Mark Cavener
Mark Cavener (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Cavener completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mark Cavener was born in Anchorage, Alaska.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Oregon's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Incumbent Cliff Bentz defeated Joseph Yetter in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cliff Bentz (R) | 67.5 | 208,369 |
 | Joseph Yetter (D)  | 32.4 | 99,882 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 425 | ||
| Total votes: 308,676 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Joseph Yetter defeated Adam Prine in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Yetter | 69.1 | 27,814 |
 | Adam Prine | 29.0 | 11,669 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 788 | ||
| Total votes: 40,271 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Incumbent Cliff Bentz defeated Mark Cavener and Katherine Gallant in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cliff Bentz | 75.0 | 67,051 |
 | Mark Cavener | 19.4 | 17,372 | |
 | Katherine Gallant | 5.1 | 4,598 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 386 | ||
| Total votes: 89,407 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Raiph Huber (R)
- Brett Cahill (R)
2020
See also: United States Senate special election in Arizona, 2020
United States Senate election in Arizona, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
United States Senate election in Arizona, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
Special general election for U.S. Senate Arizona
The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. Senate Arizona on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Kelly (D) | 51.2 | 1,716,467 |
 | Martha McSally (R) | 48.8 | 1,637,661 | |
| Matthew Dorchester (L) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 379 | |
 | Nicholas Glenn (Independent Republican Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 152 | |
| Debbie Simmons (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 98 | |
 | John Schiess (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 92 | |
| Christopher Beckett (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 69 | |
 | Joshua Rodriguez (Unity Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 69 | |
 | Mohammad Arif (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 68 | |
 | Perry Kapadia (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 58 | |
| Mathew Haupt (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 37 | |
| Patrick Thomas (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 29 | |
 | Edward Davida (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 28 | |
| Jim Stevens (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 23 | |
| Buzz Stewart (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 22 | |
| William Decker (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 21 | |
| Adam Chilton (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 19 | |
| Benjamin Rodriguez (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 17 | |
| Frank Saenz (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 | |
| Total votes: 3,355,317 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona
Mark Kelly defeated Bo Garcia in the special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Kelly | 99.9 | 665,620 |
| Bo Garcia (Write-in) | 0.1 | 451 | |
| Total votes: 666,071 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mohammad Arif (D)
- Sheila Bilyeu (D)
- Juan Angel Vasquez (D)
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona
Incumbent Martha McSally defeated Daniel McCarthy and Sean Lyons in the special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Martha McSally | 75.2 | 551,119 |
 | Daniel McCarthy | 24.8 | 181,511 | |
| Sean Lyons (Write-in) | 0.0 | 210 | |
| Total votes: 732,840 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Josue Larose (R)
- Craig Brittain (R)
- Paul Burton (R)
- Floyd Getchell (R)
- Mark Cavener (R)
Libertarian primary election
Barry Hess and Alan White ran as write-in candidates in the race. Hess received 329 votes and White received 101 votes. Libertarian write-in candidates were required to receive at least 3,335 votes to make the general election ballot.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mark Cavener completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cavener'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, Mark Cavener, am a true conservative and will vote as such as Oregon's 2nd District U.S. House of Representatives. I am a U.S. Veteran, Pro-Life and Pro Constitution (as written). Oregon, it's Our Voice, Your Choice. Vote Mark Cavener for Oregon's 2nd Congressional District.
- Life, Liberty, Family - I am a Christian. I believe life is a gift from GOD. Our freedoms make America great - I stand for our freedoms: religion, speech, press, assembly, and redress. 2A: SHALL. NOT. BE. INFRINGED. - Protect Social Security Control medical care costs. Promote small business. Promote our farmers, loggers, ranchers, truckers, first responders and law enforcement. Protect families from our government.
- Our Elections Must Be Secure. 1) Clean the voter rolls 2) Ban all electronic election equipment 3) Voter ID +paper ballots only 4) Ban mail-in and early voting 5) Heavy prison sentences for all who commit fraud 6) Drastically Smaller Precincts 7) Ban Ballot Harvesting 8) Election Day Is A Holiday 9) New Reporting Requirements For Transparency 10) Heavy Prison Sentences For All Who Commit Fraud
- Make Oregon Great Again and Always Keep America First - I, Mark Cavener, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Education. Immigration. The Border. Medical Freedom. The State of Our Nation. Foreign Affairs.
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2020
Mark Cavener did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 7, 2022
