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Justin Boals
Justin Boals was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 35A of the Minnesota House of Representatives.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Boals' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
I Support Small Business
- Excerpt: "Our independent business owners are the backbone of our economy."
Minimum Wage
- Excerpt: "Raising minimum wage AND indexing it to inflation will increase costs to business owners especially our small, independent business owners that we value so much."
Translation fees
- Excerpt: "Fees will be required for language translation of State Government literature."
Marijuana
- Excerpt: "I support the legalization of marijuana."
Common Core
- Excerpt: "We must end Common Core in Minnesota."
2012
Boals' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
Taxes
- Excerpt: "I pledge NOT to vote for tax increases and will fight to lower your already heavy tax burden. The more our citizens have to spend, the more our economy benefits."
Education
- Excerpt: "Our State Legislature currently owes our public schools over $2 billion. They continually delay payments on this debt. I will not stop fighting for this debt to be paid. We simply owe it to our children."
Gun Rights
- Excerpt: "One of the first tasks that I will set myself to work on is drafting an amendment to our constitution to that effect."
Amendments
- Excerpt: "I believe we should leave it to the religious establishments to protect the sanctity of marriage. I do agree that steps should be taken to improve the integrity of our voting system but we should NEVER question the integrity of the voter."
Light Rail
- Excerpt: "Government should admit when they fail and turn failed projects over to people that can make it succeed: the private sector."
Elections
2014
Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Peter Perovich was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Abigail Whelan defeated Justin Boals in the Republican primary. Whelan defeated Perovich in the general election.[4][5][6]
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
---|---|---|
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80.7% | 1,794 |
Justin Boals | 19.3% | 429 |
Total Votes | 2,223 |
2012
Boals ran in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 35A. He ran unopposed in the Independence primary on August 14 and was defeated by incumbent Jim Abeler (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[7]
Recent news
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See also
- Minnesota House of Representatives
- Minnesota House of Representatives District 35A
- Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Minnesota State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Justin Boals on Twitter
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings"
Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 1, 2014
- ↑ Democracy.com, "Issues," accessed July 24, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ "boals2012," Official Campaign Website
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State Canvassing Board Report," August 19, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 25, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014