Dan VandenHeede
Dan VandenHeede (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 78. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
VandenHeede completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dan VandenHeede was born in Niles, Michigan. He received a master's degree from Western Michigan University.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 78
Incumbent Brad Paquette defeated Dan VandenHeede and Andrew Warner in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brad Paquette (R) | 62.7 | 28,485 |
 | Dan VandenHeede (D)  | 35.9 | 16,297 | |
 | Andrew Warner (Natural Law Party) | 1.4 | 638 | |
| Total votes: 45,420 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78
Dan VandenHeede advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan VandenHeede | 100.0 | 5,768 |
| Total votes: 5,768 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78
Incumbent Brad Paquette advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Paquette | 100.0 | 10,208 |
| Total votes: 10,208 | |||
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Natural Law Party convention
Natural Law Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 78
Andrew Warner advanced from the Natural Law Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on July 30, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Andrew Warner (Natural Law Party) |
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dan VandenHeede completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by VandenHeede's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Dan VandenHeede is a teacher, coach, city councilman, family man and an avid runner who is running for change in Michigan. Dan retired last year from 25 years of teaching in Michigan public schools. He coached cross country and track for most of those years. He has served on the Niles City Council for over 20 years, putting into practice the civics and government he taught in the classroom.
Both at his job at Dowagiac Union High School and in his hometown of Niles, Dan has been involved with, and at times helped to start, several groups and committees to address concerns of students and community members.
Dan believes in empowering citizens and focusing government on people and their needs. Rather than having business and bureaucrats run Lansing, let's make Lansing work for us.- Tax reform that funds roads, schools, emergency and municipal services in an equitable and non-political way,
- Support for workers and working class families.
- I am committed to policies that are good for the financial stability of the State of Michigan while protecting citizens and the environment.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 15, 2020
