2021 Sierran Senate primary in Inland Empire
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The 2021 Senate primary in the Inland Empire was held on July 1, 2021 to select a replacement for outgoing commissioned senator Eric Pipitone.
On June 1, 2021, incumbent commissioned senator Eric Pipitone, who has served as the Inland Empire's commissioned senator since 2004, announce his retirement as following the start of the 67th Parliament. As with all commissioned senators from the Inland Empire, Pipitone's replacement will be selected by the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly and will be appointed by the Governor. Like most Senate primaries, any candidate, regardless of party affiliation, are allowed to run so long as they have been nominated by a member of the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly. This usually results in more than two candidates from the same party running for election. In order for a candidate to win, they must secure a majority of votes in the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly, which is 76 votes. If no candidate receives a majority, a runoff election between the two top-candidates will occur immediately afterwards.
Preston Barton, a former Member of Parliament, would narrowly secure a majority of votes, being elected as the next comissioned senator of the Inland Empire. Voting would largely be on party lines, with 69 of 70 Royalists and 5 of the 6 Libertarians voting for Barton and all 55 Democratic-Republicans and 2 Greens voting for minority leader Farah Young. The Christian Democrats would be split, with more conservative members of the party's delegation voting for Barton rather than their own party's candidate. 9 out of the 10 Inland Empire Social Democrats would abstain from voting, largely due to disagreements with the Democratic-Republicans. Barton would be immediately sworn in following his election victory.
Royalist candidates
Declared/Nominated
- Allison Newark, Member of the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly (2016–Present)
- Preston Barton, Member of the House of Commons for Etiwanda (2016–2021)
Potential
Democratic-Republican candidates
Declared/Nominated
- Farah Young, Member of the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly (2008–Present)
Potential
- Cedric Harrison, Member of the House of Commons for Butterfield Valley (2010–Present)
- Manuel Ramos, Mayor of San Antonio
Christian Democratic candidates
Declared/Nominated
- Scott Patterson, Member of the House of Commons for Perris (2021-)
Declined
- Maximilien Lavallée, Member of the House of Commons for High Desert (2020-) and Leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Sierra
Other candidates
Endorsements
- Federal politicians
- Kenneth O'Conner, Leader of the Opposition and MP from Inland Empire
- Joe Millard, MP from Kings and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2016-2020)
- Diana Jeong, the 29th Prime Minister of Sierra (2006-2008) and MP from Orange
- Antonio Suarez, former K.S Senator from Inland Empire
- Angelina Barton, MP from Kings
- Evan Hutchison, former Leader of the Opposition, MP from Kings (1998-2015), MAP for Southwest Corridor
- Camden Robinson, MP from Orange
- State politicians
- Carlitos Pacheco, Governor of Inland Empire
- George Barton, former Governor of Inland Empire
- Penelope Barton, former Governor of Kings
- Zac Barrett, Majority Leader of the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly
- Andrew Lawson, Provincial Assemblymember of the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly (nominated Barton)
- Notable individuals
- David de Santa, President of the Sierra Tradition Foundation
- Scott West, President of the Castro Royalists
- Kyle Gomez, President of the Young Royalists of Sierra
- Jordan Cawthon,
- Organizations
- Federal politicians
- Wilbur Mason, MP from San Joaquin
- Johannes von der Bellen, K.S Commissioned senator from Gold Coast (2000-2020) and leader of the Red Tory Association
- George MacMillian, MP from Central Valley
- Christoph Hofstätter, MP from Sierra's 8th at-large
- State politicians
- Daniel Vo, Governor of Orange
- Henry McFarley, Lieutenant Governor of Inland Empire
- Alice Heartfield, Member of the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly (nominated Newark)
- Fred Rogers, Member of the Inland Empire Provincial Assembly
- Notable individuals
- Jason Marx, Royalist political strategist
- Lorraine Watson, President of the National Federation of Royalist Women
- Caren Leeds, CEO and Founder of Moderation Sierra
- Steve Haggins, President and Founder of the Unity Project and former Royalist political strategist
- Organizations
- Red Tory Association
- Unity Project
- Moderation Sierra
- Royalists for the CAS
- National Federation of Royalist Women
- Federal politicians
- Maggie Chan, Leader of the House of Commons and Foreign Minister
- Gary Newsom, Senator from Tahoe
- Rihanna Salas, MP from Whitmey–Sunrise (Clark's 5th district)
- Organizations
Results
| Vote to selected a Comissioned Senator | |||||||
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| October 26, 2020 | Party | Total votes | |||||
| Royalist | Democratic-Republican | Social Democratic | Christian Democratic | Libertarian | Green | ||
| Barton | 69 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 77 |
| Young | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 |
| Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Newark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Result: Barton Elected | |||||||