Alexander Wright

    

Alexander Wright
Wright's portrait as a House Commoner (2015)
Member of the K.S House of Commons for Thousand Oaks (Gold Coast's 8th district)
In office September 27, 2004 – December 16, 2016
Preceded by	Caren Baskins
Succeeded by	Adrian Justice
Personal details
Born	(1970-12-09) December 9, 1970 Riverside, Inland Empire, Sierra, KS
Political party	Christian Democratic (2018–present)
Other political affiliations	Democratic-Republican (2008–2018) Royalist (1999–2008)
Spouse(s)	Pamela Beatly
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Sierra, Porciúncula

Alexander Charles Wright (born December 9, 1970) is a Sierran politician who previously served as a member of the House of Commons for Thousand Oaks. Politically, Wright identifies as a christian democrat and a liberal conservative.

Born in Riverside, Inland Empire, Wright would be raised in Pawnee. Wright would move to Gold Coast to attend the University of Sierra, Porciúncula, eventually receiving a bachelor's degree in physical science. Wright would enter politics in 2004, becoming a member of the House of Commons for Thousand Oaks as a Royalist. However, in 2008, Wright would be re-elected as a Democratic-Republican after stating his opposition to Prime Minister Diana Jeong. During his tenure as a house commoner, Wright would be one of the least active members of the House, co-sponsoring only eleven bills during his twelve year long term. Wright would be defeated in the 2016 Sierran federal election by Adrian Justice.

Wright would again switch parties in 2018, becoming a member of the Christian Democratic Party. He would attempt to regain his old seat during the 2020 snap election but would be defeated by Royalist incumbent Adrian Justice. In early 2020, Wright would declare his candidacy for governor of Gold Coast, winning the Christian Democratic primary in August. He ran against incumbent Royalist Martin Louis King, Jr. and Democratic-Republican Antonio Zaragoza and came in third place winning 17.8% of the popular vote. Wright had outperformed compared to his standing in opinion polls and has earned the highest number of votes of any Christian Democratic candidate for the governorship in the Gold Coast's history.

Political career

House of Commons

Elections

Wright was sworn into Parliament on September 27, 2004 after being elected in the 2004 Sierran federal election having defeated Caren Baskin of the Democratic-Republican Party. While he would be elected as a Royalist, he would become disillusioned with the Royalist Party under the leadership of Diana Jeong and was largely opposed to her legislative agenda voting present in most sessions in regards to legislation she proposed and and voted against bills that she proposed such as the Postal Innovation Act of 2008. In the 2008 Sierran federal election, he would for re-election this time on the Democratic-Republican ticket. While many believed he would lose his seat, he won re-election against his Royalist challenger. He would be re-elected again in 2013, but was defeated in 2016 by Adrian Justice.

2020 legislative campaign

In 2018, Wright had left the Democratic-Republican Party and joined the Christian Democratic Party citing his changing political views and citing Christian Democrat leader Maximilien Lavallée as one of the primary reasons he joined the party. He would become a spokesperson for the Christian Democrats of the Gold Coast starting in November 2018. After the Early Parliamentary Federal Election Act of 2020 was passed by Parliament, Wright would announce his candidacy for the Christian Democratic nomination in Thousand Oaks for a potential rematch against Adrian Justice for his former district.

2020 gubernatorial campaign

Main article: 2020 Gold Coast gubernatorial election

On July 1 2020, Alexander Wright had announced the start of his gubernatorial campaign for the 2020 Gold Coast gubernatorial election and the start of his candidacy for the Christian Democratic nomination. Wright entered into the race strong riding off of name recognition and his surprising showing at the 2020 federal election in Thousand Oaks against Adrian Justice where he only lost by less than three points. His main opponent was Marion Johnson and while George McNeil had endorsed him, he was a write-in candidate and would gain a surprising number of votes in the primary.

Electoral history

Provincial elections

Christian Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Christian Democratic	Alexnader Wright	39,721	53%	-
	Christian Democratic	Marion Johnson	23,671	31.6%	-
	Christian Democratic	George McNeill (withdrew)	11,561	15.4%	-
Turnout			74,953	100%	-

2020 Gold Coast gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	Antonio Zaragoza		44.8%
	Royalist	Martin Louis King, Jr.		37.4%
	Christian Democratic	Alexander Wright		17.8%
Turnout
	Democratic-Republican gain from Royalist		Swing

See also

• 2020 Gold Coast gubernatorial election