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Linda Sawyer
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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 6, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Northern Michigan University

Personal
Religion
Lutheran
Profession
Nurse
Contact

Linda Sawyer (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 12th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2024.

Sawyer was an elected delegate to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[1]

Biography

Linda Sawyer attended Northern Michigan University. Her career experience includes working as a registered nurse. Sawyer's organizational affiliations include the Michigan Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association, and the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council. She is a committee member of the Wayne County Republican Party.[2]

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024

Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated James Hooper, Gary Walkowicz, and Brenda Sanders in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib (D)
 
69.7
 
253,354
Image of James Hooper
James Hooper (R)
 
25.4
 
92,490
Image of Gary Walkowicz
Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)
 
2.6
 
9,401
Image of Brenda Sanders
Brenda Sanders (G)
 
2.3
 
8,254

Total votes: 363,499
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib
 
99.9
 
84,138
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
108

Total votes: 84,246
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

James Hooper defeated Linda Sawyer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of James Hooper
James Hooper
 
60.5
 
12,001
Image of Linda Sawyer
Linda Sawyer
 
39.5
 
7,828

Total votes: 19,829
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Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Brenda Sanders advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on July 27, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Brenda Sanders
Brenda Sanders (G)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Gary Walkowicz advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on June 23, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Gary Walkowicz
Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)

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2022

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated Steven Elliott and Gary Walkowicz in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib (D)
 
70.8
 
196,643
Image of Steven Elliott
Steven Elliott (R) Candidate Connection
 
26.3
 
72,888
Image of Gary Walkowicz
Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)
 
2.9
 
8,046

Total votes: 277,577
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated Janice Winfrey, Kelly Garrett, and Shanelle Jackson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib
 
63.8
 
61,635
Image of Janice Winfrey
Janice Winfrey
 
22.4
 
21,636
Image of Kelly Garrett
Kelly Garrett Candidate Connection
 
8.6
 
8,334
Image of Shanelle Jackson
Shanelle Jackson
 
5.1
 
4,927

Total votes: 96,532
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Steven Elliott defeated James Hooper and Hassan Nehme in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steven Elliott
Steven Elliott Candidate Connection
 
52.9
 
14,431
Image of James Hooper
James Hooper Candidate Connection
 
35.4
 
9,651
Image of Hassan Nehme
Hassan Nehme Candidate Connection
 
11.7
 
3,196

Total votes: 27,278
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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Gary Walkowicz advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on June 26, 2022.

Candidate
Image of Gary Walkowicz
Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)

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2020

See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2020

Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 13

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib (D) Candidate Connection
 
78.1
 
223,205
Image of David Dudenhoefer
David Dudenhoefer (R) Candidate Connection
 
18.6
 
53,311
Image of Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson (Working Class Party)
 
1.8
 
5,284
Image of D. Etta Wilcoxon
D. Etta Wilcoxon (G) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
2,105
Image of Articia Bomer
Articia Bomer (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan)
 
0.7
 
1,974
Image of Donald Eason
Donald Eason (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
6

Total votes: 285,885
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated Brenda Jones in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib Candidate Connection
 
66.3
 
71,670
Image of Brenda Jones
Brenda Jones Candidate Connection
 
33.7
 
36,492

Total votes: 108,162
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13

David Dudenhoefer defeated Linda Sawyer and Alfred Lemmo in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Dudenhoefer
David Dudenhoefer Candidate Connection
 
47.6
 
6,833
Image of Linda Sawyer
Linda Sawyer
 
34.5
 
4,955
Image of Alfred Lemmo
Alfred Lemmo Candidate Connection
 
17.9
 
2,574

Total votes: 14,362
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13

D. Etta Wilcoxon advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on June 20, 2020.

Candidate
Image of D. Etta Wilcoxon
D. Etta Wilcoxon (G) Candidate Connection

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13

Sam Johnson advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on July 26, 2020.

Candidate
Image of Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson (Working Class Party)

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2018

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

Tyrone Carter defeated Linda Sawyer in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 6 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 6

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tyrone Carter
Tyrone Carter (D)
 
91.1
 
21,005
Image of Linda Sawyer
Linda Sawyer (R)
 
8.9
 
2,056

Total votes: 23,061
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Democratic primary election

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 6 on August 7, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 6

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tyrone Carter
Tyrone Carter
 
21.1
 
2,398
Charlesetta Wilson
 
18.8
 
2,132
Terra DeFoe
 
13.2
 
1,492
Image of Aghogho Edevbie
Aghogho Edevbie
 
11.0
 
1,247
Image of Willie Burton
Willie Burton
 
8.6
 
976
Ricardo White
 
6.9
 
780
Image of David Sanchez
David Sanchez
 
6.1
 
696
Paula Humphries
 
4.9
 
552
Samantha Magdaleno
 
4.8
 
541
Tom Choske
 
4.7
 
532

Total votes: 11,346
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Republican primary election

Linda Sawyer advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 6 on August 7, 2018.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 6

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Linda Sawyer
Linda Sawyer
 
100.0
 
456

Total votes: 456
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Campaign themes

2024

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Campaign website

Sawyer’s campaign website stated the following:

Affordable Health Care

I want to introduce Direct Patient Care.

Only about 1000 doctors practice this.

Preventive care is the best care.


Cannabis

Walt's Bill: My bill to decriminalize medical marijuana at a federal level.


Mental Health

I want to write a house bill to bring back federal funding for inpatient facilities and inpatient beds.


A Trump Policy Supporter

My reasons for backing Trump is I agree with his policies first and foremost.


Covid mRNA Vaccines

I want a black box warning on these vaccines.

A boxed warning is the most serious warning by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Its purpose is to alert people about drug effects that may have serious side effects.

VAERS has over 1.6 million events with over 28,000 cases of myocarditis and over 37,000 deaths.

My study that got a black box warning?

One potential danger from pushing a drug too fast!!


Abortion

The Supreme Court has ruled that abortion is a states rights issue. I am running for a Congressional seat in Washington. I have nothing to do with the State Legislature


Term Limits

Our Constitution has term limits.

6yrs for a Senator. 2 yrs for the U.S House.

Don't like them? Vote them.out.

Both Tlaib and Dingle lied to us for 2 years saying President Trump had Russian ties and they were voted back in? Why are we tolerating this?


Environment

There are easier things we can do to reduce your carbon footprint without government control.

Landfills produce carbon dioxide (CO2) through the natural decomposition of organic waste by bacteria. In 2021, landfills released 122.6 million metric tons of methane into the atmosphere, which is 16.9% of the total U.S. methane emissions from all sectors. Methane and CO2 make up 90–98% of landfill gas, with the remaining 2–10% consisting of other gases


Foreign Land Ownership.

A bill to restrict land ownership by a foreign entity.

A few countries have restrictions on how much of their prooerty can be owned by foreign entities.Iceland and Bermuda are examples.

No state can can have more than 25% (or another number) foreign ownership.

Japanese investors own an estimated 40% of commercial real estate in Hawaii as of 2022


Gun Control

The Constitution does not have gun control. Constitutional carry is without restriction. To amend this, there needs to be a Convention of States which Michigan is already a part of.

Gun control is at the state level such as background checks or waiting times.

Guns are for defense only.

I would like all that commit a crime with a gun reclassified as domestic terrorists.

I would like state-wide gun reciprocity.


Infrastructure

I want a 21st century interstate system.

Foreign Policy

Israel v Palestinians

Russia v Ukraine

The federal government is exclusive to foreign policy excluding the states.

Therefore, you tell your congress person how you want her to vote.

Where Rashida fails is that she has a petition for us to sign on her site calling for a ceasefire in Gaza(which supports her terrorists) ,however, no petition in support of it for those that dont support terrorism. She has a personal agenda but not the will of the people.


Rashida Tlaib U.S House Censure

Why is this significant for our district:

Rashida Tlaib U.S House Censure


Rashida was the 28 censured representative since 1832. She called publicly for the destruction of Israel.

Hitler called for the same.

We have Jewish constituents and history is repeating itself. Anyone that supports her is anti-semite so waiting to see how many we have in this district.


Federal Grant Money

Much of the money raised is federal funds by way of grants.

With my research background, I can write grants on my own but if they give me a team-even better!

Removing Rashida will not remove any money from our district.

It just may get us more money!


Taxes

When you decrease the tax RATE.

You increase revenue to your pocket, which you will spend right back into our economy. President Trump did this in 2017. I agree with it


Vulnerable People

My mother will open every email that looks official.have She will open attachments.She will call back spammers. She now has so much junk mail-she doesnt see the real mail that us important. Her postal box is full of junk mail. Her phone is off because she gets so many junk calls. Her messaging gets 50 junk texts a day so that if I text her- she doesnt it see it right away. [3]

—Linda Sawyer’s campaign website (2024)[4]

2022

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2020

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2018

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What is your political philosophy?

To bring health care to Lansing.To my knowledge, we have no health care professionals currently serving in our legislature.

Is there anything you would like to add?

A Registered Nurse with the University of Michigan for 28 yrs with critical care and research background. From a police and fire family. Born in Detroit Michigan. 5th generation German Lutheran immigrants that lived on Springwells in the district. Adopted children from a Russian orphanage twice so immigration experience. Father was a State Farm agent for over 50 years and used to help in the office so have an understanding of auto insurance. Sister has intellectual and developmental disabilities so an advocate for the disabled. Have union negotiation experience for over 6000 staff. Volunteered for a non-profit children's organization for over 30 years.[3]

—Linda Sawyer[2]

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Linda Sawyer campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. House Michigan District 12Lost primary$0 N/A**
2022U.S. House Michigan District 12Withdrew primary$0 N/A**
2020U.S. House Michigan District 13Lost primary$0 N/A**
2018Michigan House of Representatives District 6Lost general$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

See also


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Footnotes

  1. MI GOP, "Delegates and alternates elected to the Republican National Convention," accessed June 30, 2020
  2. 2.0 2.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on August 15, 2018
  3. 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. Linda Sawyer’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed July 24, 2024


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