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Joel Otto
Joel Otto was a 2012 third-party candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Wyoming. He lost in the general election.[1]
Otto attended Vermont Technical College and has a degree in mechanical engineering technology.[2]
Issues
Otto listed some of his campaign issues on his website:
- "Liberty: ”I will defend your liberty from unconstitutional government intrusion.”
- Basic Rights: ”I will protect your rights–the rights of your person, family, and property–that our Founding Fathers fought and died for.”
- Responsibility: ”I support individual responsibility, including the consequences and benefits of our actions. I do not support a nanny state, nor any government intervention into our lives and homes.”
- Jobs and Economic Growth: ”I support returning to free market principles and removing the government impediments of taxes, subsidies and regulations that strangle free enterprise.”
- Healthcare: ”I oppose PPACA and other government involvement in health care. People should be free to make their own healthcare decisions without government coercion and interference.”
- Education Freedom: ”I support control of education by parents, students, and teachers, without federal mandates.”
- Foreign Policy: ”I support bringing our valuable service men and women home and ending the war on terror, because these wars are expensive, deadly, and lack a clear mission.”
- Internet Freedom: ”I support the free speech and free market nature of the Internet and oppose government censorship and warrantless surveilance.”
- Food Freedom: “I support the protection of small farms and our right to buy and sell food in any form, raw or cooked, without federal police raids.”
- Marriage: ”I support removing government licensing and permitting of marriage. Let’s keep the police out of marriage.”
- Abortion: “As a homeschooling parent of four children, born at home, I treasure human life and recognize that individual life begins at conception. The rights of a new life must be balanced with the existing life of the mother.”
- Property Rights: ”I support property rights and good stewardship of our Wyoming environment.”[3]
Elections
2012
Otto ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Wyoming. He ran as a Third Party member and faced Republican incumbent John Barrasso and Democrat Tim Chesnut in the November 6, 2012, general election.[4] Barrasso won.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Cynthia Lummis Incumbent |
69% | 166,452 | |
| Democratic | Chris Henrichsen | 23.9% | 57,573 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Brubaker | 3.5% | 8,442 | |
| Constitution | Daniel Clyde Cummings | 2.1% | 4,963 | |
| Country | Don Willis | 1.6% | 3,775 | |
| Total Votes | 241,205 | |||
| Source: Wyoming Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
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Personal
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Otto is married with four children.[5]
See also
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