John Meyer (Montana)
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John Meyer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Montana's At-Large Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2018.
Meyer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Montana At-large District
Incumbent Greg Gianforte defeated Kathleen Williams and Elinor Swanson in the general election for U.S. House Montana At-large District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Gianforte (R) | 50.9 | 256,661 |
 | Kathleen Williams (D)  | 46.2 | 233,284 | |
 | Elinor Swanson (L) | 2.9 | 14,476 | |
| Total votes: 504,421 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Doug Campbell (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Montana At-large District
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Montana At-large District on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathleen Williams | 33.5 | 37,513 |
 | John Heenan | 31.7 | 35,480 | |
| Grant Kier | 24.2 | 27,025 | ||
 | Lynda Moss | 5.1 | 5,667 | |
| John Meyer | 3.3 | 3,740 | ||
 | Jared Pettinato | 2.2 | 2,472 | |
| Total votes: 111,897 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Montana At-large District
Incumbent Greg Gianforte advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Montana At-large District on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Gianforte | 100.0 | 136,372 |
| Total votes: 136,372 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Drew Turiano (R)
2017
Meyer sought election to the At-Large Congressional District of Montana in the 2017 special election. He was not chosen to be the Democratic nominee.[1]
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
John Meyer participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 7, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and John Meyer's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1. Start a Clean Energy Revolution
2 Protect Public Lands 3. Provide affordable health care. 4. Protect families. 5. Expand opportunities to attend college.[3][4] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | As a practicing environmental attorney, I am passionate about all issues regarding climate change and public lands. It is important to provide a healthcare market that has a public option and only includes nonprofit health insurance companies. Increase the amount of maternal and paternal leave. As the first person in my family to graduate from a four year college, I am passionate about expanding opportunities for students that might not otherwise have them.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. John Meyer answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Yvon Chouinard--founder of Patagonia. Chouinard is a personal hero of mine because he always marched to his own drummer and was very successful in rewriting the rules of business.[4] | ” |
| “ | Horizontalism-Voices of Popular Power in Argentina.[4] | ” |
| “ | Honesty and integrity. Service before self.[4] | ” |
| “ | Honesty and integrity. Good work ethic.[4] | ” |
| “ | Faithfully serve the people that you have been asked to represent.[4] | ” |
| “ | I would like to be thought of as a person who put others before himself; a person that only took what he needed, not what he wanted. I would like to be thought of as a strong leader because I was willing to make myself vulnerable by being completely honest. I would like to be thought of as a kind, thoughtful, gentle person. I would like to be thought of as a person that could go anywhere in the world and be welcomed.[4] | ” |
| “ | Sweeping construction sites for one summer.[4] | ” |
| “ | Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner. Tells the autobiographical story of a white kid growing up in a sod igloo in the Alaskan tundra. This book made me decide to live in a yurt without running water or electricity while starting a law practice.[4] | ” |
| “ | Paper Maiche mask of a wolverine made by a member of the conservation organization I founded. It is one of a kind.[4] | ” |
| “ | I have been alcohol free for 3.5 years. I pray every morning that I don't have to consume alcohol that day.[4] | ” |
| “ | The large number of Representatives fosters a marketplace of ideas and necessitates team building.[4] | ” |
| “ | Not necessarily--bringing a beginner's mind can be a positive thing.[4] | ” |
| “ | Adapting to climate change and confronting income inequality.[4] | ” |
| “ | Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Rules.[4] | ” |
| “ | I think a four year term limit would allow representatives to focus on issues instead of worrying about reelection.[4] | ” |
| “ | I think that U.S. House Representatives should be limited to three (2) year terms and U.S. Senators should only be allowed to serve two (6) year terms.[4] | ” |
| “ | I favor the kind of redistricting that does not involve gerrymandering.[4] | ” |
| “ | I would join the party's leadership if asked.[4] | ” |
| “ | Pat Williams of Montana--strong conservation advocate.[4] | ” |
| “ | A woman told me about making a little bit more than minimum wage and how Trump's tax plan did very little to benefit her. She looked me right in the eyes and said please don't forget us when you go to Congress.[4] | ” |
External links
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Montana's At-Large Congressional District special election, 2017
- Montana's At-Large Congressional District election, 2018
- Montana's At-Large Congressional District
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcong17 - ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "John Meyer's responses," May 7, 2018
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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