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Mara Macie
Mara Macie (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 5th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on August 20, 2024.
Macie completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mara Macie was born in Newton, Massachusetts.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Florida's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)
Florida's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 5
Incumbent John Rutherford defeated Jay McGovern and Gary Koniz in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Rutherford (R) | 63.1 | 267,471 |
 | Jay McGovern (D)  | 36.9 | 156,570 | |
 | Gary Koniz (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 23 | |
| Total votes: 424,064 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jay McGovern advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 5.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 5
Incumbent John Rutherford defeated Mara Macie in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 5 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Rutherford | 67.1 | 48,628 |
 | Mara Macie | 32.9 | 23,792 | |
| Total votes: 72,420 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim May (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Macie in this election.
2022
See also: Florida's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent John Rutherford won election in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 5.
Democratic primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jonathan Marc (D)
- Connell Crooms (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 5
Incumbent John Rutherford defeated Mara Macie and Leigha Garner-Lopez in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 5 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Rutherford | 65.7 | 87,720 |
| Mara Macie | 17.7 | 23,607 | |
 | Leigha Garner-Lopez | 16.7 | 22,283 | |
| Total votes: 133,610 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tom Lister (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mara Macie completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Macie's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We need representatives supported and elected by the people, not special interests.
- Our priority should be the United States, not overseas wars and sending money abroad.
- We need to address corruption and the lack of transparency and accountability in government. We need to follow our representatives voting records and vote accordingly when they are due for re-election. If we don't change the people not voting the way we want them to, we cannot change the government as a whole and we end up with the status quo. The status quo is not working out well for our nation and future.
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Following the Constitution.
Republican Liberty Caucus
Stand For Health Freedom
Duval County Assembly of Republican Voters
Florida Republican Assembly
America's Veteran Party
Jacksonville City Councilman Mike Gay
St Johns County Commissioner Krista Keating-Joseph
Conservative Watch USA
Bikers for Trump
Bikers for 45
Ann Vandersteel
Doc Pete Chambers
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2022
Mara Macie completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Macie's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- In order to better serve the American people, term limits need to be established and career politicians must be removed.
Government corruption must be addressed and entities and individuals responsible for corruption must be held accountable.
- We need to return to our Constitution and reject mandates and laws which violate our Constitutional rights.
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Campaign website
Macie's campaign website stated the following:
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Border Security & Immigration While we throw money that we don’t have towards protecting countries other than our own, we have allowed our own border to be a hotbed of crime and unsustainable illegal immigration. With open borders we have seen an increase in human/sex trafficking, American lives lost to drugs and cartel activity all while Americans are suffering from supply chain issues and inflation. With the administration sending illegal immigrants to cities throughout the country we find ourselves in a situation of needing to stop the influx and locate and send back as many illegal immigrants, who do not have a legitimate claim for asylum/amnesty, as possible. Unfortunately, this will need to be examined thoroughly and may require temporarily halting initiation of new processes of some forms of legal immigration, however still allowing those already in process to continue to completion. In addition, we must discourage the illegal immigration for both those desiring to come to the United States and those who employ these immigrants.
State sovereignty is an integral part of our country. All power that can remain at state and local levels should absolutely do so. However, when national elections are held, the outcome in each state affects all of the states. It is the right of our citizens to know that elections were held fairly, not only in their own states, but in all places that have representation in the Electoral College. Legislation must be in place to assure that states are not running their federal elections in a way that may leave room for fraud and no outlet for recourse to amend any such misconduct. In addition, any evidence of fraud in federal elections that comes to light needs to be investigated. There must be consequences for those found to be involved with these criminal activities related to our elections.
After over 20 years of service, Mara’s husband is one of many service members involved in a lawsuit against the DoD over the shot mandate and its violation of religious rights of service members. In addition, an FDA approved vaccine, as defined by law, remains unavailable, which violates several laws requiring all vaccines mandated to be taken by service members to be FDA approved rather than authorized under emergency use. The administrative state has worked in collaboration with several agencies to push the narrative that the current Covid-19 shots are safe and effective. Furthermore, they have intentionally used language to imply that the available shots are FDA approved. Our medical choices, especially when referring to experimental treatments, are not to be mandated by any form of government. Under no circumstances should any agency be able to override our Constitution and mandate how Americans live. Legislators have a purpose in our country and it is time that power is returned to them and taken away from those looking to impose mandates, whether federally, at the state level, or at the municipal level. Requiring proof of a medical record in order to live a normal life in America is unacceptable.
Veterans have seen diminishing benefits and gradually worsened care. Many struggle with both physical and mental health issues and find it difficult to have their needs addressed, only leading to a decline to overall health and in many instances the tragic loss of life. In addition, we see an attack on those currently serving in our nation in the form of medical tyranny and woke indoctrination training, even from alleged leaders within the DoD who, like the establishment, truly only seek to further their own importance, power and interests. Our service members protect our Constitutional rights and we must protect theirs. The patriots that have served us and our nation now need us to step up and serve them. We must do better for the Armed Forces.
The corruption that Americans have seen go unpunished for years has left them feeling that those in a position of power live by a separate set of laws than they do. We must hold all people and entities to the same standard. Corruption must not only be investigated but consequences must be faced regardless of who is involved in the corruption. We must investigate to expose, identify and correct corruption through investigations on everything from political prisoners, to Covid-19, to military leadership and the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and election integrity. The people need results and accountability from the government. They do not need “Rules for thee but not for me”!
Career politicians have created a system in which the constituents are no longer the priority. These establishment politicians, from both sides, often compromise on issues that they believe their constituents may not notice in order to benefit themselves or special interest groups. This prioritizes the establishment and its power, over the American people. We need elected officials that not only represent their electors but also that want to and plan on returning to be among the electors, rather than using a position of elected power to enrich themselves. Term limits will help to prevent the ability for long term corruption and will assist to have patriots representing his or her neighbors on a consistent rotating basis which will keep the elected leader more in tuned with the voters.[2] |
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| —Mara Macie's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 31, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Mara Macie for U.S. Congress FL District 5, “Issues & Concerns,” accessed August 17, 2022
