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Colin McArthur
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 18, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Kenyon College, 2015

Personal
Birthplace
Omaha, Neb.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Commercial real estate investment
Contact

Campaign website

Personal LinkedIn

Colin McArthur (Republican Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 12. He lost in the Republican primary on August 18, 2020.

McArthur completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Colin McArthur was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College in 2015. McArthur’s career experience includes working in commercial real estate investment. He has also worked as a teacher.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Florida House of Representatives District 12

Incumbent Clay Yarborough defeated Emmanuel Blimie in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 12 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Clay Yarborough
Clay Yarborough (R)
 
60.1
 
51,715
Image of Emmanuel Blimie
Emmanuel Blimie (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.9
 
34,391

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 86,106
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 12

Emmanuel Blimie defeated Spyros Chialtas in the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 12 on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Emmanuel Blimie
Emmanuel Blimie Candidate Connection
 
59.6
 
5,647
Image of Spyros Chialtas
Spyros Chialtas Candidate Connection
 
40.4
 
3,832

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,479
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 12

Incumbent Clay Yarborough defeated Colin McArthur in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 12 on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Clay Yarborough
Clay Yarborough
 
86.9
 
11,547
Image of Colin McArthur
Colin McArthur Candidate Connection
 
13.1
 
1,748

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,295
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Colin McArthur completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McArthur's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a small business owner and new to politics, not a career politician. I want to apply common sense to solve problems, and generally take a libertarian approach to government: less is more and local is better. I am a new generation republican and want to bring new energy and ideas to the party. For example, legalize and sensibly regulate marijuana. We can learn from all the successes and failures in the medical and recreational programs already in place throughout the country, and provide support for small business, generate tax revenue, and provide additional medical options for adults while keeping our community safe. For more examples and information on my platform, check out https://www.colinforjax.com.
  • Focus on the economy, more jobs for Jax
  • Focus on education, higher quality and more options
  • Protecting constitutional and individual freedoms
Protecting constitutional and individual freedoms.
I look up to MLK Jr. and his vision for a colorblind and equitable American society, as well as his steadfast belief in non violent political advocacy.
I try my best to live by the Golden Rule, as expressed in the New Testament.
-Being an accurate representative for one's district.

-Being honest and transparent
- A willingness to think outside the box and reach across the aisle.

-Good work ethic
Honesty and Transparency
Willingness to think outside the box and reach across the aisle
-Being an accurate representative for one's district.
-Being honest and transparent.
Having been an accurate representative of my fellow constituents.
9/11, I was in my third grade class.
My very first job was teaching martial arts and high school diving for a couple years.
1984- by George Orwell.
I have always loved diving and aquatics, so Aquaman is an easy choice.
A horse with no name- by America
A badly broken leg which changed my athletic and career path.
The most important difference is the size of the districts between the Florida house and senate, which naturally provide a similar structure of checks and balances that we see in our federal house and senate.
Previous experience can be helpful in some ways, but in most cases the disadvantages outweigh those benefits, where career politicians become too familiar with special interests, and forget how to accurately represent their own constituents.
Maintaining our growing economy, to provide well paying jobs and long term career paths in this time of changing technology and industry.

Providing higher quality education and more school choice for our students and parents, and to ensure that taxpayer funds earmarked follow the students and not special interests.

Protecting our rights and individual freedoms recognized in the Constitution.
An open and transparent relationship that results in effective checks and balances.
I believe it's beneficial to work together to achieve bipartisan solutions, but with full transparency to my constituents. Back-room deals should not be part of politics.
I favor a more localized process for redistricting, where decisions on boundaries are made at a state or local level, so that they more directly reflect those affected. Gerrymandering is an issue in this process, and so more transparency is recommended.
Yes, whichever committees would allow me to best serve my constituents.
n/a
Not at present.
Matt Gaetz
No
I had a particularly memorable conversation while meeting one of my fellow constituents at a local small business. She shared my concerns about the failures in our educational system and inherent corruptions of the system in place, but had an especially unique point of view having been a teacher herself in Jacksonville for over a decade.

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  1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 3, 2020


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