John M. Woodman
John M. Woodman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.
Woodman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Woodman earned a bachelor's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1981.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 7
Eric Burlison defeated Kristen Radaker-Sheafer, Kevin Craig, and Roger Rekate in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Burlison (R) | 70.9 | 178,592 |
 | Kristen Radaker-Sheafer (D)  | 26.8 | 67,485 | |
 | Kevin Craig (L) | 2.3 | 5,869 | |
| Roger Rekate (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 251,947 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7
Kristen Radaker-Sheafer defeated John M. Woodman and Bryce Lockwood in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen Radaker-Sheafer | 63.3 | 13,680 |
 | John M. Woodman | 25.4 | 5,493 | |
 | Bryce Lockwood | 11.2 | 2,430 | |
| Total votes: 21,603 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Burlison | 38.2 | 39,443 |
 | Jay Wasson | 22.5 | 23,253 | |
 | Alex Bryant | 17.9 | 18,522 | |
 | Mike Moon | 8.7 | 8,957 | |
 | Sam Alexander | 5.5 | 5,665 | |
 | Audrey Richards | 3.0 | 3,095 | |
 | Paul Walker | 2.9 | 3,028 | |
 | Camille Lombardi-Olive | 1.3 | 1,363 | |
| Total votes: 103,326 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Derral Reynolds (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7
Kevin Craig advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Craig | 100.0 | 416 |
| Total votes: 416 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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John M. Woodman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Woodman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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But I think it may be more important to tell you what I want to achieve in life. Because that’s what really tells you who someone is.
I want to be a great husband and father, and a person of genuine integrity. I also want to work with many others to help bring about the best America that our nation can be.
I want all Americans to prosper. We once had the highest standard of living in the world. We’re the richest country on earth, so there’s no reason we shouldn’t have the highest standard of living again.
I hope that the things I do will make a positive impact on the lives of other people. That’s why I spent five and a half years researching and writing a course entitled, “How We Fix America.” And it’s also why I’m running for Congress.- My dream is to bring back the American Dream—in power, for all of us. From the 1930s until about 1980, we had what I call “American Dream Capitalism.” Everyone was getting better off—including the rich. Middle class Americans were getting better off twice as fast as the rich. And those at the bottom, most in need of opportunity, were getting better off the fastest of all—three times as fast as the rich! It was an escalator to a better life. Since then, it’s reversed. Working class Americans haven’t had a real raise in 40 years. The middle class struggles to make progress. But the super-rich see their wealth continually explode like a supernova. We have to change this. Doing so will completely and positively transform life for 90% of us.
- Let’s clean up our government—for real. In order to fully bring back the American Dream, we have to deal with the cause—and that’s politicians who’ve changed the rules of our economy to massively favor multi-million-dollar donors and special interests. We need government that serves the best interest of the People. And to get this back, we need comprehensive, thorough, no-holds-barred anti-corruption reform. I have a working list of 80 specific proposals to cut the corruption and bring back government that will serve your best interest. And accomplishing this will clear our way to solve every other major problem we face. Health care, climate change, education, criminal justice reform—solving corruption will help us solve it all.
- Finally, I want to give my personal pledge to you: I’m in this to represent you well, and help us all build a better life. Unlike our current Representative, I’ll hold town halls. I’ll listen to you. I’ll care what you want, and what you need. I’ll do my best to give you, and all of the People of Southwest Missouri, the representation you deserve. And I intend to do everything I can to actually solve problems. I look at the Republicans who are lined up to replace Billy Long. I don’t see a single one with real solutions. All they’re selling is fear. They want you to be afraid of “socialism.” People taking your guns. Immigrants. Your children’s teachers. And then look to them to save you. You deserve far better. I promise: I’ll provide it.
Right now, many of us are really concerned about things like the price of gas. My wife and I filled our car up the other day, and believe me: I understand.
If we do the things that I propose—and there’s no good reason for us not to—these kind of gas-pump shocks won’t even matter. Right now, if you and your family are bringing in anything up to about $130,000 a year, the hijacking of our economy that I’m talking about is costing you an estimated $24,000 to $31,000 a year—every year. And that’s after taxes.
And for your family to be better paid isn’t some kind of handout. That’s your family’s rightful share of our booming economy. This is because we’re now producing twice as much real wealth—per person—as we were back in 1978.
Most of us aren’t twice as well off as our parents or grandparents were back in the 70s. But the richest man in America? He’s FIFTY times as well off as the astonishing wealth of America’s richest man back in 1980.
They saw a vision for what America could be, and worked hard to bring it into reality. They cared about the best interest of all Americans, and of the country as a whole.
And I also recommend the excellent "American Amnesia," by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson. It's longer and more academic than my book, but it's certainly worth your time.
An elected official ought to be completely committed to serving the best interest of the People. That's what our government is supposed to do.
He or she also needs the skills to discern between good information and bad, and to understand complicated issues. This doesn't just take intelligence. It takes an awful lot of hard work.
He or she also needs to be committed to listening to the People, and to serving their needs.
I would leave school, go to work, and then work sometimes until 9 pm or so making donuts for the next day.
When it isn't -- when major change is needed, as is the case today -- you don't so much need people who've been shaped by the existing system. You need often people who are fresh, to come in and change the system, and fix what's wrong with it.
Of course, you need the right people.
Americans understood a lot of this instinctively in 2016. They wanted someone to "shake things up." Unfortunately, we chose the wrong person at that time.
And the signs of that were clear, IF you knew exactly what to look for. You don't want someone who grew up in a life of unearned privilege, who was a millionaire by age 8, through no effort of his own. That kind of person is used to the world revolving around him.
Instead, you want people who have come up from ordinary beginnings. You want people who are competent, and problem-solvers. And most of all, you want folks who are completely dedicated to the common good.
Climate change is a looming crisis. And with this kind of crisis, if we wait until it hits us hard, it will be too late.
If you happen to be among those who still doubt that climate change is both real, and an emergency, you should know that there's not a single professional organization of scientists among the world's 195 countries that denies its reality. We have to act, and act appropriately.
We will also continue to face great challenges from international rivals, including Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and Islamist terror groups. The war between Russia and Ukraine is likely to drag on for years, and we need to be prepared to keep supporting Ukraine during that time -- all while avoiding any escalation with Russia that could lead us into a civilization-destroying nuclear war.
At home, I consider the strangling of the American Dream to be a five-alarm emergency. If you have a typical family, it's the same as if someone is taking $2,000 to $2,500 out of your family's bank account each month.
There's also a Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth. Yeah, you can bet I'd like to be on that one.
Frankly, we need a better system for getting rid of Representatives and Senators who aren't serving us well. Unfortunately, it can be hard for the public to clearly identify those, and name recognition and incumbency usually win.
And we are well aware that our government isn't serving us well. Congress currently has a 20% approval rating!
Term limits allow us to throw out corrupt politicians -- and replace them with a new batch of rookies who are soon just as corrupt as the ones we threw out.
In the meantime, the lobbyists and special interests aren't term limited -- so they end up being the ones who know how the system works.
The answer to our problem, then, isn't term limits. It's to thoroughly clean up our political system -- with bleach and some darn hard scrubbing. And that's exactly what I propose we do.
We also need good ways to identify the bad Representatives and Senators -- and actually get rid of them.
As Americans, we pay more than 10 times for our insulin what the people of any other developed country pay. This wouldn't be a problem for her if she lived in Canada, Australia, or Western Europe.
We often think of Liberty as having to do with freedom from any government restriction. But here's a lady who is certainly not free. Her life is not freedom.
And in fact, the greatest theft of freedom ever in America didn't come from the government. It came from private citizens, who literally enslaved other Americans.
Even after slavery ended, we had American men, women and children exploited in factories for almost every waking hour, being paid just enough to survive.
The reality is, preserving freedom often requires government action, just as it did with slavery and unfair and dangerous labor practices.
In this matter of insulin, we recently had a vote in the US House of Representatives on capping the price to a reasonable amount, similar to what the citizens of other countries pay. Every single Democrat voted in favor of the measure. Every single Democrat voted for Liberty.
94% of Republicans voted against it. They talk about being in favor of Liberty -- but when called upon to actually vote for it, almost all of them vote for exploitation instead.
At this time, we don't know whether a cap on insulin will pass the Senate.
If it fails, it will be Republicans who kill it.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 12, 2022
