Jacob Pulcher
Jacob Pulcher (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Pulcher completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer defeated William Devine III, Patrick Elder, and Jacob Pulcher in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steny Hoyer (D) | 70.3 | 213,796 |
 | William Devine III (R) | 27.1 | 82,361 | |
 | Patrick Elder (G)  | 1.3 | 4,082 | |
 | Jacob Pulcher (L) | 1.2 | 3,592 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 378 | ||
| Total votes: 304,209 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer defeated Dennis Fritz in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steny Hoyer | 84.1 | 72,493 |
 | Dennis Fritz | 15.9 | 13,681 | |
| Total votes: 86,174 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
William Devine III defeated Johnny Rice in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Devine III | 57.6 | 11,372 |
 | Johnny Rice | 42.4 | 8,385 | |
| Total votes: 19,757 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Jacob Pulcher participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on June 3, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Jacob Pulcher's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Campaign finance reform, limiting foreign engagement. Ending drug war.[2][3] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Limiting govt interference in everyday Americans livesCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Jacob Pulcher answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | John McCain.[3] | ” |
| “ | I believe we need to make it possible for everyday citizens to successfully run for office without compromising values to billionaire and special interests.[3] | ” |
| “ | I have been broke for eight years and I intend to stay broke fore the next four if I win.[3] | ” |
| “ | To serve the needs and will of the hard working, tax paying American citizens.[3] | ” |
| “ | To better serve the middle class. By finding affordable health care.[3] | ” |
| “ | When I was young I can recall seeing the Berlin Wall a few short years before it was torn down.[3] | ” |
| “ | I stared as a dishwasher in a restaurant and now manage several.[3] | ” |
| “ | Thanksgiving is about bringing family together. It is not about money or gifts.[3] | ” |
| “ | For whom the bell tolls Ernest Hemingway.[3] | ” |
| “ | My garden.[3] | ” |
| “ | Some experience is beneficial. But lifelong incumbents that have no idea what the common American struggles with is not. Sitting in their high towers making decisions on how we live our lives with no concept of the struggle it creates.[3] | ” |
| “ | I believe four years is a solid reliable amount of time. I do believe in term limits of 2 terms.[3] | ” |
| “ | I believe 2 four year terms is a reasonable amount of time[3] | ” |
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2018
- Maryland's 5th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Jacob Pulcher's responses," June 3, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
