Jered Bonneau
A candidate for U.S. Representative, Congressional District 5 in the 2018 Washington Primary Election
Party: Republican
Age: 53
City: Spokane Valley, WA
Education: Earned a GED after dropping out of high school in Arizona. Attended some classes toward a registered nurse’s certification at North Idaho College.
Work experience: Mental health technician at Eastern State Hospital. Previously served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army. Worked in assembly at Columbia Paint and Coatings, as a maintenance worker for Quality Inn and a weld machine tech operator at Netseal.
Political experience: First run for public office.
Family: Married. Has two children.
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Race Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) | 57,318 | 47.52% |
| Lisa Brown (D) | 56,793 | 47.09% |
| Dave Saulibio (T) | 2,873 | 2.38% |
| Jered Bonneau (R) | 2,698 | 2.24% |
| Kari Ilonummi (R) | 931 | 0.77% |
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“Come on out, bring your firearms and your family and let’s talk of freedom and have a blast shooting some targets,” Jered Bonneau wrote in Facebook promotion for his “Shooting with the Candidate” event, which features a photo of the bearded 31-year-old posing with a Kalashnikov rifle in a room draped with “Don’t Tread on Me” flags.
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Jered Bonneau has been homeless, rallied for the Bundy family in their standoff with federal officials and will now run under the GOP banner for Eastern Washington’s congressional seat. “I think that we have a very politically stagnant district,” the 31-year-old mental health technician at Eastern State Hospital said in an interview Tuesday, a little less than two weeks after filing to unseat Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. “Cathy’s not a bad person. She’s actually a pretty good person. A lot of people like her, she’s very personable. But there’s just this stagnant political feel about what’s going on right now.”