Jay Whiting

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Jay Whiting was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 55A of the Minnesota House of Representatives.[1]

Campaign themes

2014

Whiting's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]

Transportation

  • Excerpt: "We need to plan for, and invest in the future of our State transportation system and infrastructure, now. This could have been done with an increase in motor fuel tax, motor vehicle registration tax increase or motor vehicle sales tax, but the State could have got started by using some of the budget surplus we saw this year."

Education

  • Excerpt: "State funding needs to be focused on building students, and not on building buildings and sports complexes. Of even more importance is, the need to support students who, once out of college, over 70% leave college with loans, struggle beneath a mountain of debt and have trouble securing a job within the scope of their chosen field. I support freezing tuition at State funded higher education schools and would support lowering interest rates on student loans."

Aging community

  • Excerpt: "The strain on local resources will create a need for additional mechanisms to be created at a State level. Some of these may include better transit options, access to health and care services, protection from identity theft and scamming, better veteran’s services and more advocates to assist aging citizens manage their needs."

Mental Health

  • Excerpt: "Improving Minnesota’s mental health system includes; access to needed and necessary treatment, supportive housing options, crisis teams that create early engagement in treatment, transportation alternatives in a psychiatric emergency and support of the Mental Health in Schools Act."

Jobs

  • Excerpt: "Efforts need to be continually supported in order to attract good business opportunities to Minnesota. More jobs will equal an increased hiring demand and create better wages which help us keep and attract good employees."

Elections

2014

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Jay Whiting defeated Ronald Ryan Gray in the Democratic primary. Bob Loonan defeated Bruce Mackenthun in the Republican primary. Derek Thury ran as an Independence Party candidate. Loonan defeated Whiting and Thury in the general election.[3][4][5]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 55A General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBob Loonan 56.8% 6,439
     Democratic Jay Whiting 38.8% 4,398
     Independence Derek Thury 4.4% 500
     Write-in Write-in 0.1% 9
Total Votes 11,346
Minnesota House of Representatives, District 55A Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJay Whiting 82.8% 512
Ronald Ryan Gray 17.2% 106
Total Votes 618
Minnesota House of Representatives, District 55A Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBob Loonan 50.6% 721
Bruce Mackenthun 49.4% 704
Total Votes 1,425

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Whiting's endorsements included the following:[6]

  • DFL Senate District 55
  • Team MAPE
  • AFL-CIO
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker IBEW
  • Outfront MN Action

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This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jay + Whiting + Minnesota + House"

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 1, 2014
  2. ↑ Whiting for Minnesota, "Issues," accessed July 24, 2014
  3. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State Canvassing Board Report," August 19, 2014
  4. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 25, 2014
  5. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
  6. ↑ Whiting for Minnesota, "Endorsements," accessed July 24, 2014


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