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Glen Lewis
Glen Lewis was the Libertarian Party of Mississippi Chair.
Lewis (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 49. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Lewis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Glen Lewis served in the U.S. Air Force from 1988 to 2014. He earned a bachelor's degree from Troy State University in 2003 and a graduate degree from the University of Management and Technology in 2011. His career experience includes working as a program manager. Lewis has been affiliated with the National Libertarian Party, the Mississippi Libertarian Party, the NRA, St. Judes Children's Hospital, and the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 49
Incumbent Joel Carter defeated Glen Lewis in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 49 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joel Carter (R) | 69.9 | 7,926 |
 | Glen Lewis (L)  | 30.1 | 3,411 | |
| Total votes: 11,337 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 49
Incumbent Joel Carter advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 49 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joel Carter | 100.0 | 6,032 |
| Total votes: 6,032 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Glen Lewis advanced from the Libertarian primary for Mississippi State Senate District 49.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lewis in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Glen Lewis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lewis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a very proud husband and father of six outstanding adult children. Guaranteeing a free Mississippi and a Free America for all of our children is my motivation for running for office.
I retired from the U.S. Air Force as an Officer and OEF veteran with over 24 years of service and a high level of leadership experience. I currently work as a Program Manager for a contracted team that operates and maintains one of the Air Force's Cyber Operations Training Datacenters on Keesler AFB. Although I have a military background I only support a strong defensive posture and think war should be avoided at all costs. "Violence is the sign of a weak, frustrated mind".
For fun I raise Coturnix quail. I love the delicious and healthy eggs that are hard to find in stores. I also grow fruits and vegetables in homemade hydroponic gardens. Finally, I’ve been known to put on karaoke shows at local Senior Centers.
- Stop taxing groceries! Mississippi currently taxes groceries at the highest rate in the nation. This regressive tax imposes a harsher burden on lower-income families than on families with higher incomes. Taxing citizens of food is an embarrassment for a state with a $3.9 billion surplus.
- I will fight to move to a school voucher system and end the public-sector "Charter School Authorizer Board" and their restrictive monopoly on charter schools. The education of Mississippi children should be determined by their parents, not by their zip code. Government monopolies on education enable the state to indoctrinate children and they have no place in a free state.
- Take the power over the cannabis trade from the cartels and let responsible adults regulate it. Due to the cartels having complete control of the trade, we can find it in our grade schools, on our streets and in the hands of people under 25 whose brains haven't fully developed yet. These are the people that cannabis is hurting. A problem has never been solved by ignoring it, and we need to take action and legalize recreational cannabis in order to regulate it to keep it out of the hands of children. We must be careful to keep the taxes on it low so the cartels cannot sell it cheaper. Additionally, we could allocate taxes from the sales to augment school drug prevention programs and drug rehabilitation centers. Cannabis should be no more c
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 17, 2023
