Joe Hartman
Joe Hartman (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Hartman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Joe Hartman was born in Fort Pierce, Florida. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida in 2012. Hartman's career experience includes working as a tax planner, business consultant, and middle school math teacher.[1][1]
Elections
2020
See also: Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 8
Incumbent Elissa Slotkin defeated Paul Junge and Joe Hartman in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elissa Slotkin (D)  | 50.9 | 217,922 |
 | Paul Junge (R) | 47.3 | 202,525 | |
 | Joe Hartman (L) | 1.8 | 7,897 | |
| Total votes: 428,344 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8
Incumbent Elissa Slotkin advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elissa Slotkin | 100.0 | 90,570 |
| Total votes: 90,570 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8
Paul Junge defeated Mike Detmer, Kristina Lyke, and Alan Hoover in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Junge | 35.1 | 30,525 |
 | Mike Detmer | 28.6 | 24,863 | |
 | Kristina Lyke | 25.4 | 22,093 | |
 | Alan Hoover | 10.9 | 9,461 | |
| Total votes: 86,942 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nikki Snyder (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8
Joe Hartman advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on July 18, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Hartman (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Note: Hartman submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on August 17, 2020.
Note: Hartman submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on July 20, 2020.
Campaign website
Hartman's campaign website stated the following:
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– Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy: Bring the troops home and end the terror wars – Repeal the ACA: Abolish the heavy-handed, one-size-fits-all regulatory burdens in healthcare – Education choice: Empower families with education vouchers. – End Taxation: starting with the regressive Social Security and Medicare payroll tax system – Abolish Drug Laws: starting with cannabis and entheogenic substances – Daylight Act: End the chaos of clock changing. [2] |
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| —Joe Hartman's campaign website (2020)[3] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 17, 2020 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Joe Hartman's 2020 campaign website, “Policy,” accessed Nov. 2, 2020
