GoodSpaceGuy

GoodSpaceGuy (Republican Party) (formerly Michael Nelson) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Washington. He is on the ballot in the primary on August 6, 2024.^[source]

Biography

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Goodspaceguy, also known as Michael Nelson, was born in Minnesota and his professional experience includes working as an amateur economist and astronomer.^[1]

Elections

2024

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington

The following candidates are running in the primary for U.S. Senate Washington on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate
		Maria Cantwell (D)
		Thor Amundson (Independent)
		Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)
		Raul Garcia (R)
		Paul Giesick (D)
		GoodSpaceGuy (R)
		Isaac Holyk (R)
		Charlie Jackson (Independent)
		Scott Nazarino (R)
		Melanie Ram (R)
		David Tilton (No party preference)

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2023

See also: Municipal elections in King County, Washington (2023)
General election for King County Council District 8
Teresa Mosqueda defeated Sofia Aragon in the general election for King County Council District 8 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Teresa Mosqueda (Nonpartisan)

55.0

33,921
Sofia Aragon (Nonpartisan)

44.7

27,553
Other/Write-in votes

0.3

194
There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
Total votes: 61,668
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Teresa Mosqueda (Nonpartisan)	57.6	28,966
✔	Sofia Aragon (Nonpartisan)	37.6	18,900
	GoodSpaceGuy (Nonpartisan)	4.4	2,216
	Other/Write-in votes	0.5	234

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joe Nguyen (D)	86.1	59,713
	John Potter (R)	13.8	9,570
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	105

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joe Nguyen (D)	83.3	35,911
✔	John Potter (R)	9.9	4,289
	Amber Bennett (Independent)	5.2	2,257
	GoodSpaceGuy (R)	0.8	355
	Tony Mitchum (Independent)	0.6	252
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	50

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dow Constantine (Nonpartisan)	54.7	312,663
	Joe Nguyen (Nonpartisan)	44.4	253,609
	Other/Write-in votes	0.9	4,874

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dow Constantine (Nonpartisan)	51.9	241,478
✔	Joe Nguyen (Nonpartisan)	32.6	151,757
	Bill Hirt (Nonpartisan)	10.9	50,553
	GoodSpaceGuy (Nonpartisan)	2.8	12,877
	Johnathon Crines (Nonpartisan)	1.5	6,884
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	2,075

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,668
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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,316
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,388
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,114
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 571,146
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 465,624
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jay Inslee (D)	56.6	2,294,243
	Loren Culp (R)	43.1	1,749,066
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	13,145

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,056,454
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,488,959
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joe McDermott (Nonpartisan)	83.7	56,753
	Michael Robert Neher (Nonpartisan)	15.8	10,729
	Other/Write-in votes	0.5	312

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jay Inslee (D)	50.1	1,247,916
✔	Loren Culp (R)	17.4	433,238
	Joshua Freed (R)	8.9	222,553
	Tim Eyman (R)	6.4	159,495
	Raul Garcia (R)	5.4	135,045
	Phil Fortunato (R)	4.0	99,265
	Don Rivers (D)	1.0	25,601
	Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party)	0.9	23,073
	Liz Hallock (G)	0.9	21,537
	Cairo D'Almeida (D)	0.6	14,657
	Anton Sakharov (Trump Republican Party)	0.6	13,935
	Nate Herzog (Pre-2016 Republican Party)	0.5	11,303
	Gene Hart (D)	0.4	10,605
	Omari Tahir-Garrett (D)	0.4	8,751
	Ryan Ryals (Unaffiliated)	0.3	6,264
	Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)	0.2	5,970
	GoodSpaceGuy (Trump Republican Party)	0.2	5,646
	Richard Carpenter (R)	0.2	4,962
	Elaina Gonzalez (Independent)	0.2	4,772
	Matthew Murray (R)	0.2	4,489
	Thor Amundson (Independent)	0.1	3,638
	Bill Hirt (R)	0.1	2,854
	Martin Wheeler (R)	0.1	2,686
	Ian Gonzales (R)	0.1	2,537
	Joshua Wolf (New Liberty Party)	0.1	2,315
	Cregan Newhouse (Unaffiliated)	0.1	2,291
	Brian Weed (Unaffiliated)	0.1	2,178
	Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party)	0.1	1,721
	Tylor Grow (R)	0.1	1,509
	Dylan Nails (Independent)	0.1	1,470
	Craig Campbell (Unaffiliated)	0.0	1,178
	William Miller (American Patriot Party)	0.0	1,148
	Cameron Vessey (Unaffiliated)	0.0	718
	Winston Wilkes (Propertarianist Party)	0.0	702
	David Blomstrom (Fifth Republic Party)	0.0	519
	David Voltz (Cascadia Labour Party)	0.0	480
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,938

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maria Cantwell (D)	54.7	929,961
✔	Susan Hutchison (R)	24.3	413,317
	Keith Swank (R)	2.3	39,818
	Joseph Gibson (R)	2.3	38,676
	Clint Tannehill (D)	2.1	35,770
	David R. Bryant (R)	2.0	33,962
	Arthur Coday Jr. (R)	1.8	30,654
	Jennifer Ferguson (Independent)	1.5	25,224
	Tim Owen (R)	1.4	23,167
	Matt Hawkins (R)	0.8	13,324
	Don Rivers (D)	0.7	12,634
	Mike Luke (L)	0.7	12,302
	Glen Stockwell (R)	0.7	11,611
	Thor Amundson (Independent)	0.6	9,393
	Mohammad Said (D)	0.5	8,649
	Matthew Heines (R)	0.5	7,737
	Steve Hoffman (Freedom Socialist Party)	0.4	7,390
	GoodSpaceGuy (R)	0.4	7,057
	John Orlinski (R)	0.4	6,905
	David Lee Strider (Independent)	0.4	6,821
	Roque De La Fuente (R)	0.3	5,724
	James Robert Deal (G)	0.2	3,849
	Sam Wright (The Human Rights Party)	0.2	3,761
	Brad Chase (FDFR Party)	0.2	2,655
	George Kalberer (D)	0.1	2,448
	Charlie Jackson (Independent)	0.1	2,411
	RC Smith (R)	0.1	2,238
	Jon Butler (Independent)	0.1	2,016
	Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party)	0.1	1,366

King County Executive, Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dow Constantine Incumbent	76.99%	304,456
Bill Hirt	12.57%	49,687
Goodspaceguy	5.92%	23,427
Stan Lippmann	3.70%	14,644
Write-in votes	0.81%	3,218
Total Votes		395,432
Source: King County, "2017 election results," accessed August 1, 2017

Washington primary for governor, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jay Inslee Incumbent	49.30%	687,412
	Republican	Bill Bryant	38.33%	534,519
	Republican	Bill Hirt	3.47%	48,382
	Democratic	Patrick O'Rourke	2.91%	40,572
	Independent	Steve Rubenstein	1.62%	22,582
	Democratic	James Robert Deal	1.05%	14,623
	Democratic	Johnathan Dodds	1.01%	14,152
	Republican	Goodspaceguy	0.95%	13,191
	Socialist Workers Party	Mary Martin	0.74%	10,374
	Fifth Republic Party	David Blomstrom	0.32%	4,512
	Holistic Party	Christian Joubert	0.29%	4,103
Total Votes				1,394,422
Source: Washington Secretary of State

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,794
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 49,759
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,086,168
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,700,840
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Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim McDermott Incumbent	76.5%	95,708
	Republican	Craig Keller	9.3%	11,687
	Republican	Scott Sutherland	6.7%	8,443
	Independent	Doug McQuaid	6.4%	7,973
	Independent	Goodspaceguy	1.1%	1,377
Total Votes				125,188
Source: Results via Associated Press

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Washington State Senate District 34	Lost primary	$0	$0
2018	U.S. Senate Washington	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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GoodSpaceGuy

Biography

Elections

2024

Endorsements

2023

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for King County Council District 8

Endorsements

2022

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 34

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2021

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for King County Executive

2020

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Washington

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2019

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for King County Council District 8

2018

General election

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Washington

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Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington

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