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J. Allen Burger
J. Allen Burger (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Ohio House of Representatives to represent District 10. He lost in the Democratic primary on April 28, 2020.
Burger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
J. Allen Burger was born in Massillon, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree from Kent State University in 2006 and a graduate degree from Cleveland State University in 2008. Burger's career experience includes working as a college professor.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 10
Incumbent Terrence Upchurch won election in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 10 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Terrence Upchurch (D) | 100.0 | 28,453 |
| Total votes: 28,453 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 10
Incumbent Terrence Upchurch defeated J. Allen Burger in the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 10 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Terrence Upchurch | 81.9 | 6,151 |
 | J. Allen Burger | 18.1 | 1,355 | |
| Total votes: 7,506 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
J. Allen Burger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burger's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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On day one I will push for a higher minimum wage for all the working people of Ohio. Hard work should always be rewarded with financial security. I want to reduce the costs associated with healthcare, including prescription drugs. The costs that we pay to remain alive, healthy and productive are an undue burden on Ohioans and I want to help fix this corrupt system. Another "first day" initiative of mine will be to become available to my constituents. I will have a town hall style meeting in District Ten at least every three months. Ideally, I would want to meet my fellow citizens every eight weeks.
- I will always push for giant corporations and the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Our government cannot function properly while being strangled by those unwilling to pay their fair share.
- I want to fix the corrupt, broken healthcare system that currently operates with impunity in our great country and state. Access to healthcare is a fundamental human right, not a privilege afforded to only the wealthy.
- Politicians should be approachable and available to their fellow citizens. I promise to hold a town-hall style meeting at least every three months, but ideally every eight weeks. As voters we have the right to know what's being done on our behalf.
-Pro-choice (Any decision-making is between a woman and her doctor.)
-Strongly in favor of common-sense gun control (My right to live a safe, meaningful, productive life trumps someone's "right" to carry a military style weapon.
-Strongly in favor of lowering the costs associated with health care and prescription drugs. (The fact that some people have to choose between purchasing their life-saving medication or paying bills is sickening. It's a total embarrassment that in the wealthiest country in human history some people are dying due to lack of medical treatment and prescriptions drugs.)
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 4, 2020
