Mark Schauer
| Mark Schauer | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Advantage 2020 |
| Role: | Director |
| Website: | Official website |
Mark Schauer is the director of Advantage 2020, a hybrid PAC that aims to take control of districts and to have a Democratic majority in state assemblies by 2020.[1][2]. Previously, Schauer was a Democratic candidate seeking 2014 election to the office of Governor of Michigan. He formally announced his candidacy on May 29, 2013, and won his party's nomination without opposition in the August 5 primary. Schauer took on Republican incumbent Gov. Rick Snyder in the general election on November 4, 2014.[3][4] Mark Schauer lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Schauer is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House. He represented the 7th District of Michigan from 2009-2011.
Biography
Schauer is a native of Howell, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree from Albion College and worked extensively for the community service organization Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan before entering politics.[5]
In 1996, after two years serving on the Battle Creek City Commission, Schauer unseated the incumbent to win election to the Michigan House of Representatives. He was subsequently re-elected in 1998 and 2000 and then moved on to serving two terms in the State Senate.[5]
Political career
U.S. House (2009-2011)
Schauer was elected to represent Michigan's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House in 2008, defeating incumbent Tim Walberg in the general election. After one term, Walberg won back the seat from Schauer in 2010.
Voting Record
Frequency of Voting with Democratic Leadership
According to a July 2010 analysis of 1,357 votes cast from January 1, 2009 to June 16, 2010, Schauer has voted with the House Democratic leadership 94.0% of the time.[6] That same analysis reported that he also voted with party leadership 95.5% of the time in 2010.
Washington Post Analysis
A separate analysis from The Washington Post, concluded that he votes 94.6% of the time with a majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives.[7]
Specific Votes
Rep. Schauer voted for the stimulus bill.[8] Fifty-seven percent of U.S. voters believed that the stimulus had either hurt the economy (36 percent) or had no impact (21 percent). Thirty-eight percent believed the stimulus helped the economy.[9]
Schauer also voted in favor of the "Cash for Clunkers" bill.[10] According to a June 2009 Rasmussen Reports poll, 54 percent of likely U.S. voters opposed Cash for Clunkers, while 35 percent supported it.[11]
Schauer supported the "Cap and Trade" bill.[12] Just after the bill’s passage, 42 percent of likely U.S. voters said that cap and trade would hurt the economy, while 19 percent believed that it would help. Another 15 percent said that the bill would have no impact.[13]
Finally, Schauer voted in favor of the health care reform bill.[14] Fifty-seven percent of likely voters at least somewhat favored repeal of the health care reform bill, including 46 percent who strongly favored repeal. Thirty-five percent of likely voters opposed repeal. Fifty-one percent of likely voters believed the health care reform bill would be bad for the country, while 36 percent believed it would be beneficial.[15]
State Senate (2003-2009)
State House (1997-2003)
Elections
2014
- See also: Michigan gubernatorial election, 2014
Schauer ran for election as Governor of Michigan in 2014 against Republican incumbent Rick Snyder.[3][16] He won the Democratic nomination without opposition in the primary election on August 5, 2014. In addition to Snyder, he faced Mary Buzuma (L), Mark McFarlin (I) and Paul Homeniuk (G) in the general election. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Rick Snyder/Brian Calley Incumbent |
50.9% | 1,607,399 | |
| Democratic | Mark Schauer/Lisa Brown | 46.9% | 1,479,057 | |
| Libertarian | Mary Buzuma/Scott Boman | 1.1% | 35,723 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers | Mark McFarlin/Richard Mendoza | 0.6% | 19,368 | |
| Green | Paul Homeniuk/Candace R. Caveny | 0.5% | 14,934 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0% | 50 | |
| Total Votes | 3,156,531 | |||
| Election results via Michigan Department of State | ||||
Campaign media
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Debates
October 13 debate
Rick Snyder (R) and Mark Schauer (D) discussed Detroit's bankruptcy proceedings, education spending and same-sex marriage during a debate at Wayne State University. Snyder argued on behalf of the state emergency manager's decision to take Detroit into bankruptcy, noting that the city was only months away from shedding $9 billion in debts. Schauer countered that pensioners in the city should not have been asked to cut their plans, citing legal and constitutional protections for public pension plans.[17]
Schauer criticized the governor's tax reform plan implemented in 2011, which he claimed cut $1 billion in education funds, raised taxes on the middle class by $1.4 billion and cut taxes for high-income earners by $1.8 billion. Snyder defended his tax plans by noting that education spending was up $1 billion during his term in office and tax reform brought fairer rates to small business owners.[17]
Snyder, who opposed same-sex marriage during his 2010 campaign, stated that he would abide by a federal appeals court ruling regarding Michigan's ban on the practice. Schauer criticized Snyder for what he claimed was evading a question about his stance on same-sex marriage and supporting a law that banned benefits for the partners of state employees.[17]
Polls
All candidates
| Governor of Michigan - All candidates | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Rick Snyder* (R) | Mark Schauer (D) | Mary Buzuma (L) | Mark McFarlin (UST) | Paul Homeniuk (G) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (November 1-2, 2014) | 46% | 45% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 5% | +/-- | 914 | |||||||||||
| Mitchell Research (October 27, 2014) | 48% | 43% | 2% | 1% | 0.4% | 5% | +/-2.88 | 1,159 | |||||||||||
| Mitchell Research (October 19, 2014) | 48% | 45.7% | 1% | 1.4% | 1% | 2.9% | +/-3.23 | 919 | |||||||||||
| Fox 2 Detroit/Mitchell Research (October 9, 2014) | 47% | 46% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | +/-2.71 | 1,306 | |||||||||||
| The Detroit News/WDIV (October 2-4, 2014) | 44.9% | 37.1% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 14.7% | +/-4 | 600 | |||||||||||
| Mitchell Research (September 29, 2014) | 46% | 42% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 8% | +/-2.86 | 1,178 | |||||||||||
| We Ask America (September 18-19, 2014) | 43% | 43% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 10% | +/-3 | 1,182 | |||||||||||
| Mitchell Research (September 14, 2014) | 46% | 41% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 6% | +/-3.4 | 829 | |||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (September 4-7, 2014) | 43% | 42% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 9% | +/-3.7 | 687 | |||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 45.77% | 42.76% | 2.19% | 1.1% | 1.07% | 7.07% | +/-2.86 | 974.89 | |||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Major party candidates
| Governor of Michigan - Major party candidates- October 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Rick Snyder* (R) | Mark Schauer (D) | Third Party/Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| EPIC-MRA (October 26-28, 2014) | 45% | 43% | 12% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| New York Times/CBS News/YouGov (October 16-23, 2014) | 44% | 45% | 12% | +/-3 | 2,394 | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (October 20-21, 2014) | 48% | 48% | 4% | +/-3.6 | 723 | ||||||||||||||
| EPIC-MRA (October 17-19, 2014) | 47% | 39% | 14% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (October 2-3, 2014) | 47% | 46% | 7% | +/-3 | 654 | ||||||||||||||
| MRG Poll (September 30-October 1, 2014) | 45.7% | 40.5% | 13.9% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 46.12% | 43.58% | 10.48% | +/-3.6 | 928.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Governor of Michigan - Major party candidates through September 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Rick Snyder* (R) | Mark Schauer (D) | Third Party/Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Lake Research Partners (September 26-30, 2014) | 44% | 43% | 12% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| EPIC-MRA (September 25-29, 2014) | 45% | 39% | 16% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| Target Insyght (September 22-24, 2014) | 41% | 40% | 19% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports (September 17-18, 2014) | 47% | 41% | 12% | +/-4 | 750 | ||||||||||||||
| Detroit News-WDIV (September 3-5, 2014) | 43.6% | 41.8% | 14.5% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| EPIC-MRA (August 22-25, 2014) | 43% | 45% | 12% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| Mitchell Research and Communications (June 6, 2014) | 46% | 41% | 13% | +/-3.16 | 961 | ||||||||||||||
| Mitchell Research & Communications (April 9, 2014) | 49% | 37% | 15% | +/-2.56 | 1,460 | ||||||||||||||
| Lambert, Edwards & Associates (dead link) (March 14, 2014) | 42% | 39% | 19% | +/-4.0 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| EPIC-MRA (February 5-11, 2014) | 47% | 39% | 14% | +/-4.0 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| Conservative Intel Poll (January 7-8, 2014) | 47% | 35% | 18% | +/-3.83 | 1,004 | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Poll (December 5-8, 2013) | 44% | 40% | 16% | +/-3.0 | 1,034 | ||||||||||||||
| EPIC-MRA (September 2013) | 44% | 36% | 20% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| EPIC-MRA (May 2013) | 38% | 39% | 23% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 44.33% | 39.7% | 15.96% | +/-3.75 | 757.79 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
- An asterisk denotes incumbent status.
Public Funding
| "The Difference" |
Schauer sought public funding for the primary election on August 5, 2014. Schauer is subject to a $2 million spending limit for the primary election, and sought close to $1 million. Schauer has not yet decided whether he will accept public funding for the general election in November. The state public funding comes from voters who choose to donate $3 by checking off a box on their income tax returns.[18]
2012
In April 2012, The Hill published a list of the Top Ten House Members who were helped by redistricting in the 2012 election.[19] Tim Walberg ranked 6th on the list.[19] The article notes that Tim Walberg lost the district to centrist Schauer (D) in 2008. He then beat Schauer in a rematch by 5 points in 2010. The redistricting process, controlled by Republicans, made sure to cut Schauer’s home base out of the district and made it a few points more Republican.[19] According to the article, Schauer said that he would not run for a rematch because of the new map.[19]
2010
On November 2, 2010, Tim Walberg won election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Mark H. Schauer (D), Greg Merle (L), Scott Eugene Aughney (U.S. Taxpayers), Richard Wunsch (G), and Danny Davis (Write-In) in the general election.[20]
| U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan's 7th Congressional District, General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Tim Walberg |
50.2% | 113,185 | |
| Democratic | Mark H. Schauer Incumbent | 45.4% | 102,402 | |
| Libertarian | Greg Merle | 1.4% | 3,239 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers | Scott Eugene Aughney | 1.6% | 3,705 | |
| Green | Richard Wunsch | 1.4% | 3,117 | |
| Independent | Danny Davis | 0% | 21 | |
| Total Votes | 225,669 | |||
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Personal
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Schauer and his wife Christine have four grandchildren and owned a small business in Battle Creek.[5]
Recent news
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See also
- Governor of Michigan
- Michigan gubernatorial election, 2014
- United States House of Representatives
- Michigan's 7th Congressional District
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Hill, "Dems launch super-PAC to gain edge in redistricting," February 19, 2015
- ↑ Advantage 2020, "Home," accessed March 7, 2016]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mark Schauer for Governor Campaign Website, "Home," accessed May 29, 2013
- ↑ Politics1, "2013-2014 Election Calendar," accessed May 29, 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mark Schauer for Governor 2014 Campaign Website, "About Mark," accessed May 29, 2013 (dead link) (dead link)
- ↑ A Line of Sight, July 2010
- ↑ The Washington Post analysis
- ↑ US House Clerk, "Roll Call 46," January 28, 2009
- ↑ Rasmussen, "38% Say Stimulus Plan Helped Economy, 36% Say It Hurt," August 24, 2010
- ↑ US House Clerk, "Roll Call 314," June 9, 2009
- ↑ Rasmussen, "54% Oppose “Cash for Clunkers” Plan To Spur Purchase of Greener Cars," June 23, 2009
- ↑ US House Clerk, "Roll Call 477," June 26, 2009
- ↑ Rasmussen, "42% Say Climate Change Bill Will Hurt The Economy," June 30, 2009
- ↑ US House Clerk, "Roll Call 165," March 21, 2010
- ↑ Rasmussen, "61% Favor Repeal of Healthcare Law," September 20, 2010
- ↑ Public Policy Polling, "Snyder's popularity plummets," December 18, 2012
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 The Monitor, "Michigan's only gubernatorial debate grows testy," October 13, 2014
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, Mark Schauer seeks public funding for governor campaign, January 7, 2013
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 The Hill, "House members most helped by redistricting," accessed April 17, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013 accessed December 23, 2011
