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Michael E. Cowett

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Michael E. Cowett
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Michael E. Cowett was a 2016 Republican candidate for the Twelfth Plymouth District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Campaign themes

2016

Cowett's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

A better government: As Governor Baker is fond of saying, we in Massachusetts deserve a state government as good and as creative as we are. On the South Shore, we're justifiably proud that we live where one of the first sustained experiments in self-government began centuries ago. To ensure that the great and noble American experiment of rule by the people continues, we should start by:

  • Insisting lawmakers be provided adequate time to read and suggest changes to bills, especially the state budget, so that the voices of the whole House have the opportunity to be heard.
  • Informing cities, towns, and school districts about minimum local aid funding earlier each year to make the municipal budgeting process smoother and more effective
  • Demanding that both parties be equally represented on ethics committees, so that wrongdoing can be less easily swept under the rug for political advantage.

A better economic climate. While our state's economic situation has gotten somewhat better since the depths of the recession, too many people are still struggling to get by, and Massachusetts still scores too low on measures of competitiveness. We need more opportunities for better-paying jobs, and to be allowed to keep more of what we earn. We can begin working toward those goals by:

  • Keeping tax rates low and government spending in check so that more money stays in households rather than being sent to Boston
  • Shifting assistance programs toward models such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, which creates more incentives to find and keep a job rather than promoting long-term dependence on government

A better education system: Our education system is ranked highly compared with other states, but top-down efforts like Common Core and PARCC will propel us downwards in a hurry. We should also remember that the goal of public education is to shape productive citizens of a free society, not subjects of a distant bureaucracy. Rather than take up the latest fads, we should continue to lead in education by taking steps such as:

  • Restoring rigorous standards for English and mathematics that have helped our children succeed in the past
  • Renewing the MCAS requirement for proficiency in American history
  • Promoting close collaboration between teachers at different grade levels to ensure smooth transitions and continuous learning across a student's educational career
  • Ensuring learning goals are developmentally appropriate, and that students have solid foundation in the basic facts before being asked to proceed to higher-level thinking.[1]
 ”
—Michael E. Cowett, [2]

Elections

2016

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

Incumbent Thomas Calter, III defeated Peter J. Boncek in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Twelfth Plymouth District general election.[3][4]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, Twelfth Plymouth District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Calter, III Incumbent 59.94% 13,908
     Republican Peter J. Boncek 40.06% 9,297
Total Votes 23,205
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth


Incumbent Thomas Calter, III ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Twelfth Plymouth District Democratic Primary.[5][6]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, Twelfth Plymouth District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Calter, III Incumbent (unopposed)


Peter J. Boncek defeated Michael E. Cowett and Ian F. Murphy in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Twelfth Plymouth District Republican Primary.[5][6]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, Twelfth Plymouth District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Peter J. Boncek 45.35% 678
     Republican Michael E. Cowett 44.82% 670
     Republican Ian F. Murphy 9.83% 147
Total Votes 1,495

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  2. ↑ Michael Cowett, "Issues," accessed September 6, 2016
  3. ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 State election candidates," accessed October 3, 2016
  4. ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Election data lookup," accessed December 20, 2016
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates (Democratic)," accessed June 20, 2016
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Secretary of the Commonweath of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Election Statistics," accessed October 14, 2016


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