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Bridgette Cooper
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Bridgette Cooper (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 8th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.
Biography
Cooper graduated from Immaculate Conception Academy. She earned a bachelor's degree from East Carolina University. Cooper’s career experience includes working as an opera singer, a business owner, and a music teacher.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Gregory Coll and Lih Young in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jamie Raskin (D) | 68.2 | 274,716 |
 | Gregory Coll (R)  | 31.6 | 127,157 | |
 | Lih Young (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 27 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 714 | ||
| Total votes: 402,614 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Marcia Morgan, Lih Young, and Utam Paul in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamie Raskin | 86.8 | 111,894 |
| Marcia Morgan | 7.9 | 10,236 | ||
| Lih Young | 3.8 | 4,874 | |
| Utam Paul | 1.5 | 1,885 | ||
| Total votes: 128,889 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregory Coll | 41.8 | 13,070 |
 | Bridgette Cooper | 15.4 | 4,831 | |
 | Nicholas Gladden | 12.8 | 4,019 | |
| Patricia Rogers | 12.4 | 3,868 | ||
 | Shelly Skolnick | 9.5 | 2,979 | |
 | Michael Yadeta | 8.1 | 2,526 | |
| Total votes: 31,293 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated John Walsh and Jasen Wunder in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamie Raskin (D) | 68.2 | 217,679 |
 | John Walsh (R) | 30.2 | 96,525 | |
 | Jasen Wunder (L) | 1.5 | 4,853 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 273 | ||
| Total votes: 319,330 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Summer Spring and Utam Paul in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamie Raskin | 90.5 | 81,071 |
 | Summer Spring | 5.8 | 5,239 | |
| Utam Paul | 3.7 | 3,272 | ||
| Total votes: 89,582 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
John Walsh defeated Bridgette Cooper and Victor Williams in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Walsh | 44.9 | 9,095 |
| Bridgette Cooper | 31.3 | 6,341 | |
 | Victor Williams | 23.9 | 4,835 | |
| Total votes: 20,271 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Candidate Conversations
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Bridgette Cooper participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on June 1, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Bridgette Cooper's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1)Family and Community programs - Strong families build stronger communities locally and nationwide (tackling immigration and welfare reform, working with law enforcement to support community interventions regarding drug abuse, civic engagement initiatives for young adults, stabilizing cost of living for senior citizens on a fixed income, no to sanctuary states. 2) Excellence in Education - School safety, integrating business/vocation/charter schools , stabilizing/closing the achievement gap, access to funding for middle class families who "make too much" 3)Veterans Rights - Advocating and support for ongoing veteran programs, privatizing veteran care facilities. You can read more about my platform at www.bridgettelcooperforuscongress.com[3][4] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Social policy, globalization and development, health policy, environmental policy.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. Bridgette Cooper answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | I look up to a variety of people who represent significant growth in my life for a variety of reasons. My parents who are the foundation of who I am as an actively engaged citizen, Marian Anderson who symbolized bringing people together through the arts and her work as a human rights ambassador, Abraham Lincoln who represented something greater for society, Me - everyday I work hard to be better than the day before.[4] | ” |
| “ | 1)Black Identities by Mary C. Walthers about first generation immigrants from the West Indies (it gave me a deeper understanding of the character traits my father passed down to me from his family who moved to the US from the Bahamas). 2)The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Strategies that can be used for everyday real world experiences and overcoming obstacles.[4] | ” |
| “ | The ability to lead[4] | ” |
| “ | The qualities I have include being fair and balanced. I enjoy hearing the perspectives of others. Today far to many officeholders choose to look at the ideology of a party, rather than focusing on representing their constituents.[4] | ” |
| “ | The core responsibilities of someone elected to office should be to represent their state and their specific constituents in the best light possible.[4] | ” |
| “ | Working hard, persistence, family, laughter, trailblazer, fairness, role model, balanced[4] | ” |
| “ | The oil crisis of 1979 I was about 10. It was my first experience learning about OPEC. My Dad would leave an article about the oil crisis on the table every morning with a note "there will be a quiz". Every evening when he returned from work, we ate dinner together and he asked me about OPEC, the oil crisis and the prices of oil per barrel each day in the US and another country.[4] | ” |
| “ | Tourmobile. I gave tours around Washington DC, three summers (college break).[4] | ” |
| “ | It was awkward for him but not for me. My prom date drove me home and said "how about a kiss on the lips". I gasped and said "I don't know what kind of girl you think I am, but I don't do THAT!!!" to this day, I have no idea where my southern accent came from when I asked that. I got out of the car, slammed the door, he sped off (without walking me to the door, so I must have had a clue that he was no good). My mom was up waiting for me and heard barge in. She ran downstairs and asked what was wrong. I told her the story (I am sure she was relieved it was nothing more) and she just looked at me. I guess the values I was learning at the all girls school worked.[4] | ” |
| “ | My favorite holiday is Christmas. The memories of my childhood always give me the warm fuzzies that time of year. My parents decorated two trees, one was in the living room, and one in the basement. I used to love going to bed hearing my parents talk and laugh, the smell of cookies in the oven. I would always be the first person up, run downstairs, I loved seeing the tree lights with presents that looked like it was stacked to the ceiling. Then I would run down to the basement, and there was the other tree full of toys. It was not until years later that I realized that the tree always looked full because there were five of kids.[4] | ” |
| “ | I have to many to name for a variety of reasons political thrillers, biographies, nonfiction, historical fiction...I could go on.[4] | ” |
| “ | Olivia Pope[4] | ” |
| “ | My piano. It is a reminder of the gift of music I have and that I should always share it. I enjoy learning new piano pieces because it takes my mind off of things when I am stressed out.[4] | ” |
| “ | Nessun Dorma[4] | ” |
| “ | Balancing being an effective and present single parent with everything else.[4] | ” |
| “ | That each person represents thousands of people. Each person has the ability to help move this country forward.[4] | ” |
| “ | No[4] | ” |
| “ | Global trade and trade, economic disparities, immigration, welfare reform, climate change, economy, energy, privacy, second amendment rights.[4] | ” |
| “ | Agriculture, education, ethics, intelligence, small business, veterans affairs, foreign affairs[4] | ” |
| “ | n/a[4] | ” |
| “ | No[4] | ” |
| “ | We need term limits a minimum of 4[4] | ” |
| “ | A process that will make it fair for all parties. As it stands, in District 8, to be represented by a Republican is 1%, to be represented by a minority 7%. The gerrymandering in our district makes the process one sided.[4] | ” |
| “ | Yes, Republican Conference Chairperson[4] | ” |
| “ | There are several stories that people share with me throughout the day. Stories about African American men who deal with racial profiling, families who lose loved ones from drug overdose, school violence, pregnant teens, teachers who do not have enough resources in the class, families and individual dealing with mental illness.[4] | ” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cooper, "About," accessed April 21, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Bridgette Cooper's responses," June 1, 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 4.24 4.25 4.26 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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