kevin McGary- Founder of the Frederick Douglas Society
  • Silicon Valley Republican Party
  • Alameda County Republican Party
  • California Young Republicans Federated
  • California Republican Assembly- Milpitas-Berryessa Chaper
  • The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assocation (Taxpayer rights advocacy group, protector of Prop. 13.)

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Kuo's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes,click here.

“
  • Education: As your Congressman, I will work to assure education policy is left in the hands of local communities
  • Healthcare: As your Congressman, I will work to make sure that healthcare costs are affordable, available to all who wish to have it, and is transportable across state lines.
  • Silicon Valley: As your Congressman, I will work to assure that not only does Silicon Valley remain the innovation capitol of the world, but to assure that it remains the greatest idea incubator in America. We must do all we can to attract new innovative companies to Silicon Valley, which will of course provide new jobs, new wealth, and new revenue to help keep our schools and local services unmatched.
  • Washington: As your Congressman, I pledge to work to end the gridlock that infects Washington, I will work with members of both sides of the aisle to assure a better future for America.
  • Equal Opportunity: pledge to fight for equal opportunity for all Americans and to assure protection of religious liberty.

[9]

”
—Peter Kuo's campaign website,http://www.peterkuo.org/

2014

Kuo's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[10]

Economy

  • Excerpt: "California needs to become the easiest state to do business"

Education

  • Excerpt: "We must never allow SCA5 to become law. College admittance based on race and gender is not the American Way!"

Public Safety

  • Excerpt: "Repeal AB109-Keep career criminals in jail."

Energy

  • Excerpt: "Develop a truly "off grid" energy solution...collect solar energy, store it with advance batteries, use it and then repeat."

Recent news

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑1.01.1California Secretary of State, "Statewide Direct Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," accessed April 5, 2018
  2. ↑California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 201
  3. ↑California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 2016
  4. ↑The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 7, 2016
  5. ↑California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
  6. ↑California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
  7. ↑California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
  8. ↑kuoforsenate.com, "Endorsements," accessed May 2, 2014
  9. ↑Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  10. ↑kuoforsenate.com, "Issues," accessed May 2, 2014


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