Jon Ivy
Jon Ivy (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 3, 2020.
Ivy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ivy was born in Arcata, California. He earned an associate degree from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, and earned a bachelor's degree from Excelsior College in Albany, New York in May 2015.[1] As of 2019, Ivy was attending the University of California Davis School of Law. He was projected to obtain his law degree in May 2020. Ivy served in the United States Air Force from December 1, 2009, to November 30, 2014.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: California's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 7
Incumbent Ami Bera defeated Buzz Patterson in the general election for U.S. House California District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ami Bera (D) | 56.6 | 217,416 |
 | Buzz Patterson (R)  | 43.4 | 166,549 | |
| Total votes: 383,965 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 7
Incumbent Ami Bera and Buzz Patterson defeated Jeff Burdick, Jon Ivy, and Chris Richardson in the primary for U.S. House California District 7 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ami Bera (D) | 50.3 | 106,124 |
| ✔ | | Buzz Patterson (R) | 33.6 | 70,803 |
 | Jeff Burdick (D) | 7.2 | 15,114 | |
 | Jon Ivy (R) | 6.6 | 14,017 | |
 | Chris Richardson (G) | 2.3 | 4,837 | |
| Total votes: 210,895 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jon Ivy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ivy'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'm a progressive Republican who is seeking office to help reform the Republican Party, change politics in America, and take care of working-class voters. I'm from Northern California and have spent my life working hard jobs next to other hardworking Americans.
I'm 33 years old. When I was 23, I joined the United States Air Force and served for five years as an enlisted Airman. Since then, I've been working in elections management for the California Secretary of State, and I've gotten involved in Voting Rights Advocacy. For the last couple of years, I've been directing the Voter Access Project, and I've also been attending law school at UC Davis's King Hall, studying governmental and constitutional law.
I care a great deal about this world and about the people in it, and so I've dedicated my life to serving my community, my state, and my country.
There is nothing we can't do, if we do it together. I believe in government, and I think our current government can work better. Let's make it work for us.
- Our economy is rigged and we need to fix it. We need to protect ourselves and our families from climate change. Republicans don't just resist fascism, racism, and Nazism; we defeat those evils wherever they're found.
- Competition among businesses is essential to a free market. Universal healthcare is a moral imperative. Public education is essential to a working democracy.
- We must expand opportunities for voting, get money out of politics, and guarantee a right to vote to all Americans. It is our duty to teach good civic engagement to our children.
Jon Ivy is a progressive.
He believes in economic justice, liberal democracy, and the preservation of human rights. He believes in the promise of freedom and the ideals of the American experiment.
He believes in free access to universal healthcare. We are one of the richest nations to ever exist, no one who is sick should be left without care.
He believes in fighting climate change and that America needs to take the lead on facing current climate emergencies such as wildfires and floods.
He believes that black lives matter and that a belief in American ideals must include responsibility for America's clear and unacceptable historical and present systems of racism. He believes in criminal justice reforms, including ending the failed 200-year experiment of prisons, and building alternative systems of rehabilitation and justice.
He believes that all immigrants, whether refugee, entrepreneur, or laborer, have the same right to the American Dream as any of us. He believes that America has a moral obligation to fight xenophobia, fascism, white supremacy, and Nazism.
He believes that love is love and that homophobia has no place in a decent society. He believes that transgender rights are human rights.
He believes in a Moral America that provides for protection of Women's Rights, including equal economic opportunities, protection from sexual violence, and free access to abortion.
He believes in an efficient and effective government that does its job.
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Abraham Lincoln, and Hiram Johnson. These are Progressives, both Democrats and Republicans, that have moved our country forward. I've read their stories, and seen their works, and I can't imagine not wanting to replicate their efforts. These are people with the vision to take America to the next step, with the wisdom to understand that America's promise is to the working-class people.
As Lincoln said, "Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar."
My platform: Republicans Can Win https://jonivy.com/platform
Honesty, integrity, and understanding are the most important things for an elected official to have. They are also sadly rare to find among the political class these days.
I'm hardworking, honest, and I have a desire to serve. Integrity to me is both what you do when no one is watching, and what you do when everyone is watching. I have integrity. I can stand tall against any obstacle, and I'm ready to fight. I'm also ready to win.
Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes
I think we should look at voting the same way we would look at hiring: we should generally seek 1) employees we can get along with, and 2) employees that are able to do the job.
However, not all experience is good experience. Some people spend their lives doing the wrong things. It's important to look at the individuals and see how their experience has shaped their capabilities.
Climate Change will undoubtedly continue to effect so many lives, and it will be a hell-of-a-fight to stand vigilant in the face of climate change disasters while working to undo our impact. Climate change induced disasters, mass migrations, and a nation with a history of xenophobia and racism will present challenges to all of us.
But we can and must meet those challenges.
I think term limits are a good way to affect change. Here in California, term limits have dramatically changed the demographics of our Legislature from that of old white men to one that more accurately reflects our population. The Congress could use a similar upheaval.
When the incumbency rate for Congress is an inverse of the approval ratings, obviously something should change.
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See also
2020 Elections
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