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Alex Cannon
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014

Personal
Birthplace
Las Vegas, Nev.
Religion
Baptist
Profession
Senior robotics process automation engineer
Contact

Alex Cannon (Republican Party) ran for election to the Rhode Island House of Representatives to represent District 4. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Alex Cannon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 2014. His career experience includes working as a senior robotics process automation engineer.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 4

Incumbent Rebecca Kislak defeated Alex Cannon in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rebecca Kislak
Rebecca Kislak (D)
 
88.5
 
5,021
Image of Alex Cannon
Alex Cannon (R)
 
11.1
 
632
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
18

Total votes: 5,671
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 4

Incumbent Rebecca Kislak advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 4 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rebecca Kislak
Rebecca Kislak
 
100.0
 
3,203

Total votes: 3,203
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 4

Alex Cannon advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 4 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alex Cannon
Alex Cannon
 
100.0
 
46

Total votes: 46
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2021

See also: Rhode Island state legislative special elections, 2021

General election

Special general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 3

Sam Zurier defeated Alex Cannon in the special general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 3 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sam Zurier
Sam Zurier (D)
 
90.3
 
2,647
Image of Alex Cannon
Alex Cannon (R) Candidate Connection
 
9.0
 
265
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
20

Total votes: 2,932
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3

Sam Zurier defeated Geena Pham, Bret Jacob, Hilary Levey Friedman, and Ray Rickman in the special Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3 on October 5, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sam Zurier
Sam Zurier
 
31.4
 
1,304
Geena Pham
 
24.6
 
1,024
Bret Jacob
 
22.3
 
929
Hilary Levey Friedman
 
15.0
 
622
Ray Rickman
 
6.7
 
278

Total votes: 4,157
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Alex Cannon advanced from the special Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2021

Candidate Connection

Alex Cannon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cannon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada---where I was born, raised, and awarded the Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (BSBA) degree in Economics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2014---I moved to Rhode Island in July 2017. Soon thereafter I took a position as a technology professional for a prominent Rhode Island-based organization in September 2017.
  • Oppose new taxes and reduce current taxes
  • Champion school choice by expanding charter schools and raising the contribution cap for SGO's
  • Support and protect our police officers to combat increasing crime
Economic policy and taxation are primary areas of interest. Government interference in a free-market capitalist society distorts incentives in unanticipated (yet not always unpredictable) ways and produces compounding effects that exponentially increase the complexity of public policy and legislation to achieve desirable outcomes across the range of all public issues (education, health, labor, environment, commerce, etcetera). Well-meaning legislation often addresses particular problems which are better resolved by market forces operating within a framework of discrete principles that preserve economic and social liberty.

Ever-expanding government intervention positively correlates with ever-expanding obfuscation, or abdication to government, of responsibility and consequently the elimination of freedom, slowly but most certainly. Each intervention spawns at least one new problem ripe for yet more intervention. The process culminates in a totalitarian state, the antithesis of the American Experiment and the inspiration for the creation of a constitutionally limited government.

Government adherence to basic principles with discrete boundaries for its assumption of responsibility and authority in the domain of civil society ensures minimal yet optimal government. I seek to actively oppose unabated attempts to violate the constitutional limits of state government and challenge existing violations to restore state government to its proper scope and role.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 29, 2021.


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