Derrick Reid
Derrick Reid
CA-47 primary: first place
$876.00
JUN 6, 2026
Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleEngineer
Political ideologyLibertarian
LocationCalifornia
BackgroundEngineer
EducationEngineering degree (UCB)
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Notable personal detailsDerrick Michael Reid is a Libertarian Party candidate for the U.S. House in California’s 47th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. He has worked as an engineer in aerospace and defense systems and as an attorney focused on patent litigation and prosecution. He has also been active in Libertarian Party politics in Orange County.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate advocates replacing the federal income tax with a national sales/consumption tax, backing large reductions in the federal role and measures to eliminate debt and perceived wealth transfers. Policy proposals include a monetary reset, a debt jubilee, and shifting taxation away from income toward point-of-sale consumption taxes. These positions indicate preference for greatly reduced income taxation and smaller federal fiscal responsibilities.
Climate & Energy
The candidate has not advanced a clear, specific climate or energy policy; public materials indicate neutrality on stronger regulations to address climate change and reference a general platform page but offer few concrete proposals. Available questionnaire responses and candidate profiles emphasize limited federal intervention and state-level approaches rather than endorsing ambitious emissions targets or a major clean-energy program. Overall, statements on climate are vague and do not fit clearly into progressive or conservative policy frameworks.
News
Derrick Michael Reid is in the news as a Libertarian candidate in California’s 47th Congressional District race. Recent coverage profiles him as one of the outsider candidates in the June 2 primary and discusses the field in Orange County, but it does not report any election result or major new development. The information is limited, so the main update is simply his active candidacy in the race.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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