Charles Patrick Wallis

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Pat Wallis completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wallis' responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-401772-2026-03-18\" id=\"heading-bio-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-401772-2026-03-18\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-401772-2026-03-18\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI’m a veteran, family man, and systems builder with a record of service—from Army Engineer officer and Coast Guard civilian to Planning Commissioner and nonprofit president.\r\n<p>Today, I lead the Innovation Lab at the world’s leading mapping company. I don’t just talk about the future; I build it. Throughout my career, I’ve engineered systems for those who respond when everything is at stake.\r\nMost families face a cost-of-living deficit of up to $66,000 chasing the American Dream. Raising my kids here, I’ve lived this challenge. Saving for retirement and our children’s future shouldn’t be a luxury. We must secure affordable housing and healthcare, lower taxes, and living-wage jobs.\r\nMy priorities include cutting VA red tape so veterans get the care they earned, while expanding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.\r\nWhile 65% of our district is public land, federal budgets have been cut by 70% since 2011. Our communities pay the price through service cuts, wildfires, and soaring insurance costs. We must restore these budgets and enact a public option for disaster insurance. Additionally, we must prioritize diplomacy over forever wars, using military intervention only as a last resort.\r\nTo make change stick, we must end corruption:\r\n•\tTerm limits for Congress and federal judges\r\n•\tEliminating crooked pardons\r\n•\tStopping billionaire influence in elections\r\n•\tRestoring federal oversight and the rule of law\r\n</p>\nWashington needs an innovator who fights for everyone. Visit: www.PatWallis.com\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-401772-2026-03-18\" id=\"heading-key-message-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-401772-2026-03-18\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-401772-2026-03-18\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>We're living through a cost-of-living crisis generations in the making. We're working harder than ever, but grasping the American Dream is out of reach, as saving for the future has become a luxury most can't afford. For a family of four, buying a home, raising kids, paying for healthcare &amp; homeowners' insurance, while saving for the kids' college &amp; retirement leaves a yearly structural gap of up to $66,000. I'm fighting for a healthcare public option, down payment grants, rent protections, and lower homeowners insurance — real fixes, not tweaks. The system isn't just rigged, it's broken. I'm running because I refuse to accept that, and because I know by working together we can fix this.</li><li>Rising housing, healthcare, and homeowners’ insurance costs are hitting families at once. Investment speculators have bought up homes across our district, removing them from the market, pricing working families out. Predatory landlords are gouging renters who can't save for a down payment, let alone retirement. When families do manage to own, insurers are fleeing California—leaving skyrocketing premiums or no coverage. Meanwhile, drug companies charge Americans more than anywhere on earth, while rural hospitals close. I'm fighting to stop speculative investment in homes, protect renters, create a public disaster insurance option, a healthcare public option, cap drug costs, and keep our hospitals open. These are real solutions.</li><li>Corruption isn't a side issue. It's why these gaps exist and are growing. Unaffordable housing, sky-high drug prices &amp; insurance costs are all solvable. But elected leaders in D.C. &amp; their friends have no incentive to fix a system they're profiting from. They’re serving themselves, not us. When we start asking hard questions about our wallets, they flood the zone with chaos—manufactured crises, culture wars—anything to keep us from noticing how rigged the system is. I'm for term limits for Congress &amp; federal judges. Elections free from billionaire dark money. No more crooked pardons. The rule of law is enforced equally for all, not just people without connections. It's time to elect leaders who'll build an America that works for all of us.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-401772-2026-03-18\" id=\"heading1-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-401772-2026-03-18\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-401772-2026-03-18\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-401772-2026-03-18\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tDemocracy is an active practice, not a self-running technology. Our institutions are failing because citizenship has become a spectator sport. I’m passionate about rebuilding pathways for young Americans through Local Public Service Academies at community colleges, with grants for homeownership and college for those who serve where they live. When communities work together, we can accomplish the impossible—I’ve seen it in uniform and in every community I’ve served. I’m equally committed to our public lands. 65% of our district is public land, yet budgets have been cut 70% since 2011. We are paying the price in wildfires and soaring insurance. I will fight to restore these budgets and protect the shared inheritance that belongs to all of us\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nPat Wallis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wallis' responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. I’m a veteran, family man, and systems builder with a record of service—from Army Engineer officer and Coast Guard civilian to Planning Commissioner and nonprofit president. Today, I lead the Innovation Lab at the world’s leading mapping company. I don’t just talk about the future; I build it. Throughout my career, I’ve engineered systems for those who respond when everything is at stake.\r\nMost families face a cost-of-living deficit of up to $66,000 chasing the American Dream. Raising my kids here, I’ve lived this challenge. Saving for retirement and our children’s future shouldn’t be a luxury. We must secure affordable housing and healthcare, lower taxes, and living-wage jobs.\r\nMy priorities include cutting VA red tape so veterans get the care they earned, while expanding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.\r\nWhile 65% of our district is public land, federal budgets have been cut by 70% since 2011. Our communities pay the price through service cuts, wildfires, and soaring insurance costs. We must restore these budgets and enact a public option for disaster insurance. Additionally, we must prioritize diplomacy over forever wars, using military intervention only as a last resort.\r\nTo make change stick, we must end corruption:\r\n•\tTerm limits for Congress and federal judges\r\n•\tEliminating crooked pardons\r\n•\tStopping billionaire influence in elections\r\n•\tRestoring federal oversight and the rule of law Washington needs an innovator who fights for everyone. Visit: www.PatWallis.com Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? We're living through a cost-of-living crisis generations in the making. We're working harder than ever, but grasping the American Dream is out of reach, as saving for the future has become a luxury most can't afford. For a family of four, buying a home, raising kids, paying for healthcare & homeowners' insurance, while saving for the kids' college & retirement leaves a yearly structural gap of up to $66,000. I'm fighting for a healthcare public option, down payment grants, rent protections, and lower homeowners insurance — real fixes, not tweaks. The system isn't just rigged, it's broken. I'm running because I refuse to accept that, and because I know by working together we can fix this. Rising housing, healthcare, and homeowners’ insurance costs are hitting families at once. Investment speculators have bought up homes across our district, removing them from the market, pricing working families out. Predatory landlords are gouging renters who can't save for a down payment, let alone retirement. When families do manage to own, insurers are fleeing California—leaving skyrocketing premiums or no coverage. Meanwhile, drug companies charge Americans more than anywhere on earth, while rural hospitals close. I'm fighting to stop speculative investment in homes, protect renters, create a public disaster insurance option, a healthcare public option, cap drug costs, and keep our hospitals open. These are real solutions. Corruption isn't a side issue. It's why these gaps exist and are growing. Unaffordable housing, sky-high drug prices & insurance costs are all solvable. But elected leaders in D.C. & their friends have no incentive to fix a system they're profiting from. They’re serving themselves, not us. When we start asking hard questions about our wallets, they flood the zone with chaos—manufactured crises, culture wars—anything to keep us from noticing how rigged the system is. I'm for term limits for Congress & federal judges. Elections free from billionaire dark money. No more crooked pardons. The rule of law is enforced equally for all, not just people without connections. It's time to elect leaders who'll build an America that works for all of us. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Democracy is an active practice, not a self-running technology. Our institutions are failing because citizenship has become a spectator sport. I’m passionate about rebuilding pathways for young Americans through Local Public Service Academies at community colleges, with grants for homeownership and college for those who serve where they live. When communities work together, we can accomplish the impossible—I’ve seen it in uniform and in every community I’ve served. I’m equally committed to our public lands. 65% of our district is public land, yet budgets have been cut 70% since 2011. We are paying the price in wildfires and soaring insurance. I will fight to restore these budgets and protect the shared inheritance that belongs to all of us\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}]