GoodSpaceGuy

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
BP-Initials-UPDATED.png
This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.
GoodSpaceGuy
Image of GoodSpaceGuy

Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 6, 2024 

float:right;
border:1px solid #FFB81F;
background-color: white;
width: 250px;
font-size: .9em;
margin-bottom:0px;

} .infobox p { margin-bottom: 0; } .widget-row { display: inline-block; width: 100%; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; } .widget-row.heading { font-size: 1.2em; } .widget-row.value-only { text-align: center; background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.value-only.white { background-color: #f9f9f9; } .widget-row.value-only.black { background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; } .widget-row.Democratic { background-color: #003388; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Republican { background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { background-color: grey; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Libertarian { background-color: #f9d334; color: black; font-weight: bold; } .widget-row.Green { background-color: green; color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-key { width: 43%; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; } .widget-value { width: 57%; float: right; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; word-wrap: break-word; } .widget-img { width: 150px; display: block; margin: auto; } .clearfix { clear: both; }

GoodSpaceGuy (Republican Party) (formerly Michael Nelson) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Washington. He lost in the primary on August 6, 2024.

Biography

Email [email protected] to notify us of updates to this biography.

Goodspaceguy, also known as Michael Nelson, was born in Minnesota and his professional experience includes working as an amateur economist and astronomer.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Washington, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Washington

Incumbent Maria Cantwell defeated Raul Garcia in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell (D)
 
59.9
 
1,535,231
Image of Raul Garcia
Raul Garcia (R) Candidate Connection
 
40.1
 
1,027,586

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 2,562,817
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Washington on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell (D)
 
57.2
 
1,114,327
✔
Image of Raul Garcia
Raul Garcia (R) Candidate Connection
 
22.1
 
431,182
Image of Scott Nazarino
Scott Nazarino (R)
 
5.7
 
111,386
Image of Isaac Holyk
Isaac Holyk (R) Candidate Connection
 
5.7
 
110,701
Image of Melanie Ram
Melanie Ram (R)
 
4.5
 
86,956
Image of Charlie Jackson
Charlie Jackson (Independent)
 
1.1
 
21,055
Image of David Tilton
David Tilton (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
17,561
Image of Paul Giesick
Paul Giesick (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
17,433
Image of GoodSpaceGuy
GoodSpaceGuy (R)
 
0.9
 
16,826
Image of Thor Amundson
Thor Amundson (Independent)
 
0.5
 
10,587
Image of Henry Dennison
Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.4
 
7,840
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2,862

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,948,716
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

   .ballot-measure-endorsements p {
       display: inline;
   }
   .ballot-measure-endorsements td {
       width: 35% !important;
   }
   .endorsements-header {
       margin-top: 10px !important;
       margin-bottom: 5px !important;
   }
   .ballot-measure-endorsements ul {
       margin-top: 0 !important;
       margin-bottom: 0 !important;
   }
   .split-cols-bm {
       columns: 2;
       -webkit-columns: 2;
       -moz-columns: 2;
   }
   @media screen and (max-width: 792px) {
       .split-cols-bm {
           columns: 1;
           -webkit-columns: 1;
           -moz-columns: 1;
       }
   }

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for GoodSpaceGuy in this election.

2023

See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2023)

General election

General election for King County Council District 8

Teresa Mosqueda defeated Sofia Aragon in the general election for King County Council District 8 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teresa Mosqueda
Teresa Mosqueda (Nonpartisan)
 
55.0
 
33,921
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Sofia Aragon (Nonpartisan)
 
44.7
 
27,553
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
194

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 61,668
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for King County Council District 8

Teresa Mosqueda and Sofia Aragon defeated GoodSpaceGuy in the primary for King County Council District 8 on August 1, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teresa Mosqueda
Teresa Mosqueda (Nonpartisan)
 
57.6
 
28,966
✔
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Sofia Aragon (Nonpartisan)
 
37.6
 
18,900
Image of GoodSpaceGuy
GoodSpaceGuy (Nonpartisan)
 
4.4
 
2,216
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
234

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 50,316
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Endorsements

   .ballot-measure-endorsements p {
       display: inline;
   }
   .ballot-measure-endorsements td {
       width: 35% !important;
   }
   .endorsements-header {
       margin-top: 10px !important;
       margin-bottom: 5px !important;
   }
   .ballot-measure-endorsements ul {
       margin-top: 0 !important;
       margin-bottom: 0 !important;
   }
   .split-cols-bm {
       columns: 2;
       -webkit-columns: 2;
       -moz-columns: 2;
   }
   @media screen and (max-width: 792px) {
       .split-cols-bm {
           columns: 1;
           -webkit-columns: 1;
           -moz-columns: 1;
       }
   }

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for GoodSpaceGuy in this election.

2022

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 34

Incumbent Joe Nguyen defeated John Potter in the general election for Washington State Senate District 34 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen (D)
 
86.1
 
59,713
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
John Potter (R)
 
13.8
 
9,570
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
105

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 69,388
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 34

Incumbent Joe Nguyen and John Potter defeated Amber Bennett, GoodSpaceGuy, and Tony Mitchum in the primary for Washington State Senate District 34 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen (D)
 
83.3
 
35,911
✔
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
John Potter (R)
 
9.9
 
4,289
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Amber Bennett (Independent)
 
5.2
 
2,257
Image of GoodSpaceGuy
GoodSpaceGuy (R)
 
0.8
 
355
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Tony Mitchum (Independent)
 
0.6
 
252
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
50

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 43,114
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2021

See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2021)

General election

General election for King County Executive

Incumbent Dow Constantine defeated Joe Nguyen in the general election for King County Executive on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dow Constantine
Dow Constantine (Nonpartisan)
 
54.7
 
312,663
Image of Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
253,609
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
4,874

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 571,146
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for King County Executive

Incumbent Dow Constantine and Joe Nguyen defeated Bill Hirt, GoodSpaceGuy, and Johnathon Crines in the primary for King County Executive on August 3, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dow Constantine
Dow Constantine (Nonpartisan)
 
51.9
 
241,478
✔
Image of Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
32.6
 
151,757
Image of Bill Hirt
Bill Hirt (Nonpartisan)
 
10.9
 
50,553
Image of GoodSpaceGuy
GoodSpaceGuy (Nonpartisan)
 
2.8
 
12,877
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Johnathon Crines (Nonpartisan)
 
1.5
 
6,884
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
2,075

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 465,624
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2020

See also: Washington gubernatorial election, 2020

General election

General election for Governor of Washington

Incumbent Jay Inslee defeated Loren Culp in the general election for Governor of Washington on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee (D)
 
56.6
 
2,294,243
Image of Loren Culp
Loren Culp (R)
 
43.1
 
1,749,066
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
13,145

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,056,454
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Washington

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Washington on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee (D)
 
50.1
 
1,247,916
✔
Image of Loren Culp
Loren Culp (R)
 
17.4
 
433,238
Image of Joshua Freed
Joshua Freed (R) Candidate Connection
 
8.9
 
222,553
Image of Tim Eyman
Tim Eyman (R)
 
6.4
 
159,495
Image of Raul Garcia
Raul Garcia (R)
 
5.4
 
135,045
Image of Phil Fortunato
Phil Fortunato (R)
 
4.0
 
99,265
Image of Don Rivers
Don Rivers (D) Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
25,601
Image of Leon Lawson
Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party) Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
23,073
Image of Liz Hallock
Liz Hallock (G) Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
21,537
Image of Cairo D'Almeida
Cairo D'Almeida (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.6
 
14,657
Image of Anton Sakharov
Anton Sakharov (Trump Republican Party)
 
0.6
 
13,935
Image of Nate Herzog
Nate Herzog (Pre-2016 Republican Party) Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
11,303
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Gene Hart (D)
 
0.4
 
10,605
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Omari Tahir-Garrett (D)
 
0.4
 
8,751
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Ryan Ryals (Unaffiliated) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
6,264
Image of Henry Dennison
Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.2
 
5,970
Image of GoodSpaceGuy
GoodSpaceGuy (Trump Republican Party)
 
0.2
 
5,646
Image of Richard Carpenter
Richard Carpenter (R) Candidate Connection
 
0.2
 
4,962
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Elaina Gonzalez (Independent)
 
0.2
 
4,772
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Matthew Murray (R)
 
0.2
 
4,489
Image of Thor Amundson
Thor Amundson (Independent)
 
0.1
 
3,638
Image of Bill Hirt
Bill Hirt (R)
 
0.1
 
2,854
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Martin Wheeler (R)
 
0.1
 
2,686
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Ian Gonzales (R)
 
0.1
 
2,537
Image of Joshua Wolf
Joshua Wolf (New Liberty Party) Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
2,315
Image of Cregan Newhouse
Cregan Newhouse (Unaffiliated) Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
2,291
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Brian Weed (Unaffiliated)
 
0.1
 
2,178
Image of Alex Tsimerman
Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party)
 
0.1
 
1,721
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Tylor Grow (R)
 
0.1
 
1,509
Image of Dylan Nails
Dylan Nails (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
1,470
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Craig Campbell (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
1,178
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
William Miller (American Patriot Party)
 
0.0
 
1,148
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Cameron Vessey (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
718
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Winston Wilkes (Propertarianist Party)
 
0.0
 
702
Image of David Blomstrom
David Blomstrom (Fifth Republic Party)
 
0.0
 
519
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
David Voltz (Cascadia Labour Party)
 
0.0
 
480
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1,938

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,488,959
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2019

See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2019)

General election

General election for King County Council District 8

Incumbent Joe McDermott defeated Michael Robert Neher in the general election for King County Council District 8 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joe McDermott
Joe McDermott (Nonpartisan)
 
83.7
 
56,753
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Michael Robert Neher (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
15.8
 
10,729
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
312

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 67,794
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for King County Council District 8

Incumbent Joe McDermott and Michael Robert Neher defeated GoodSpaceGuy in the primary for King County Council District 8 on August 6, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joe McDermott
Joe McDermott (Nonpartisan)
 
83.9
 
41,743
✔
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Michael Robert Neher (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
11.0
 
5,487
Image of GoodSpaceGuy
GoodSpaceGuy (Nonpartisan)
 
4.5
 
2,250
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
279

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 49,759
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Washington, 2018

General election

Incumbent Maria Cantwell defeated Susan Hutchison in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Washington

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell (D)
 
58.4
 
1,803,364
Image of Susan Hutchison
Susan Hutchison (R)
 
41.6
 
1,282,804

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,086,168
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Top-two primary

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Washington on August 7, 2018.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell (D)
 
54.7
 
929,961
✔
Image of Susan Hutchison
Susan Hutchison (R)
 
24.3
 
413,317
Image of Keith Swank
Keith Swank (R) Candidate Connection
 
2.3
 
39,818
Image of Joseph Gibson
Joseph Gibson (R)
 
2.3
 
38,676
Image of Clint Tannehill
Clint Tannehill (D)
 
2.1
 
35,770
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
David R. Bryant (R)
 
2.0
 
33,962
Image of Arthur Coday Jr.
Arthur Coday Jr. (R)
 
1.8
 
30,654
Image of Jennifer Ferguson
Jennifer Ferguson (Independent)
 
1.5
 
25,224
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Tim Owen (R)
 
1.4
 
23,167
Image of Matt Hawkins
Matt Hawkins (R) Candidate Connection
 
0.8
 
13,324
Image of Don Rivers
Don Rivers (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
12,634
Image of Mike Luke
Mike Luke (L)
 
0.7
 
12,302
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Glen Stockwell (R)
 
0.7
 
11,611
Image of Thor Amundson
Thor Amundson (Independent)
 
0.6
 
9,393
Image of Mohammad Said
Mohammad Said (D)
 
0.5
 
8,649
Image of Matthew Heines
Matthew Heines (R)
 
0.5
 
7,737
Image of Steve Hoffman
Steve Hoffman (Freedom Socialist Party)
 
0.4
 
7,390
Image of GoodSpaceGuy
GoodSpaceGuy (R)
 
0.4
 
7,057
Image of John Orlinski
John Orlinski (R)
 
0.4
 
6,905
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
David Lee Strider (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
6,821
Image of Roque De La Fuente
Roque De La Fuente (R)
 
0.3
 
5,724
Image of James Robert Deal
James Robert Deal (G)
 
0.2
 
3,849
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Sam Wright (The Human Rights Party)
 
0.2
 
3,761
Image of Brad Chase
Brad Chase (FDFR Party)
 
0.2
 
2,655
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
George Kalberer (D)
 
0.1
 
2,448
Image of Charlie Jackson
Charlie Jackson (Independent)
 
0.1
 
2,411
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
RC Smith (R)
 
0.1
 
2,238
Image of Jon Butler
Jon Butler (Independent)
 
0.1
 
2,016
Image of Alex Tsimerman
Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party)
 
0.1
 
1,366

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,700,840
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates




2017

See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2017)

Incumbent Dow Constantine and Bill Hirt defeated Goodspaceguy and Stan Lippmann in the primary election for county executive of King County.[2]

King County Executive, Primary Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dow Constantine Incumbent 76.99% 304,456
Green check mark transparent.png Bill Hirt 12.57% 49,687
Goodspaceguy 5.92% 23,427
Stan Lippmann 3.70% 14,644
Write-in votes 0.81% 3,218
Total Votes 395,432
Source: King County, "2017 election results," accessed August 1, 2017

2016

See also: Washington gubernatorial election, 2016

Goodspaceguy filed to run as a Republican in the 2016 election for governor of Washington.[3] He competed with four Democrats, two other Republicans, and four minor-party candidates in the August 2 top-two primary election. He was defeated by incumbent Governor Jay Inslee (D), who placed first in the primary election, and Seattle Port Commissioner Bill Bryant (R), who placed second.

The following candidates ran in the Washington primary for governor.

Washington primary for governor, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jay Inslee Incumbent 49.30% 687,412
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bill Bryant 38.33% 534,519
     Republican Bill Hirt 3.47% 48,382
     Democratic Patrick O'Rourke 2.91% 40,572
     Independent Steve Rubenstein 1.62% 22,582
     Democratic James Robert Deal 1.05% 14,623
     Democratic Johnathan Dodds 1.01% 14,152
     Republican Goodspaceguy 0.95% 13,191
     Socialist Workers Party Mary Martin 0.74% 10,374
     Fifth Republic Party David Blomstrom 0.32% 4,512
     Holistic Party Christian Joubert 0.29% 4,103
Total Votes 1,394,422
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

Goodspaceguy ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Washington's 7th District.[4] He was defeated by incumbent Jim McDermott (D) and Craig Keller (R), who were the top two vote-getters in the blanket primary.[5]

U.S. House, Washington District 7, Blanket Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJim McDermott Incumbent 76.5% 95,708
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCraig Keller 9.3% 11,687
     Republican Scott Sutherland 6.7% 8,443
     Independent Doug McQuaid 6.4% 7,973
     Independent Goodspaceguy 1.1% 1,377
Total Votes 125,188
Source: Results via Associated Press

2013

Goodspaceguy ran in the 2013 election for King County Executive in Washington. The election took place on August 6, 2013.[6]

2012

See also: Washington's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012

Goodspaceguy ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Washington's 7th District. He was defeated in the blanket primary on August 7, 2012.[7][8]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

GoodSpaceGuy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Candidate statement

GoodSpaceGuy provided the following candidate statement for the Washington State voter guide:

“

We are still at the beginning of the Space Age! Please think of your Earth as a beautiful spaceship. We are the passengers and crew members on Spaceship Earth. We are traveling in space around our Sun while our Sun travels inside our Milky Way Galaxy. I, Goodspaceguy, predict a prosperous future in space will come through orbital space colonization around our Spaceship Earth and in the Goldilocks Zone around our star, the Sun. Let’s start with small space habitats. Also let’s save, boost up, and improve the International Space Station.

Using voluntary, competitive, free market economics, let’s raise the living standard of the workers. Let’s reject the Big Government Command Economy that through force and misallocation produces homelessness, wild spending, and poverty.

Workfare is better than welfare. Welfare is a heavy burden for the workers. Free market economics can rehabilitate Spaceship Earth by transforming problem people into productive people. Worldwide we are struggling between Command Economies and Free Market Economies. Profits grow jobs, but the minimum wage laws reduce profits, which decreases jobs.

The workers create the goods and services that make up the living standard. Then tricky taxation takes from the workers and gives to the welfare recipients. The workers are robbed. The incentive to work is decreased. The minimum wage of the Command Economy creates a stressful work atmosphere and decreases profits. Jobs are lost. Crime and poverty increase. Let’s defend the incentive of profits that come from serving you, the consumer. Study Free Market Economics! Abolish the job destroying minimum wage! Economics tell us how to raise the workers’ living standard. Work builds up the living standard.

Should we stop the population explosion that is exterminating the wildlife of Spaceship Earth? Should we replace the complicated federal income tax with the simpler head tax? [9]

”
—GoodSpaceGuy (2024)[10]

2023

GoodSpaceGuy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

GoodSpaceGuy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

GoodSpaceGuy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

GoodSpaceGuy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

GoodSpaceGuy did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Goodspaceguy posted the following campaign statement to his personal website:[1]

“ Thank you to my more than 55,000 friends who voted for me, Goodspaceguy, in 2015. In our democracy, we, the people, build our living standard. We should now stop building the poverty-inducing welfare state, and we should resume building our competitive, free market.

How? Stop voting for the big spenders who become the big taxers and growers of enormous, stifling government that leads to high rents and high prices. Instead, vote for the small spenders so that the competitive, free market segment of our economy can profitably grow and hire more producers. Also, study economics, which tells us how to operate our prosperity, movie, and poetry producing free market.

Unemployed people should reclaim the right to sell their own labor at bargain rates. Because the minimum wage prevents some people from getting work, abolish the minimum wage. The minimum wage shrinks our exchange economy, destroys jobs, increases crime, and increases homelessness. The minimum wage is a tool of force of the always-out-of-balance, evil command-economy.

Defend the right of even losers and slackers to enter the work force and raise the living standard by selling their labor at their low market value. Low loser wages will allow even criminals to get legal jobs. We need their help. As losers work, many will learn and improve their skills and earning power. They will help produce more and more goods and services … thus raising the living standard at lower, but profitable prices. Let’s turn losers and criminals and welfare recipients into productive workers. Jobs reduce crime and panhandling. Let’s activate the power of the market place to turn losers and criminals into winners in a low cost, low stress, free-parking, Washington State of beautiful sky homes. Let’s build a free market Utopia.[9]

”


Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

GoodSpaceGuy campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. Senate WashingtonLost primary$0 N/A**
2022Washington State Senate District 34Lost primary$0 $0
2018U.S. Senate WashingtonLost primary$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

See also

2024 Elections

Ballotpedia Election Coverage Badge.png
What's on the ballot?
U.S. President
U.S. Congress
U.S. Congress special elections
State executives
State legislatures
State courts
Ballot measures
Municipal government
School boards
Election analysis hub

Government

Seal of Washington.png
Who represents me?
U.S. Congress
State executives
State legislators
State courts
Ballot measures
Municipal government
School boards

Newsletters

Ballotpedia RSS.jpg
The Daily Brew
The Weekly Brew
The Ballot Bulletin
Checks and Balances
Economy and Society
Hall Pass
Number of the Day
Robe & Gavel


External links

   .contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
   .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}
   .external_links_table { width: auto !important; }
   @media (max-width:600px) {
       .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;}
       .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;}  
   }

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Our Spaceship Earth, accessed July 6, 2016
  2. ↑ King County, Washington, "Who has filed: 2017 candidate filing," accessed May 19, 2017
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named candlist
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named list
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named apw
  6. ↑ Mercer Island Reporter, "Primary ballots delivered today on Mercer Island," July 18, 2013
  7. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed May 18, 2012
  8. ↑ Associated Press, "Election results"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  10. ↑ VoteWA.gov, "GoodSpaceGuy," accessed July 22, 2024


Washington's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Maria Cantwell (D)
Patty Murray (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
Democratic Party (10)
Republican Party (2)


Flag of Washington
v • e
State of Washington
Olympia (capital)
Elections

What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2024 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures

Government

Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy








Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=GoodSpaceGuy&oldid=9754927"