Joana Scholtz
Joana Scholtz (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Kansas House of Representatives to represent District 40. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Scholtz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Joana Scholtz served in the U.S. Army from 1979 to 1987. She earned a bachelor's degree from Knox College in 1979 and a master's degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, in 2001. Her professional experience includes working as a special education teacher. She has also served in the following positions: president of NAACP Leavenworth Kansas Branch 4036, at large member of the Leavenworth Lions Club, and member of the Richard Allen Cultural Center & Museum, P.E.O., and Women of the Leavenworth/Lansing Chamber of Commerce.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent David French defeated Joana Scholtz in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 40 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David French (R) | 54.0 | 5,318 |
Joana Scholtz (D)  | 46.0 | 4,523 | ||
| Total votes: 9,841 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 40
Joana Scholtz advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 40 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joana Scholtz | 100.0 | 1,615 | |
| Total votes: 1,615 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent David French advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 40 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David French | 100.0 | 2,295 |
| Total votes: 2,295 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joana Scholtz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Scholtz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I graduated in 1975 from Gage Park High School in Chicago, Illinois. I graduated in 1979 from Knox College (Galesburg, Illinois) with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Russian Studies, and in 2001 obtained a Masters of Education in Special Education at University of Missouri, Kansas City.
I was commissioned in the United States Army upon graduation from Knox College as a Military Intelligence Officer, and served on active duty for eight years. I attended the Military Intelligence Officer Basic and Advanced Courses at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. I served in the 107th Military Intelligence Battalion and 7th Artillery Brigade in Fort Ord, California; 3rd Infantry Division, G-2 in Wurzburg, Germany; and the Military Intelligence Center and School at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. It was an honor to serve my Country and I remain a Patriot.
As a parent and educator, I am invested in all of our kids' futures, and know the importance of supporting our schools. As our community is poised to grow, I want to ensure the state invests in our community to have the right balance of infrastructure and business incentives. I've served my family, my country, my community, now I'm ready to serve the people of District 40 (Lansing and S.E. Leavenworth) as our State Representative.- Affordable Healthcare for all Kansans
- Full Funding for Education
- Supporting our Veterans
Our schools need to be funded to support the needs of our teachers and students. Kansas ranks #30 in K-12 per student spending.
Food and Property Taxes
We pay some of the highest food taxes in the Country. Property taxes need to be regulated to ensure that we do not levy tax raises for general maintenance of our properties.
Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion will ensure that 150,000 hardworking Kansans can afford to pay for quality healthcare and create about 4,000 new jobs over 5 years in the health industry. The program will be paid for with 90% federal and 10% Kansas dollars.
Veteran Benefits
Veterans have served our country and our government has a responsibility to serve them. We need a new and modern veteran's home in Northeast Kansas that is contracted with the Veteran's Administration. I will fight to keep "on-site visits" in the Veteran Benefits Administration' regional offices.
Growth
We need to bring high tech industries to our community that use green energy to ensure we protect our environment as we grow.
Foster Care
We need to ensure that we fully fund our schools to ensure our kids are ready to compete with scholars, from top schools, after H.S.; or enter the workforce with skills for jobs that pay a living wage.
We need to ensure our kids can stay or return to our community and raise their families because we have clean energy industries with good paying jobs. We need to consider our environment as we improve our infrastructure for the future.
We need to lead the fight to build a Veterans home in our area so our veterans can live near us during illness and as they age.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2020
