Courtney Lackey
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Courtney Lackey (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent California's 25th Congressional District. She lost in the special primary on March 3, 2020.
Lackey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: California's 25th Congressional District special election, 2020
General election
Special general election for U.S. House California District 25
Mike Garcia defeated Christy Smith in the special general election for U.S. House California District 25 on May 12, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Garcia (R) | 54.9 | 95,667 |
 | Christy Smith (D) | 45.1 | 78,721 | |
| Total votes: 174,388 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 25
The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. House California District 25 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christy Smith (D) | 36.2 | 58,563 |
| ✔ | | Mike Garcia (R) | 25.4 | 41,169 |
 | Stephen Knight (R) | 17.2 | 27,799 | |
 | Cenk Uygur (D) | 6.6 | 10,609 | |
 | Anibal Valdez-Ortega (D) | 4.6 | 7,368 | |
 | Courtney Lackey (R) | 1.9 | 3,072 | |
 | Robert Cooper (D) | 1.8 | 2,962 | |
 | David Lozano (R) | 1.7 | 2,758 | |
 | Daniel Mercuri (R) | 1.6 | 2,533 | |
 | Kenneth Jenks (R) | 1.6 | 2,528 | |
 | Getro Elize (D) | 0.9 | 1,414 | |
 | David Rudnick (D) | 0.7 | 1,085 | |
| Total votes: 161,860 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Courtney Lackey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lackey'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 believe that strong families are the foundation of our country. I am a Wife, Mother, and Businesswoman. When our first daughter was born 16 years ago, I left the corporate world and my focus has been on raising our family.
My platform is Freedom, Family, and our Future. I am for limited government and empowering the individual. I adamantly oppose corporate control of our democracy and for that reason, I am not taking any special interest PAC money for my campaign. I will be beholden to no one except the People.
With over 30 years of institutional asset management experience, managing over $1 billion in assets for some of the largest pension funds and insurance companies in America, I understand how to develop budgets and true fiscal accountability.
I graduated from the University of Wisconsin's renowned Real Estate Program holding dual degrees in Real Estate Investment Analysis/Commercial Development, and Marketing.
I am a Founder and Founding Board Member of SCVi Charter School. I have been actively involved in the PTA and various charitable organizations and am a Girl Scout Leader for my daughters' troops for the last 10 years. Our family has made the Santa Clarita Valley our home for the last 20 years.
- We must deliver a balanced budget. Having managed over $1 billion in assets for some of the largest pension funds and insurance companies in America, I have extensive experience in developing balanced budgets and fiscal strategies. It is unconscionable that we are enslaving our children and grandchildren with over $23 trillion in debt. As a money manager in the private sector, we would have been fired if we delivered deficit budgets to our clients. Congress must honor and uphold their fiduciary responsibility to the citizens of America and reduce the deficit to zero and deliver balanced budgets.
- I am passionate about creating a healthcare system that is run by doctors and patients, not corporations and special interests - and this includes the health and well-being of our children, the future of America!! Our current healthcare system is broken, and we must come up with common sense solutions, which does not mean government-controlled healthcare. I have spent extensive time meeting with our incredible Veterans and asking them about their experience with the VA healthcare system. Sadly, the VA has failed so many of our amazing Patriots who have put their life on the line to defend our freedoms. Government run healthcare for our Veterans, and all Americans, is not the answer.
- We need to empower parents and teachers through local control of education and School Choice. Our children are all unique and different, and one size does not fit all. Each child learns differently, and no one knows a child better than their parent. Additionally, the Common Core curriculum has failed our children and has also introduced a Socialist ideology into our children's classroom. As someone who values Individual Freedom, I find this very disturbing. The only way to combat this is to bring back local control of education and take educational decisions out of the hands of bureaucrats at the Department of Education in Washington DC and Sacramento.
I am passionate about standing up to the status quo in Washington DC and making real change. I would like to emphasize, as someone who is strictly running in the Special Election, I am the only candidate who will serve with 100% focus on our district and our district's needs for the remainder of the term. All of the other candidates will be focusing on and campaigning for the November election.
Our Federal government has become bloated and nothing close to what our Founding Fathers envisioned based on the Constitution. Washington DC has truly become a swamp and both sides are controlled by corporate interests.
In order to swing the pendulum back, we must institute term limits for Congress and the Senate. Our Founding Fathers imagined that elected representatives would serve as public servants, for a limited time, and then pass the baton to the next elected representative. We now have career politicians that are enriching themselves at the expense of American Citizens and taxpayers. Additionally, Congress and the Senate must live under the same laws as "We the People."
We must get money out of politics!! I adamantly oppose corporate control of our democracy and for that reason, I am not taking any special interest PAC or super PAC funds. I will be beholden to no one, expect the People. In this capacity, I will truly be able to represent the people's interests, instead of corporate and special interests which so strongly dominate and set policy currently.
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See also
2020 Elections
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