John Stewart (Ohio)

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John Stewart

Libertarian Party

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Last election

November 3, 2020

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John Stewart (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 12th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

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Elections

2020

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2020

Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (April 28 Republican primary)

Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (April 28 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson defeated Alaina Shearer and John Stewart in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson (R)	55.2	241,790
		Alaina Shearer (D)	41.8	182,847
		John Stewart (L)	3.0	13,035

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 437,672
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Alaina Shearer defeated Jennifer Bell in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alaina Shearer	58.4	34,103
		Jennifer Bell	41.6	24,263

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,366
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Benjamin Weislogel (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson defeated Tim Day in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson	83.9	51,412
	Submit photo	Tim Day	16.1	9,877

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,289
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Samuel Mierzejewski (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

John Stewart advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Stewart (Write-in)	100.0	59

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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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John Stewart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Stewart's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

John Stewart spent a successful career in the trucking industry that has benefitted four generations of the Stewart family. He grew up in Worthington and currently lives in Gahanna with his wife and two dogs. He and Margie have three daughters and two granddaughters. He supports the Libertarian Party and is running as a Libertarian because he believes the two-party system has failed us. The Democrat and Republican parties have grossly mismanaged the finances of the federal government. The economy is shaky from too much intervention. The moral foundation and national character have been weakened. The citizens are being forced to choose from only two approaches to our problems, and both of them are wrong. The country needs a third voice, a voice of restraint, tolerance, and free markets.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• DEFEND AMERICAN VALUES, MAXIMIZE FREEDOM - Hard work, Thrift (delayed gratification), Self Reliance, Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Truthfulness, Tolerance, Individual liberty, Service to Others, "If you can't be anything else, at least be on time". These are among the time-honored American ideals that one way or another are either weaker or actively under attack.
• THE COST OF LIVING IS TOO HIGH - Everything has exploded in cost. This is especially true of things the government subsidizes, reimburses or regulates. No one has any incentive to keep cost down when the government is involved. Uncle Sam can just print his own money; charge as much as you want!
• REDEFINE THE MISSION - Law enforcement, Military and Border Protection are desperately in need of a newly defined mission. As a Libertarian, I have long been and will continue to be an advocate for liberalization of law, maximizing freedom and elimination of injustice. I will be an advocate in Congress for a posture of peace throughout the world. I will be an advocate for a new mission for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

We must cut the cost of government. Over the last 100 years, the Republicans and Democrats have run this country in to the ground. The problems have become much worse over the last three Presidential administrations. The only way Government can pay for this extravagance is to take it from you. They haven't done this with new taxes. They have done it by creating new money. Living is more expensive because the value of our money is shrinking. It is the monopoly power to create money that our government has seized for itself. To pay these bills, our government has just created more and more dollars. As stated before, that's what causes inflation. That's why our cost of living is too high!

Obviously, our government has grown too big and inefficient. In the House I will collaborate with other members and libertarian think tanks to eliminate Federal agencies and reduce the Federal budget.
Our front line defenders desperately need a narrower, more clearly defined mission based on maximizing freedom, eliminating injustice and projecting a posture of peace throughout the world.

Our military is desperate for a mission that is worthy of traditional values and historical roots. We must take America off foreign battlefields. We must keep America free at home and at peace with other countries abroad."

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Footnotes

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Ohio's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Husted (R)

Bernie Moreno (R)

Representatives

District 1

Greg Landsman (D)

District 2

David Taylor (R)

District 3

Joyce Beatty (D)

District 4

Jim Jordan (R)

District 5

Bob Latta (R)

District 6

Michael Rulli (R)

District 7

Max Miller (R)

District 8

Warren Davidson (R)

District 9

Marcy Kaptur (D)

District 10

Michael Turner (R)

District 11

Shontel Brown (D)

District 12

Troy Balderson (R)

District 13

Emilia Sykes (D)

District 14

David Joyce (R)

District 15

Mike Carey (R)

Republican Party (12)

Democratic Party (5)