Maad Abu-Ghazalah
Party:
Libertarian
Incumbent:
No
Age:
~65
Previous experience in elected office:
None; ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House in California in 2002
Occupation:
Founder of a company making “innovation software tools”

Description:
Abu-Ghazalah’s website is called “Get Maad.” His priorities are ending wars, balancing the budget and stopping corruption. He wants to "end all stupid wars," "drastically reduce the military budget," and "increase the number of visa's (sic).” According to an interview with WHQR, he launched an NGO in 2014 that rescued abandoned and abused dogs in the West Bank because he wanted to show people "that even though [he] had power over these animals, [he] wanted to treat them well" and he hoped the idea would spread. He also mentioned in the interview that he wanted to be a lawyer because of "the concept of justice" and he wanted to "solve issues pertaining to justice." He is openly against the war in Israel/Gaza and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces, the military of Israel).
Other personal:
Abu-Ghazalah was born in Nablus, West Bank, but was raised primarily in an American enclave within Saudi Arabia. He was a former CEO of a "patent analytics company." Abu-Ghazalah has a bachelor’s in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s in computer science from the University of Virginia and a JD from Santa Clara University.
