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Jim Pruett
Jim Pruett (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6
Greg Pence defeated Jeannine Lee Lake and Tom Ferkinhoff in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Pence (R) | 63.8 | 154,260 |
 | Jeannine Lee Lake (D) | 32.9 | 79,430 | |
 | Tom Ferkinhoff (L) | 3.3 | 8,030 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 241,726 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeannine Lee Lake | 38.3 | 8,890 |
 | Jim Pruett | 25.8 | 5,984 | |
 | Lane Siekman | 15.6 | 3,612 | |
 | George Thomas Holland | 11.1 | 2,570 | |
 | Joshua Williamson | 7.3 | 1,695 | |
| K. Lave | 1.9 | 446 | ||
| Total votes: 23,197 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Arturas Kerelis (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6
Greg Pence defeated Jonathan Lamb, Stephen MacKenzie, Mike Campbell, and Jeff Smith in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Pence | 64.5 | 47,962 |
 | Jonathan Lamb | 23.6 | 17,526 | |
 | Stephen MacKenzie | 4.6 | 3,400 | |
| Mike Campbell | 4.3 | 3,231 | ||
| Jeff Smith | 3.0 | 2,258 | ||
| Total votes: 74,377 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Crider (R)
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
JIM PRUETT participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 9, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and JIM PRUETT's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Universal health insurance. 2) Increasing wages. |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Restoring government to the power of the people and not just the privileged few.Cite 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. JIM PRUETT answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | Former Congressman Lee Hamilton because he embodies the principles of what a true statesman and representative of the people should work to accomplish.[3] | ” |
| “ | Honesty, hard work and a true desire to see all people have success.[3] | ” |
| “ | Hard work, dedication, thoughtfulness and a desire to see that all Americans are successful.[3] | ” |
| “ | The death of President John F. Kennedy.[3] | ” |
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2018
- Indiana's 6th 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, "JIM PRUETT's responses," April 9, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
