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Brock Pierce
Brock Pierce (independent) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Vermont. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022.
Pierce was an independent candidate for president of the United States in 2020. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Pierce is an entrepreneur with experience in Blockchain technology and digital currency. He co-founded the cryptocurrency Tether. He also launched several philanthropic efforts, including the Brock Pierce Foundation and Integro Foundation.[1]
Biography
Pierce was born in 1980 in Minnesota. He began his career as a child actor, including a role in The Mighty Ducks and more than a dozen other films. In 1997, Pierce retired from acting and became an entrepreneur in the online gaming, technology, and cryptocurrency sectors. He was also an early investor in Bitcoin.[1][2]
In 2013, he co-founded Blockchain Capital, a venture fund focused on Blockchain technology companies. The following year, Pierce co-founded Tether, a cryptocurrency he described as "the first stablecoin and asset-backed token."[2]
Pierce developed the Integro Foundation in 2017 to help Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. He also founded the Brock Pierce Foundation, which supports the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the Center for Individual Rights, the Brennan Center for Human Rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Vermont, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Vermont
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Vermont on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Peter Welch (D) | 68.5 | 196,575 | |
| Gerald Malloy (R) | 28.0 | 80,468 | ||
| Dawn Ellis (Independent) | 1.0 | 2,752 | ||
| Natasha Diamondstone-Kohout (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party of Vermont) | 0.5 | 1,574 | ||
| Kerry Patrick Raheb (Independent) | 0.5 | 1,532 | ||
| Mark Coester (Independent) | 0.4 | 1,273 | ||
| Stephen Duke (Independent) | 0.4 | 1,209 | ||
| Cris Ericson (Independent) | 0.4 | 1,105 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 612 | ||
| Total votes: 287,100 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brock Pierce (Independent)
- Martha Abbott (Vermont Progressive Party)
- Christopher Helali (Communist Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont
Peter Welch defeated Isaac Evans-Frantz and Niki Thran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Peter Welch | 87.0 | 86,603 | |
| Isaac Evans-Frantz | 7.3 | 7,230 | ||
| Niki Thran | 5.1 | 5,104 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 599 | ||
| Total votes: 99,536 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont
Gerald Malloy defeated Christina Nolan and Myers Mermel in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gerald Malloy | 42.4 | 12,169 | |
| Christina Nolan | 37.7 | 10,825 | ||
| Myers Mermel | 18.2 | 5,227 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 489 | ||
| Total votes: 28,710 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justin Tuthill (R)
Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for U.S. Senate Vermont
Martha Abbott advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Martha Abbott | 86.6 | 473 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 13.4 | 73 | ||
| Total votes: 546 | ||||
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2020
Presidency
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.
Pierce announced his candidacy on July 4, 2020.[3] His running mate was Karla Ballard.
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
||
| ✔ |
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
51.3
|
81,282,632 | 306 |
|
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
46.9
|
74,223,234 | 232 | |
|
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.2
|
1,864,873 | 0 | |
|
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.3
|
402,795 | 0 | |
|
| Roque De La Fuente (multiple running mates) (Alliance Party) |
0.1
|
88,214 | 0 | |
|
| Gloria La Riva (multiple running mates) (Party for Socialism and Liberation) |
0.1
|
84,905 | 0 | |
|
| Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent) |
0.0
|
67,906 | 0 | |
|
| Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party) |
0.0
|
59,924 | 0 | |
|
| Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent) |
0.0
|
49,764 | 0 | |
|
| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (American Solidarity Party) |
0.0
|
35,260 | 0 | |
|
| Alyson Kennedy/Malcolm Jarrett (Socialist Workers Party) |
0.0
|
6,791 | 0 | |
|
| Bill Hammons/Eric Bodenstab (Unity Party) |
0.0
|
6,647 | 0 | |
|
| Jade Simmons (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
6,534 | 0 | |
| Jerry Segal/John de Graaf (Bread and Roses) |
0.0
|
5,949 | 0 | |
|
| Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Progressive Party) |
0.0
|
5,394 | 0 | |
|
| Phil Collins/Billy Joe Parker (Prohibition Party) |
0.0
|
4,844 | 0 | |
|
| Jesse Ventura/Cynthia McKinney (Green Party of Alaska) |
0.0
|
3,284 | 0 | |
|
| President Boddie/Eric Stoneham (C.U.P.) |
0.0
|
3,171 | 0 | |
|
| Joe McHugh/Elizabeth Storm (Independent) |
0.0
|
2,843 | 0 | |
|
| Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Independent) |
0.0
|
2,662 | 0 | |
|
| Sheila Tittle (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,806 | 0 | |
|
| Connie Gammon/Phil Collins (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,475 | 0 | |
|
| J.R. Myers/Tiara Lusk (Life and Liberty) |
0.0
|
1,372 | 0 | |
|
| Tom Hoefling/Andy Prior (Independent) |
0.0
|
1,241 | 0 | |
|
| H. Brooke Paige/Thomas Witman (Grumpy Old Patriots) |
0.0
|
1,175 | 0 | |
|
| Christopher Lafontaine/Michael Speed (Independent) |
0.0
|
856 | 0 | |
|
| Kyle Kenley Kopitke (multiple running mates) (Independent) |
0.0
|
815 | 0 | |
|
| Ricki Sue King/Dayna Chandler (Genealogy Know Your Family History Party) |
0.0
|
546 | 0 | |
|
| Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro/Khadijah Maryam Jacob Sr. (Independent) |
0.0
|
497 | 0 | |
|
| Blake Huber/Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party) |
0.0
|
409 | 0 | |
|
| Joseph Kishore/Norissa Santa Cruz (Socialist Equality Party) |
0.0
|
317 | 0 | |
|
| Richard Duncan/Mitch Bupp (Independent) |
0.0
|
213 | 0 | |
|
| Jordan Marc Scott/Jennifer Tepool (Independent) |
0.0
|
175 | 0 | |
|
| Gary Swing/David Olszta (Boiling Frog) |
0.0
|
141 | 0 | |
|
| Keith McCormic/Sam Blasiak (Bull Moose) |
0.0
|
126 | 0 | |
|
| Zachary Scalf/Matthew Lyda (Independent) |
0.0
|
29 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
0.1
|
183,207 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 158,402,026
0 states have not been called. |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Brock Pierce did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Campaign website
The following campaign themes were published on Pierce's presidential campaign website:[4]
| “ |
LIBERTY Our inalienable rights, as stated in the United States’ Declaration of Independence, are 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.' The core of these rights is human liberty, the freedom to live a happy and thriving life. In my campaign for President of the United States, I place the principle of liberty as essential to everything that I do and aspire to. I am deeply committed to transforming our systems of justice and incarceration to support this core principle. SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability is essential at every level, starting with each of us as individuals and growing to encompass the whole that is our collective social organism, whether in the form of our country, our species, or our planet. Sustainability begins with the sustainability of our lives as individuals and expands to the sustainability of our homes, our communities, our economy, our nation, and beyond. I am committed to fostering sustainability at every level of our society in support of this core principle. WELLNESS To live in wellness is to go from surviving to thriving, whether as individuals, businesses, and communities or as a nation, species, and planet. The experience of wellness is holistic, encompassing our ever-increasing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. The experience of wellness is not just individual. Rather, wellness is a possibility for all life and all of America, including our economy, government, education, and culture. I am committed to fostering our individual and collective wellness by implementing far-reaching reforms in support of this core principle. HUMANITY To value humanity is to value human beings, both individually and collectively. By valuing humanity, we are valuing each other for what we are: human. The more we value our humanity, the more easily we evolve and thrive both as individuals and as a unified people. When we value humanity, we are valuing compassion, understanding, acceptance, cooperation, and unity. Valuing humanity in America means living in a society in which every individual and group is both respected and appreciated. I am committed to the valuing of humanity as a core principle, by implementing policies that place people over profit while honoring the fundamental human rights of every individual and community. TRUTH Only truth can provide the foundation for our democratic society to not just function but flourish at every level. Without truth, the sharing of news, knowledge, and ideas becomes an echo-chamber of falsehood that offers only distractions and disputes. An awareness of truth is required to allow the participants of our democracy to make well-informed decisions. Truth entails transparency, the humble revealing of the evidence we have and the humble admission of the evidence we lack. I am committed to support the core principle of truth by ensuring the transparency of my Administration and by implementing policies that encourage transparency at every level of government, education, media, business, and beyond. WE ARE OFFERING AMERICA SOMETHING NEW We are offering America a transparent, collaborative process of policy-creation. Instead of facilitating back-room deals that benefit the few at the expense of the many, Brock Pierce is engaging in open, real-time, collaborative discussions with policy experts - and you're invited! The Broadcast Era is coming to an end with the rise of the Collaborative Era. The era of politicians announcing to Americans what has been decided behind closed doors is over. Here and now, in the year 2020, America is ready to engage openly, honestly, and collaboratively in the process of creating the policies that effect us all. America is ready for real democracy.[5] |
” |
| —Brock for President[4] | ||
Campaign advertisements
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brock for President, "Our Story," accessed September 9, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Brock Pierce," accessed September 18, 2020
- ↑ PR Newswire, "New Presidential Candidate," July 5, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brock for President, "Our Principles," accessed September 18, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
