1. Campaign Group Project
Period 4
By Christian Montoya, Louis Odiase, David Steward, Precious Osakwe

2. District 17

3. Demographics Ethnicity: Asian: 378,390 Caucasian: 242,807
Hispanic: 114,090
Some other races: 54,482
African American: 21,158
Gender:
Male: 365,821
Female: 366,297

4. Ethnicity Chart

5. Age Chart

6. Demographics Education: 77,798 have their high school diplomas.
33,336 have their associate's degrees.
147,223 have their bachelor's degrees.
129,027 have their graduate or professional degrees.
Salary:
The average salary that is brought in is $121,997.

7. Education Chart

8. Mike Honda Age:73 Party: Democrat
Family: Wife Jeanne, and two children, Mike and Michelle
District:17
Ethnicity: Japanese
Religion: Non-denominational Protestant
Graduated at San José State University with BA in Biological Sciences and Spanish
Earned Masters degree in education
U.S. Rep. of 15th congressional district
U.S. Rep. of 17th congressional district Present

9. Stances Pro-choice on abortion Wants to cut defense spending
Wants more funding of STEM education
Stresses education and transportation reforms
Doesn’t support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their social security taxes into personal retirement accounts
Anti-capital punishment
Expand Obamacare
Pro same-sex marriage

10. Pac's and Voting history
Top 5 Pac’s
Integral communities
American federation of teachers
Machinists/ Aerospace workers union
Operating engineers union
Cisco systems
Voted NO on building a fence along Mexican border
Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse
Voted YES on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences
Voted YES on expanding services for offenders' reentry into society
Voted YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges

11. Ethics Scandal
Mike Honda’s Chief of Staff, Jennifer Van der Heide, sent an to Honda’s political director during her office hours using official resources and time regarding Mike Honda’s reelection campaign.

12. The Next 17th District Congressman
Vote for
Daman Chase
Chase is Da-man with a Plan.

13. Daman Chase for the 17th District
Age: 44;Born on December 8, 1970
Ethnicity:Caucasian and Indian
Party affiliation: Democratic Party
Education:BA in Business/Economics; Stanford
Occupation: Actuary, Technical Entrepreneur
Family: Married Claire Davenport; has two children Bart and Lisa

14. Stances Pro-growth of the tech-industry in Silicon Valley
Supporter of the Sierra Club
No on the Death Penalty
Promotes Energy Independence
Supports funding schools and education
YES on Same-Sex Marriage
Against U.S. Gun Violence

15. Swot Analysis
Strengths: Mike Honda is Experienced and supported by the Asian American Union.
Weaknesses: He is a moderate for environmental issues, he nor his office resides in the 17th District and he has passed 1 out of 136 proposed bills in Congress in a matter of 12 years.
Opportunities/Threats: He will take away most of the Asian American vote and elderly as well as American Veteran votes.

16. Swot Analysis
Strengths: Daman Chase is young, fresh, a technical entrepreneur and (sees opportunity and risk). Born and raised in Santa Clara and continues residing in the Silicon valley.
Weakness: He has no experience in Congress.
Opportunities: He knows what is risky and knows when to take risks; he knows where opportunity will be and how to pursue it.
Threats: He will be able to attract the younger generations votes. He is popularly supported by businesses as well as their employers.