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Joshua Harris
Joshua Harris (Green Party) ran for election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 40. Harris lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Harris was a candidate for mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. Harris was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 40 (3 seats)
Incumbent Nick Mosby, Melissa Wells, and incumbent Frank Conaway Jr. defeated Joshua Harris in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 40 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nick Mosby (D) | 30.5 | 19,726 |
| ✔ | Melissa Wells (D) | 29.3 | 18,952 | |
| ✔ |  | Frank Conaway Jr. (D) | 25.9 | 16,767 |
 | Joshua Harris (G) | 13.6 | 8,833 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 485 | ||
| Total votes: 64,763 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 40 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 40 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nick Mosby | 20.6 | 6,306 |
| ✔ | Melissa Wells | 14.4 | 4,423 | |
| ✔ | | Frank Conaway Jr. | 13.8 | 4,230 |
 | Westley West | 10.1 | 3,099 | |
| Gabriel Auteri | 9.5 | 2,905 | ||
| Terrell Boston-Smith | 9.4 | 2,867 | ||
| Sanjay Thomas | 5.4 | 1,646 | ||
| Sarah Matthews | 4.4 | 1,361 | ||
| Latia Hopkins | 4.0 | 1,231 | ||
| Anees Abdul-Rahim | 3.5 | 1,075 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 2.9 | 898 | ||
| Timothy Mercer | 1.2 | 370 | ||
| Blair DuCray | 0.8 | 240 | ||
| Total votes: 30,651 | |||
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2016
| Baltimore Mayoral Election (2016), General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Catherine Pugh |
57.61% | 134,848 | |
| Democratic | Sheila Dixon (write-in) | 22.10% | 51,716 | |
| Republican | Alan Walden | 9.96% | 23,316 | |
| Green | Joshua Harris | 9.89% | 23,155 | |
| Unaffiliated | LaVern Murray (write-in) | 0.02% | 46 | |
| Independent | Frank Logan (write-in) | 0.01% | 33 | |
| Unaffiliated | Sarah Klauda (write-in) | 0.01% | 25 | |
| Democratic | Mack Clifton (write-in) | 0.01% | 23 | |
| Republican | Steven Smith (write-in) | 0.00% | 8 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.38% | 885 | ||
| Total Votes | 234,055 | |||
| Source: State of Maryland Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Baltimore City," accessed September 9, 2019 | ||||
Harris defeated Emanuel McCray and David Marriott in the Green Party primary. Harris received 85% of the vote.[2]
Campaign themes
2016
Harris' campaign website listed the following themes for 2016:
| “ |
Housing Solution: Unemployed Baltimoreans will be properly trained in whole-house renovation and paid a livable wage during their apprenticeship. Upon completion of training, the targeted group could apply for their journeyman’s license or prepare for entrepreneurship. The City in return would get a supply of homes available to police, teachers, and innovators who would transform, stabilize, and transition our city into the 21st century and generate much needed revenue for Baltimore. Moreover, providing stable jobs to the targeted populations will create a pathway to self-sufficiency that will trigger incredible budgetary savings because social services will be appreciably minimized. Notwithstanding revenue generation and budgetary savings, long-term employment is the best strategy to combat crime. Health Solution: Strategically placed local distribution centers (LDCs) within the neighborhoods that are food deserts. This is one of the recommendations from a study completed by Johns Hopkins in 2012 on the food environment in Baltimore. LDCs will connect the corner stores in food deserts to fresh vegetables and fruit. Pathways will be created for families to access nutritious foods and eliminate the most common barrier to eating healthy. LDCs will provide educational workshops on nutrition as well as other classes on healthy living and community well-being. LDCs are also job creators and will absorb some of the ex-offenders and chronically unemployed. Energy Maryland's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard is a state law which requires electricity suppliers to use renewable energy sources to generate a minimum portion of their retail sales. The renewables requirement is 20% by 2022 and beyond. The law was amended in April 2007 to include a solar-photovoltaic (PV) requirement of 2% by 2022. Producing 20% of its electricity from clean energy would reduce Maryland's global warming pollution by 11 million metric tons in 2025 – the equivalent of taking 2.4 million cars off the road. Solar energy at that scale would help Maryland comply with the goals of the Clean Power Plan – the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed plan to reduce U.S. global warming pollution from the power sector by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Solution: Establish solar manufacturing in Baltimore City to make solar affordable for economically-challenged households and create much needed employment opportunities for those targeted populations. Promoting household transformation to a 21st century economy has many benefits and not the least being a reduction of dependence on fossil fuels but also significant reduction and over a period of time, elimination of electric bills. The worst case scenario is stabilized electric rates. Aside from the relief households would realize from saving on electric expenses and a healthier environment, solar manufacturing makes sense from the employment opportunities it opens up for targeted populations. Growth in the solar industry from November 2012 to November 2013 was 10 times faster than the national average for employment; the Maryland solar industry employed 2,000 people in 2013. The solar initiative would complement our initiative to turn the 30,000 vacant buildings and lots into performing assets. Each new or renovated house coming online will be energy efficient, using a minimum of 35% renewable energy as a source for generating electricity. The payback time on this investment is approximately 6.5 years, thereafter becoming self-sustaining. But far more important than the economic factors are the human development and fulfillment, the abatement of crime and empowerment of communities and their transition into the 21st century. Education Joshua Harris For Baltimore Mayor 30 We will create pathways to the “middle class” with robust housing and energy policies. The jobs that are spawned by transitioning to a 21st economy will be available to those who do not desire to go to college. Notwithstanding the lives that will be positively impacted, we can diminish the drain on our public safety net by empowering people to move toward self-sufficiency. Knowledge, research and learning are at the core of Baltimore's Green Economy and workforce, and will include the full education cycle, from elementary and high schools to partnering with our world class colleges and universities. Through the excellent incubation system of Baltimore’s universities, startups will have access to advanced research facilities, and each student in every graduating class will help to create an unmatched talent pool in America's new clean energy hub.[3] |
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| —Joshua Harris (2016)[4] | ||
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2018
- Maryland House of Delegates
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Municipal elections in Baltimore, Maryland (2016)
- United States municipal elections, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ State of Maryland Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Baltimore City," accessed September 9, 2019
- ↑ Green Party Watch, "Complete Maryland Green Party primary results," May 2, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Joshua Harris for Baltimore, "Vision for Baltimore," accessed September 29, 2016
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