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Glenn Geissinger

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Glenn Geissinger
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April 26, 2016

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Glenn Geissinger was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 17th Congressional District of Pennsylvania.[1] Geissinger was defeated by Matt Connolly in the primary.

Elections

2016

See also: Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Matt Cartwright (D) defeated Matt Connolly (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cartwright was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Connolly defeated Glenn Geissinger to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.[2][3]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 17 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Cartwright Incumbent 53.8% 157,734
     Republican Matt Connolly 46.2% 135,430
Total Votes 293,164
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State


U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 17 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Connolly 62.7% 34,263
Glenn Geissinger 37.3% 20,399
Total Votes 54,662
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Geissinger's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

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  • Safeguard our National Security: We must properly fund our military and provide them with the best training and weapons to available to ensure that those who protect our freedom and safety are in turn kept as safe as possible. We must do all that we can to ensure that no person enters this country without being properly screened and vetted.
  • Destroy Radical Islam: The fight to contain and destroy radical Islam must be a priority of our military, our intelligence community and our partner nations throughout the world. We must work towards forming a coordinated world-wide effort to remove the threat of radical Islam from our civilizations and way of life. The tragedies seen in Paris, San Bernardino, Tunisia and Brussels prove that we cannot negotiate with terrorists and we must eradicate this scourge.
  • Provide Opportunity: We must remove the crushing burden of overregulation and heavy taxation from not only our district, but for all districts in this great nation. The bureaucratic and regulatory environment seen in government today is crushing small businesses and destroying industries- this must end.
  • Focus on real jobs and growth and eliminate runaway taxation and regulation: This task is heavy, but by focusing on reducing corporate tax rates, repealing and replacing Obamacare, and reigning in the EPA, we can begin to utilize our energy resources and manufacturing capabilities to build real and lasting jobs. We can work to partner with the private industry to repair and rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and provide support for a 21st century business environment.
  • Bring back true representation to Pennsylvania’s 17th congressional district: As your representative, I pledge to focus on the needs of the people, not the desires of the party to which I belong.

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—Glenn Geissinger's campaign website, http://www.geissinger4congress.com/news-and-issues/

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Unofficial Candidate Listing – Pre Ballot Lottery," accessed February 17, 2016
  2. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Unofficial Candidate Listing – Pre Ballot Lottery," accessed February 17, 2016
  3. ↑ The New York Times, "Pennsylvania Primary Results," April 26, 2016
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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