Matt Hasty

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Matt Hasty

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

American Military University, 2010

Graduate

Norwich University, 2014

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

2000 - 2019

Personal

Birthplace

Vicksburg, Miss.

Contact

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Matt Hasty (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.

Hasty completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Matt Hasty was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served in the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2019. Hasty earned a bachelor's degree from the American Military University in 2010 and a master's degree from Norwich University in 2014.

Elections

2020

See also: Louisiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

General election

General election for U.S. House Louisiana District 5

Luke Letlow defeated Lance Harris in the general election for U.S. House Louisiana District 5 on December 5, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Luke Letlow (R)	62.0	49,183
		Lance Harris (R)	38.0	30,124

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,307
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 5

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Luke Letlow (R)	33.1	102,533
✔		Lance Harris (R)	16.6	51,240
		Candy Christophe (D)	16.4	50,812
		Martin Lemelle (D)	10.4	32,186
	Submit photo	Randall Scott Robinson (R)	7.7	23,887
		Allen Guillory Sr. (R)	7.3	22,496
		Matt Hasty (R)	3.2	9,834
		Phillip Snowden (D)	3.0	9,432
	Submit photo	Jesse Lagarde (D)	2.3	7,136

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 309,556
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brody Pierrottie (D)
• John Robert Badger (Independent Conservative Democratic Party)

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Matt Hasty completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hasty's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a retired, disabled Army Combat Veteran that has returned home after 20 years abroad to serve my country again.

I'm ready to earn the trust of voters with actions, not words. Our team will use bodycams, streaming webcams, financial transparency and daily briefings with constituents to redefine the term, "transparency".

We need to remember that those with the most power will always be the most corrupt, and balance against it with checks available for all to see.

We will also offer positions to every other member of the race for the 5th District, to guarantee that every single voter in the District has a voice in their Congress.

We can fix our country- together!

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem.
• Transparency, honor and integrity.
• Discussion, debate and conversations are not the enemy.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Government ineffectiveness and corruption, poverty, abuse of military power and spending, 2nd Amendment rights.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

One night many years ago a man was attending a meeting at a church to discuss an upcoming protest event. While he was there, someone threw a bomb into his home where his wife and young daughter were. He rushed home to find them unharmed, but a large crowd of his supporters had arrived with weapons, screaming for revenge. He said,

"If you have weapons, take them home; if you do not have them, please do not seek them. We cannot solve this problem through violence. We must meet violence with nonviolence."

His dedication to the ideals of nonviolence were put to the ultimate test, and instead of giving into a father's rage- he pleaded for peace.

I will never be a man as great as he was, but I will never stop trying to reach the example that he set.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Despite what we see today, the House should be the most powerful part of our Federal Government, with Constitutional Authority over taxation and government oversight. Those powers require that they remain closely linked to the Will of the People- which is why the House has to have elections every two years.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

No. In fact, I believe experience in a broken system makes you less likely to want to reform it.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Division. We have allowed our political establishment and mass media to profit from the rancor they have created. We point at each other and blame our neighbors for the havoc being wrought by politicians.

We are in a descending spiral of poisonous politics, and no other national issues will be effectively addressed until we raise the quality of people we are sending to Washington DC.

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Footnotes

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Louisiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Bill Cassidy (R)

John Kennedy (R)

Representatives

District 1

Steve Scalise (R)

District 2

Troy Carter (D)

District 3

Clay Higgins (R)

District 4

Mike Johnson (R)

District 5

Julia Letlow (R)

District 6

Cleo Fields (D)

Republican Party (6)

Democratic Party (2)