Austin Negipe
Austin Negipe (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 61. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.
Negipe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Negipe was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 31 of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 61
Denise Mentzer defeated Mike Aiello in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 61 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Denise Mentzer (D)  | 52.0 | 20,126 |
 | Mike Aiello (R) | 48.0 | 18,559 | |
| Total votes: 38,685 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 61
Denise Mentzer advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 61 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Denise Mentzer | 100.0 | 7,828 |
| Total votes: 7,828 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Patrick Maceroni (D)
- Alex Bronson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 61
Mike Aiello defeated Austin Negipe in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 61 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Aiello | 84.8 | 6,864 |
 | Austin Negipe | 15.2 | 1,231 | |
| Total votes: 8,095 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 31
Incumbent William Sowerby defeated Lisa Valerio-Nowc in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 31 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William Sowerby (D) | 56.3 | 26,202 |
 | Lisa Valerio-Nowc (R) | 43.7 | 20,364 | |
| Total votes: 46,566 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 31
Incumbent William Sowerby defeated Michelle Robertson in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 31 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Sowerby | 57.4 | 6,300 |
| Michelle Robertson | 42.6 | 4,685 | ||
| Total votes: 10,985 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 31
Lisa Valerio-Nowc defeated Austin Negipe in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 31 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Valerio-Nowc | 60.1 | 4,338 |
| Austin Negipe | 39.9 | 2,878 | |
| Total votes: 7,216 | |||
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Campaign finance
2016
Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 19, 2016. Incumbent Marilyn Lane (D) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.
William Sowerby defeated Lisa Valerio-Nowc and Michael Saliba in the Michigan House of Representatives District 31 general election.[1]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 31 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  William Sowerby |
56.16% | 22,735 | |
| Republican | Lisa Valerio-Nowc | 38.89% | 15,743 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Saliba | 4.96% | 2,007 | |
| Total Votes | 40,485 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
William Sowerby defeated Michael Brewington in the Michigan House of Representatives District 31 Democratic primary.[2][3]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 31 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | William Sowerby |
78.31% | 4,561 | |
| Democratic | Michael Brewington | 21.69% | 1,263 | |
| Total Votes | 5,824 | |||
Lisa Valerio-Nowc defeated Austin Negipe in the Michigan House of Representatives District 31 Republican primary.[2][3]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 31 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lisa Valerio-Nowc |
66.87% | 2,206 | |
| Republican | Austin Negipe | 33.13% | 1,093 | |
| Total Votes | 3,299 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Austin Negipe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Negipe's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Austin believes in minimal government intervention in our lives. Decentralization of State power to the local government.
- Let’s keep political agendas out of public schools. Parents should have a choice of education for their children. He wants children to have the best opportunities when they graduate and transition to adulthood.
- To decrease wasteful spending from state budget and decrease taxes and costs paid by the citizens.
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2020
Austin Negipe did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
