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Mike Nickerson
Mike Nickerson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 17. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Nickerson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 17
Justine Wadsack defeated Mike Nickerson in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Justine Wadsack (R) | 51.2 | 63,501 |
 | Mike Nickerson (D)  | 48.8 | 60,420 | |
| Total votes: 123,921 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 17
Mike Nickerson advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 17 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Nickerson | 100.0 | 29,795 |
| Total votes: 29,795 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 17
Justine Wadsack defeated incumbent Vince Leach and Robert Barr in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 17 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Justine Wadsack | 40.9 | 16,329 |
 | Vince Leach | 35.5 | 14,161 | |
 | Robert Barr | 23.6 | 9,407 | |
| Total votes: 39,897 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mike Nickerson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nickerson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I believe in meeting our challenges head-on. In addition to fair voting rights, I will fight for excellent public schools; quality health care for all Arizonans; and for women and their doctors to decide on appropriate medical procedures, not legislators. I will fight to protect our children by pushing for the passage of sensible gun safety laws.
I won’t allow special interest groups to keep us stuck in the past when it comes to negotiating a workable water plan that protects Arizona’s future, and takes advantage of unique economic benefits to generate solar power.
I am running as a Clean Candidate so no one has given me large sums to fund my campaign. My only obligation is to the people of Arizona.
- protect free and fair elections
- improve education by increasing funding and respecting the professionalism of teacher
- quality health care for all Arizonans, including a woman and her doctor making appropriate medical decisions without legislative interference
After my parents divorced when I was 10, my mom raised her five children alone on the $5000 a year. Public education was our only option. Luckily we lived in a state that valued public education. It prepared me well to go on to a state funded university and later 2 masters a Ph.D.
Arizona's funding of education is embarrassing. Depending on statistical gathering and the year we are between 48th and 50th in our funding per pupil. This has to change if we want a bright future for our state. Also, the present legislature has exacerbated the problem by micromanaging teachers which has caused many of our best teachers to leave teaching or leave our state.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Arizona State Senate District 17 |
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