Matthew Shepard

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Matthew Shepard

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U.S. Taxpayers Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Matthew Shepard (U.S. Taxpayers Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 28. Shepard lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 28

Sam Singh defeated Daylen Howard and Matthew Shepard in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 28 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sam Singh (D)	55.8	65,537
	Submit photo	Daylen Howard (R)	42.0	49,272
	Submit photo	Matthew Shepard (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	2.2	2,635

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,444
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 28

Sam Singh defeated Muhammad Salman Rais in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 28 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sam Singh	89.4	25,651
		Muhammad Salman Rais	10.6	3,041

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,692
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 28

Daylen Howard defeated Madhu Anderson in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 28 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Daylen Howard	58.4	13,540
	Submit photo	Madhu Anderson	41.6	9,646

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,186
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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention

U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 28

Matthew Shepard advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 28 on July 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Matthew Shepard (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 24

Tom Barrett defeated Kelly Rossman-McKinney, Katie Nepton, and Matthew Shepard in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 24 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Barrett (R)	53.5	66,969
	Submit photo	Kelly Rossman-McKinney (D)	43.4	54,352
		Katie Nepton (L)	1.6	2,064
	Submit photo	Matthew Shepard (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	1.4	1,711

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 125,096 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 24

Kelly Rossman-McKinney advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 24 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kelly Rossman-McKinney	100.0	25,190

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,190
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 24

Tom Barrett defeated Brett Roberts in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 24 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Barrett	70.4	22,127
	Submit photo	Brett Roberts	29.6	9,289

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,416
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Michigan State Senate District 24

Katie Nepton advanced from the Libertarian primary for Michigan State Senate District 24 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Nepton	100.0	179

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2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012

Shepard ran in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 85. He ran as an Independent candidate with no party affiliation and was defeated by incumbent Ben Glardon (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 85, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ben Glardon Incumbent	53.6%	23,185
	Democratic	Paul Ray	39.9%	17,278
	Independent	Matthew Shepard	6.5%	2,803
Total Votes				43,266

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2022

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