Luke Lofgren
Luke Lofgren was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 3 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2014
Lofgren's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
Freedom
- Excerpt: "Freedom for businesses to operate, create jobs, and grow our economy.
- Excerpt: "Freedom for responsible people to own the firearms they choose."
- Excerpt: "Freedom to purchase insurance and other items that you choose."
- Excerpt: "Freedom for agriculture and the use of our environment to serve mankind."
Family
- Excerpt: "Strong public education and educational choices for responsible parents."
- Excerpt: "Steadfast in the traditional definition of marriage and protecting religious freedom."
- Excerpt: "Insistent in preserving life of all ages from conception to the elderly."
Fiscal
- Excerpt: "We must only spend what we have: no debts and no deficits."
- Excerpt: "Everyone should participate in taxes."
- Excerpt: "Smaller government puts less tax burden on the people."
- Excerpt: "America needs energy independence in an environmentally responsible way."
- Excerpt: "Welfare that helps people in temporary/short-term need, not generates dependency."
Elections
2014
Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014. Incumbent Ryan Bizzarro was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Luke Lofgren was unopposed in the Republican primary. Bizzarro defeated Lofgren in the general election.[2][3][4]
Recent news
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See also
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Pennsylvania State Legislature
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 3
External links
- Official campaign website
- Luke Lofgren on Facebook
- Luke Lofgren on LinkedIn
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Pennsylvania Department of State- Official candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ Luke PA Rep 3, "Main page," accessed September 3, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official primary results for May 20, 2014," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Official Candidate Listing," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 General Election," accessed December 5, 2014