Chuck Smith (California)
Chuck Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent California. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Chuck Smith was born in Sacramento, California. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968 to 1973. He earned an associate degree from American River College in 1974. His career experience includes working in law enforcement.[1]
Elections
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 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Chuck Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Smith'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 am a Conservative, Christian, Republican. I am married to my wife, Linda for the past 30 years. We have 3 grown children and 3 grandchildren. I served in the US Marine Corps for 5 years and am a combat Vietnam Veteran. I am a retired Sacramento Police Officer. Combined with my time as a Yolo County Deputy Sheriff, I spent 13 years as a graveyard street cop on patrol until I retired in 1990 due to an on the job injury. I also worked at the Sacramento Federal Courthouse for 25 years as a Court Security Officer. Currently I have been retired for the past 5 years. I have volunteered for the Trauma Intervention Program in Sutter County and volunteered for 2 years on the Sutter County Grand Jury. As you can see by my background, I am not a politician. However, I am a Patriot, Warrior and a Fighter and I promise that I will do my best and fight for the people of California and this Greatest Nation on Earth. God Bless America.
- I stand for: Our Constitution, strong Law Enforcement and Military, Robust Economy, Secure Borders, 2nd Amendment, Smaller Government, Term Limits, Less Taxes.
- I am not a politician so I don't have any allegiance to Big Money, Big Pharma, or Lobbyist's. My only allegiance is to our Constitution and the people of America.
- The American Dream is being destroyed by Corrupt politicians and their personal Agendas . I believe in America First Policies and that the American Citizens are our first priority.
If we continue on this Administrations Economical Policies, America and it's Citizens will become bankrupt. America will become a Socialist Nation and a Third World Country.
If our crime wave is not stopped, there will be anarchy throughout our Nation.
Our Nation is being overrun by Illegal Immigrants from around the globe. Many are bringing diseases into the country. Many are Cartel members and they are bringing in illegal and deadly drugs, sex and human trafficking rings and are attempting to take over and control our city's with their criminal activities.
All of these issues, and more, have to be addressed and fixed or changed before it is too late.
Telling the truth, integrity and transparency
Truthful, Integrity, Trustworthy, Faithful
the economy, election integrity, illegal immigration, crime.
One of my platforms is to institute term limits.
No. Many times, incumbents owe favors to big money, big pharma, lobbyists, etc. to be able to vote what is right for the American People.
National defense, Intelligence committee
Based on their knowledge of the Constitution and their record as to upholding the law.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 21, 2022
