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Jacob VandenPlas
Jacob VandenPlas (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
VandenPlas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 8
Incumbent Mike Gallagher defeated Paul Boucher, Jacob VandenPlas, Julie Hancock, and Robbie Hoffman in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Gallagher (R) | 72.2 | 223,981 |
 | Paul Boucher (Independent) | 15.8 | 48,896 | |
 | Jacob VandenPlas (L)  | 10.3 | 32,057 | |
| Julie Hancock (D) (Write-in) | 1.0 | 3,160 | ||
 | Robbie Hoffman (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 135 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 1,967 | ||
| Total votes: 310,196 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 8
No candidate advanced from the primary.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| Julie Hancock (Write-in) | 73.3 | 4,120 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 26.7 | 1,504 | ||
Vote totals may be incomplete for this race. | ||||
| Total votes: 5,624 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robin Kettleson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 8
Incumbent Mike Gallagher defeated Shaun Clarmont in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 8 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Gallagher | 84.6 | 79,096 |
 | Shaun Clarmont | 15.4 | 14,377 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 76 | ||
| Total votes: 93,549 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 8
Jacob VandenPlas advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 8 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacob VandenPlas | 97.1 | 135 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.9 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 139 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jacob VandenPlas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by VandenPlas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I served for 13 years throughout my military career. I deployed on 2 separate tours to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with B. Co. 2/127th Infantry Battalion and continued with C. 1/121st Field artillery.
I worked several jobs in the district from maintenance supervisor to working in the ship yards in Marinette and Sturgeon Bay. In 2106, while working and attending UWGB, I married the love of my life Emily VandenPlas. We enthusiastically invested in a sustainable vegetable farm Door County Farm LLC. We truly enjoy living from the land and selling the excess within our local community.
Very quickly I learned the need for veteran support and farming in Wisconsin. Veterans all across the state are being ignored, so I started Door County (DC) Farm for Vets to help veterans learn how to farm at a local level. We teach veterans all aspects of farming in hopes that they themselves will follow suit and grow good fresh produce and have a sustainable income.
I am very excited to be your Congressmen and our state needs my hard work and steadfast dedication needed to bring this country back for Freedom.
- Fiscal Responsibility – I believe we should audit ad need the federal reserve.
- Self Defense – I believe in the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
- Agriculture – I advocate a free, dynamic agriculture market with desirable, safe crops using any method that meets the approval of the buying public.
Self Defense – I believe in the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
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Campaign website
VandenPlas' campaign website stated the following:
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Crony Capitalism I oppose the granting of subsidies, tax credits, special privileges, etc., on private individuals, businesses, corporations, or industries by the government, including in the name of “economic development” or “job creation.” We believe that lower taxes and regulatory costs should be extended across the board to all businesses in Wisconsin, on an equal basis, and that the government picking winners and losers in the market is a recipe for corruption. We advocate the abolition of the government economic development corporations, and oppose the uses of special tax districts to fund private for-profit projects such as stadiums and arenas.
Because only actions that infringe on the rights of others can properly be termed “crimes”, I favor the repeal of federal, state, and local laws restricting our fundamental freedom to govern our own lives. In particular, I advocate: The repeal of laws restricting the production, sale, possession, or use of prohibited drugs and medicines. The repeal of laws regarding a minimum drinking age which are in conflict with the legally recognized age for maturity and responsibility. The repeal of laws restricting consensual sexual relations between adults. The repeal of laws regulating or prohibiting gambling. The decriminalization of assisted suicide.
I believe the right to keep and bear arms should not be infringed. I therefore oppose all laws which tax or otherwise restrict the ownership, open or concealed carry, manufacture, transfer, or sale of firearms or ammunition. I further oppose all laws requiring registration of firearms. We also cannot ignore the clear lessons from history of the suffering which can fall upon a disarmed people.
I believe the problems with our current health care system are due to government interference and mandates and that any government program to “provide” health care to some at the expense of others will most certainly reduce the overall quality, responsiveness, and individuality of health care for everyone. It would also reduce the influx of the most talented people our society has to offer into the medical profession and diminish the exemplary worldwide progress and leadership our medical system has demonstrated. For these reasons, I advocate the free enterprise system as the only system capable of making quality, affordable, individualized medical care available to all.
A clean environment is in everyone’s interest. Our legal system should protect public and private property from pollution. The right of property owners to prosecute any polluter under trespass, nuisance, and negligence laws should be reinstated. It follows that bureaucracies should not be allowed to harass alleged environmental violators or restrict their direct access to just treatment under the judicial system.
I advocate phasing out taxes on incomes, personal property, and real estate property, along with corresponding decreases in the size of government. I advocate phasing out taxes on corporations and businesses.
I advocate limits on the time any elected official may serve in office. I advocate election law reforms that make it easier for the people to nominate and finance the election of the candidates of their choice.
I believe that children are a special group of citizens possessing fundamental rights involving their life and health. However, until they reach the age of legal responsibility, their other rights are limited and their parents or guardians are responsible for their actions and upbringing. Therefore, the rights and authority that parents or guardians need to fulfill their child raising responsibilities must be respected, but never at the expense of the child’s life and health.
I strongly support all private and voluntary charity, including mutual aid and fraternal societies, religious and secular non-profits, and the work of dedicated individuals across Wisconsin who assist those in need. Accordingly, I oppose all laws that limit, hinder, or crowd-out these efforts. I oppose the expansion of taxpayer-funded welfare programs, as unjustified and ineffective. I support efforts to phase out these failed government programs.
I believe that free individuals may not be compelled to authorize the assignment, collection or dissemination of personal and private information on themselves; nor may any rights and privileges available to others be denied to them for using such discretion.
The federal government often uses the threat of withholding “federal” funds to coerce states into specific actions. We strongly urge elected officials of Wisconsin to resist such pressure and applaud them when they do. We believe that this threat violates the U.S. Constitution and the concept of a Republic.
I advocate a free, dynamic agriculture market with every possible and desirable crop being produced and sold using any method that meets with the approval of the buying public that does not spread external harm. Private sector labeling must be allowed to replace government-mandated labeling — consumers will be better served with competitive certification and labels and the ability to reject products whose labeling fails to meet their personal standards. Private individuals or corporations must bear full responsibility for damages they inflict on their neighbors with unwanted externalities including pesticides, herbicides, and genetic modifications.
We support the maximum possible privatization of all publicly owned transportation systems and therefore oppose the creation of any new publicly funded or managed transportation systems.[1] |
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| —Jacob VandenPlas' campaign website (2022)[2] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House Wisconsin District 8 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jake VandenPlas for Congress, “Platform,” accessed September 14, 2022
