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Jonathan Burke
Jonathan Burke (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 105. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Burke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jonathan Burke was born Salem, Oregon.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 105
Ken Borton defeated Jonathan Burke in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 105 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Borton (R) | 65.7 | 37,172 |
 | Jonathan Burke (D)  | 34.3 | 19,423 | |
| Total votes: 56,595 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 105
Jonathan Burke advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 105 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathan Burke | 100.0 | 6,728 |
| Total votes: 6,728 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 105
Ken Borton defeated Tony Cutler and Jimmy Schmidt in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 105 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Borton | 55.0 | 10,643 |
 | Tony Cutler | 36.1 | 6,990 | |
 | Jimmy Schmidt | 8.9 | 1,719 | |
| Total votes: 19,352 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jonathan Burke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burke's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- First Responders First! We must take care of our true front line and make sure they have all the equipment and resources they need to keep us all safe and healthy!
- Liberty! Justice! For All! A common phrase we have all said many times but it is time we start Living these words! We need to make sure that EVERYONE is afforded their basic human and constitutional rights and leave no one behind!
- Party politics only ends up in a power struggle and legislative grid lock and come together as citizens, not political parties, to develop real and lasting solutions to the problems we all are facing!
We have also been shown the glaring problems in our economic system. Too many of our citizens are working paycheck to paycheck with no savings for emergencies. This is a major problem I intend to fix!
I will work tirelessly for Accessible and Affordable,
Health Care
Education
Housing
Utilities (including Internet)
Higher wages and better benefits for all essential workers and if you have a job you are essential! It is time for trickle up economics!
Equal rights for all citizens!
Protect our environment and especially our life giving water!
Support our local farmers THE essential workers and work towards making it easier and more affordable for them to grow and distribute our food!
Work to reduce the tax burden of the middle class and rebuild our infrastructure using better technology.
Longer lasting roads!
No more salt on roads in winter!
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 12, 2020
