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Stan Caplan
Image of Stan Caplan

No party preference

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas

Personal
Birthplace
Alabama
Religion
Jewish
Profession
Insurance
Contact

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Stan Caplan (No party preference) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 51st Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.

Caplan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Stan Caplan was born in Alabama. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas. Caplan's career experience includes owning a business and working in insurance. He has been affiliated with the Lions Club.[1][2]

Elections

2024

See also: California's 51st Congressional District election, 2024

California's 51st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 51

Incumbent Sara Jacobs defeated Bill Wells in the general election for U.S. House California District 51 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs (D)
 
60.7
 
198,835
Image of Bill Wells
Bill Wells (R)
 
39.3
 
128,749

Total votes: 327,584
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 51

Incumbent Sara Jacobs and Bill Wells defeated Stan Caplan and Hilaire Shioura in the primary for U.S. House California District 51 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs (D)
 
57.4
 
90,901
Image of Bill Wells
Bill Wells (R)
 
39.1
 
61,923
Image of Stan Caplan
Stan Caplan (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
3,164
Image of Hilaire Shioura
Hilaire Shioura (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
1.6
 
2,496

Total votes: 158,484
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Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Caplan in this election.

Pledges

Caplan signed the following pledges.

  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform

2022

See also: California's 51st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 51

Incumbent Sara Jacobs defeated Stan Caplan in the general election for U.S. House California District 51 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs (D)
 
61.9
 
144,186
Image of Stan Caplan
Stan Caplan (R)
 
38.1
 
88,886

Total votes: 233,072
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 51

Incumbent Sara Jacobs and Stan Caplan defeated Jose Cortes and Barrett Holman Leak in the primary for U.S. House California District 51 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs (D)
 
60.5
 
91,329
Image of Stan Caplan
Stan Caplan (R)
 
37.2
 
56,183
Image of Jose Cortes
Jose Cortes (Peace and Freedom Party of California) Candidate Connection
 
2.2
 
3,343
Image of Barrett Holman Leak
Barrett Holman Leak (D) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
55

Total votes: 150,910
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

Stan Caplan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Caplan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Because of Democratic and Republican letdowns, I, Stan Caplan, AKA Caplan America, emerge as the hope for the 51st Congressional District. Your trust has been betrayed by representatives who prioritize personal gain. Your well-being deserves to be the top priority. I will introduce groundbreaking bills. My Tax Relief Act ensures you pay no federal income tax on the first $50,000 of earned income. My Immigration Act demands strict enforcement of existing laws, imposing severe penalties, including jail time for violators. I vehemently advocate for the eradication of drug cartels in the United States and Mexico. My Welfare Act redirects welfare from illegal immigrants to struggling Americans and veterans. My Homeless Act boldly removes the homeless from the streets, placing them in treatment centers where an independent review board determines release times in the patient’s best interest. As a small business owner, I champion fair competition between small businesses and corporate giants. I fight passionately for parental involvement in education, integrity in women's sports, a balanced approach to reproductive rights, accessible healthcare, and bipartisan solutions to bridge the gap between Democrat and Republican extremes.


  • No Federal taxes on the first $50,000 of earned income.
  • Legal Immigration only. Deport all unvetted and incarcerated illegals.
  • Make all criminals accountable including corrupt politicians to smash and grabbers, and all others.

I want to rid my district of mentally ill and drug addicted homeless, illegals and criminals.

Representing their voters best interests. Not going to Washington DC for the elected official's self interest.

I will remember that I am working for the people who put me there. I will look at my job like a business and attempt to eliminate the waste, fraud and abuse so prevalent in government.

A have been a small business owner my whole career. I appreciate the opportunities that the United States offers that allows anyone to be the best they can. I want to make sure that it continues and the government does not get in the way.

Captain America, because Stan Caplan is AKA Caplan America.

No. The system has been corrupted. We need a fresh start with representatives that wish to serve for the right reasons.

Preserving Constitutional freedoms while providing a safe, secure, healthy, and prosperous environment where American citizens can thrive without interference from the government.

Absolute. Two terms for Senate and three terms for the House.

Residents feel abandoned by both Democrat and Republican representatives. They have lost trust because the representatives look after their self interest and forget about why they are in Washington DC.

To find out who is deliberately degrading the United States and lowering American citizen's standard of living and reducing personal freedom.

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2022

Stan Caplan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Caplan's campaign website stated the following:

✓ REDUCE GAS PRICES AND LOWER ENERGY COSTS:

  • Stop tax and regulation policies that punish everyday Americans
  • Produce more U.S. oil and natural gas
  • Restore energy independence
  • Increase reliable and affordable renewable resources


✓ EASE INFLATION AND LOWER FOOD PRICES:

  • Shrink government and reduce spending
  • Decrease taxes on low and middle wage earners
  • Reduce supply chain regulations
  • Use private enterprise, not government, to grow the economy


✓ HELP SMALL BUSINESSES:

  • Incentivize small business creation
  • Reduce taxes, regulation, and bureaucracy
  • Ensure fair competition with big business


✓ EDUCATE CHILDREN:

  • Stick to practical STEM learning
  • Teach honest and constructive U.S. History and Civics
  • Cultivate values of individual character, not divisive race-based constructs


✓ GIVE PARENTS SCHOOL CHOICE:

  • Encourage educational competition between schools
  • Reward innovative and effective teachers
  • Provide wide range of learning opportunities
  • Let parents tailor education to their children’s individual needs


✓ GIVE PARENTS A VOICE:

  • Let parents decide curriculum
  • Give parents authority over all sexuality teaching
  • Protect parents from being characterized as terrorists


✓ ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY:

  • Support rule of law
  • Appoint federal officials who uphold and enforce law
  • Punish unchecked criminal behavior
  • Remove rogue prosecutors
  • Staff, fund and improve law enforcement


✓ RAMPANT HOMELESSNESS:

  • Encourage federal partnership with local officials
  • Give addicts and the mentally ill appropriate care and treatment
  • Provide career training and job opportunities


✓ RESTORE BORDER POLICY LAW & ORDER:

  • Protect the border!
  • Encourage law abiding, legal immigration
  • Expel violent criminal illegals immediately


✓ IMPROVE HEALTHCARE:

  • Reduce interstate healthcare restrictions
  • Ensure all Americans a choice of private healthcare solutions
  • Develop cost effective healthcare options for self-employed and small businesses
  • Decrease the price of prescription drugs
  • Maintain social security and Medicare


✓ FOREIGN POLICY:

  • Always fund and protect our military
  • Never abandon our people and our military again
  • Advance our defensive capabilities
  • Develop win-win relationships with friendly nations
  • No boots on the ground unless we are endangered
  • Treat China and Russia as adversaries in all our policies
  • Reject any proposed Iran nuclear agreement


✓ SUPPORT ISRAEL:

  • Safeguard Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
  • Maintain US embassy in Jerusalem
  • Sustain Israel’s ability to defend itself[3]
—Stan Caplan's campaign website (2022)[4]

Campaign finance summary


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Stan Caplan campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. House California District 51Lost primary$32,892 $16,984
2022U.S. House California District 51Lost general$135,385 $135,385
Grand total$168,278 $152,370
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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

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Footnotes

  1. Stan Caplan for Congress, "Home," accessed May 27, 2022
  2. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 27, 2024
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. Stan Caplan for Congress, “Stan Caplan's Priorities,” accessed May 19, 2022


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