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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

April 15, 2025

Education

High school

Oakland High School

Bachelor's

University of California, 2003

Other

United States Defense Information School

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Personal
Profession
Insurance Agent
Contact

Campaign website

Personal Facebook

Personal Instagram

Personal LinkedIn

Peter Liu ran in a special election for Mayor of Oakland in California. He lost in the special general election on April 15, 2025.

Liu completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Peter Liu served in the U.S. Army. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California in 2003 and graduated from the United States Defense Information School. His career experience includes working as an insurance agent.[1]

Elections

2025

See also: Mayoral election in Oakland, California (2025)

General election

General election for Mayor of Oakland

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Barbara Lee in round 9 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 94,305
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Liu in this election.

2024

See also: United States Senate election in California, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate California

Adam Schiff defeated Steve Garvey in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff (D)
 
58.9
 
9,036,252
Image of Steve Garvey
Steve Garvey (R)
 
41.1
 
6,312,594

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 15,348,846
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff (D)
 
31.6
 
2,304,829
✔
Image of Steve Garvey
Steve Garvey (R)
 
31.5
 
2,301,351
Image of Katie Porter
Katie Porter (D)
 
15.3
 
1,118,429
Image of Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee (D)
 
9.8
 
717,129
Image of Eric Early
Eric Early (R)
 
3.3
 
242,055
Image of James P. Bradley
James P. Bradley (R)
 
1.4
 
98,778
Image of Christina Pascucci
Christina Pascucci (D)
 
0.8
 
61,998
Image of Sharleta Bassett
Sharleta Bassett (R)
 
0.8
 
54,884
Image of Sarah Sun Liew
Sarah Sun Liew (R)
 
0.5
 
38,718
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Laura Garza (No party preference)
 
0.5
 
34,529
Image of Jonathan Reiss
Jonathan Reiss (R)
 
0.5
 
34,400
Image of Sepi Gilani
Sepi Gilani (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
34,316
Image of Gail Lightfoot
Gail Lightfoot (L)
 
0.5
 
33,295
Image of Denice Gary-Pandol
Denice Gary-Pandol (R) Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
25,649
Image of James Macauley
James Macauley (R) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
23,296
Image of Harmesh Kumar
Harmesh Kumar (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
21,624
Image of David Peterson
David Peterson (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
21,170
Image of Douglas Howard Pierce
Douglas Howard Pierce (D)
 
0.3
 
19,458
Image of Major Singh
Major Singh (No party preference)
 
0.2
 
17,092
Image of John Rose
John Rose (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.2
 
14,627
Image of Perry Pound
Perry Pound (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.2
 
14,195
Image of Raji Rab
Raji Rab (D)
 
0.2
 
13,640
Image of Mark Ruzon
Mark Ruzon (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
0.2
 
13,488
Image of Forrest Jones
Forrest Jones (American Independent Party of California)
 
0.2
 
13,140
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Stefan Simchowitz (R)
 
0.2
 
12,773
Image of Martin Veprauskas
Martin Veprauskas (R)
 
0.1
 
9,795
Image of Don Grundmann
Don Grundmann (No party preference)
 
0.1
 
6,641
Image of Michael Dilger
Michael Dilger (No party preference) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
7
Image of Carlos Guillermo Tapia
Carlos Guillermo Tapia (R) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
5
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John Dowell (No party preference) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
3
Image of Danny Fabricant
Danny Fabricant (R) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
3

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,301,317
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Liu in this election.

2022

Mayor of Oakland

See also: Mayoral election in Oakland, California (2022)

General election

General election for Mayor of Oakland

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Sheng Thao in round 9 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 125,522
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Alameda County Sheriff

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Alameda County Sheriff-Coroner

Yesenia Sanchez won election outright against incumbent Gregory Ahern and Joann Walker in the primary for Alameda County Sheriff-Coroner on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Yesenia Sanchez (Nonpartisan)
 
52.8
 
141,763
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Gregory Ahern (Nonpartisan)
 
31.2
 
83,777
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Joann Walker (Nonpartisan)
 
15.9
 
42,762

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 268,302
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates


U.S. Senate California

See also: United States Senate election in California, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate California

Incumbent Alex Padilla defeated Mark Meuser in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla (D)
 
61.1
 
6,621,621
Image of Mark Meuser
Mark Meuser (R)
 
38.9
 
4,222,029

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,843,650
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla (D)
 
54.1
 
3,725,544
✔
Image of Mark Meuser
Mark Meuser (R)
 
14.9
 
1,028,374
Image of Cordie Williams
Cordie Williams (R) Candidate Connection
 
6.9
 
474,321
Image of Jonathan Elist
Jonathan Elist (R) Candidate Connection
 
4.2
 
289,716
Image of Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith (R) Candidate Connection
 
3.9
 
266,766
Image of James P. Bradley
James P. Bradley (R)
 
3.4
 
235,788
Image of Douglas Howard Pierce
Douglas Howard Pierce (D)
 
1.7
 
116,771
Image of John Parker
John Parker (Peace and Freedom Party) Candidate Connection
 
1.5
 
105,477
Image of Sarah Sun Liew
Sarah Sun Liew (R) Candidate Connection
 
1.1
 
76,994
Image of Dan O'Dowd
Dan O'Dowd (D)
 
1.1
 
74,916
Image of Akinyemi Agbede
Akinyemi Agbede (D)
 
1.0
 
70,971
Image of Myron Hall
Myron Hall (R) Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
66,161
Image of Timothy Ursich Jr.
Timothy Ursich Jr. (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.8
 
58,348
Image of Robert Lucero
Robert Lucero (R) Candidate Connection
 
0.8
 
53,398
Image of James Henry Conn
James Henry Conn (G) Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
35,983
Image of Eleanor Garcia
Eleanor Garcia (Independent)
 
0.5
 
34,625
Image of Carlos Guillermo Tapia
Carlos Guillermo Tapia (R)
 
0.5
 
33,870
Image of Pamela Elizondo
Pamela Elizondo (G)
 
0.5
 
31,981
Image of Enrique Petris
Enrique Petris (R)
 
0.5
 
31,883
Image of Obaidul Huq Pirjada
Obaidul Huq Pirjada (D)
 
0.4
 
27,889
Image of Daphne Bradford
Daphne Bradford (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
26,900
Image of Don Grundmann
Don Grundmann (Independent)
 
0.1
 
10,181
Image of Deon Jenkins
Deon Jenkins (Independent)
 
0.1
 
6,936
Image of Mark Ruzon
Mark Ruzon (No party preference) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
206
Image of Lily Zhou
Lily Zhou (R) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
58
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Irene Ratliff (No party preference) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
7
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Marc Roth (No party preference) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,884,065
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: California's 15th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 15

Incumbent Eric Swalwell defeated Alison Hayden in the general election for U.S. House California District 15 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell (D)
 
70.9
 
242,991
Image of Alison Hayden
Alison Hayden (R) Candidate Connection
 
29.1
 
99,710

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 342,701
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 15

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 15 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell (D)
 
59.0
 
103,826
✔
Image of Alison Hayden
Alison Hayden (R) Candidate Connection
 
17.0
 
29,864
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Sam Campbell (D)
 
9.8
 
17,286
Image of Peter Liu
Peter Liu (R) Candidate Connection
 
7.8
 
13,634
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Tuan Phan (D) Candidate Connection
 
3.7
 
6,509
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Austin Intal (D)
 
1.4
 
2,548
Image of Don Grundmann
Don Grundmann (Independent)
 
1.2
 
2,194

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 175,861
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

Mayor

See also: Mayoral election in Oakland, California (2018)

General election

General election for Mayor of Oakland

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Oakland on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Libby Schaaf
Libby Schaaf (Nonpartisan)
 
53.3
 
84,502
Image of Cat Brooks
Cat Brooks (Nonpartisan)
 
25.7
 
40,760
Image of Pamela Price
Pamela Price (Nonpartisan)
 
13.1
 
20,794
Image of Saied Karamooz
Saied Karamooz (Nonpartisan)
 
1.9
 
3,005
Image of Ken Houston
Ken Houston (Nonpartisan)
 
1.7
 
2,640
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Marchon Tatmon (Nonpartisan)
 
1.3
 
2,114
Image of Nancy Sidebotham
Nancy Sidebotham (Nonpartisan)
 
1.1
 
1,766
Image of Peter Liu
Peter Liu (Nonpartisan)
 
0.7
 
1,166
Image of Cedric A. Troupe
Cedric A. Troupe (Nonpartisan)
 
0.7
 
1,128
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Jesse A.J. Smith (Nonpartisan)
 
0.5
 
743

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 158,618
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Governor

See also: California gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of California

Gavin Newsom defeated John Cox in the general election for Governor of California on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom (D)
 
61.9
 
7,721,410
Image of John Cox
John Cox (R)
 
38.1
 
4,742,825

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,464,235
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom (D)
 
33.7
 
2,343,792
✔
Image of John Cox
John Cox (R)
 
25.4
 
1,766,488
Image of Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
 
13.3
 
926,394
Image of Travis Allen
Travis Allen (R)
 
9.5
 
658,798
Image of John Chiang
John Chiang (D)
 
9.4
 
655,920
Image of Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin (D) Candidate Connection
 
3.4
 
234,869
Image of Amanda Renteria
Amanda Renteria (D)
 
1.3
 
93,446
Image of Robert Newman
Robert Newman (R)
 
0.6
 
44,674
Image of Michael Shellenberger
Michael Shellenberger (D)
 
0.5
 
31,692
Image of Peter Liu
Peter Liu (R)
 
0.4
 
27,336
Image of Yvonne Girard
Yvonne Girard (R)
 
0.3
 
21,840
Image of Gloria La Riva
Gloria La Riva (Peace and Freedom Party)
 
0.3
 
19,075
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Juan Bribiesca (D)
 
0.3
 
17,586
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Josh Jones (G)
 
0.2
 
16,131
Image of Zoltan Gyurko Istvan
Zoltan Gyurko Istvan (L)
 
0.2
 
14,462
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Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D)
 
0.2
 
12,026
Image of Nickolas Wildstar
Nickolas Wildstar (L)
 
0.2
 
11,566
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Robert Davidson Griffis (D)
 
0.2
 
11,103
Image of Akinyemi Agbede
Akinyemi Agbede (D)
 
0.1
 
9,380
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Thomas Jefferson Cares (D)
 
0.1
 
8,937
Image of Christopher Carlson
Christopher Carlson (G) Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
7,302
Image of Klement Tinaj
Klement Tinaj (D)
 
0.1
 
5,368
Image of Hakan Mikado
Hakan Mikado (Independent)
 
0.1
 
5,346
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Johnny Wattenburg (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,973
Image of Desmond Silveira
Desmond Silveira (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,633
Image of Shubham Goel
Shubham Goel (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,020
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Jeffrey Edward Taylor (Independent)
 
0.1
 
3,973

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 6,961,130
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2014

See also: Oakland, California municipal elections, 2014

The 2014 Oakland mayoral election took place on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline was August 8, 2014.[2] In the general election, Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf defeated incumbent Jean Quan and candidates Jason "Shake" Anderson, Ken Houston, Rebecca Kaplan, Saied Karamooz, Peter Yuan Liu, Patrick K. McCullough, Bryan Parker, Courtney Ruby, Nancy Sidebotham, Dan Siegel, Joseph Tuman, Charles Ray Williams, and Eric Wilson.[3][4]


Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost






This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 1
Candidate Vote % Votes Transfer
Charles Ray Williams 1% 1,052 1
Dan Siegel 12.9% 13,122 3
Rebecca Kaplan 14.4% 14,693 4
Jason "Shake" Anderson 1.5% 1,550 1
Courtney Ruby 3.1% 3,115 0
Eric Wilson 0.4% 393 0
Saied Karamooz 0.3% 264 1
Patrick K. McCullough 0.4% 362 1
Nancy Sidebotham 0.3% 267 0
Peter Yuan Liu 0.5% 464 1
Joseph Tuman 12% 12,251 0
Ken Houston 0.5% 518 0
Bryan Parker 7.8% 7,955 3
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes 29.5% 30,041 0
Jean Quan 15.5% 15,808 3
Write-in 0% 0 0
Sammuel Washington - Eliminated 0% 33 −33
Exhausted 2,946 15
Total Votes 104,834 0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

This is the final round of voting. To view previous rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Final Round
Candidate Vote % Votes Transfer
Charles Ray Williams 0% 0 0
Dan Siegel 0% 0 0
Rebecca Kaplan - Eliminated 36.8% 28,421 0
Jason "Shake" Anderson 0% 0 0
Courtney Ruby 0% 0 0
Eric Wilson 0% 0 0
Saied Karamooz 0% 0 0
Patrick K. McCullough 0% 0 0
Nancy Sidebotham 0% 0 0
Peter Yuan Liu 0% 0 0
Joseph Tuman 0% 0 0
Ken Houston 0% 0 0
Bryan Parker 0% 0 0
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Winner 63.2% 48,806 0
Jean Quan 0% 0 0
Write-in 0% 0 0
Sammuel Washington 0% 0 0
Exhausted 27,607 0
Total Votes 104,834 0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

Peter Liu completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Liu'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 am a U.S. Army combat veteran who teach people how to be millionaires in 2 years and billionaires in 10 with my method CESP5.
  • You must be rich to enjoy life, I'll show you how.
  • You must be armed to protect your riches and your family.
  • You must be armed to do good things, like running a truck over a pro-sanctuary city politician, its what 2A is for.
Pro 2A stuff, like getting rid of treasonous, corrupt judges, politicians and dumping their bodies in the Pacific Oceans, etc.
God, he gets rid of corrupt people, like that two cities with meteorites.
Nah, those craps are for weak motherfuckers. The U.S. Constitution is all I need.
Be able to murder treasonous politicians, corrupt judges, etc., using the 2nd Amendment, just to protect the freedom of the people. Those plotted the plannedemic COVID19 lockdown, forced poisonous COVID19 vaccines unto people are enemies of the people.
Assassin skills
To get rid of corruption.
Lots of corrupt politicians, judges, etc, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
I plead the fifth.
Assassin. Still do.
I never read books.
Flash, then I can quickly take corrupt politicians, corrupt judges and put them somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
My campaign song for the 2018 CA gubernatorial run in which I called for armed 2A militias to go after sanctuary city politicians.
None. All obstacles obliterated.
To kill the corrupt so the herd is healthy.
To kill off any corrupt ppl in the council. Slay them. Secretly dump their bodies in the Pacific Ocean as to not distract other council members from suspicious activity.
Frenemies.
People get killed and no one cares. DEI hired Police don't care, neither does the DA.
Unresolved murders, bodies of corrupt judges, politicians at the Pacific Ocean.
If the state government have corrupt officials, we welcome them to our city and then we murder them using the 2nd Amendment militias and they'll sleep with the fishes at the Pacific Ocean.
If the Federal government have corrupt officials, we welcome them to our city and then we murder them using 2nd Amendment militias and they'll sleep with the fishes at the Pacific Ocean.
Why you have a boat if your don't like fishing? I feed da fishes. Muhahaha
The mayor tells law enforcement to create militias and deputize them to do wonderful 2A activities to get rid of criminals including corrupt law enforcement officers, corrupt judges, corrupt mayors, corrupt governors, etc.
Endorsements is for weak motherfuckers.
Every U.S. citizen have rights to inspect the financial transaction done by the government.

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2024

Peter Liu did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Peter Liu did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candidate Connection

Peter Liu completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Liu's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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God tasked Peter Yuan Liu to bring world peace in 2003 at Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq. Self-made multimillionaire, 100% service-connected Army combat veteran, on mission to create United States University Online run by U.S. Dept. of Education, Bachelors degree level for $400, Masters for $600 and Doctorates for $800. Once mastering the subjects, apply to $500 Doctorate level testing that if passed with 70%+ gets Bachelors Degree with a license to practice in their trade, 85%+ for Masters, 95%+ Doctorate. University available worldwide, profits distributed back to the taxpayers as dividends, etc. All H1B VISA seekers must pass the exam, eliminating fake diploma mills, provide degree pathway using work experience/training and/or if college/university went bankrupt and/or lost accreditation. Liu, federally recognized journalist by the DINFOS, deemed too honest, blacklisted by Twitter, Facebook and #fakenews mass media even though he ranked 10th out of 27 candidates in the 2018 California gubernatorial primary with zero monetary contributions. Liu's Community Empowered Safety Plan brings peace and #CESP5 riches to his followers worldwide, making Ivy League Universities such as Harvard, Yale, like 56K modems in age of wireless 5G. Electing Liu to U.S. Congress in 2020 only expedite this process.
  • I am the World's Smartest Leader.
  • Follow me.
  • Do what I say and do so you'll be successful with lots of money and honey.
Upgrading socialists to be capitalists using my signature #CESP5 methodology.
Comedians, they all get the hot chicks, money and laughs despite looking somewhat ugly yet getting famous & attractive.
Playboy
Rich with a lot of babes hanging around for photo opts.
I talk alot without doing much of anything.
Looking like a celebrity noble appearing on TV with hot babes discussing popular topics while ignoring fake issues like Climate Change.
Sold a lot of my limited edition sperms to my female fans all over Asia.
Have sex the first time, with my wife, I was 34. It was historic for me, she told me she was a virgin too.
Oakland parks and recreation summer job, cleaning parks of needles, secret stash of ammos.
I don't read books, who the hell reads books in this age?
Superman, so I can use my x-ray zoom vision on hot babes showing amist skyskcrapers.
My campaign song "I am Running for Governor" https://twitter.com/PeterLiuCAGov18/status/993972771133648896?s=20 It was shadowbanned by Twitter and restricted by Facebook.
Fame
Taxpayers pay for their sexual harrassment suits in secret...I need to exploit that fucking loophole.
hell naw, Big Daddy Trump proved otherwise.
Turning socialists into capitalists.
Whichever the hot chicks are in, like that hot Army veteran congresswoman from Hawaii, Tulsi G.
No, I think 3 years is more appropriate so they don't need to focus on re-election so fast.
It is needed to get rid of old people to put in fresh blood like me. If I am old, I rather chill with some hot babes and let the younger ones do the politics.
I am the World's Smartest Leader, everybody should follow me.
nope
nope

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2014

Liu listed the following "Community Empowered Safety Plan" on his campaign website:[5]

“

1. New police chief will readily issue conceal carry permit to lawful city business owners, their workers or residents age 21+ who have clean background - Reality is the police can’t protect them neither in peacetime nor a riot.

2. For every person caught with an illegal gun (stolen, serial scratched off, ineligible felon, etc.) obtain search warrants ASAP for their residences to get more illegal guns, find fingerprints on those guns, match in FBI databases for suspect straw purchasers for more potential arrests.

3. Install mandatory surveillance in medium and high crime areas. Surveillance footage will be accessible real time via internet to lawful city residents with login and password.

4. New policing strategy involve more community participation. Each officer will setup and advise a neighborhood watch that has about 7 to 25 volunteer members led by a team leader voted by the members. They will meet once a month to discuss issues affecting the neighborhood and the officer will be present as needed to give advice. Once the city declares an emergency, all neighborhood volunteers will be notified to prepare for best course of action to protect themselves or neighborhood which includes evacuation orders.

5. Start a business center to teach small businesses entrepreneurship to city residents. 'How to brainstorm a business suitable to the individual, how to make a business plan, obtain a business license, market their services or products, etc.'[6]

”

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Peter Liu campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022U.S. Senate CaliforniaWithdrew primary$0 N/A**
2020U.S. House California District 15Lost primary$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 28, 2025
    2. ↑ City of Oakland, "Municipal Election November 4, 2014," accessed March 10, 2014
    3. ↑ Alameda County, "Official 2014 Candidate List," accessed September 10, 2014
    4. ↑ Alameda County, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 5, 2014
    5. ↑ Oakland Wiki, "Peter Y. Liu," accessed April 8, 2014
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