Congressional District 1

 
Oregon General Election – November 8, 2016
U.S. House of Representatives Candidates – Congressional District 1
 
There are three candidates, one Democrat, one Republican and one from the Libertarian Party.
 
1. The Democratic Party candidate is incumbent Representative Suzanne Bonamici of Beaverton, who is seeking reelection. She has a long and very poor record on immigration issues, starting with her service in the State Legislature and continuing in Congress.
 
She is rated F- for the current Congress and D- for her career in Congress, 2012-2016, by Numbers USA.  On particular aspects of immigration in the current Congress, she is graded F- on reducing unnecessary worker visas, and also F- on reducing refugee and asylum fraud, and F- on reducing amnesty enticements. NumbersUSA’s website report links to the particular bills on which she voted and which are the basis for her grades.
 
Bonamici was first elected to Congress in January 2012 in a special election.  She was re-elected in November 2012 and again in 2014.  She began her legislative career in the Oregon House in 2007 and moved to the Senate in 2009. While in the Oregon Legislature, in 2008 she voted against requiring proof of legal status to obtain a driver license (SB 1080).  In 2011, she voted for the bill to grant in-state tuition to illegal aliens, SB 742. 
 
In June of this year, she signed a letter to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee urging them to allow an IRS rule that would block advocacy groups like NumbersUSA from compiling voting records and grade cards.  It appears that she wants to hide her immigration voting record from the public.
 
Her campaign website at http://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/contact/ contains a webform for contact.
 
 
2. The Republican candidate is Brian J. Heinrich of Dundee.  He is a Sales Representative for businesses and holds an Associate’s degree from Portland Community College.  He is a lifelong resident of Oregon, born and raised in Hillsboro. His website at https://heinrichfororegon.org/ gives full biographical information.  Email address: heinrichfororegon@gmail.com.
  
He replied to the 2016 Abigail Adams Voter Education Project questionnaire:  22.  Do you support requiring all employers to verify employee eligibility to work in the United States? Yes.     23.  Do you support securing the borders before any form of amnesty?  Yes.    24.  Do you support spending public funds to benefit illegal immigrants?   No.     25.  Do you support automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. when both parents are not legal residents?     No.     42.  How would you propose screening war refugees to prevent potential terrorists from entering the country with them?      “Due to the dislike many in the Middle East have for the US, I would be very restrictive on allowing any refugees into this country. Since there is very little if any documentation on these refugees, there is no way to vet them for terrorism. It is a very unfortunate situation.” 
 
 
3. The Libertarian Party candidate is Kyle P. Sheahan, of Hillsboro, who is an Engineering Technician with Intel Corporation, and holds an Associate’s degree in electronic technology from Bellingham Technical College.   
 
This candidate also replied to the 2016 Oregon Abigail Adams Voter Education Project questionnaire:   22.  Do you support requiring all employers to verify employee eligibility to work in the United States?  “Yes.  With our current system of taxation yes, if the tax code is reformed to consumption based tax then no.”  23.  Do you support securing the borders before any form of amnesty?  “Yes.  I believe our current immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed while this happens.”  24.  Do you support spending public funds to benefit illegal immigrants?  “No.  The immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed.”  25.  Do you support automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. when both parents are not legal residents?  “No.  The immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed.”  42.  How would you propose screening war refugees to prevent potential terrorists from entering the country with them?  [did not reply to this question]. 
    
Sheehan’s campaign website:  http://kylesheahan.com/.  Email:  kyle@kylesheahan.com