Daniel Canon
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Daniel Canon (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 9th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2018.
Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Canon's academic, professional, and political career:[1]
- 2007-Present: Attorney
- 2007: Graduated from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville with a J.D.
- 2003: Graduated from the University of Louisville with a B.A. in religious studies/modern language
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 9
Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth defeated Liz Watson in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Trey Hollingsworth (R) | 56.5 | 153,271 |
 | Liz Watson (D) | 43.5 | 118,090 | |
| Total votes: 271,361 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9
Liz Watson defeated Daniel Canon and Rob Chatlos in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Liz Watson | 66.4 | 24,989 |
 | Daniel Canon | 30.7 | 11,558 | |
 | Rob Chatlos | 2.9 | 1,100 | |
| Total votes: 37,647 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tom Pappas (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9
Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth defeated James Dean Alspach in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trey Hollingsworth | 77.7 | 46,892 |
| James Dean Alspach | 22.3 | 13,449 | ||
| Total votes: 60,341 | |||
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Independent primary election
No Independent candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jason Leineweber (Independent)
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Dan Canon participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Dan Canon's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Establish a robust, responsive constituent services program. 2) Establish healthcare as a human right and get America on the road to a single-payer system. |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | A lot of them, but primarily healthcare, the wealth gap, criminal justice, and campaign finance reform, all of which are closely connected. I have developed a passion for these areas as a lifelong resident of Indiana. I've seen friends, family members, and clients suffer because of lack of access to healthcare, and I have seen them abused by our criminal justice system up close in my capacity as a civil rights lawyer. These problems hit the poor the hardest, as do most social problems. The widening wealth gap and the way we finance campaigns in the U.S. virtually guarantees that our elected representatives are likely to be aloof, wealthy, empty suits with no understanding of any real problems faced by the working classes.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. Dan Canon answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | My mom. I was raised by a single mom I rural Indiana, and she has gone through some tough times. She has never stopped fighting, and always manages to step up and do more when the situation demands.[4] | ” |
| “ | I think essential reading for all Americans should be "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander, and "Rise of the Warrior Cop," by Radley Balko.[4] | ” |
| “ | You need to genuinely care about people and not just be running for office as a career move.[4] | ” |
| “ | I'm a real person who has experienced real problems and has worked with all kinds of people to come up with real solutions. People feel detached from silver-spoon elected officials who delivers slick, polished talking points and dodge honest questions. I think people feel like they can trust me, and that they will have a say in their government with me as a representative.[4] | ” |
| “ | To be responsive to constituents' needs and concerns, to be informed on local and national issues of import, and to be willing to work with constituents to come up with practical policy solutions to the real problems they face.[4] | ” |
| “ | I would like to have helped achieve a more perfect version of American equality; one where no one has to go without because of who they are, who they love, or how much money they have.[4] | ” |
| “ | The first major historical event I remember is the Challenger shuttle disaster. I was 8 or 9.[4] | ” |
| “ | No, not under our current campaign finance rules. We are essentially campaigning for the entirety of our tenure. That's absurd, and it leaves us talking to people we think can give us money way more than talking to people about solving real problems.[4] | ” |
| “ | Too many to recount. For every social problem dissected (or ignored) by D.C. think tanks, there are hundreds of heartbreaking stories involving real people. I've lived and observed a lot of that stuff as a kid growing up poor, as a high school dropout, as a musician, and as a lawyer. I hope to take the sun total of those experiences into public service to make real change for those who need it most.[4] | ” |
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2018
- Indiana's 9th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcong18 - ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Dan Canon's responses," April 6, 2018
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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