John Plante (Florida)
John Plante (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 4. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Plante completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Plante earned a master's degree from Penn State University in 2019. His professional experience includes working at the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 4
T. Patterson Maney defeated John Plante and Lance Lawrence in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | T. Patterson Maney (R) | 72.2 | 70,208 |
 | John Plante (D)  | 27.8 | 27,083 | |
| Lance Lawrence (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 97,302 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. John Plante advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 4.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 4
T. Patterson Maney defeated Jeff Hinkle, Jonathan Tallman, and Sandra Atkinson in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 4 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | T. Patterson Maney | 37.9 | 9,908 |
| Jeff Hinkle | 34.4 | 9,001 | ||
| Jonathan Tallman | 17.3 | 4,514 | ||
| Sandra Atkinson | 10.4 | 2,730 | ||
| Total votes: 26,153 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mel Ponder (R)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Plante completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Plante's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm not a politician but am running as a career IT professional and will be looking for ways to improve the resiliency of Florida's IT Systems including Florida's grossly inadequate unemployment system. Initially I am fundraising for the filings fees to participate in this year's elections. Like many of you, I find the divisive nature of American politics to be of increasing concern. We have always been a nation that aspires to greatness, of high ideals. But in the last decade or so, our divisions are increasingly moving us apart when in reality, the divisions in what we want for ourselves and our families are not that large. We all want healthy outcomes, fair access to healthcare. We want clean waters in our communities. We feel an urgency for things to be better, but the leaders we have seem more interested in maintaining a status quo than working on solutions that work for all of us. We're hitting the ground running, developing our platform. Any help towards these ends will be greatly appreciated: https://donorbox.org/john-plante-for-state-representative-district-4.
- I want to add resiliency to Okaloosa's economy by exploring different ways we can bring more industries into the area.
- I wand to add resiliency to Florida's IT Systems so that it can better weather trying times
- It's time to work on fair access to healthcare for better outcomes. It's time for Medicaid Expansion.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 5, 2020
