Christopher Batsche

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Christopher Batsche

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 2, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Christopher Batsche was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 7th Congressional District of Missouri. Batsche was defeated by incumbent Billy Long in the Republican primary.

Elections

2016

See also: Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Billy Long (R) defeated Genevieve Williams (D) and Benjamin Brixey (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Long defeated Nathan Clay, Christopher Batsche, Matthew Evans, Lyndle Spencer, Matthew Canovi, James Nelson, and Mary Byrne in the Republican primary, while Williams defeated Camille Lombardi-Olive, and Steven Reed to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 2, 2016. Long won re-election in the November 8 election.

U.S. House, Missouri District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Billy Long Incumbent	67.5%	228,692
	Democratic	Genevieve Williams	27.4%	92,756
	Libertarian	Benjamin Brixey	5.1%	17,153
	N/A	Write-in	0%	6
Total Votes				338,607
Source: Missouri Secretary of State

U.S. House, Missouri District 7 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Genevieve Williams	52.1%	9,402
Steven Reed	27.3%	4,915
Camille Lombardi-Olive	20.6%	3,714
Total Votes		18,031
Source: Missouri Secretary of State

U.S. House, Missouri District 7 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Billy Long Incumbent	62.4%	67,012
Mary Byrne	13.1%	14,069
Matthew Canovi	8.9%	9,538
Matthew Evans	5%	5,346
Christopher Batsche	4.5%	4,860
Lyndle Spencer	3.3%	3,537
James Nelson	1.9%	2,037
Nathan Clay	1%	1,042
Total Votes		107,441
Source: Missouri Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Batsche's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	National Debt: Our debt is over $18,000,000,000,000! And it's only going up! Spending in Washington is out of control. The answer is not to make cuts to the military, Medicaid, or any of the programs that either keeps us safe or millions of Americans depend on daily. Nor is it to simply raise taxes. We need to look at the US Government like it's a business, because that's exactly what it is, a business. Healthcare: Rising insurance premiums, rising deductibles, fees for not having insurance. Not really the direction that millions of Americans were expecting when Congress passed a law without reading it, "We have to pass it to find out what's in it" - Nancy Pelosi, 2010. Healthcare costs continue to rise! Our delegates should be there in Washington fighting on behalf of their constituents. But that's not what we have! Education: 17th!!! That's where the United States of America ranks in education in the world, and Missouri ranks 28 out of the 50 states! According to edweek.org, Missouri education is failing in the following categories: school accountability D-, K-12 achievement D, teaching proficiency D+, spending F, college readiness D-. Not all people learn the same way, and there is no cookie cutter way to teach. Veterans: Veterans all over the country are going without the care they need! As a result, America's heros are committing suicide (at a rate of 22 PER DAY!!), contracting infectious diseases due to poor sanitary issues, seeing their benefits cut and issues receiving them, homeless, and dying from causes that are preventable. We owe it to these brave men and women, who VOLUNTEERED, to make sure they get the care they need and deserve.	”
—Christopher Batsche's campaign website, http://www.chrisbatsche.com/#!platform/c1flq

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2016
• Missouri's 7th Congressional District

External links

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Footnotes

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Missouri's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Josh Hawley (R)

Eric Schmitt (R)

Representatives

District 1

Wesley Bell (D)

District 2

Ann Wagner (R)

District 3

Bob Onder (R)

District 4

Mark Alford (R)

District 5

Emanuel Cleaver (D)

District 6

Sam Graves (R)

District 7

Eric Burlison (R)

District 8

Jason Smith (R)

Republican Party (8)

Democratic Party (2)