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John Ritter (Pennsylvania)
John Ritter is an officeholder of the Gateway School District, At-large in Pennsylvania. His current term ends in 2027.
Ritter (Republican Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 25. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Brandon Markosek defeated John Ritter in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brandon Markosek (D) | 59.5 | 20,865 | |
 | John Ritter (R) | 40.3 | 14,140 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 62 | ||
| Total votes: 35,067 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Brandon Markosek advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brandon Markosek | 98.9 | 7,924 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 88 | ||
| Total votes: 8,012 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
John Ritter advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Ritter | 98.9 | 3,714 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 40 | ||
| Total votes: 3,754 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ritter in this election.
Pledges
Ritter signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Brandon Markosek defeated Stephen Schlauch in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brandon Markosek (D) | 60.2 | 16,655 | |
| Stephen Schlauch (R) | 39.8 | 11,025 | ||
| Total votes: 27,680 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Brandon Markosek advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brandon Markosek | 100.0 | 8,221 | |
| Total votes: 8,221 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
Stephen Schlauch defeated John Ritter in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephen Schlauch | 51.3 | 2,489 | |
| John Ritter | 48.7 | 2,365 | |
| Total votes: 4,854 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Brandon Markosek defeated John Ritter in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brandon Markosek (D) | 58.3 | 19,461 | |
| John Ritter (R) | 41.7 | 13,908 | |
| Total votes: 33,369 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Brandon Markosek advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brandon Markosek | 100.0 | 9,244 | |
| Total votes: 9,244 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25
John Ritter advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Ritter | 100.0 | 4,022 |
| Total votes: 4,022 | |||
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Campaign finance
2016
Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on April 26, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016.
Incumbent Joseph Markosek defeated John Ritter in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 general election.[1][2]
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Joseph Markosek Incumbent |
62.41% | 19,218 | |
| Republican | John Ritter | 37.59% | 11,573 | |
| Total Votes | 30,791 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
Incumbent Joseph Markosek ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 25 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Joseph Markosek Incumbent (unopposed) | |
John Ritter ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 25 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 25 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | John Ritter (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014. Incumbent Joseph Markosek was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while John Ritter was unopposed in the Republican primary. Markosek defeated Ritter in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph Markosek Incumbent |
60.6% | 10,480 | |
| Republican | John Ritter | 39.4% | 6,811 | |
| Total Votes | 17,291 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Ritter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
John Ritter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
John Ritter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Ritter's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[8]
Government
- Excerpt: "Government makes a poor master, father, husband, friend, or god."
- Excerpt: "Government can be a good servant, if vigilantly managed."
Natural Resources
- Excerpt: "Minerals, energy, soil, water, plants, animals, sunlight, and time are natural resources that are good, but that can be misused."
- Excerpt: "One of government’s roles is to establish ways for people to manage natural resources well."
Human Resources
- Excerpt: "Civility, chivalry, heroism, valor, gentleness, excellence, forgiveness, deference, benefit-of-the-doubt, hard work, nobility, commitment, honesty, persistence, accountability, fairness, kindness, etc., are positive human attributes and resources."
- Excerpt: "One of government’s roles is to promote, encourage, and protect positive human resources and to resist negative ones."
- Excerpt: "“Families” are one of our greatest human resources."
Marriage
- Excerpt: "Marriage is good – as are many such institutions; but they can be misused."
- Excerpt: "Why redefine that which is good?"
Debt
- Excerpt: "Debt crushes people, businesses, and nations."
- Excerpt: "Bequeathing our debt to the next generation is a strange inheritance indeed."
- Excerpt: "Passing our debt to our children, does not eliminate the debt."
- Excerpt: "We’ve unwisely dug a deep pit for ourselves, and then fallen into it."
- Excerpt: "It is unfair to expect the next generation to pay the consequences of our misuse of money."
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pennsylvania Voter Services, "Candidate listing," accessed August 31, 2016
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "November 8, 2016, official election results," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed February 18, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "2016 Presidential Primary," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official primary results for May 20, 2014," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Official Candidate Listing," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 General Election," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Ritter for Rep, "Issues," accessed September 4, 2014
