Kevin Hogan

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Kevin Hogan

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November 8, 2022

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Kevin Hogan (Green Party) ran for election for Governor of Michigan. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Hogan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kevin Hogan's career experience includes working as a research scientist. Hogan has been affiliated with the Green Party of Michigan.

Elections

2022

See also: Michigan gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Michigan

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Michigan on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gretchen Whitmer (D)	54.5	2,430,505
		Tudor Dixon (R)	43.9	1,960,635
		Mary Buzuma (L)	0.9	38,800
		Donna Brandenburg (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	0.4	16,246
		Kevin Hogan (G)	0.2	10,766
		Daryl Simpson (Natural Law Party)	0.1	4,973
		Evan Space (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	26
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	21

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,461,972
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan

Incumbent Gretchen Whitmer advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gretchen Whitmer	100.0	938,382

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Articia Bomer (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Michigan

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Michigan on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tudor Dixon	39.7	436,350
		Kevin Rinke	21.5	236,306
		Garrett Soldano	17.5	192,442
		Ryan Kelley	15.1	165,587
		Ralph Rebandt	4.1	45,046
		James Craig (Write-in)	2.1	23,521
	Submit photo	Elizabeth Adkisson (Write-in)	0.0	11
	Submit photo	Justin Blackburn (Write-in)	0.0	10

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,099,273
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Perry Johnson (R)
• Michael Markey Jr. (R)
• Bob Scott (R)
• Austin Chenge (R)
• Michael Brown (R)
• Donna Brandenburg (R)

Green convention

Green convention for Governor of Michigan

Kevin Hogan advanced from the Green convention for Governor of Michigan on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Kevin Hogan (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Governor of Michigan

Mary Buzuma advanced from the Libertarian convention for Governor of Michigan on July 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Mary Buzuma (L)

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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention

U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Governor of Michigan

Donna Brandenburg advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Governor of Michigan on July 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Donna Brandenburg (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Kevin Hogan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hogan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm Kevin Hogan, a proud product (son) of a matriarch as such I strongly support women's equality. And I strongly support the LGBTQI (+) Community's equality! As a Biochemist, I worked at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Wayne State University in Detroit: two of my publications are in the field of Immunology so between school and work I have knowledge and experience with viruses and vaccines. My knowledge and experience with viruses and vaccines is vital to ending The Gretchen Whitmer COVID19 Pandemic and NOT allowing it to become an endemic like the flu.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I believe in freedom with responsibility, our bodies our decisions with free health care.
• I strongly believe in Women's Equality and the LGBTQI(+)'s Equality; I'm against bigotry and, in general, wrongful discrimination.
• I believe in a Free Education System. A more education population will have less violence, less crime.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

01. Institutionalized bigotry. It is a government of the people, by the people but not for all the people.

02. Democracy. We do not have a democracy. We have or they have us in a republic.
03. Education. It is public policy that administrator wrongly establish curriculum.
04. Environment. It is public policy to procrastinate taking corrective measures beyond simply reducing carbon emissions regarding global warming.
05. Animal Rights. It is public policy to treat other animals as less than; not deserving rights!
06. Disabilities and Veterans. It is public policy to ignore people with disabilities including veterans.
07. Economy. In her commercial Gretchen Whitmer tells us that she CANNOT do anything about inflation. Yes, there are things that an executive can do!
08. Transparency. It is public policy to hide information from the public.
09.Taxes. It is public policy to have loopholes in tax laws.

10. The above areas are not listed in their importance to me, THEY ALL MATTER TO ME GREATLY!

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Honesty. Hard Working. Accomplishment. Transparency. Compassion.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I'm honest, hardworking, and compassionate.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I made sweeping changes for the betterment of all of us.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Institutionalize bigotry, bigotry. The hate and intentional destruction of my people's way of life on our own land by a hypocritical government and hypocritical people. I told you I was honest.

A governor is the top executive authority in his or her state. What does that mean do you?

It means that I'm responsible. I'm responsible for ending The Gretchen Whitmer COVID19 Pandemic and preventing it from becoming an endemic. I'm responsible for my subordinates. I'm responsible for revitalizing the economy; for inflation. I'm responsible for improving our standard of living. I'm responsible for Flint's clean water. I'm responsible for Flooding of the River Rouge River; the Ecorse Creek; the highways. I'm responsible for the elderly that have no heat in the winter in their residencies. I'm responsible for the homeless that freeze to death every winter. I'm responsible for ...!

Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state?

See above..."most important", hmm: life threatening, immediate harm. So, from above, I would go with ending The Gretchen Whitmer COVID19 Pandemic and heating residencies, homelessness, feeding the financially poor and providing clean water and food. After all, clean water is a basic human right - a long time belief of the Green Party! Kevin Hogan, The Next Michigan Governor - Green Party!

Different states require governors to have different degrees of responsibility for the state budgeting process. If it were your choice, what do you believe is the appropriate degree of gubernatorial involvement with this process in your state?

In Michigan, the governor puts out his or her own budget plan. I think this is appropriate... .

In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power?

Well, since I would be responsible for everything. It seems fair for me as Kevin Hogan, The Next Michigan Governor - Green Party to make the final changes (line-item vetoes) after final negotiations with the state legislature giving them a chance to hear what I would veto. Transparency.

If the governor's office in your state does not have the line-item veto power, do you believe it should? Why or why not?

Yes. Because the Governor is responsible for the final results or lack of results. Gretchen Whitmer is responsible for the 38,000 (according to Johns Hopkins) Michiganians that have died from The Gretchen Whitmer COVID19 Pandemic. (And, I still want to know how many Michiganian children have died from The Gretchen Whitmer COVID19 Pandemic especially since Gretchen Whitmer opened the classrooms to children.)

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

A third political party Governor to listen fairly to the Republicans and Democrats. I am Kevin Hogan, The Next Michigan Governor - Green Party (a 3rd Party Tie Breaker).

What do you love most about your state?

The land, air, and water: Pure Michigan.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Institutionalize bigotry and Infrastructure. Infrastructure is worsening every day. Michigan is behind the 8 ball in that after the recent insufficient federal influx of money is gone, Michigan will go back to insufficient funding per year to fix the failed Gretchen Whitmer damn roads, bridges, dams, etc.

Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers?

Depends, as a published biochemist I would have been qualified to use emergency power relative to COVID19. But clearly Gretchen Whitmer was way, way, way out of her league and should have let the decisions relative to COVID19 be made by the Department of Health. Gretchen Whitmer's ego would not let her share decision making with the Department of Health.

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