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Dawn Pierce
Dawn Pierce (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Idaho State Senate to represent District 22. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
2022
See also: Idaho House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Idaho House of Representatives District 22B
Incumbent Jason Monks defeated Dawn Pierce in the general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 22B on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jason Monks (R) | 66.0 | 12,731 |
 | Dawn Pierce (D) | 34.0 | 6,559 | |
| Total votes: 19,290 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 22B
Dawn Pierce advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 22B on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Pierce | 100.0 | 1,007 |
| Total votes: 1,007 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 22B
Incumbent Jason Monks advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho House of Representatives District 22B on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Monks | 100.0 | 5,989 |
| Total votes: 5,989 | |||
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Elections
2024
See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Idaho State Senate District 22
Incumbent Lori Den Hartog defeated Dawn Pierce in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lori Den Hartog (R) | 66.6 | 19,635 |
| Dawn Pierce (D) | 33.4 | 9,827 | |
| Total votes: 29,462 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 22
Dawn Pierce advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 22 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Pierce | 100.0 | 1,085 |
| Total votes: 1,085 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 22
Incumbent Lori Den Hartog advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 22 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Den Hartog | 100.0 | 4,079 |
| Total votes: 4,079 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pierce in this election.
2020
See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Idaho State Senate District 21
Incumbent Regina Bayer defeated Dawn Pierce in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 21 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Regina Bayer (R) | 63.9 | 19,869 |
| Dawn Pierce (D) | 36.1 | 11,235 | |
| Total votes: 31,104 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 21
Dawn Pierce advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 21 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Pierce | 100.0 | 2,860 |
| Total votes: 2,860 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 21
Incumbent Regina Bayer defeated Wendy Webb in the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 21 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Regina Bayer | 52.1 | 3,276 |
 | Wendy Webb | 47.9 | 3,012 | |
| Total votes: 6,288 | |||
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2018
- See also: Idaho State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Idaho State Senate District 21
Incumbent Clifford Bayer defeated Dawn Pierce and Joe Evans in the general election for Idaho State Senate District 21 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Clifford Bayer (R) | 57.8 | 12,275 |
| Dawn Pierce (D) | 36.6 | 7,776 | |
 | Joe Evans (L) | 5.6 | 1,187 | |
| Total votes: 21,238 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 21
Dawn Pierce advanced from the Democratic primary for Idaho State Senate District 21 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Pierce | 100.0 | 1,831 |
| Total votes: 1,831 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 21
Incumbent Clifford Bayer advanced from the Republican primary for Idaho State Senate District 21 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clifford Bayer | 100.0 | 4,465 |
| Total votes: 4,465 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dawn Pierce did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Dawn Pierce did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Dawn Pierce did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Dawn Pierce participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on September 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Dawn Pierce's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1 -Eliminating Hunger 2- Alleviating Poverty 3 - Medicaid Expansion 4 - Sentencing/Corrections reform[2][3] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | 1 -Eliminating Hunger 2- Alleviating Poverty I am a hunger/poverty survivor. Hunger and poverty are not often talked about in politics. I hope to change that.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. Dawn Pierce answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Look up to, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Barbara Bush. The person whose example I would like to follow is my father's. He was a quite man, few words. Loved fiercely and was proud of me no matter what. The true definition of unconditional love.[3] | ” |
| “ | Honesty. Taking the bad press with the good. Ability to work together no matter how much you dislike the politics of the other person. A sense of humor and humility.[3] | ” |
| “ | I have been where most people are, and know what they are going through. I have struggled. I know what it is like when decisions at the Statehouse have a negative impact on struggling families. I know what it is like to desperately need affordable health care and there is none. I know what it is like to be laid off, looking for a job, and the bills are mounting. I know what it is like to be hungry. I know what it is like to be the mother of a child who has been bullied. I know what it is like to comfort a bullied child. Now it is my turn to give back to my community and be the voice for those who feel their voices never get heard at the Statehouse. With my life experiences, I feel I am a relatable and approachable candidate. With my life experiences, I feel I will be a relatable and approachable Senator.[3] | ” |
| “ | Honesty. Taking the bad press with the good. Ability to work together no matter how much you dislike the politics of the other person. A sense of humor and humility.[3] | ” |
| “ | That I used all of the gifts God has given me to do the best job I could to help people. As a United Methodist, I like what John Wesley said "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can."[3] | ” |
| “ | Watergate. I didn't know exactly what was going on, but I remember how troubled my parents were and how they were always watching tv, asking me and my brother to be quiet so they could watch the news. I was 5. I remember when Ronald Reagan was shot. I was 13.[3] | ” |
| “ | Burger King. I was 15 and worked there maybe 2 years while in high school.[3] | ” |
| “ | Easter. The promise of hope, new beginnings, and rebirth.[3] | ” |
| “ | Little Women. I was in my Easter basket when I was 9. It was my first chapter book[3] | ” |
| “ | My couch. Who doesn't love relaxing on the couch after a long day!!![3] | ” |
| “ | White and Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic[3] | ” |
| “ | Feeling heard[3] | ” |
| “ | Nothing. Both are Republican run.[3] | ” |
| “ | No.[3] | ” |
| “ | Medicaid expansion and growth.[3] | ” |
| “ | It has to happen as people move in and out of the state and county.[3] | ” |
| “ | Health and Welfare[3] | ” |
| “ | Jim McGovern, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Dwight Evans, Kamala Harris, Diane Feinstein[3] | ” |
| “ | Nope[3] | ” |
| “ | My own. January 10, 2010, another day I remember vividly. My boss, a bankruptcy attorney, called me into his office to let me know that he had to eliminate my position. I was terrified. I was a single mom with a growing teenage son to take care of. Now what was I supposed to do with no job and the economy is in the toilet. While I did receive unemployment, those benefits didn’t come close to replacing what I was making. I was looking for a job relentlessly, applying everywhere there was an opening, but with the recession still in full swing and unemployment at 8.8 percent in Idaho, jobs were few and far between in my community. I knew that if I was going to be able to take care of my son, I was going to have to ask for help. I felt like a failure. I had always worked full time and been able to support myself and my children. I tried to make ends meet. I delayed paying the power bill for as long as I could. I stopped seeing the nurse practitioner who helped me manage my diabetes. It took about three months after we started receiving SNAP before I noticed I was feeling cruddy all the time. Eating processed foods is okay now and then. When you make a regular diet of it, they clog your whole body with sludge and drag you down. I remember lying awake in bed one night, my thoughts scattered and my mind racing. When is the rent due again? I wonder if the power company will take $20 this month and let me pay the rest later? I hope Joel doesn’t need something baked or cooked for a school event. What am I going to do about Joel's birthday? I got out of bed to check my blood sugar. 279—Holy Smokes! I ran through everything I’d eaten that day: Coffee, muffin, pop-tarts, ramen, grilled cheese, and Diet Coke. No wonder my blood sugar was skyrocketing, and no wonder I felt the way I did. The food was dwindling so I decided to go to a food pantry. I was ashamed and embarrassed to have to be there, but the staff made me feel welcome and gave me a big box of healthy food. I was so relieved that I could put food in the pantry and fix something for my son to eat. The food I received from the pantry was a big help, but it wasn’t enough to get us through the month. I was beginning to feel quite defeated and hopeless. When I went to apply for food stamps, I sat in my car for an hour crying before going in. I could not believe that my life had brought me to this point. It is very humbling as a parent to realize you can’t do something as basic as feed your children without help. I was nervous about what people would think of me. I was so glad that everything went well at Health and Welfare and I was able to enroll in SNAP. Receiving SNAP meant that we didn’t have to go hungry, though it was very challenging to ensure we were eating healthy and nutritious food. Cans of chili, packs of frozen burritos and ramen noodles are a lot cheaper than lean meats, fresh vegetables and fruit. What I was not prepared for was how other people would look at me and treat me. At the grocery store when people saw I was paying with SNAP, there were rude comments, eye rolling, whispering, people pointing at my cart—even some hostility from the cashier. I started shopping late at night so I might avoid all those judging people and even considered shopping in another town where no one would know me. Many people think those of us who need food assistance are deadbeats and leeches who don’t want to work and take no personal responsibility. In reality, we are just like everyone else. Many of us have jobs, we have children for whom we want the best, we are trying hard to make ends meet from day to day but sometimes life throws you a curve-ball and you need a helping hand. It is hard to talk about, but with so many stereotypes about what hunger looks like and who is on SNAP, I think it is important for people to know that the face of hunger looks like anyone of us and SNAP is a lifeline to families that fall on hard times.[3] | ” |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Dawn Pierce's responses," September 6, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
