Robert Schwartz (Oregon)

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Robert Schwartz

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 19, 2020

Contact

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Robert Schwartz (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Oregon. Schwartz lost in the Republican primary on May 19, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: United States Senate election in Oregon, 2020

United States Senate election in Oregon, 2020 (May 19 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Oregon, 2020 (May 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Oregon

Incumbent Jeff Merkley defeated Jo Rae Perkins, Gary Dye, and Ibrahim Taher in the general election for U.S. Senate Oregon on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Merkley (D / Independent / Working Families Party)	56.9	1,321,047
		Jo Rae Perkins (R)	39.3	912,814
		Gary Dye (L)	1.8	42,747
		Ibrahim Taher (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party)	1.8	42,239
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,402

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,321,249
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Oregon

Incumbent Jeff Merkley advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Oregon on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Merkley	98.7	564,878
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	7,386

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 572,264
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Oregon

Jo Rae Perkins defeated Paul Romero, Robert Schwartz, and John Verbeek in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Oregon on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jo Rae Perkins	49.2	178,004
		Paul Romero	30.4	109,783
		Robert Schwartz	11.1	40,196
		John Verbeek	8.1	29,382
		Other/Write-in votes	1.2	4,250

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 361,615
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Kulow (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Oregon

Gary Dye advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Oregon on July 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Gary Dye (L)

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Pacific Green Party convention

Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. Senate Oregon

Ibrahim Taher advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. Senate Oregon on June 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Ibrahim Taher (Pacific Green Party)

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Candidate profiles

Robert Schwartz

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography:  In a voters guide, Schwartz described his occupation as fitness-related with a background in fitness and building management. He was the Republican candidate for Oregon State Senate in District 6 in 2018 where he faced incumbent Sen. Lee Beyer (D).

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Key Messages

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Schwartz highlighted his stance regarding the timber industry, saying, "Logging improves the health of forests ... [and] greatly reduces forest fires." He said, "Healthy forests means jobs and prosperity for rural Oregon along with funding for rural schools."

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Schwartz said, "With all the untrained people who are now firearm owners society would be better off if everyone had been trained." He mentioned Senate Bill 801 in 2019, titled "Relating to firearm safety instruction at public schools," which was introduced on his behalf. 

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Schwartz said, "I will demand the food stamp program to improve health benefits and change its name to the health benefit program." He said, "7 Billion food stamp dollars spent on soda in 2016. In return, people get diabetes ... and massive health care expenses."

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Sources: Schwartz's 2020 campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 18, 2020, OregonVotes, "Robert Schwartz," accessed May 18, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate Oregon in 2020.

2018

See also: Oregon State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Oregon State Senate District 6

Incumbent Lee Beyer defeated Robert Schwartz in the general election for Oregon State Senate District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lee Beyer (D)	59.1	32,925
		Robert Schwartz (R)	40.7	22,671
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	121

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,717
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate District 6

Incumbent Lee Beyer advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate District 6 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lee Beyer	100.0	9,770

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 9,770
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon State Senate District 6

Robert Schwartz defeated Christine Ruck in the Republican primary for Oregon State Senate District 6 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Schwartz	51.1	4,114
		Christine Ruck	48.9	3,943

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 8,057
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2016

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Oregon House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016.

Incumbent John Lively defeated Robert Schwartz in the Oregon House of Representatives District 12 general election.

Oregon House of Representatives, District 12 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Lively Incumbent	62.50%	16,237
	Republican	Robert Schwartz	37.50%	9,742
Total Votes				25,979
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

Incumbent John Lively ran unopposed in the Oregon House of Representatives District 12 Democratic primary.

Oregon House of Representatives, District 12 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	John Lively Incumbent (unopposed)

Robert Schwartz ran unopposed in the Oregon House of Representatives District 12 Republican primary.

Oregon House of Representatives, District 12 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Robert Schwartz  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Robert Schwartz participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 13, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Robert Schwartz's responses follow below.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

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1) Firearm education 2) Lower taxes 3) State department audits

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

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I believe the state is more concerned with providing patronage jobs then actually helping the people who they claim to care about. Public school kids for example. We have horrible graduation rates.

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Footnotes

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Oregon's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jeff Merkley (D)

Ron Wyden (D)

Representatives

District 1

Suzanne Bonamici (D)

District 2

Cliff Bentz (R)

District 3

Earl Blumenauer (D)

District 4

Val Hoyle (D)

District 5

Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R)

District 6

Andrea Salinas (D)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (2)