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Eric Kurland
Eric Kurland (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 23. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Kurland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Eric Kurland was born in Massapequa, New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in 1991. Kurland also pursued graduate studies at Arizona State University. His career experience includes working as an educator.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 (2 seats)
Incumbent John Kavanagh and Joseph Chaplik defeated Eric Kurland and Joe Romack in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Kavanagh (R) | 37.2 | 86,307 |
| ✔ |  | Joseph Chaplik (R)  | 34.6 | 80,264 |
 | Eric Kurland (D) | 28.1 | 65,257 | |
 | Joe Romack (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 56 | |
| Total votes: 231,884 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 (2 seats)
Eric Kurland advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Kurland | 100.0 | 27,296 |
| Total votes: 27,296 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 (2 seats)
Incumbent John Kavanagh and Joseph Chaplik defeated incumbent Jay Lawrence in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kavanagh | 43.8 | 29,942 |
| ✔ | | Joseph Chaplik | 28.6 | 19,521 |
 | Jay Lawrence | 27.6 | 18,855 | |
| Total votes: 68,318 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jaqueline Fox (R)
Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 (2 seats)
John Kavanagh and incumbent Jay Lawrence defeated Eric Kurland in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kavanagh (R) | 36.6 | 62,797 |
| ✔ | | Jay Lawrence (R) | 33.2 | 57,099 |
| Eric Kurland (D) | 30.2 | 51,893 | |
| Total votes: 171,789 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 (2 seats)
Eric Kurland advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Kurland | 100.0 | 18,677 |
| Total votes: 18,677 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 (2 seats)
John Kavanagh and incumbent Jay Lawrence advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 23 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kavanagh | 55.7 | 27,994 |
| ✔ | | Jay Lawrence | 44.3 | 22,256 |
| Total votes: 50,250 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eric Kurland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kurland's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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For those 20 plus years I have witnessed the majority party in Arizona steadily underfund our public schools. My opponents have regularly voted to fund incarceration instead of education. Arizona ranks dead last in teacher salaries and next to last in per pupil funding. We must not continue down this dark path. Our kids deserve better.
- Fully fund public education
- Full campaign finance transparency
- Provide better access to healthcare
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eric Kurland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kurland's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
1) Fully fund public education. 2) Unmask dirty money 3) Rid/reduce private prisons
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
I am currently in my 23rd year of teaching in our public schools and my passion remains in education policy.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Being a representative is not a suggestion; it is a promise. It is not a job title but a job description. I plan to lead with integrity and inclusiveness.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 26, 2020
