Jon LeRoux
Jon LeRoux (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 99. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
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Biography
Jon LeRoux was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. He graduated from Community Christian School. He attended Oral Roberts University. His career experience includes working as a web developer and small business owner.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 99
Incumbent Mike Hoadley defeated Jon LeRoux in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 99 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Hoadley (R) | 71.1 | 36,710 |
 | Jon LeRoux (D)  | 28.9 | 14,926 | |
| Total votes: 51,636 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 99
Jon LeRoux advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 99 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jon LeRoux | 100.0 | 5,103 |
| Total votes: 5,103 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 99
Incumbent Mike Hoadley advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 99 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Hoadley | 100.0 | 13,219 |
| Total votes: 13,219 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Pledges
LeRoux signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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small business owner. Born in Hanover, NH, he lived in 5 other states before moving to Michigan, his family’s home state. While studying Computer Science at Oral Roberts University, he met his wife, Maria, and started their small business in digital marketing, which has successfully operated for more than 10 years.
His goal as State Representative for Michigan’s 99th district is to put an end to the divisive rhetoric that the elite one-percenters use to divide fellow Michiganders from one another, to ensure that the ultra-wealthy and megacorporations pay their fair share of tax, and that human rights — such as single-payer healthcare for all, women’s
reproductive rights, and more- Fighting Corporate Greed. We’re being
priced out of life itself by the ultra-wealthy and the megacorps they run. They think they can peddle their unchecked greed as “inflation” and we’ll just buy it. Like hell. Together, we’re putting an end to their tax loopholes and ensure they pay their fair
share. - Healthcare for All and Women’s Rights. The right to safe, effective, and inclusive healthcare — including abortion — is a fundamental human right. Working together, we’ll ensure Michigan leads the way in protecting women’s rights and healthcare.
- Accelerating Climate Change Solutions. Our vibrant agricultural economy, tourism industry, and literally all life on earth depend on us stopping climate change as quickly as possible. Now is the time to pull out all the stops so our children and grandchildren have a planet to call home.
The lack of desire for power, but the understanding that, when power is given to you by people who need you to wield it, you need to wield it without timidity.
The recognition that public service is a privilege and the ability to do so in a free country is something for which countless people have fought and died.
An understanding that the old adage "be sure your sins will find you out" always holds true in the end.
An understanding that it's the role of government to create a more equitable society for all people.
I'm too lazy and simply not clever enough to be a liar. I can't imagine the exhaustion and ongoing stress of trying to cover things up and lie all of the time. I'd rather be proven a fool, be wrong, or have a bad take on something than try to waste time and energy trying to cover up something.
I don't pretend to be the smartest guy in the room, because Lord knows that's not the case. If I am, that's the wrong room. I like to seek out the wisdom and knowledge of those around me.
I have absolutely no issues or hesitancy in saying "I'm wrong" or "I don't know." But I'll be damn sure I'm the person who puts in the work to get the answer and help create a solution.
I don't want to be rich in the traditional sense of excess. I just want to live a life that allows me to not have to worry about the essentials, to where I can keep my wife safe and happy, and to where I can help out my friends and family here and there when they need it. Aristotle sums it up pretty well: "The fact is that the greatest crimes are caused by excess and not by necessity."
I try to see others as a different version of me. If I had grown up in their circumstances, in their home, and with all of the variables life had thrown their way, I'd be just like them -- and vice-versa.
Technically, my first labor role was washing dishes in the ice cream and sandwich shop that my mother and father worked at.
Later, we moved to Florida in the early/mid 90s and I would help my father and mother fold, bag, and then deliver hundreds of papers most evenings -- especially Sundays. We would fold them in the evenings and then deliver them in the early mornings from about 2:00AM to 6:00AM.
We did that for about 4 years prior to our move to Georgia where I then helped my mother grow her business as an independent Avon representative. I would do everything from making and printing labels for her team members, setting up for sales meetings, providing IT support, you name it.
In terms of my first "on-the-books, you get a W4" job, it was as an overnight stocker at Wal-Mart. It was a tough job, no question. And sadly, even then, a lot of my co-workers were on food stamps and other state-supported services.
This is probably the most boring answer I could have given, but, hey, that's the truth.
Given how many times my wife shows me Instagram Reels that contain that meme format, yeah. It's that one.
For a long time, I was a textbook "people pleaser." In a desire to do a great job and make everyone happy, I would always say "yes" to everyone, overcommit myself, and burn out.
After recognizing the pattern and the reasons why I had that tendency, I committed myself to breaking that pattern. It's taken some work, and it's something that I think I'll always have to wrestle with, but I'm night-and-day better than I was.
Ensuring the wealthy pair their fair share and closing their egregious tax loopholes;
Healthcare for all under a Medicare-for-all style single-payer solution;
I'm running because there was no one willing to run under the Democratic ticket in my district for state legislature, and I cannot abide no one standing up for the 99th against the bully and threat to democracy that is Donald Trump and his cronies.
For decades, megacorporations and the wealthy have grown fat off of sowing discord amongst those who lean more liberal and those who lean more conservative. The vast majority of us want the same stuff at the end of the day. We've been conditioned to think of those that think differently than us as some kind of monster.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
If we sit on our collective asses and think that someone "more qualified" or "better suited" to the role of local, state, or Federal government is going to step up to the plate, we're sorely mistaken.
- It's too damn expensive to live anymore. We're being priced out of everything, even the mundane. Groceries, fuel, you name it. The ultrawealthy endlessly want "more" and it will never be enough. They want to squeeze and grind out the very last bit of profitability they can milk from the very bodies and souls of their workforces and even then it won't be enough. The only thing that grows infinitely is cancer.
- Our very survival is threatened due to climate change. There's incredible, constant, existential dread -- particularly among my age cohort and younger -- that's weighing down hearts and minds on a global scale.
(If you're a kid reading this, you might be a boring child. Go do a kickflip on a skateboard, kid. I'm kidding. It's great that you're interested in politics at such an early age. I mean, sure, you're probably still going to be the most boring kid in your class, yeah, but you're probably way ahead of the game compared to your peers, so don't sweat it.)
That said, my favorite clean joke that's sure to get an eyeroll and a groan from your loved ones is as follows:
Q: "What do you call a spider with 40 eyes?"
Economic Development and Small Business;
Education;
Officials who have been placed in positions of authority over industries should NOT be permitted to lobby or otherwise work for them in order to leverage their clout and connections within the governing bodies for which they previously worked.
The revolving door of government and large private interests is patently absurd and must end forever.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 21, 2024
