Dana Walsh is a San Francisco two-time candidate running in the District 8

California's 8th congressional district

California's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that covers most of the city and county of San Francisco except for the southwestern parts of the city which are included in the 12th Congressional District....

 (San Francisco) Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 primary for the United States Congress

United States Congress

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 against Republican challenger John Dennis. The seat is currently held by Democratic Party Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...

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2008 candidacy for United States Congress

Walsh ran for the 8th Congressional District seat in 2008, finishing in the general election with 9.7 percent of the vote, behind Democratic candidate Nancy Pelosi (71.9 percent) and Independent candidate Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan is an American anti-war activist whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended anti-war protest at a makeshift camp outside President...

 (16.2 percent). Her 2008 platform focused on stabilizing Iraq without setting a timetable for withdrawal and by supporting David Petraeus

David Petraeus

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. On immigration, she advocated for the Secure Fences Act as a counter to illegal immigration

Illegal immigration

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As of July 2008, she had already doubled the financial support of Pelosi's 2006 Republican opponent, but had raised only about $360,000 (compared with Pelosi's $2.3 million at that point in the race).

Issues

The following positions are listed on her websites:

• Supports free market reforms. Healthcare position: she opposes virtually all of the legislation currently in the U.S. House and Senate.
• Opposes all cap and trade legislation.
• Walsh favors the pursuit of the War on Terror, using the term "Islamic terror."
• Economy:
• Favors alternative energy as a path to energy independence
• Supports the Secure Fence Act and opposes illegal immigration.

External links

• Dana Walsh for Congress official campaign website
• John Dennis Exposed primary campaign website