Jake Shade
Jake Shade (Republican Party) ran for election to the Maryland State Senate to represent District 1. He lost in the Republican primary on July 19, 2022.
Shade completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jake Shade was born in Cumberland, Maryland. Shade's professional experience includes working as a self-employed insurance broker. He earned a bachelor's degree and a graduate degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2013 and 2015, respectively.[1]
Shade has been affiliated with Queen City Lodge #131 and Tri-County Council of Western Maryland.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maryland State Senate District 1
Mike McKay defeated Michael Dreisbach in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike McKay (R) | 73.4 | 33,258 |
| Michael Dreisbach (D) | 26.5 | 11,995 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 78 | ||
| Total votes: 45,331 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 1
Michael Dreisbach advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 1 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Dreisbach | 100.0 | 4,693 | |
| Total votes: 4,693 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 1
Mike McKay defeated Jake Shade in the Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 1 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike McKay | 55.0 | 9,265 |
 | Jake Shade | 45.0 | 7,581 | |
| Total votes: 16,846 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jake Shade completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Shade's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jake believes that Western Maryland doesn’t get our fair share from Annapolis and we must elected people who will fight for our region and uphold our values.
As President of the Allegany County Commissioners Jake has overhauled economic development, hired more police and first responders, and in 2022 due to conservative budgeting Allegany County boasted a record $4.2m surplus, which allowed for the first income tax cut in Allegany County since 1998.- Economic Growth and Development
- Supporting the Police
- Lower taxes and less regulation
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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