United States
U.S. Representative, District 33
Patrick David Gillespie
Republican- On ballot as
- Patrick David Gillespie
- Current role
- Technical and logistics roles at UPS Supply Chain Solutions
- Background
- Born in Huntington, West Virginia; attended Marshall University
- Has worked at the Boeing Company, BAE Systems, American Airlines and Flextronics International,
- Was vice president of Local Lodge 2768 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
- Experience
- Republican nominee for the 33rd Congressional District in 2022 and 2024;
- Top priorities
- "Had enough of watching the U.S.A. devolve into overt Marxist actions"
- Immigration: "We must have immigrants vetted and not allow an invasion of tens of thousands crossing our border illegally daily."
- Debt: "Stop spending money we don't have! Balance the budget and pay down the debt with any surplus."
- Fentanyl: "The pushers of this poison should be charged with Capital Murder."
- Climate: wants the U.S. to "get out of the Paris Climate Accords"
- Voting: "We have the correct laws in place: photo ID."
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Life
- Immigration: See Priorities
- Guns: "Red flag laws are proving not to be a deterrent to gun violence." "I will not propose the abolition of the 2nd Amendment."
- Health care: critical of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and favors a return to pre-ACA arrangements
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- patrickgillespie4congress33.com
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