LaVern "U-Turn LaVern" Vivio
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LaVern Vivio (Republican Party) (also known as U-Turn LaVern) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 6th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2018.
Biography
LaVern 'U-Turn LaVern' Vivio earned a bachelor's degree in communications from David Lipscomb University. Her professional experience includes working in ministry.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
John Rose defeated Dawn Barlow, David Ross, and Lloyd Dunn in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Rose (R)  | 69.5 | 172,810 |
 | Dawn Barlow (D) | 28.3 | 70,370 | |
 | David Ross (Independent) | 1.4 | 3,426 | |
 | Lloyd Dunn (Independent) | 0.9 | 2,134 | |
| Total votes: 248,740 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Dawn Barlow defeated Merrilee Wineinger, Christopher Finley, and Peter Heffernan in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 2, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Barlow | 54.5 | 16,881 |
 | Merrilee Wineinger | 22.1 | 6,827 | |
 | Christopher Finley | 15.0 | 4,654 | |
| Peter Heffernan | 8.4 | 2,584 | ||
| Total votes: 30,946 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephen Brandon (D)
Republican primary election
John Rose defeated Robert Ewing Corlew, Judd Matheny, LaVern Vivio, and Christopher Monday in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6 on August 2, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Rose | 41.3 | 43,797 |
 | Robert Ewing Corlew | 31.2 | 33,091 | |
 | Judd Matheny | 15.8 | 16,758 | |
 | LaVern Vivio | 8.9 | 9,462 | |
 | Christopher Monday | 2.9 | 3,026 | |
| Total votes: 106,134 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
LaVern 'U-Turn LaVern' Vivio participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 8, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and LaVern 'U-Turn LaVern' Vivio's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Conservative causes |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Pro-Life, Term Limits, Pro 2nd Amendment, repeal Obama Care, Strengthen Military, Immigration reform, Build a wall / protect our borders, States Right, Opioid Crisis, The Economy and our need to balance the budget and cut spendingCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. LaVern 'U-Turn LaVern' Vivio answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | Mike Lee, he has been a good steward of the trust he was given.[4] | ” |
| “ | The work David Barton has done to educate America as to our true history.[4] | ” |
| “ | To be a person who believes in God and Jesus Christ. We were founded on those principles and we must return to them. If a person truly has God and Christ at their core, the rest will be there without question.[4] | ” |
| “ | I have never received a taxpayer funded paycheck. I have never held office, elected or appointed. I have been in the trenches with the rest of America and I am throughly disgusted by the Washington elite. The only quality that matters, to be truly successful in Washington? To not be one of them. To be successful in Washington and to make a real difference a candidate must be one of the people. I am.[4] | ” |
| “ | To REPRESENT their friends and neighbors in the House of Representatives and to leave the office in better shape than it was when you took office. (To leave office after a term!) To serve no more than 10 years in the House of Representatives and to help locate the citizen that can take the next term and get them ready to run for and assume that office. Make sure there are several new citizens ready to put their name before the district and serve for a season.[4] | ” |
| “ | To help restore the boldness of faith in God we once had as a nation and to pass term limit legislation, or assist the Convention of States in moving forward to amend the Constitution by the people.[4] | ” |
| “ | I grew up on a farm in Kentucky. My first historical, clear memory was when our hired hand that I had known my entire life, and idolized, was killed in Vietnam. So, I guess the answer you are looking for is Vietnam.[4] | ” |
| “ | I worked on the farm from the time I was old enough to follow my dad to the field, till I left for college.[4] | ” |
| “ | That is a stupid question.[4] | ” |
| “ | Anything where my family gathers.[4] | ” |
| “ | First the Bible because it's the Bible, and then Church History in Plain Language, by Bruce. Shelley[4] | ” |
| “ | Again, that is a stupid question.[4] | ” |
| “ | My family.[4] | ” |
| “ | Really? That is another stupid irrelevant question.[4] | ” |
| “ | At one time I questioned my faith. It took me 20 years to truly find God.[4] | ” |
| “ | We all get our say, but we don't all get our way.[4] | ” |
| “ | NO[4] | ” |
| “ | Finding God again, our economy, safety from those who hate us abroad, and those who hate us within.[4] | ” |
| “ | Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary, Appropriations.[4] | ” |
| “ | I believe it could go 4 per term but then should not exceed 12 years as a term limit. The 2 year term makes a neat exit at 10 years. I would also say serving 2, 5 year terms would be acceptable, but under no circumstances should any legislator serve more than 12 years.[4] | ” |
| “ | I think under the current election terms, being 2 per Representative and 6 per senator, that 10 years for a Representative is reasonable, and 12 for a senator. If Representative terms were adjusted to 4 years then a max term limit of 12 years for Representatives, the same as you have for senators would be acceptable.[4] | ” |
| “ | I have not studied the procedure so I can't say with 100 percent assurance where I would fall on this issue. I would say for the purposes of this questionaire, whichever is truly FAIR.[4] | ” |
| “ | Yes, in whatever capacity I can be affective.[4] | ” |
| “ | I really like Trey Gowdy because of his tenacity but he doesn't always vote as conservatively as I would like. So Trey with a few tweaks.[4] | ” |
| “ | As I began this journey to run for office, a woman in my district told me about her stepson and her sister who were addicted to opioids. Her stepson had died just a few months earlier. Her sister was a shell of her former self. Tearfully she said, the opioid crisis is rotting us from within. She works in law enforcement and told me how social workers use to have to fight parents to take custody of their kids. Now, a social worker shows up to a addicted home and the parents say, ""don't forget their clothes, here are their toys."" She talked of a generation of children seeing their parents literally throw them away. It struck me to my core. If I make it to Washington, the opioid crisis will be one of my top concerns.[4] | ” |
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
To work to restore our faith in God, and help reeducate our nation about who we really are, so much of our history has been hidden or misrepresented. I am 100% conservative on all issues, and I will work to restore our nation to the limited government, personal responsibility theology we were founded on. I will term limit myself at 10 years, and will do everything I can, to impose term limits on all of our elected officials, and the non elected bureaucrats that work with them.[4] |
” |
| —LaVern "U-Turn LaVern" Vivio[1] | ||
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Tennessee's 6th Congressional District election, 2018
- Tennessee's 6th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on May 20, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "LaVern 'U-Turn LaVern' Vivio's responses," May 8, 2018
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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