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David Graves (Montana)

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David Graves

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Elections and appointments
Last election

June 5, 2018

David Graves (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Montana State Senate to represent District 22. Graves lost in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2018.

Graves completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2018

See also: Montana State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Montana State Senate District 22

Incumbent Doug Kary defeated Jennifer Merecki in the general election for Montana State Senate District 22 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Doug Kary
Doug Kary (R) Candidate Connection
 
60.5
 
5,120
Jennifer Merecki (D)
 
39.5
 
3,349

Total votes: 8,469
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 22

Jennifer Merecki defeated David Graves in the Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 22 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jennifer Merecki
 
72.2
 
1,176
David Graves Candidate Connection
 
27.8
 
452

Total votes: 1,628
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 22

Incumbent Doug Kary advanced from the Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 22 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Doug Kary
Doug Kary Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,648

Total votes: 2,648
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Campaign themes

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

David Graves participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 7, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and David Graves's responses follow below.[1]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Public Education, Public Lands, and Retirement Benefits for teachers and public employees![2][3]

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

Education I taught and coached for 38 year.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]


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Footnotes

  1. Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
  2. Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "David Graves's responses," May 7, 2018
  3. 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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