John Cisar

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John Cisar
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Education

Associate

Colorado Mountain College

Bachelor's

Champlain College

Contact

John Cisar was a 2014 Libertarian candidate for Chittenden District of the Vermont State Senate.[1]

Biography

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Cisar has worked as a web manager and a craft food maker.[2]

Education

Below is an abbreviated outline of Cisar's academic career:[2]

  • 1997: Earned certificate in outdoor recreation from the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
  • 1998-1999: Earned associate degree in outdoor recreation and leadership development from Colorado Mountain College
  • 2003-2007: Earned bachelor's degree in digital business management from Champlain College

Campaign themes

2014

Cisar submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia regarding his political philosophy:[2]

My name is John Cisar, and I am a candidate running to serve as your next State Senator serving Chittenden County. I am socially progressive, fiscally conservative and pro civil liberties. When you vote on November 4th, I ask that you think beyond the limits of political party affiliation, and consider the virtues of a candidate’s position in respect to civil liberties, affordability, and upward mobility.

Peaceable and responsible Vermonters have a right to make personal lifestyle and economic choices free from unnecessary state interference. I am running on a platform of common sense statutory and policy reform, for purpose of improving Vermont’s affordability, livability and prosperous. 3,000 more Vermonters fell into poverty in August. Many Vermont households are struggling to stay afloat. Nearly 1 in 10 Vermonters in the workforce are unemployed. Vermont’s real unemployment (U-6) number is near 9.0%. We manage to have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country not because our workforce is strong, but because our workforce is shrinking as Vermonters leave to pursue greener pastures. Household incomes continue to decline against the backdrop of rising taxes and prices. Graduates of Vermont’s public school system continue to leave the state at an alarming rate, taking with them their taxpayer funded public education for investment towards a career found inside another state’s economy. Is this a sustainable trend? The answer is clearly not. Have our legislators been effective in promoting affordability and prosperity? The evidence proves otherwise.

I believe Chittenden County Vermont deserves to be represented by a Senator who will aggressively promote and protect our civil liberties inside a legislative climate of excessive spending, inefficiency, and lack of accountability. Vermonters are coming to the realization that a “more and more state” based approach to problem solving has not been working. More taxes, more spending, less freedom, and more state interference to guide our values-based lifestyle choices has not made Vermont more prosperous, freer, and affordable, but has weakened civil liberties protections and undermined economic diversity. As a result, many Vermonters are worse off than before. Vermont’s comparatively less affordable and less prosperous than many other states in the region. Legislators impose unnecessary barriers to upward mobility through over regulation and taxation. Conditions will not improve unless we make significant changes in our approach to problem solving. This starts by making changes to our representative body in Montpelier. [3]

—John Cisar, Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on November 3, 2014

Elections

2014

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Vermont State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Chittenden has six state senators. Incumbents Philip Baruth, Virginia Lyons, Michael Sirotkin, David Zuckerman, and Timothy Ashe and challenger Dawn Ellis were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Diane Snelling and Joy Limoge were unopposed in the Republican primary. John Cisar, Glyn Wilkinson, Ben Mayer, Paul Washburn, Christopher Coolidge and Travis Spencer ran as Libertarian candidates.[4][5][6][1] Baruth, Lyons, Snelling, Ashe, Sirotkin and Zuckerman defeated Ellis, Limoge, Wilkinson, Cisar, Mayar, Coolidge, Spencer, and Washburn.[7]

Vermont State Senate Chittenden District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVirginia "Ginny" Lyons Incumbent 12.6% 23,488
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Ashe* Incumbent 12.2% 22,790
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPhilip Baruth Incumbent 11.9% 22,217
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDiane B. Snelling Incumbent 11.7% 21,855
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Zuckerman** Incumbent 11.4% 21,333
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Sirotkin Incumbent 10.6% 19,738
     Democratic Dawn Ellis 9.9% 18,432
     Republican Joy Limoge 8.5% 15,853
     Libertarian Paul Washburn 2.2% 4,113
     Libertarian John Cisar 2.1% 3,896
     Libertarian Christopher Coolidge 2% 3,694
     Libertarian Travis Spencer 1.8% 3,405
     Libertarian Ben Mayer 1.8% 3,310
     Libertarian Glyn Wilkinson 1.4% 2,706
Total Votes 186,830

*Ashe appeared on the ballot as both a Democratic and Progressive nominee.
**Zuckerman appeared on the ballot as both a Progressive and Democratic nominee.

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