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Jake Hochard
Jake Hochard (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 9. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.
Hochard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jake Hochard earned bachelor's degrees in economics and environmental studies from Gettysburg College in 2011, and a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Wyoming in 2015. Hochard's career experience includes working as a poverty and environmental economist and faculty member with East Carolina University.
Hochard has served as a technical and scientific expert for the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuarine Partnership, and as a research fellow with the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute and the Center for Natural Hazards Research.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9
Brian Farkas defeated incumbent Perrin Jones in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Farkas (D) | 51.2 | 19,198 |
 | Perrin Jones (R) | 48.8 | 18,329 | |
| Total votes: 37,527 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9
Brian Farkas defeated Jake Hochard in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Farkas | 62.3 | 5,466 |
 | Jake Hochard | 37.7 | 3,302 | |
| Total votes: 8,768 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Perrin Jones advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9.
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jake Hochard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hochard's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- ECU accomplishes more per dollar than any other state university. It's time that North Carolina supports ECU as much as ECU supports North Carolina.
- North Carolina teachers dedicate their lives to building our public education system. North Carolina owes our teachers a commitment that lasts longer than an election cycle.
- North Carolina must take an aggressive approach to improving healthcare access and supporting residents who have fallen into physically and mentally debilitating poverty-health traps.
Improving Access to Health Care ServicesCombating Poverty
Investing in the Arts and Humanities
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 16, 2019
