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Ed Albertson
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Ed Albertson was a 2018 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 12th Congressional District of Ohio.[1] Albertson was also a 2018 Democratic special election candidate for the same seat.[2]
Albertson was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 12th Congressional District of Ohio.[3]
Elections
2018
Ohio's 12th Congressional District regular election
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 12
Incumbent Troy Balderson defeated Danny O'Connor and Joe Manchik in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Troy Balderson (R) | 51.4 | 175,677 |
 | Danny O'Connor (D) | 47.2 | 161,251 | |
 | Joe Manchik (G)  | 1.4 | 4,718 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 341,647 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jonathan Veley (Independent)
- Matthew Brendan O'Connor (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Danny O'Connor | 40.5 | 18,211 |
 | John Russell | 16.3 | 7,310 | |
 | Zach Scott | 16.1 | 7,236 | |
 | Jackie Patton | 14.0 | 6,299 | |
 | Ed Albertson | 7.9 | 3,531 | |
 | Doug Wilson | 3.7 | 1,683 | |
 | John Peters | 1.5 | 670 | |
| Total votes: 44,940 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Crystal Lett (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Troy Balderson | 28.7 | 19,552 |
 | Melanie Leneghan | 27.6 | 18,777 | |
 | Tim Kane | 16.9 | 11,491 | |
| Kevin Bacon | 14.3 | 9,711 | ||
 | Carol O'Brien | 6.5 | 4,415 | |
 | Jon Halverstadt | 1.7 | 1,130 | |
 | Mick Shoemaker Jr. | 1.2 | 802 | |
 | Lawrence Cohen | 1.2 | 798 | |
 | Pat Manley | 1.1 | 741 | |
 | John Adams | 0.9 | 618 | |
| Total votes: 68,035 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brandon Grisez (R)
- Gary Chiero (R)
Green primary election
Green primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12
Joe Manchik advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Manchik | 100.0 | 181 |
| Total votes: 181 | |||
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Ohio's 12th Congressional District special election
See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District special election, 2018
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12
Troy Balderson defeated Danny O'Connor and Joe Manchik in the special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Troy Balderson (R) | 50.1 | 104,328 |
| Danny O'Connor (D) | 49.3 | 102,648 | |
| Joe Manchik (G) | 0.6 | 1,165 | |
| Total votes: 208,141 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jonathan Veley (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Danny O'Connor | 40.9 | 18,422 |
| Zach Scott | 16.8 | 7,544 | |
| John Russell | 16.7 | 7,515 | |
| Jackie Patton | 13.6 | 6,111 | |
| Ed Albertson | 8.1 | 3,638 | |
| Doug Wilson | 3.9 | 1,771 | |
| Total votes: 45,001 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Crystal Lett (D)
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Troy Balderson | 29.2 | 20,101 |
| Melanie Leneghan | 28.3 | 19,437 | |
| Tim Kane | 17.1 | 11,743 | |
| Kevin Bacon | 14.3 | 9,819 | ||
| Carol O'Brien | 6.4 | 4,406 | |
| Jon Halverstadt | 1.5 | 998 | |
| Lawrence Cohen | 1.2 | 807 | |
| Mick Shoemaker Jr. | 1.1 | 750 | |
| Pat Manley | 1.1 | 729 | |
| Total votes: 68,790 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Chiero (R)
- Brandon Grisez (R)
Green primary election
Special Green primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12
Joe Manchik advanced from the special Green primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Manchik | 100.0 | 197 |
| Total votes: 197 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Patrick Tiberi (R) defeated Ed Albertson (D) and Joe Manchik (Green) in the general election. All three candidates ran unopposed in their respective primaries.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Patrick Tiberi Incumbent |
66.6% | 251,266 | |
| Democratic | Ed Albertson | 29.8% | 112,638 | |
| Green | Joe Manchik | 3.6% | 13,474 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 156 | |
| Total Votes | 377,534 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Ed Albertson participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Ed Albertson's responses follow below.[4]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Universal Healthcare |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | The most pressing problem facing our federal government & District 12 is opportunity. Opportunity is created through a good education, living wage jobs & a focus on the future so our District can keep up with the never-ending progress going on all around us. In District 12, we have excellent public schools & vibrant colleges & universities, as well as terrific apprentice plans in our trades, but they need to be accessible & affordable, without burdening young people with a debt that stifles their entry into their future lives from which we all benefit. Once we have provided a relevant education & trade skills, we need to incentivize employers to pay a living wage & to provide equal pay for equal work. Finally, we can't live in the past & hope it defines our future. With a real National energy policy, we can create & bring renewable energy jobs to District 12 which will carry us forward in a global economy & advance our standard of living across the country & in District 12. Additionally, affordable, accessible, sustainable and reliable healthcare is a right of all Americans and a responsibility of our government to ensure its stability. Partially undoing the Affordable Care Act has caused uncertainty in a profit-motivated marketplace and led to higher premiums and limits to healthcare plans. I support lowering the eligibility age of Medicare over time, to phase in a universal national healthcare plan while easing the impact on our local and regional healthcare providers who are a large part of our economies and communities. Where private insurers fail to provide competitive healthcare plans, I support allowing Medicare to expand into those markets. Finally, I support sustaining Medicaid expansion to ensure all Americans have access to healthcare. As their economic conditions improve, those on Medicaid can migrate to our public healthcare system. Finally, since the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, our Congress has done NOTHING to make a difference in this never-ending and epidemic wave of violence. We need federal laws and standards that: 1) require expanded background checks (supported by 95 % of Americans); 2) close the "gun show loopholes"; 3) eliminate the product liability protection currently provided to the gun industry which right now means there is no liability for creating weapons of war, marketing them to the public and profiting from their misuse; 4) require insurance for ownership of certain firearms, which lets the insurance industry determine the risk factors for such ownership and assess appropriate charges accordingly; 5) ban military-style weaponry as defined by muzzle velocity and ammunition; and 6) ban high-capacity magazines for any firearm. I do not support arming teachers (a very stupid idea by any measure, not even worthy of suggesting).Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[6]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Ed Albertson answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | I look up to my Dad. My dad served our country in the U.S. Air Force and my Dad is an honest, straightforward, sincere and genuine[6] | ” |
| “ | The Declaration of Independence; The U.S. Constitution[6] | ” |
| “ | Honesty, Integrity. Trustworthiness. Courtesy. Respect for others.[6] | ” |
| “ | In my adult life, I've lived in 8 states across our great nation (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Missouri, New Jersey, and Ohio), arriving in this great state by choice in 1990, living first in Cincinnati and then in Licking County, where I've made my home since 2004. I served in the U. S. Army for 6 years. I've worked in the business world for 41 years, traveling nationally and internationally. I am currently employed full-time at a sales training company, where I design, sell and teach people how to sell, influence, persuade, lead and communicate. My excellent public education experiences taught me to learn. My military experiences taught me to lead. My business experiences taught me to communicate and reach agreement. I have a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a lifetime. Skills that make me uniquely suited to think creatively, solve problems, and get things done. Skills that will help me represent District 12 in Congress[6] | ” |
| “ | To listen to, learn from and represent the people who elected them.[6] | ” |
| “ | I will serve all the people of District 12 while doing what is right for our nation, as well. Some of our members of Congress choose to make their job a career and are more concerned with keeping their jobs than doing their jobs. I will be accessible, responsive and committed to the people of District 12 by holding frequent and accessible Town Halls so I am constantly updated with what is of most interest in our District. I will create citizen advisory groups that tap into the energy of local organizations that have become activated and involved in making our government work as it should. Finally, while in Washington, I will work for District 12, not fundraise for the next election. There is work to be done, problems to be solved and progress to be made. I will seek consensus and compromise with other members of Congress to move us forward as a District and as a nation[6] | ” |
| “ | The election of john F. Kennedy (1960). I was nine (9).[6] | ” |
| “ | I was a paperboy for the Wilmington Morning News and Evening Journal in Dover, Delaware. I delivered papers for about three years.[6] | ” |
| “ | Seriously?[6] | ” |
| “ | Thanksgiving. A gathering of family and friends that is joyful.[6] | ” |
| “ | The Wizard of Oz. I like happy endings.[6] | ” |
| “ | Batman.[6] | ” |
| “ | My dog.[6] | ” |
| “ | Don't Stop believin'[6] | ” |
| “ | I have led a blessed life and I can't think of anything that has caused me a life-long struggle.[6] | ” |
| “ | The U.S. House of Representatives is the "peoples' house" and as such, represents all the people of our great nation.[6] | ” |
| “ | Not really. It depends on what previous experiences they've had and what they learned from those experiences.[6] | ” |
| “ | Finding a way to work together and address the problems of our time.[6] | ” |
| “ | Energy and Commerce[6] | ” |
| “ | Not a current representative[6] | ” |
| “ | Yes[6] | ” |
| “ | They exist. Every two years we choose our representatives.[6] | ” |
| “ | A non-partisan, objective citizen committee, balanced and fair.[6] | ” |
| “ | No[6] | ” |
| “ | No[6] | ” |
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2018
- Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2016
- Ohio's 12th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ed Albertson for Congress, "Home," accessed October 2, 2017
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "2018 Primary Candidates (State & District)," accessed May 7, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Franklin County Board of Elections, "2016 Primary Certified Candidates List," accessed December 30, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "cong16" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Ed Albertson's responses," March 27, 2018
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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