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Carolyn Crain

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Carolyn Crain
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Carolyn Crain was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 49-Position 2 of the Washington House of Representatives. She ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in 2012 and 2014.

Campaign themes

2016

Crain's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

One area we have needs are those of the disabled and seniors.

  • I fully intend to do that through looking at legislation and oversight of these things:
  • subsidized housing
  • subsidized healthcare
  • subsidized meals
  • subsidized transportation
  • protection of property from theft and scams
  • protection of persons from abuse or neglect

Then there is the serious need surrounding affordable housing and homelessness.

  • Many of our government subsidized programs will offer subsidies to family units based on % of household income. Often these subsidies cover a percentage that is sliding scale up to 115% of the median income in a given area. For instance to qualify for a property tax abatement on high density mixed use housing a developer only needs to agree to certain criteria like mixed use. Or for some it is 20% of their residential tenants qualify for subsidized rent based on the 115% calculation. That means in our area you and I could be subsidizing the rent for persons who earn as much as $59,000 per year for an individual and $84,000 for a family of four. Plus we are paying for the developers low interest federally back loans and grants they get on top of those property tax abatements. That causes the price of rents and housing on another developer to increase because that businessman is not getting a break on their cost they too are paying for their competitors breaks and passing that cost down to you. This is a scam with the developer dictating the amounts we subsidize through rental rates and your local city council aiding and abetting in it. This is the mess you get when you start messing with the free market. Soon the wealth of the middle class is destroyed and they become the retired seniors in need of the subsidies. We need to achieve a balanced approach with better answers and we are smart enough to solve this. It is long past time we do.

A third area we need to address is Economic development.

  • Economic development is the largest most important area our legislature faces in my opinion. Through it jobs are created. Through it the budgets are met. Through it the education of our children is funded, our healthcare for the vulnerable and needy is paid for, the housing subsidies are covered. People can be raised up out of poverty and housing can be made affordable when a person has a job with a paycheck to help cover themselves. Fewer people depending on government allows for those funds to be spent on areas we all want to spend money on like education.[1]
 ”
—Carolyn Crain, [2]

2014

Crain's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[3]

Jobs

  • Excerpt: "The current policies guiding our state through the growth management act and both of the departments of Ecology and the Natural Resources are driving this economy down. I truly believe that we need legislative oversight committees to address these two departments as well as the issues surrounding L&I’s handling of workers compensation regulations and rates."

Transportation

  • Excerpt: "We should not be taking funds from our transportation budget to pay taxes with our own tax money we already paid in when we build a new bridge or road. We need WSDOT reforms before we ever consider giving another dime in taxes to this very defective branch of government."

Budget

  • Excerpt: "It is time that we sit down and change the way we budget. Serious reforms need to be done to assure the future of our children both in their education and their future potential to continue living here when they are the adults in the room. They need us to be proactive about protecting their freedoms of choice regarding careers, residency, and lifestyles."

2012

Crain's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

  • Excerpt: "Create legislation that reforms and repeals in order to reign in the department of Ecology in Washington State."
  • Excerpt: "Reduce discretionary spending programs in order to bring about fiscal constraint in governmental spending."
  • Excerpt: "Work to reform L&I laws regarding workers compensation adding optional privatization coverage plans."
  • Excerpt: "Reform public employees’ benefits programs so that all personnel are covered with equal benefits."
  • Excerpt: "Restructure spending in K-12 funding at the classroom level."

Elections

2016

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Washington 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 May 20, 2016. Incumbent James Moeller (D) did not seek re-election.

Monica Jurado Stonier defeated Alishia Topper in the Washington House of Representatives, District 49-Position 2 general election.[4]

Washington House of Representatives, District 49-Position 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Monica Jurado Stonier 55.14% 26,745
     Democratic Alishia Topper 44.86% 21,756
Total Votes 48,501
Source: Washington Secretary of State


Monica Jurado Stonier and Alishia Topper defeated Carolyn Crain and Wade McLaren in the Washington House of Representatives District 49-Position 2 top two primary.[5][6]

Washington House of Representatives, District 49-Position 2 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Monica Jurado Stonier 37.03% 8,367
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Alishia Topper 27.95% 6,314
     Republican Carolyn Crain 18.48% 4,175
     Republican Wade McLaren 16.54% 3,738
Total Votes 22,594
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2014. A blanket primary election took place on August 5, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 17, 2014. Incumbent James Moeller (D) and Lisa Phifer Ross (R) defeated Carolyn Crain (R) in the primary. Moeller defeated Ross in the general election.[7][8][9]

Washington House of Representatives, District 49-Position 2 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJames Moeller Incumbent 55.1% 19,239
     Republican Lisa Phifer Ross 44.9% 15,694
Total Votes 34,933
Washington House of Representatives, District 49-Position 2 Top Two Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJim Moeller Incumbent 55% 11,381
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Ross 26.8% 5,540
     Republican Carolyn Crain 18.3% 3,783
Total Votes 20,704

2012

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2012

Crain ran in the 2012 election for Washington House of Representatives, District 49-Position 2. Crain ran unopposed in the August 7 blanket primary election and was defeated by incumbent James Moeller (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Washington House of Representatives, District 49-Position 2, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJim Moeller Incumbent 60.6% 31,858
     Republican Carolyn Crain 39.4% 20,737
Total Votes 52,595

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Crain's endorsements included the following:[12]

Recent news

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  2. ↑ Vote Carolyn, "Issues," accessed July 11, 2016
  3. ↑ Vote 4 Carolyn, "On the Issues," accessed July 16, 2014
  4. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "General Election Results 2016," accessed December 2, 2016
  5. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 23, 2016
  6. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 2, 2016 Primary Results," accessed August 25, 2016
  7. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2014 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 20, 2014
  8. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 5, 2014, Official Primary Results," accessed August 5, 2014
  9. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Official general election results, 2014," accessed December 2, 2014
  10. ↑ C-SPAN, "AP Election Results - Washington State House of Representatives," accessed August 7, 2012
  11. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidates," May 23, 2012
  12. ↑ Vote 4 Carolyn, "Carolyn in Action," accessed July 16, 2014


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