Justin Konchar

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Justin Konchar
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Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Butler High School

Personal
Birthplace
Butler, Pa.
Profession
Business executive
Contact

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Justin Konchar (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 11. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Konchar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Justin Konchar was born in Butler, Pennsylvania. He earned a high school diploma from Butler High School. His career experience includes working as a business executive.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 11

Incumbent Marci Mustello defeated Justin Konchar in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 11 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Marci Mustello
Marci Mustello (R)
 
86.1
 
29,484
Image of Justin Konchar
Justin Konchar (L) Candidate Connection
 
12.8
 
4,397
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
373

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 34,254
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 11

Incumbent Marci Mustello defeated Ryan Covert in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 11 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Marci Mustello
Marci Mustello
 
63.1
 
5,274
Image of Ryan Covert
Ryan Covert
 
36.8
 
3,080
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
10

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 8,364
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Justin Konchar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Konchar's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I grew up in Lyndora and have lived here my entire life. As a homeowner and business owner, I have a vested interest in strengthening our community. I’m not the culture war candidate; I’m focused on fixing this damned economy. I’m the less taxes, less bullshit candidate. I’m the candidate for Main Street, not Wall Street. I’m committed to giving back by pledging to donate half of my government salary to local charities, providing immediate support to our community.
  • Strengthen our Local Communities. I'm a firm believer that local economies drive sustainable long term economic development and bring people together. I am focused on facilitating local communities to flourish and develop strong ties and identities by removing the barriers to home ownership and setting up small businesses. My goal is is for Pennsylvania to return to having local bakers, butchers, craftsmen, artists and family owned stores. I want communities dominated by home owners invested in their community rather than renters who are forced to pay most of their income just to survive.
  • Protect your Rights and Liberties. I am a staunch defender of all rights and liberties. I am an absolutist and unflinching in my resolve to defend the rights of every citizen. I will never support any infringement of your constitutional rights and will work tirelessly to scale back any and all laws which impede on them.
  • I intend to legalize Marijuana and work to eliminate victimless crime laws. Every inmate costs the taxpayers $55,000 every year. Prison should be reserved for violent criminals, thieves, and sex offenders not stoners, sex workers and others folks who are not harming anyone.
Free Speech, Less taxes, Pro-2A, Marijuana legalization, localism, small business, individual liberty
I'm most influenced by G.K. Chesterton's Outline of Sanity which extols the virtues and benefits of small scale private enterprise and small government. While he wrote for a different time with drastically different technological and social conditions the underlying aim and principles are universal.
It is a book focused that rejects both socialism and corporate capitalism as being inhuman and oppressive systems.
Integrity. That must always be the starting point. Left or Right is irrelevant. If I can sit down in a room with people who share a conviction in doing what's right for regular people then the specifics can be worked out collaboratively.
Work for the betterment of regular people and not the interests of Wall Street, Mega Corporations or Political Donors.
I'm a die hard fan of A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) and I will find some way to make it illegal for George R.R. Martin not to finish Winds of Winter.
AI poses an existiential threat to our economy and the livelihoods of working people. As such I believe it's paramount to transition towards local economies and artisanal businesses or see a recession and economics woes unparalleled at any point in American History.
Yes. I will reach out and work with anyone who has integrity. Whether we or agree or disagree on an issue, its likely if we have the same goal in mind that a common consensus can be reached. As a 3rd party candidate, I'm uniquely positioned in this regard. I can work to break through partisan bias.
Theodore Roosevelt is a personal hero of mine.
The legislature should determine any and all public emergencies, but must also reign in those emergency powers to the minimum amount required.
The Tiny Home Protection act. This is a legislation I am writing that will forbid municipalities from banning or restricting tiny homes, multifamily homes, manufactured homes or any other forms of affordable owner occupied housing.
Commerce

Liquor Control
Housing and Community Development

Tourism and Economic and Recreation Development
All officials should be forced to be entirely transparent and publicly state their corporate backers.

No elected official should own stock in any publicly traded corporations.

In addition, every elected official should vlog at the end of any session explaining what they voted and precisely why they voted that way.
Good. We should let the people put forward their ideas directly.

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Justin Konchar campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 11Lost general$134 $134
Grand total$134 $134
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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