Bob Kreienkamp
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Bob Kreienkamp (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 8, 2018.
Biography
Kreienkamp worked as a farmer from 1960 to 1976 and as an engineer from 1966 to when he retired in 2002.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 5
Incumbent Bob Latta defeated John Michael Galbraith and Don Kissick in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bob Latta (R) | 62.3 | 176,569 |
 | John Michael Galbraith (D) | 35.1 | 99,655 | |
| Don Kissick (L) | 2.6 | 7,393 | ||
| Total votes: 283,617 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5
John Michael Galbraith defeated James Neu Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Michael Galbraith | 73.2 | 19,317 |
| James Neu Jr. | 26.8 | 7,070 | ||
| Total votes: 26,387 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5
Incumbent Bob Latta defeated Todd Wolfrum and Bob Kreienkamp in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Latta | 73.7 | 45,732 |
 | Todd Wolfrum | 16.7 | 10,385 | |
 | Bob Kreienkamp | 9.5 | 5,897 | |
| Total votes: 62,014 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Bob Kreienkamp participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Bob Kreienkamp's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Russian attempts to circumvent our democracy. Russia is not our friend and we need to take seriously their attempts to overthrow our democracy. Not since Nikita Khruschev have we had a dictator we needed to be more concerned about than Purin. Between Mexico and Russia, there is no contest. Mexico isn't trying to cause chaos and influence elections - Russia is. all of our leading intelligence departments agree on this but so far President Trump seems to be taking it to lightly for me. 2) Work on a health care bill that benefits ALL Americans and that requires some level of cooperation between the two parties. We have to stop playing politics with peoples lives. |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Communication. If a congressman is going to represent his district properly and in their best interests you have to listen to all sectors of the district. No matter what party affiliation, race, religion, age, income bracket or gender,. every person in the district deserves to be heard and then voting decisions made after listening to them. you cannot be an effective leader if the only people you make yourself available to are the ones with checkbooks and close friends. No matter what the issue I believe passionately that you must listen to ALL the people.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Bob Kreienkamp answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | First I look to God. Then i look up to my father. His advice to me was ""if you don't know what you are doing find someone who does and listen to them."" Third I look up to anyone who has had the tenacity to stand up for their beliefs and be a leader. However being a leader also entails being able to admit making a mistake and doing things right when you have the chance.[4] | ” |
| “ | Simple answer - the Bible. My political philosophy is the same as my life philosophy. DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU. No need to expand on that.[4] | ” |
| “ | First you must continue to understand that you represent more people than just those in your political party or those who write you big donations. Then you must also vote in the best interests of the people who elected you and not what some party boss or big donor tells you to vote for.[4] | ” |
| “ | I have always been a leader. Someone who is not afraid to step forward and make decisions. Someone who is not afraid to change their mind based on information they gather from their constituents. Some one who loves to communicate with people and is not afraid to listen to those who don't always agree with you.[4] | ” |
| “ | Very simple again. You must represent the best interests of the people in your district. what might be good for you personally should take a backseat to what is best for the people you represent. The best way to do this is to keep an open dialogue with the district and be available, not hide from those people you represent.[4] | ” |
| “ | That a person can still be honest, open and not be bought by big donations while being an office holder. People don't run for office because they don't want to stoop to the low level that many of today's politicians descend to these days. If I can show people it's possible to remain a decent person and hold office at the same time then I would be happy.[4] | ” |
| “ | I remember the Kennedy- Nixon debates. I was 12.[4] | ” |
| “ | i worked on my family dairy farm until i was 32 years old. I also worked full time as a electronics engineer at the same time. i held 2 jobs in that field for a total of 36 years.[4] | ” |
| “ | I put my dates banana in my pants pocket and forgot about it until I reached into my pocket to get something and my hand came out covered in squished banana.[4] | ” |
| “ | Memorial day. My Uncle was killed on Normandy Beach on D day and his memory and those of every soldier who has served our country is very important to me.[4] | ” |
| “ | I am a fan of historical books. I like to read about events I remember and understand all the behind the scenes issues that happened to make that time or event memorable.[4] | ” |
| “ | ""Happy""[4] | ” |
| “ | Trying to accept the fact that I can't control everything around me in life. The only control I have is what I personally do and feel.[4] | ” |
| “ | The fact that you have such a close and constant connection with the people in your district as opposed to an entire state or nation, is unique.[4] | ” |
| “ | I believe that life experiences are more beneficial to understand what government should re about.[4] | ” |
| “ | Our greatest challenge is to remain the United States of America. The political climate coming from Washington over the past 25 years has been tearing our nation apart at its seams. We cannot keep preaching hatred, violence and divisiveness and as politicians and leaders we have to set examples for the country. If a leader doesn't condemn all these then their silence speaks volumes.[4] | ” |
| “ | Agricultural and trade committees would be my top priority[4] | ” |
| “ | yes[4] | ” |
| “ | I believe that it is an insult to the people of America to think so little of others abilities that you believe you are not replaceable or that nobody else could do what you are doing. Someone has been doing it for 200 years before you and will be for 200 years after you. I think that new blood and new ideas should always be welcomed and that only happens when the weary representatives are replaced.[4] | ” |
| “ | I believe that redistricting needs to be done in such a manner as to not favor either of the political parties. I believe that a Representative gets lazy and fails to serve his district with the same vigor if they know their re-election is pretty much assured , not by how well they represent the people but by how the political parties have stacked the deck in one party's favor or the other. this would obviously call for a non partisan group of people to work together for the good of the state. That is something of a unique concept in today's political world . Working together for the good of the people, imagine that.[4] | ” |
| “ | What I have found to have the most impact on me are the people who keep telling me that their congressman doesn't want to listen to them. They feel that their lives don't matter to their representative and have given up trying to make their voices heard.[4] | ” |
Biography submission
Kreienkamp submitted the following campaign themes through Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form:
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I believe that all people, regardless of their party affiliation, regardless of their age, religion, gender, income bracket, or ethnic background should be heard by their congressman. I believe we can disagree on policy but still work together to serve all the people and quit playing politics with our citizens. I believe that leadership is not inherited with the family name and the citizens of the 5th district need a leader that they can turn to and get answers from and not be turned away because you are not a campaign donor. I believe in representing the entire district and not the one's with big money and influence.[4] |
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| —Bob Kreienkamp[1] | ||
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2018
- Ohio's 5th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on March 25, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Bob Kreienkamp's responses," March 27, 2018
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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