Josh Turner
Joshua L. Turner was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 11 of the Kentucky State Senate.[1]
Biography
Turner received a degree in mechanical engineering technology in 2015 from Cincinnati State Community and Technical College.[2] His professional experience includes working in the aerospace field, as a machine operator, and as a quality inspector with Meyer Tool. He said the tea party movement encouraged him to run in 2012.[3]
Campaign themes
2016
Turner issued the following statement regarding his bid for office:
| “ | Property rights, state rights, locally ran school curriculums, shrinking our state budget, eliminating the waste from our state government, protecting state pensions and addressing the issue for future employees, cutting out the waste in our medical field, look at bring in more hospitals and creating competition in Northern Kentucky, look at the contracts between the hospitals and doctors (doctors have to work outside a certain mile range if they leave the hospital, this is not in the best interest of the residents of Northern Kentucky. This forces them our of our area.), look at new sources of revenue with our raising taxes (gambling and legalization of marijuana with ballot approval, as I believe this should be for everyone to decide), protecting gun laws, protecting life (pro-life), defining life legally, and ect.. There are so many issues and threats we face I can't list them all. | ” |
| —Josh Turner, [2] | ||
Elections
2016
- See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Kentucky State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 26, 2016.
Incumbent John Schickel ran unopposed in the Kentucky State Senate District 11 general election.[5][6]
| Kentucky State Senate District 11, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  John Schickel Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 47,552 | |
| Total Votes | 47,552 | |||
| Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections | ||||
Incumbent John Schickel defeated Josh Turner in the Kentucky State Senate District 11 Republican primary.[7]
| Kentucky State Senate District 11, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | John Schickel Incumbent |
80.86% | 4,804 | |
| Republican | Josh Turner | 19.14% | 1,137 | |
| Total Votes | 5,941 | |||
2012
- See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2012
Turner ran in the 2012 election for Kentucky State Senate District 11. He lost to incumbent John Schickel in the primary on May 22, 2012. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
John Schickel Incumbent |
76.9% | 7,022 |
| Joshua Turner | 23.1% | 2,109 |
| Total Votes | 9,131 | |
Turner says he favors smaller government and wants to reform the pension system to save the state money, audit state agencies, and merge serves and resources.[3]
Recent news
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See also
- Kentucky State Senate
- Kentucky State Senate District 11
- Kentucky State Senate elections, 2016
- Kentucky State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed January 25, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on February 21, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kentucky Politics, "Newcomer challenges incumbent senator in Boone County," April 17, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Results," accessed November 25, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, Senate candidate list
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2012 Primary Election Results
