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Joshua Shipp
Joshua Shipp (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Missouri. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.
Shipp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Joshua Shipp graduated from University City Senior High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in science from Lindenwood University in 2015 and a graduate degree from Logan University in 2019. His career experience includes working as a clinical exercise physiologist.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Missouri, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Missouri
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Missouri on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Schmitt (R) | 55.4 | 1,146,966 |
 | Trudy Busch Valentine (D) | 42.2 | 872,694 | |
 | Jonathan Dine (L) | 1.7 | 34,821 | |
 | Paul Venable (Constitution Party) | 0.7 | 14,608 | |
| Nathan Mooney (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 14 | ||
| Steve Price (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 9 | ||
 | Rik Combs (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 6 | |
 | Gina Bufe (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | |
 | Theodis Brown Sr. (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | |
| David Kirk (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Martin Lindstedt (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 2,069,130 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nicholas Strauss (Independent)
- Ronald Deets (Independent)
- John Wood (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trudy Busch Valentine | 43.2 | 158,957 |
 | Lucas Kunce | 38.3 | 141,203 | |
 | Spencer Toder | 4.7 | 17,465 | |
 | Carla Wright | 3.9 | 14,438 | |
 | Gena Ross | 2.4 | 8,749 | |
 | Jewel Kelly, Jr. | 1.8 | 6,464 | |
 | Lewis Rolen | 1.4 | 5,247 | |
 | Pat Kelly | 1.4 | 5,002 | |
 | Ronald William Harris | 1.1 | 4,074 | |
 | Joshua Shipp | 0.9 | 3,334 | |
 | Clarence Taylor | 0.9 | 3,322 | |
| Total votes: 368,255 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Timothy Shepard (D)
- Scott Sifton (D)
- Ronald Deets (D)
- MD Rabbi Alam (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Schmitt | 45.6 | 299,282 |
 | Vicky Hartzler | 22.1 | 144,903 | |
 | Eric Greitens | 18.9 | 124,155 | |
 | Billy Long | 5.0 | 32,603 | |
 | Mark McCloskey | 3.0 | 19,540 | |
 | Dave Schatz | 1.1 | 7,509 | |
| Patrick Lewis | 0.9 | 6,085 | ||
 | Curtis D. Vaughn | 0.5 | 3,451 | |
| Eric McElroy | 0.4 | 2,805 | ||
| Robert Allen | 0.3 | 2,111 | ||
 | C.W. Gardner | 0.3 | 2,044 | |
| Dave Sims | 0.3 | 1,949 | ||
 | Bernie Mowinski | 0.2 | 1,602 | |
| Deshon Porter | 0.2 | 1,574 | ||
 | Darrell Leon McClanahan III | 0.2 | 1,139 | |
| Rickey Joiner | 0.2 | 1,084 | ||
| Robert Olson | 0.2 | 1,081 | ||
| Dennis Lee Chilton | 0.1 | 755 | ||
 | Russel Pealer Breyfogle Jr | 0.1 | 685 | |
| Kevin Schepers | 0.1 | 681 | ||
| Hartford Tunnell | 0.1 | 637 | ||
| Total votes: 655,675 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Brinkmann (R)
- Dan McQueen (R)
- Ronald Deets (R)
- Rik Combs (R)
Constitution primary election
Constitution primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
Paul Venable advanced from the Constitution primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Venable | 100.0 | 792 |
| Total votes: 792 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
Jonathan Dine advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathan Dine | 100.0 | 2,973 |
| Total votes: 2,973 | |||
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2018
General election
Incumbent William Lacy Clay defeated Robert Vroman and Robb Cunningham in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William Lacy Clay (D) | 80.1 | 219,781 |
 | Robert Vroman (R) | 16.7 | 45,867 | |
 | Robb Cunningham (L) | 3.2 | 8,727 | |
| Total votes: 274,375 | |||
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Democratic primary
Incumbent William Lacy Clay defeated Cori Bush, Joshua Shipp, and Demarco Davidson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 7, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Lacy Clay | 56.7 | 81,812 |
 | Cori Bush | 36.9 | 53,250 | |
| Joshua Shipp | 3.4 | 4,974 | |
 | Demarco Davidson | 2.9 | 4,243 | |
| Total votes: 144,279 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Susan Bolhafner (D)
Republican primary
Robert Vroman defeated Edward Van Deventer Jr. and Camille Lombardi-Olive in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 7, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Vroman | 34.5 | 5,101 |
 | Edward Van Deventer Jr. | 32.9 | 4,876 | |
 | Camille Lombardi-Olive | 32.6 | 4,829 | |
| Total votes: 14,806 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Robb Cunningham advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 7, 2018.
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robb Cunningham | 100.0 | 478 |
| Total votes: 478 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joshua Shipp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Shipp's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Criminal Justice Reform
- Healthcare/Drug Pricing Reform
- Infrastructure
Civil Rights and the love thy neighbor mentality.
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Joshua Shipp participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on June 9, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Joshua Shipp's responses follow below.[3]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Criminal Justice Reform, Federal Minimum Wage, Legalization of Cannabis[4][5] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Civil Rights, Green Energy and Technology, Reducing Student Loan Debt burden on America.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[5]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Joshua Shipp answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Martin Luther King Jr. Barack Obama, Malala Yousafzai, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Oprah Winfrey.[5] | ” |
| “ | Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" Speech.[5] | ” |
| “ | Trust, Loyalty, Honesty, Moral values, Great Integrity, progressive ideals[5] | ” |
| “ | I'm a very energetic high spirited person that brings progressive Millennial ideals to an outdated system.[5] | ” |
| “ | Represent the voices of their constituents to the highest degree. Uphold the moral values and integrity of the State and United States Constitution. Use funding of Bills to progress humanity forward.[5] | ” |
| “ | Together We Stand, Divided We Fall[5] | ” |
| “ | Nelson Mandella became President of South Africa, I was 4 years old.[5] | ” |
| “ | My first job was working at Busch Stadium Downtown St. Louis for the 2007 Cardinals Baseball Season.[5] | ” |
| “ | I came to date with one woman, and I left the restaurant with two.[5] | ” |
| “ | Halloween. It's fun and anyone can celebrate it.[5] | ” |
| “ | Iron Man or Spiderman[5] | ” |
| “ | Bed[5] | ” |
| “ | This is America "Childish Gambino"[5] | ” |
| “ | Surviving with two parents that had crippling health conditions at a young age.[5] | ” |
| “ | It is the freedom that the position gives the citizens; a voice in government decision making. This position represents the core principles of a democracy, and also reinforces the standard of No Taxation Without Representation.[5] | ” |
| “ | No[5] | ” |
| “ | Racism and Discrimination, Student Loan Debt vs. Cost of Living, Conversion to Green Energy and Technology from Fossil Fuels. Infrastructure demands. Universal Health Care. Automation and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Technology.[5] | ” |
| “ | Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, Housing and Urban Development[5] | ” |
| “ | Reduce Gerrymandering[5] | ” |
| “ | A Bridgeton, MO resident told me that his mom was murdered coming out of church due to someone high jacking her car. The shooter was fleeing from police officers. The Crime in this District is too high.[5] | ” |
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
Criminal Justice Reform, Improve Funding for Education, Legalization of Cannabis, Increase The Federal Minimum Wage, Funding for Green Energy and Technology. I also want to end corruption in Washington D.C. by reducing the impact of billionaire corporate lobbyist groups. Lastly, Reduce the probabilities in which a student can be harmed by a potential shooter. Is there anything you would like to add?
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| —Joshua Shipp[1] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on June 8, 2018
- ↑ Facebook, "Joshua Shipp for Congress," accessed May 2, 2022
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Joshua Shipp's responses," June 9, 2018
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
