William Pounds (Arizona)
William Pounds (Independent-Green Party) ran for election for Governor of Arizona. He lost as a write-in in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Pounds completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
William Pounds was born in Tempe, Arizona. He earned a degree from IntelliSchool in 2014.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Arizona gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Arizona
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Arizona on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Katie Hobbs (D) | 50.3 | 1,287,891 |
 | Kari Lake (R)  | 49.6 | 1,270,774 | |
 | Liana West (G) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 254 | |
 | Mikaela Lutes-Burton (L) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 213 | |
 | William Pounds (Independent-Green Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 139 | |
| Steph Denny (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 74 | |
| Alice Novoa (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 55 | |
| Rayshawn Merrill (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 44 | |
| Anthony Camboni (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 41 | |
| Total votes: 2,559,485 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Barry J. Hess (L)
- Alex Sadowski (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona
Katie Hobbs defeated Marco Lopez and Aaron Lieberman (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katie Hobbs | 72.3 | 431,059 |
 | Marco Lopez | 22.8 | 136,090 | |
 | Aaron Lieberman (Unofficially withdrew) | 4.8 | 28,878 | |
| Total votes: 596,027 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Arizona
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kari Lake | 48.0 | 398,860 |
 | Karrin Taylor Robson | 43.1 | 358,682 | |
 | Matt Salmon (Unofficially withdrew) | 3.7 | 30,704 | |
 | Scott Neely | 3.1 | 25,876 | |
 | Paola Tulliani-Zen | 2.1 | 17,281 | |
| Carlos Roldan (Write-in) | 0.0 | 42 | |
| Alex Schatz (Write-in) | 0.0 | 39 | |
 | Patrick Finerd (Write-in) | 0.0 | 24 | |
| Total votes: 831,508 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Gaynor (R)
- Kimberly Yee (R)
- Frank Konarski (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Governor of Arizona
Barry J. Hess advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barry J. Hess (Write-in) | 100.0 | 550 |
| Total votes: 550 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Remus (L)
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
William Pounds completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pounds' 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 former Co-Chair of Jesse Ventura's 2020 Presidential exploratory committee and former campaign director for Cynthia McKinney's Vice-Presidential campaign.
- I'm running to prop up a new Green Party in Arizona and pledge that party's ballot line to Jesse Ventura in 2024
- I want to deliver the long due right of collective bargaining to all Arizona employees
- I want Arizona to power the nation with solar panels on every Arizona household and business possible
I'm most interested in labor rights and environmental issues.
Thinking Green! Essays on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Nonviolence by Petra Kelly.
Integrity, honesty, and transparency.
The well-being of the state environment, citizens, and economy are the Governor's priority when vetting legislation.
I was a TSR Line Trainer for Dish Network in High School, I was employed by Dish Network for about one year.
It means the office is highest responsibility as it is equal in power to the many individuals whom occupy the entire legislature.
Overseeing the safety and stability of the citizenry by signing on to the legislation that benefits the people and vetoing corrupted legislation.
Fifty percent involvement, I would maintain.
Line item vetos allow governors to keep out pork from becoming law without vetoing the entire legislative package. Pork barrel politics is reprehensible and I would prefer single items be passed along to the Governor's desk and not legislative packages.
It should. I want to be able to veto pork barreled polices.
Equal in governing power.
The fresh air.
Climate change, labor rights, and workplace conditions are taking a turn for the worst. Theses are challenges which I aim to address and act on.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 24, 2021
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