Mark Busch

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Mark Busch

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 28, 2018

Contact

Personal website

Mark Busch (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 7th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 28, 2018.

Busch was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 7th Congressional District of Florida. Busch was defeated by incumbent John Mica in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.

Elections

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 7

Incumbent Stephanie Murphy defeated Mike Miller in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Murphy (D)	57.7	183,113
		Mike Miller (R)	42.3	134,285

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 317,398 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jose Valdez (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 7

Incumbent Stephanie Murphy defeated Chardo Richardson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 7 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Murphy	86.2	49,060
		Chardo Richardson	13.8	7,846

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,906
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 7

Mike Miller defeated Scott Sturgill and Vennia Francois in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 7 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Miller	53.9	30,629
		Scott Sturgill	30.4	17,253
		Vennia Francois	15.7	8,950

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,832
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Busch (R)
• Patrick Weingart (R)

2016

See also: Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Florida's 7th Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent John Mica (R) sought re-election in 2016. He was defeated by Stephanie Murphy (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Mica defeated Mark Busch in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.

U.S. House, Florida District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Stephanie Murphy	51.5%	182,039
	Republican	John Mica Incumbent	48.5%	171,583
	N/A	Write-in	0%	33
Total Votes				353,655
Source: Florida Division of Elections

U.S. House, Florida District 7 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Mica Incumbent	77.2%	38,528
Mark Busch	22.8%	11,407
Total Votes		49,935
Source: Florida Division of Elections

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Busch's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Balance Budget & Pay Off Debt: There is a basic financial rule all individuals, families, and businesses must follow. We all know it! Why does government get a pass on this fundamental economic principle? It is reckless and irresponsible to spend more than you have. Congress has been completely ineffective and is fully responsible for not passing a balanced budget to date. In fact, they just suspended the debt limit through 2017, with another 80 Billion in guaranteed spending! This amendment is critically important now if we have any chance of fixing our broken financial system and of saving our country from total economic collapse. Congressional Rotation: We have seen the results of long-term Congressional politicians. Most of them seem to care more about their careers than what is best for the country, becoming more out of touch with each successive term. All human beings are flawed and make poor choices, so the temptation of cronyism, corrupt deal-making and corporate welfare increases with the number of years in office. Benjamin Franklin cautioned, “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom, as nations become corrupt and vicious they have more need of masters.” It’s time to put an end to the profession of “career politician” and impose limits on how many times a member is allowed to seek re-election. Stop Political Cronyism: We need deterrents to stop government from picking winners and losers. Also, we need to put an end to unelected federal employees writing laws and must create a policy that allows greater Judicial oversight to keep judges from ruling on their political views instead of the merit of the law. These progressive actions over-turn the will of hundreds of millions of Americans and are completely contradictory to the belief that everyone should be treated equally under the law. A good example of this over-reach would be Obamacare. Government now makes your buying decisions for you regardless of whether you want it or not. And if you don’t, you can be penalized. Tax Reform: We cannot turn around our sluggish economy and pay off the national debt unless we cut taxes and simplify the tax code to unleash the power of the U.S. economy. History shows if you cut taxes the economy grows, which in turn creates more jobs, higher wages and more money into the Treasury…It’s basic economics. When people have more money they spend and invest more into the economy. When government takes more money, it creates more debt. Hardworking Americans pay enough in taxes today. It doesn’t matter if you are wealthy or in the middle class, higher taxes result in people and businesses not buying goods and services, not investing and saving for the future. Strengthen National security: We live in a time when many political groups, countries and crime organizations have publicly stated that their goal is to kill Americans and destroy our country. We would be naive and foolish not to believe them and not build up our homeland defense. Our future and way of life depends on a strong national security program that includes securing the borders, fixing our immigration process, strengthening our military, energy independence and updating and protecting our national electrical grid network. All of our national security decisions should be made for the purpose of protecting freedom and improving the American way of life.	”
—Mark Busch's campaign website, http://markbusch.us/#

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2018
• Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2016
• Florida's 7th Congressional District

External links

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• Campaign website
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Footnotes

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Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ashley Moody (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Jimmy Patronis (R)

District 2

Neal Dunn (R)

District 3

Kat Cammack (R)

District 4

Aaron Bean (R)

District 5

John Rutherford (R)

District 6

Randy Fine (R)

District 7

Cory Mills (R)

District 8

Mike Haridopolos (R)

District 9

Darren Soto (D)

District 10

Maxwell Frost (D)

District 11

Daniel Webster (R)

District 12

Gus Bilirakis (R)

District 13

Anna Luna (R)

District 14

Kathy Castor (D)

District 15

Laurel Lee (R)

District 16

Vern Buchanan (R)

District 17

Greg Steube (R)

District 18

Scott Franklin (R)

District 19

Byron Donalds (R)

District 20

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)

District 21

Brian Mast (R)

District 22

Lois Frankel (D)

District 23

Jared Moskowitz (D)

District 24

Frederica Wilson (D)

District 25

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

District 26

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

District 27

Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

District 28

Carlos Gimenez (R)

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Democratic Party (8)