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Justin Roemmick
Justin Roemmick (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 3. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Roemmick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Roemmick was a Democratic candidate for District 3 of the South Dakota House of Representatives in 2018. He lost the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2020
See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Incumbent Drew Dennert and incumbent Carl Perry defeated Leslie Mclaughlin and Justin Roemmick in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Drew Dennert (R) | 34.2 | 7,108 |
| ✔ |  | Carl Perry (R) | 29.3 | 6,087 |
| Leslie Mclaughlin (D) | 18.5 | 3,843 | ||
 | Justin Roemmick (D)  | 17.9 | 3,720 | |
| Total votes: 20,758 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Leslie Mclaughlin and Justin Roemmick advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Drew Dennert and incumbent Carl Perry advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3.
2018
General election
General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Incumbent Drew Dennert and Carl Perry defeated Brooks Briscoe and Justin Roemmick in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Drew Dennert (R) | 32.4 | 5,556 |
| ✔ | | Carl Perry (R) | 28.6 | 4,894 |
 | Brooks Briscoe (D) | 20.8 | 3,564 | |
| Justin Roemmick (D) | 18.2 | 3,113 | |
| Total votes: 17,127 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Brooks Briscoe and Justin Roemmick advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Brooks Briscoe |
| ✔ | | Justin Roemmick |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Incumbent Drew Dennert and Carl Perry advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 3 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Drew Dennert |
| ✔ | | Carl Perry |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Justin Roemmick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Roemmick'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 stand for working people and families!
- Bipartisanship is the best policy and I will work with anyone willing person in Pierre.
- I stand with Educators and public education.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Justin Roemmick participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 30, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Justin Roemmick's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Pay equality for women, 12 weeks paid parental leave, and a $15/hr minimum wage by 2025 are my top priorities.[2][3] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I passionate about fighting for working people and families. Our state legislature has turned their back on working people in favor of business and special interests. As I working person I want to bring my perspective to the State House and fight for ever day South Dakotans.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Justin Roemmick answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | I look up to Franklin Roosevelt and Bernie Sanders. I want to spread their progressive message and ideology throughout South Dakota.[3] | ” |
| “ | I believe that being available, open, and honest are essential to being a public figure.[3] | ” |
| “ | I am willing to listen and work hard. I have a can do attitude and believe that working together is the best policy. I hold a lot of partisan beliefs, but believe in bipartisanship.[3] | ” |
| “ | As a member of the State House you must take everyone’s needs into consideration. You need to treat every issues as if someone’s life depends on it, because it probably does.[3] | ” |
| “ | I would like to leave South Dakota more forward thinking and open to more progressive ideas.[3] | ” |
| “ | The first historical event that happened in my lifetime was 9/11. I was just 10 years old. I remember being in my 5th grade classroom when they called off school for the day.[3] | ” |
| “ | My first job was working for a company bagging Rye, Wheat, and other grains. I had it for a few summers.[3] | ” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Justin Roemmick's responses," August 30, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
