Barbara Byram
Barbara Byram (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 22. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.
Biography
Barbara Byram was born in Evanston, Illinois. She attended Carthage College and the University of Wisconsin. Byram’s career experience includes working in visitor use and fees collection for the National Park Service.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 22
Incumbent Chuck Clemons defeated Brandon Scott Peters in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 22 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chuck Clemons (R) | 56.1 | 41,662 |
 | Brandon Scott Peters (D)  | 43.9 | 32,609 | |
| Total votes: 74,271 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22
Brandon Scott Peters defeated Olysha Magruder in the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Scott Peters | 51.6 | 8,794 |
 | Olysha Magruder | 48.4 | 8,244 | |
| Total votes: 17,038 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Barbara Byram (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22
Incumbent Chuck Clemons defeated Ty Appiah in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chuck Clemons | 71.1 | 13,364 |
 | Ty Appiah | 28.9 | 5,438 | |
| Total votes: 18,802 | |||
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2020
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 22
Joe Harding defeated Barbara Byram in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 22 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joe Harding (R) | 64.5 | 63,520 |
 | Barbara Byram (D) | 35.5 | 35,011 | |
| Total votes: 98,531 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Barbara Byram advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22
Joe Harding defeated Floyd Randall in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Harding | 70.0 | 14,598 |
| Floyd Randall | 30.0 | 6,251 | ||
| Total votes: 20,849 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kurt Kelly (R)
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Barbara Byram did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Barbara Byram completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Byram's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Over the past nine years, CEE has registered voters, worked on electoral campaigns, bannered for a Constitutional amendment stating that corporations are not people and money is not speech, and circulated petitions. Ballot initiatives that CEE has worked on include expansion of solar power, permanent funding for water and land conservation, and voting rights restoration for former felons. Since its inception, CEE has worked on restoration of the USPS and making government more accountable to voters. This past year, CEE joined the statewide coalition to stop the creation of new toll roads through our state and our district specifically. I am proud of CEE's accomplishments.
I have been a paid employee, self-employed, and a small business owner.
In tandem with my five decades of political activism, I have served my community in one volunteer capacity or another, from trails reconstruction to grant writing to teaching crafts. My lifelong commitment is to improving community and maintaining rural values.
- Our state legislature is not operating with our consent-unless you believe that the single vote we cast once every two years is the same as giving consent for every piece of legislation voted on. The legislative session is so compressed that we cannot know what's being voted on. We deserve to hear from our legislators during sessions, and we deserve time to read and weigh in on legislation before it's voted on.
- Some candidates talk about government in terms of size, as if that's a measure of its goodness. But size does not matter if the body doesn't practice good governance. I am committed to the principle of ethical conduct, where the public good is placed above individual interest; and the principle of innovation and openness to change, meaning a readiness to pilot and experiment with new programs; and the principle of sustainability and long-term orientation, where the needs of future generations are taken into account; and the principle of openness and transparency. These and other principles, combined with fiscal responsibility, create good government.
- Each of us is just a small part of a vast and interdependent ecosystem, and we are each responsible for its survival. Whether among our neighbors, our community, our local ecosystem, or the planet, equality and justice must be achieved for the survival and prosperity of both humans and the planet that sustains us. Strengthening public education, creating business incubators, instituting healthcare for all, transforming punitive incarceration into rehabilitative opportunity, transitioning from the regressive sales tax to a progressive income tax, and giving workers the pay they deserve are just some of the ways we can transform our state economy into one that works for everyone and will remain robust in the face of the next crisis.
Economy
Environment
Healthcare
Education
Labor/Jobs Creation
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 18, 2020
