Joel Lewis

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Joel Lewis

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 9, 2016

Contact

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Joel Lewis was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin. Lewis was defeated by Mary Hoeft in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Sean Duffy (R) defeated Mary Hoeft (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Duffy defeated Donald Raihala in the Republican primary, while Hoeft defeated Joel Lewis to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 9, 2016.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sean Duffy Incumbent	61.7%	223,418
	Democratic	Mary Hoeft	38.3%	138,643
Total Votes				362,061
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 7 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sean Duffy Incumbent	89.5%	29,501
Donald Raihala	10.5%	3,456
Total Votes		32,957
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 7 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mary Hoeft	80.7%	27,289
Joel Lewis	19.3%	6,531
Total Votes		33,820
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Lewis' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Economic Inequality: Whether we’re talking about low wage jobs, jobs with no benefits, the cost of higher education, student loan interest rates, the decline of unions through legislation, the cost of healthcare, the strain of trying to be a sustainable independent farmer, or the struggle of running a small business in today’s economic climate, we are talking about economic inequality. They are llustrations of banks and corporations being more important to our politicians than the welfare and success of good, hard-working citizens. Climate Change & Green Technologies: All across the Northwoods of Wisconsin, folks are struggling to find and keep good paying jobs. There has been a severe lack of investment in any good paying jobs that do not promise to pollute the Great Lakes or our sacred and economically important waterways. Whether you believe that humans are speeding up climate change or not, these issues are critical. The fact is that green technologies are the way of the future, and Wisconsin can be at the forefront. Mental Health & Healthcare: Investment in mental health has been declining over the last 40 years, and investment in criminal justice and corrections has skyrocketed. This has happened as a result of deinstitutionalization policies under Reagan and the War on Drugs. The War on Drugs has created a society that looks at drug abuse and addiction as a crime rather than a mental illness. This has created a “go get the bad guys” kind of attitude from the top down, rather than a good-faith, effective, and cost-effective policy approach. Social Security: We must protect and preserve Social Security and Medicare. It is a promise to every single American that has paid in. It is insurance! It insures that if one of our hard working citizens gets sick or retires, that they will still have a house to go to after. It insures that our disabled are cared for rather than left in the cold or housed in our jails. If we lift the cap on millionaires, it can be solvent. Send me to Washington, and I will fight for the working class, because I am the working class.	”
—Joel Lewis' campaign website, http://www.lewisforwisconsin.com/

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2016
• Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
• Facebook page

Footnotes

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Wisconsin's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Baldwin (D)

Ronald Johnson (R)

Representatives

District 1

Bryan Steil (R)

District 2

Mark Pocan (D)

District 3

Derrick Van Orden (R)

District 4

Gwen Moore (D)

District 5

Scott Fitzgerald (R)

District 6

Glenn Grothman (R)

District 7

Tom Tiffany (R)

District 8

Tony Wied (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (3)