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John Giuffre
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American Shopping Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 10, 2024

Education

Associate

Bhaktivedanta Gurukula, 1984

Personal
Birthplace
Los Angeles, Calif.
Religion
Hindu
Profession
Author
Contact

John Giuffre (also known as Raghu) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Hawaii. He lost in the Nonpartisan primary on August 10, 2024.

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

Biography

John Giuffre was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. He earned an associate degree from Bhaktivedanta Gurukula in 1984. His career experience includes being an author of economic books, a landlord, and a real estate agent. He has been affiliated with Raghu-nomics.[1][2]

Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono defeated Bob McDermott, Shelby Billionaire, and Emma Pohlman in the general election for U.S. Senate Hawaii on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mazie K. Hirono
Mazie K. Hirono (D)
 
65.5
 
283,454
Image of Bob McDermott
Bob McDermott (R)
 
31.4
 
135,761
Image of Shelby Billionaire
Shelby Billionaire (We the People)
 
1.6
 
7,090
Image of Emma Pohlman
Emma Pohlman (G)
 
1.5
 
6,419

Total votes: 432,724
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono defeated Ron Curtis and Clyde McClain Lewman in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mazie K. Hirono
Mazie K. Hirono
 
90.5
 
176,131
Image of Ron Curtis
Ron Curtis
 
7.3
 
14,271
Image of Clyde McClain Lewman
Clyde McClain Lewman Candidate Connection
 
2.2
 
4,287

Total votes: 194,689
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bob McDermott
Bob McDermott
 
51.9
 
27,961
Image of Adriel Lam
Adriel Lam Candidate Connection
 
16.5
 
8,913
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Melba Amaral
 
14.2
 
7,627
Image of Paul Dolan
Paul Dolan
 
7.4
 
4,006
Image of Arturo Reyes
Arturo Reyes
 
6.2
 
3,319
Image of Emmanuel Tipon
Emmanuel Tipon
 
3.8
 
2,075

Total votes: 53,901
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

No candidate advanced from the primary.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Giuffre
John Giuffre Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
966

Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.

Total votes: 966
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Aloha Aina Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Emma Pohlman advanced from the Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Emma Pohlman
Emma Pohlman
 
100.0
 
1,342

Total votes: 1,342
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Libertarian primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

We the People primary election

We the People primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Shelby Billionaire advanced from the We the People primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shelby Billionaire
Shelby Billionaire
 
100.0
 
977

Total votes: 977
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Endorsements

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2020

See also: Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 8 Republican primary)

Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 8 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kaiali'i Kahele
Kaiali'i Kahele (D)
 
63.0
 
171,517
Image of Joseph Akana
Joseph Akana (R)
 
30.9
 
84,027
Image of Michelle Rose Tippens
Michelle Rose Tippens (L)
 
2.5
 
6,785
Image of Jonathan Hoomanawanui
Jonathan Hoomanawanui (Aloha Aina Party)
 
2.4
 
6,453
Image of Ron Burrus
Ron Burrus (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
2,659
Image of John Giuffre
John Giuffre (American Shopping Party)
 
0.2
 
661

Total votes: 272,102
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Kaiali'i Kahele defeated Brian Evans, Brenda Lee, and Noelle Famera in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kaiali'i Kahele
Kaiali'i Kahele
 
76.5
 
100,841
Image of Brian Evans
Brian Evans Candidate Connection
 
9.4
 
12,337
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Brenda Lee
 
8.1
 
10,694
Image of Noelle Famera
Noelle Famera Candidate Connection
 
6.1
 
7,992

Total votes: 131,864
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joseph Akana
Joseph Akana
 
44.1
 
15,107
Image of Elise Hatsuko Kaneshiro
Elise Hatsuko Kaneshiro Candidate Connection
 
15.4
 
5,294
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
David Hamman
 
10.0
 
3,430
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Robert Nagamine
 
8.4
 
2,887
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Nicholas Love
 
7.6
 
2,616
Image of Steven Bond
Steven Bond
 
6.5
 
2,218
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Felipe San Nicolas
 
4.3
 
1,465
Image of Karla Gottschalk
Karla Gottschalk
 
2.8
 
953
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Raymond Quel
 
0.9
 
305

Total votes: 34,275
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Ron Burrus defeated Byron McCorriston in the primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Burrus
Ron Burrus Candidate Connection
 
59.2
 
1,308
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Byron McCorriston
 
40.8
 
901

Total votes: 2,209
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Aloha Aina Party primary election

Aloha Aina Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Jonathan Hoomanawanui advanced from the Aloha Aina Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jonathan Hoomanawanui
Jonathan Hoomanawanui
 
100.0
 
3,423

Total votes: 3,423
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American Shopping Party primary election

American Shopping Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

John Giuffre advanced from the American Shopping Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Giuffre
John Giuffre
 
100.0
 
134

Total votes: 134
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Michelle Rose Tippens advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Rose Tippens
Michelle Rose Tippens
 
100.0
 
1,014

Total votes: 1,014
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2016

See also: United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Hawaii's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Brian Schatz (D) defeated John Carroll (R), Michael Kokoski (L), Joy Allison (Constitution Party), and John Giuffre (American Shopping Party) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Schatz defeated Makani Christensen, Tutz Honeychurch, Arturo Reyes, and Miles Shiratori in the Democratic primary, while Carroll defeated Karla Gottschalk, Eddie Pirkowski, and John Roco to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on August 13, 2016.[3][4]

U.S. Senate, Hawaii General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Schatz Incumbent 73.6% 306,604
     Republican John Carroll 22.2% 92,653
     Constitution Joy Allison 2.2% 9,103
     Libertarian Michael Kokoski 1.6% 6,809
     American Shopping John Giuffre 0.3% 1,393
Total Votes 416,562
Source: Hawaii Secretary of State


U.S. Senate, Hawaii Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Schatz Incumbent 86.2% 162,905
Makani Christensen 6.3% 11,899
Miles Shiratori 4.6% 8,620
Arturo Reyes 2% 3,820
Tutz Honeychurch 1% 1,815
Total Votes 189,059
Source: Hawaii Secretary of State
U.S. Senate, Hawaii Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Carroll 74.6% 26,749
John Roco 11% 3,956
Karla Gottschalk 8.5% 3,045
Eddie Pirkowski 5.9% 2,115
Total Votes 35,865
Source: Hawaii Secretary of State

2014

See also: United States Senate elections in Hawaii, 2014

Giuffre ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent Hawaii.[5] Giuffre failed to appear on the official list of candidates.[6]

U.S. Senate, Hawaii No Party Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Joy Allison 67.8% 388
Art Reyes 32.2% 184
Total Votes 572
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections

2012

See also: Hawaii's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012

Giuffre ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Hawaii's 1st District. Giuffre sought the nomination on the Republican ticket.[7] Giuffre ran against Charles Amsterdam and Charles Djou in the Republican primary. Giuffre was defeated by Charles Djou in the Republican primary on August 11, 2012.[8]

U.S. House, Hawaii District 1 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Djou 95.7% 25,984
Charles Amsterdam 2.9% 799
John Giuffre 1.4% 376
Total Votes 27,159

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

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Third generation Italian American, born in LA, boyhood to youth schooling in India to study the Veda's - after mom became a Buddhist Hindu. Preacher til 25, biz til 30, and so began my writings on social economic policy now called Raghu-nomics.

  • Three Main Programs by Raghu-nomics: 1) RADHA Mortgage: Cut Mortgage 50% - Cuts mortgage costs 50% & monthly payments by as much as 70% 2) Leverage Debt Reduction: Cut US Deficits 50% -Cuts US Federal Debt of $35 trillion in half. - 50% of Federal debt is in real estate securities. - RADHA converts real estate into triple AAA assets and so, US treasury can retire $15 trillion back to market 3) Lifestyle Insurance: Half the Costs for Double the Service - 50% of all medical costs is lifestyle related. Cover of our own lifestyle cost = cut insurance premiums 50%. - Lifestyle has retail products for its own revenue source. - Ex: Obesity cost $2 trillion a decade. That's 10 cents once evenly divided between all junk food
  • Raghu-nomics offers working models made of user-friendly biz formula's and straight forward numbers that are easy to confirm or contest. Neutral platform to build new discourse, free of conflict politics.
  • Raghu-nomics offers new perspectives that find new possibilities and so allow for a new conversation around solutions that suddenly look solvable once resized around new prospects.

Raghu-nomics is 26 books with about 100 + policy proposals. Each offering solutions like those of those mentioned above. The RADHA Mortgage is the most vetted and ready to scale nationally.

Raghu-nomics is done as my service to my Guru-Maharaj, Srila Prabhupada, to offer Brahminical counsel to the world in its darkest hour and offer direction to the leaders of the world.

Raghu-noimcs is based upon a couple core principles. the first is ROOPA: Responsible for One's Own Products and Actions. When we talk of good and bad, we are actually talking about long term liabilities or economic returns. We follow those to measure how bad or good something is. We then ask that those causing the liabilities cover it's cost and those of good, share in the long term rewards of their works. Raghu-nomics is an economics application of the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible of India.

I work from a numbers based approached to social political and economic policies. This numbers based response is taken from my training in philosophy and the Vedic paradigm which is to say its a value bases system. I'm therefore allowed to see things quite differently then any of the others in today's power circles and then confirm their numeric equation. I provide the contrast and added variables missing from today's discourse and policy development.

26 books as the culmination of nearly 50 years of work and 1uarter million in out of pocket costs and 1 million in time. Raghu-nomics is next generation social economic policy unrestrained by the straight jacket of today's outdated ideology of Liberal vs Conservative. They have little barring to fix the program as demonstrated by the dramatic impact possible with Raghu-nomics.

My first priority as as senator for Hawaii is to bring back the $8 to $25 billion to build out the states necessary infrastructure and farming.

Raghu-nomics is upon the legacy of Prabhupada's vision and fulfillment to offer a house in which the whole world can live peacefully.

Assignation of India's Prime Minister, Indira Gandi, 1984. I was taking a train from Delhi to Varnasi when word came and that it was first suggested the CIA behind it. I was suddenly a Canadian for the next 3 months. Slaughter of Sikhs throughout the country - worst hit was Varanasi, where I was going and stayed for 2 months. Had the plot been confirmed as an American, I would have been dragged off the train, or off the street and hacked to death. I was 19. Same again for the Hindu Muslim riots when they attacked our temple and cut up Western devotees - our teachers, with machete's.

Preach - 9 years - 16 to 25 which included Congregational program development and director.

Bhagavad Gita As It is - it's the paradigm from which Raghu-nomics is built upon

Iran Man's Dad seems to best represent my role today.

Radhika Das, Hare Krsna, Kensington Hall, London

Extreme financial hardship while I carry this service of Raghu-nomics forward. Minimal resources will allow these programs to be fully developed and launched at long last.

Most would think economic collapse and global stature, global warming and nuclear war with Russia. In my case, we have 'simple solutions' to each of these so find them more as opportunities vs challenges.

Generally favored it, but want more info before I make a finale commitment. I'm tending more to age limits of say 70 or 75.

1) The larger role you can play in developing policy and 2) the better placement to bring larger share of fed dollars back to the state.
3) Better access to resources for developing policy and securing billions in money from the feds for the state.

Most politicians are generally committed to gov't and policy based upon the pay to do it. I have dedicated almost 50 years developing public policy and economic programs.

Maybe. I need more info. I have gone back and forth on it.

How many Buddhist does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. There is no light bulb. You are the light.

I have already worked members over a couple decades as I shopped Raghu-nomics to them over hundreds of trips to DC. I was able to interest them as an 'idea' guy. Should do well to close them on policy programs once getting to work as peer.

Better then compromise is program upgrades that make most political fights irrelevant.

As a secondary priority to developing breakthrough policy programs.

Have not yet launched my campaign. Should know in the next 30 days.

My strengths would best interface with Ag, Financial Services, Foreign Operations, Transportation & Housing

Raghu-nomics focus is to find what services can be better provided by the market place and how to facilitate as the most effective response to reducing gov't corruption and ineptitude.

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2020

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John Giuffre campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. Senate HawaiiLost primary$0 N/A**
2020U.S. House Hawaii District 2Lost general$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes


Senators
Representatives
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Ed Case (D)
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