H. Dean Zajic
H. Dean Zajic (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Kansas State Senate to represent District 18. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 4, 2020.
Zajic completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Harold Dean Zajic earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in liberal studies from Washburn University. Zajic's career experience includes working with the Kansas State Department of Education in Topeka, Kansas.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Kansas State Senate District 18
Kristen O'Shea defeated Tobias Schlingensiepen in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 18 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kristen O'Shea (R)  | 59.2 | 19,396 |
 | Tobias Schlingensiepen (D) | 40.8 | 13,364 | |
| Total votes: 32,760 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 18
Tobias Schlingensiepen defeated Joe Cheray and H. Dean Zajic in the Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 18 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tobias Schlingensiepen | 52.9 | 2,599 |
 | Joe Cheray | 28.0 | 1,378 | |
 | H. Dean Zajic | 19.1 | 940 | |
| Total votes: 4,917 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 18
Kristen O'Shea advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 18 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen O'Shea | 100.0 | 8,328 |
| Total votes: 8,328 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
H. Dean Zajic completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zajic's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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He supports early education and the local economy as an officer on the board of directors for TDC Early Learning Centers, a non-profit early-learning organization dedicated to meeting the needs of kids from all backgrounds, aged birth through five years old.
Dean is current vice president and president-elect of the National Association of Elementary and Secondary Education Act State Program Administrators (NAESPA), where he works to support educators, and expand education opportunities for historically marginalized students in schools throughout the nation.
He is a director on the board of Association of Educational Federal Finance Administrators (AEFFA), a national organization that works to align strong fiscal oversight with successful educational outcomes for all children, and he serves on the expert review panel Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting and is a frequent presenter at state and national education conferences.
Dean holds both Bachelors of Political Science, and Master of Liberal Studies degrees from Washburn University,
Dean works for the Kansas State Department of Education in Topeka, KS, where he lives with his wife, three young daughters, and two dogs.- EQUALITY Ensure that each individual, regardless of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religion will be treated equally in both policy and practice.
- EDUCATION Fulfill the promise in the Kansas Constitution to provide a high-quality education to every child.
- ECONOMY Embrace long-term thinking that builds environmentally sustainable infrastructure and policies that will propel a consumer-driven economy and provide all workers a living wage.
I will put in the hard work. I will fight for a future in which healthcare is accessible for every Kansan, quality childcare and preschool is available to all families, workers are guaranteed a competitive living wage, and a robust network of wrap around supports will ensure that when our neighbor falls down, we are there to help them get back up again.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 9, 2020
