Jonathan Lamb

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Jonathan Lamb

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 8, 2018

Contact

Campaign website

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Jonathan Lamb (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 8, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Greg Pence defeated Jeannine Lee Lake and Tom Ferkinhoff in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence (R)	63.8	154,260
		Jeannine Lee Lake (D)	32.9	79,430
		Tom Ferkinhoff (L)	3.3	8,030
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	6

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 241,726 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeannine Lee Lake	38.3	8,890
		Jim Pruett	25.8	5,984
		Lane Siekman	15.6	3,612
		George Thomas Holland	11.1	2,570
		Joshua Williamson	7.3	1,695
	Submit photo	K. Lave	1.9	446

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 23,197
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Arturas Kerelis (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Greg Pence defeated Jonathan Lamb, Stephen MacKenzie, Mike Campbell, and Jeff Smith in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence	64.5	47,962
		Jonathan Lamb	23.6	17,526
		Stephen MacKenzie	4.6	3,400
	Submit photo	Mike Campbell	4.3	3,231
	Submit photo	Jeff Smith	3.0	2,258

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 74,377
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Crider (R)

Campaign themes

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jonathan Lamb participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 10, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Jonathan Lamb's responses follow below.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

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1) Infrastructure 2) Jobs and the Economy 3) Budget/Cutting Spending

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

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I am an entrepreneur, economist, and visionary leader who works every day to create opportunities in our new economy. I will focus my efforts on policies that will promote job creation and grow the economy. We can do this by working together on infrastructure, keeping taxes low, cutting the red tape that burdens businesses and fighting the opioid epidemic plaguing our district.

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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Jonathan Lamb answered the following:

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

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As an entrepreneur, I have experienced success and failure. You will not see politicians talk about “real-life” problems, or about their failures and missteps, but I will. I know the ups and downs of life, the struggles of starting a business, and what it is like to make ends meet. Like so many of my fellow Hoosiers and the generations in their families before them, I and my wife did not have the luxury of having things handed to them. We worked hard, started businesses, and began a family. We had business failures, personal and family setbacks, and real life problems…problems that our politicians and Washington don’t seem to know and understand.

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Do you believe that it’s beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

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We elect, time and again, career politicians who promise to change Washington and we get the same results, the same failed policies as before. We need leaders that will stand up for the American people and have real world experiences. Leaders that know the ups and downs in life and have built things, created jobs and solved problems.

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What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

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Infrastructure, cutting spending, passing a balanced budget, ending the opioid epidemic, protecting our second amendment rights and protecting the sanctity of life

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What are your thoughts on term limits?

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I have signed the US Term Limits pledge. I will serve no more than 3 terms in the House of Representatives and 2 terms in the Senate.

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Candidate website

Lamb's campaign website stated the following:

“	War on Drugs Illegal drugs are taking over our towns and communities. Drug abuse is destroying families, wrecking our economy, creating crime, and leading to senseless deaths. Young people are dying, and a generation of children are growing up without mothers and fathers. I will work to fight the drug war by giving our law enforcement officers the tools they need to stop drugs from entering our country and infesting our neighborhoods. We have to stop drugs from flowing in across our borders and in our ports and put boots on the ground in our cities and towns. We must send a strong message to drug dealers that we will not stand for the havoc they are creating all across the 6th District and our country. Fighting just the supply only is not enough to put an end to this epidemic. We will not win this war with wasteful, out of touch big government policies. I will work to get resources where they are needed most by creating programs that are run at a local level that actually work to help those struggling with addiction gain control of their lives. Lastly, we will fight to prevent addiction from ever gripping a life, to begin with through prevention programs and education. I will fight with everything I have to make sure that we will never suffer another tragic loss of life again from drug abuse. Agricultural interests Agriculture is the backbone of the 6th District and Jonathan and his wife’s families have family farms going back generations. Promoting a trade policy that allows our local farmers to sell their goods freely both here at home and abroad is critical to their survival. Jonathan will fight to protect their interests all while making sure trade deals are fair and our border remains safe and secure. Fixing Washington Washington is out of control and part of the problem is that we keep sending career politicians to fix problems that they created. Jonathan is an outsider, a job creator, an economist and entrepreneur who actually understands what it takes to get America moving and job growth to accelerate. He will fight an ever-encroaching federal government from getting further and further into our lives and pocketbooks. He will look to states as incubators of pro-growth policies and return power to the people instead of to the career politicians. Repealing Obamacare Republicans ran on a full repeal of Obamacare for years, and like typical politicians, they are now backpedaling on their promise. Obamacare has been a disaster and Jonathan believes we need to start over, but in order to do that, we need to repeal the disastrous law entirely. In its place, he will support free market policies that actually lower premiums, make health insurance more affordable for all Americans, and allow doctors to make decisions for their patients, not the government. Reducing Regulations As the owner of multiple businesses, Jonathan understands how restrictive and unnecessary regulations are prohibiting companies from creating jobs. The government too often picks winners and losers instead of the markets, and Jonathan will fight to foster a climate where businesses can grow and prosper without the heavy hand of government getting in the way. Faith and Values Over the past several years, our country has veered further from our values. As a husband and father, Jonathan and his wife encourage their two sons to look to the Lord for answers and guidance in their daily lives. He believes that our country should promote religious liberty, use faith as a foundation in all that we do, and promote a culture that values life, born or unborn. As a pro-life conservative, Jonathan believes life begins at conception and that we should stop all funding for Planned Parenthood by stripping them of taxpayer dollars. Creating Jobs Jonathan has seen success and failure in the business world, and has come out stronger with each endeavor he’s started. To really jumpstart our economy, he will fight to reform the tax system to one that encourages growth and investment, he will fight to keep taxes low and repeal the death tax, and he will cut needless government spending to shrink the size of government. And in Indiana in particular, we must repeal the device tax on medical devices as part of repealing Obamacare so Indiana businesses aren’t punished unnecessarily. Protecting the Second Amendment As a member of the NRA and as a constitutional conservative, Jonathan will fight to protect our right to bear arms. He believes every law-abiding citizen enjoys constitutional protections granted to them by our founders, allowing them to hunt and protect themselves and their families. He will fight the power grab by big-city liberals seeking to take away one of our most fundamental rights.	”
—Jonathan Lamb's 2018 campaign website

Campaign advertisements

"I've Gotta Run!" released January 23, 2018

"Lambs Cut Costs," released January 16, 2018

"Lamb intro," released August 17, 2017

"Lamb Borders," released March 20, 2018

See also

Suggest a link

• United States House of Representatives
• Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2018
• Indiana's 6th Congressional District

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Official campaign website
• Jonathan Lamb on Facebook
• Jonathan Lamb on Twitter

Footnotes

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Indiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jim Banks (R)

Todd Young (R)

Representatives

District 1

Frank Mrvan (D)

District 2

Rudy Yakym (R)

District 3

Marlin Stutzman (R)

District 4

Jim Baird (R)

District 5

Victoria Spartz (R)

District 6

Jefferson Shreve (R)

District 7

André Carson (D)

District 8

Mark Messmer (R)

District 9

Erin Houchin (R)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (2)