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Daniel Gillette
Daniel Gillette (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Louisville in Kentucky. Gillette lost in the Democratic primary on May 22, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Mayor of Louisville
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Louisville on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Fischer (D) | 61.3 | 177,749 |
 | Angela Leet (R)  | 36.5 | 105,853 | |
| Jackie Green (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 1,979 | ||
 | Chris Thieneman (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 1,296 | |
| Sean Vandevander (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 995 | ||
| Billy Ralls (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 873 | ||
| Henry Owens (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 415 | ||
| Douglas Edward Lattimore (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 315 | ||
| Isaac Marion Thacker IV (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 306 | ||
| Total votes: 289,781 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Louisville
Incumbent Greg Fischer defeated Ryan Fenwick, Lawrence Williams Jr., Daniel Gillette, and Dave Biggers in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Louisville on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Fischer | 74.7 | 54,554 |
 | Ryan Fenwick | 16.5 | 12,052 | |
| Lawrence Williams Jr. | 3.4 | 2,466 | ||
 | Daniel Gillette | 2.7 | 1,999 | |
| Dave Biggers | 2.6 | 1,933 | ||
| Total votes: 73,004 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Louisville
Angela Leet defeated Bob DeVore in the Republican primary for Mayor of Louisville on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela Leet | 66.1 | 16,273 |
 | Bob DeVore | 33.9 | 8,357 | |
| Total votes: 24,630 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Daniel Gillette participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on January 17, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Daniel Gillette's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Keeping local neighborhoods safe and healthy all around Louisville. 2) To help local businesses, big and small, stay here in Louisville and safe from unfair competition. |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I'm personal passionate about Income and Wealth Inequality. For far to long here in Louisville and within our great country, the gap between the rich and the poor is wider than anytime since the 1920s. The average wage for middle class workers is going down, while millions enter the ranks of poverty, this is immoral and has got to change.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Daniel Gillette answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | The most important principles for an elected official, I believe, is to go out and listen to voters. They are the most important part of society and their voice matters. They know first-hand what's important to them and their community.[3] | ” |
| “ | Some qualities that would make me a successful officeholder would be that I believe in a government that values other's opinions, to make issues of policy a non-partisan agreement. And to work together with people of opposite views to reach a compromise of what ever sort.[3] | ” |
| “ | The core responsibilities if I am elected to office is to hold people accountable, deliver excellent city services, ensure economic integrity, creating new jobs and opportunities, investing in our people and neighborhoods, and to create plans for the future of our city and for the new generations to come.[3] | ” |
| “ | The legacy I would like to leave for future generations is that in order to change our country people are going to have to stand up, fight back, and create a government which represents all of its people.[3] | ” |
| “ | The of the most important responsibilities for mayor is to oversee a city's main departments, including the police, fire, education, housing and transportation departments.[3] | ” |
See also
| Louisville, Kentucky | Kentucky | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Daniel Gillette's responses," January 17, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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