Morgan Harper
Morgan Harper (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Ohio. She lost in the Democratic primary on May 3, 2022.
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Biography
Morgan Harper was born in Columbus, Ohio. She earned a bachelor's degree from Tufts University in 2005, a master's degree from Princeton University in 2010, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2010. Harper’s career experience includes working as an attorney, community activist, and senior advisor to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[1] Harper also worked as a paralegal for the Federal Trade Commission. Harper is the co-founder of Columbus Stand Up![2]
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Ohio, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Ohio
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Ohio on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | J.D. Vance (R) | 53.0 | 2,192,114 |
 | Tim Ryan (D) | 46.9 | 1,939,489 | |
 | John Cheng (Independent) (Write-in)  | 0.0 | 702 | |
 | Shane Hoffman (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 403 | |
 | LaShondra Tinsley (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 362 | |
| Stephen Faris (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 194 | ||
| Matthew Esh (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 78 | ||
| Total votes: 4,133,342 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shawn Mousourakis (Independent)
- Chad Taylor (Independent)
- Eric Meiring (Independent)
- Samuel Ronan (Independent)
- Dominic LaCavera (Independent)
- Shannon Taylor (Independent)
- Kelli Prather (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio
Tim Ryan defeated Morgan Harper and Traci Johnson in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Ryan | 69.6 | 359,941 |
 | Morgan Harper | 17.8 | 92,347 | |
 | Traci Johnson | 12.6 | 65,209 | |
| Total votes: 517,497 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tamie Wilson (D)
- LaShondra Tinsley (D)
- Rick Taylor (D)
- Demar Sheffey (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J.D. Vance | 32.2 | 344,736 |
 | Josh Mandel | 23.9 | 255,854 | |
 | Matt Dolan | 23.3 | 249,239 | |
 | Mike Gibbons | 11.7 | 124,653 | |
 | Jane Timken | 5.9 | 62,779 | |
| Mark Pukita | 2.1 | 22,692 | ||
 | Neil Patel | 0.9 | 9,873 | |
| Total votes: 1,069,826 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Zachary Musick (R)
- Mackenzie Thompson (R)
- Michael Leipold (R)
- Bernie Moreno (R)
- John Berman (R)
- John Reed (R)
- Bill Graham (R)
2020
See also: Ohio's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
Ohio's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (April 28 Republican primary)
Ohio's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (April 28 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty defeated Mark Richardson, Nicholas Moss, and Angela Davis in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joyce Beatty (D) | 70.8 | 227,420 |
 | Mark Richardson (R) | 29.1 | 93,569 | |
 | Nicholas Moss (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 92 | |
| Angela Davis (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 321,092 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty defeated Morgan Harper in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joyce Beatty | 68.1 | 44,995 |
| Morgan Harper | 31.9 | 21,057 | |
| Total votes: 66,052 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Mark Richardson defeated Cleophus Dulaney in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Richardson | 86.4 | 11,451 |
| Cleophus Dulaney | 13.6 | 1,797 | ||
| Total votes: 13,248 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Littler (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Morgan Harper completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harper's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My story is Ohio’s story.
I was born at The Ohio State University Hospital. For the first nine months of my life, I lived in a foster home before being adopted and raised on the east side of Columbus by a Public Schools teacher. My mother, an immigrant from Trinidad, supported me and my brother while facing constant financial stress throughout our childhood having gone through a bitter divorce. I received financial aid with help from the Ron Brown Scholar Program to graduate from Tufts (BA), Princeton (MA) and Stanford (JD). I went on to clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, worked as a paralegal at the Federal Trade Commission and served as a Senior Advisor at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under the Obama Administration protecting consumers against predatory corporations. I am also the co-founder of Columbus Stand Up! a grassroots community organization that mobilized volunteers across Central Ohio in response to the pandemic going door to door delivering 30,000 masks, driving voters to polls during the 2020 election and transporting hundreds of people to their Covid-19 vaccine appointments.
I’m running to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate to get political and economic power back on the side of working people.- Morganizing communities left behind to get economic and political power back on our side.
- I'm not a politician.
- I don't take money from special interests.
Big Pharma and Big Insurance pay billions lobbying Congress to keep healthcare costs high and healthcare outcomes low. To ensure coverage and control costs, we must implement universal healthcare through Medicare for All – including mental healthcare, addiction treatment, and universal reproductive care.
Financial Freedom for Working Families
It’s long past time for a federal $15/hr minimum wage. And at this point, that really is the minimum. With rising costs of living around the country, we need to make sure that we are paying workers a real living wage.
Made Clean in Ohio
Don't take money from corporations or lobbyists.
I grew up in a broken home but Ohio came through for me.
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2020
Morgan Harper completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harper's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I received financial aid to attend Columbus Academy. And that's where this began. I developed an intense commitment to fighting inequality after seeing how opportunities open up, no matter your upbringing, once you're equipped with resources. I later received financial aid with help from the Ron Brown Scholar Program to attend Tufts (BA), Princeton (MA) and Stanford (JD). I then spent three years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) protecting consumers against predatory lenders and most recently at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) which invests in communities that have been systematically under-resourced. I care about nothing more than ending economic segregation-which I believe is systemic. I'm convinced we need a new generation of bold leadership in Congress to ensure that my story is every child's story regardless of the circumstances of one's birth.
I'm running to represent working people of Ohio's Third Congressional District because 36 years ago, Central Ohio gave me-a newborn with an uncertain future-a chance to succeed.Columbus is the second-most economically segregated metropolitan area in the country and one of the least economically mobile cities in the nation. If you grow up poor here, chances are you stay poor. This is not only true in the Third District, but increasingly, across the entire United States. I will push for bold policies to improve people's financial situations, including: Universal Child Care and Early Learning, Jobs Guarantee, Tuition-Free Public College, Universal Income; Federal Minimum Living Wage; and Medicare for All.
Columbus is in Ohio Valley's "Asthma Belt." The combination of poverty, pollen, and air quality affects us at a disproportionately higher rate, compared to other cities in the U.S. Asthma is also one of the leading causes of school absenteeism and Columbus ranks as one of the top metropolitan areas in which children miss school due to asthma attacks. Pollution and climate change are keeping our children out of school more than 5,000 days each and every academic year. I will push for bold policies to improve our environment, including but not limited to supporting the Green New Deal.
- The unemployment rate in Franklin County is near historic lows, but the number of people who are homeless continues to grow. Between 2012 and 2017, home prices in Central Ohio have risen by an average of nearly six percent annually, while household income has only increased by just over one percent annually during this same period. Gentrification, nearly stagnant wages, and a shortage of affordable housing is forcing far too many people in Columbus to become housing unstable. As a member of Congress I will push for National Rent Stabilization Policies and Increased Affordable Housing Supply.
We must rebalance power away from millionaires and billionaires to working families. Currently, a small group of people and entities (such as those leading the financial services, fossil fuel, and healthcare-related sectors) have managed not only to accumulate the majority of the country's wealth, but also maintain control of our political sector by paying politicians. I am working to ensure we have a political system comprised of representatives who are putting people first by eschewing corporate PAC and lobbyist money. We also need the wealthy to pay higher taxes and eliminate their ability to shield their income and wealth from taxation. Further, we must shift the dialogue of this country away from hate and fear and towards understanding and inclusion.
Not being owned by anyone or anything, whether it be corporations, the wealthy, or any special interests
Competence
Competence
Affability
To build a lasting societal infrastructure that provides opportunity to people of all backgrounds
To fight climate change
To fight the increasing normalization of police brutality
To fight disinformation and fake news
To fight voter suppression
Medicare for All
Green New Deal
Increased federal housing supply
National rent stabilization
Systemic reparations
Education and Labor → Civil Rights and Human Services; Workforce Protections
Energy and Commerce → Consumer Protection and Commerce; Energy; Environment and Climate Change
Financial Services → Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions; Housing, Community Development, and Insurance
Judiciary → Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties; Immigration and Citizenship
Natural Resources → All
Oversight and Reform → All
Science, Space, and Technology → Energy; Environment
Transportation and Infrastructure → Highways and Transit; Water Resources and Environment
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Campaign website
Harper’s campaign website stated the following:
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Financial Stability Columbus is the second-most economically segregated metropolitan area in the country and one of the least economically mobile cities in the nation. If you grow up poor here, chances are you stay poor. This is not only true in the Third District, but increasingly, across the entire United States. If you elect me as your representative, I will push for bold policies to improve people’s financial situations, including:
Racial Justice The black poverty rate in Columbus is 50% higher than the average. In Franklin County alone, our people comprise nearly 65 percent of those in the homeless system. Across Central Ohio, black women earn 65 cents for every dollar earned by men. The median net worth in the U.S. for a black family is now $9,000, compared with $132,000 for a white family. The time for merely studying these issues has passed. The time for remedies is now. If you elect me as your representative, I will be pushing for:
Stable Housing The unemployment rate in Franklin County is near historic lows, but the number of people who are homeless continues to grow. Between 2012 and 2017, home prices in Central Ohio have risen by an average of nearly six percent annually, while household income has only increased by just over one percent annually during this same period. Gentrification, nearly stagnant wages, and a shortage of affordable housing is forcing far too many people in Columbus to become housing unstable. If you elect me as your representative, I will push for:
Clean Environment Columbus is in Ohio Valley’s “Asthma Belt.” The combination of poverty, pollen, and air quality affects us at a disproportionately higher rate, compared to other cities in the U.S. Asthma is also one of the leading causes of school absenteeism and Columbus ranks as one of the top metropolitan areas in which children miss school due to asthma attacks. Pollution and climate change are keeping our children out of school more than 5,000 days each and every academic year. If you elect me as your representative, I will be pushing for bold new policies, including:
Public Safety Every year, nearly 1,000 people are shot and killed in the United States...by the police. For black men and boys, being killed by the police is a leading cause of death. We need to reform policing to reimagine public safety. If you elect me as your representative, I will be pushing to:
Worker’s Rights When workers have rights and a voice on the job, they earn more, have safer workplaces, and begin to close the gender and race pay gaps. All Ohio workers, union and non-union, do better when unions are strong, and employees have a free and fair opportunity to organize in their workplaces. If you elect me as your representative, I will fight for policies that move Central Ohio workers forward, including:
Reproductive Justice I support a person’s right to choose if and when to end a pregnancy or become a parent from a reproductive justice framework. This means also addressing policy solutions that focus on racial, economic, and health equity to ensure an individual's right to reproductive and abortion healthcare or to parent with adequate resources, dignity, and free from interpersonal and State violence. To protect and expand reproductive justice for all, I will fight for:
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 27, 2019
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 23, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Morgan Harper’s 2020 campaign website, “My Platform,” accessed April 15, 2020
