Nicole Breadon
Nicole Breadon (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 43. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Breadon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nicole Breadon was born in Clarkston, Michigan. She earned an associate degree from Oakland Community College in 2002. Breadon's career experience includes working for a faith-based nonprofit that focuses on social justice issues. She serves on the executive committee of the North Oakland Democratic Club and is a member of the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy, the Round Lake Riparians, and the Clarkston High School Marching Band Pit Crew.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 43
Incumbent Andrea Schroeder defeated Nicole Breadon in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 43 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Andrea Schroeder (R) | 59.7 | 33,405 |
![]() | Nicole Breadon (D) ![]() | 40.3 | 22,596 |
Total votes: 56,001 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 43
Nicole Breadon advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 43 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Nicole Breadon ![]() | 100.0 | 10,311 |
Total votes: 10,311 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 43
Incumbent Andrea Schroeder advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 43 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Andrea Schroeder | 100.0 | 12,494 |
Total votes: 12,494 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2018
General election
Andrea Schroeder defeated Nicole Breadon in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 43 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 43
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Andrea Schroeder (R) | 56.5 | 24,061 |
![]() | Nicole Breadon (D) ![]() | 43.5 | 18,509 |
Total votes: 42,570 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Nicole Breadon advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 43 on August 7, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 43
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Nicole Breadon ![]() | 100.0 | 8,479 |
Total votes: 8,479 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Andrea Schroeder defeated Jose Aliaga and Anthony Bartolotta in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 43 on August 7, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 43
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Andrea Schroeder | 44.7 | 5,572 |
![]() | Jose Aliaga | 28.3 | 3,526 | |
Anthony Bartolotta | 27.0 | 3,358 |
Total votes: 12,456 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Nicole Breadon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Breadon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- When I attended and graduated from Clarkston High School in 1990, Michigan was known for it's quality schools. Michigan now ranks near the bottom. For profit charter schools are siphoning money away from public schools and have lead to their decline. In Michigan, there is a law on the books that allow individuals with 60 credit hours to substitute teach. We have such a shortage of teachers, some substitute teachers stay in the classroom for a full year. Enrollment in education programs at our colleges and universities have dropped by 70% in the last 8 years. Proper funding is lagging but so is the respect for teachers. Michigan was already having problems, but Covid-19 has only exaggerated how grave of a situation it is.
- Michigan has 88,000 miles of roads eligible for federal aid. Experts rate 21% of them in good shape, 38% in fair and 41% in poor condition. Half of our other roads are rated in poor condition. Our bridges are also not great. More than one in ten are rated in poor condition. Fixing them at the current rate would take 92 years. In 2018 there were more than 500 bridges in poor condition. Irresponsible governing has brought us to this point and we are all paying the price with broken windshields, blown tires and busted axles. We deserve better roads to drive on.
- We have over 11,000 inland lakes including the small non sports one I live on. Rivers, streams, creeks and brooks and the Great Lakes that surround us. We have some major water issues including water shut offs in Detroit during one of our nation's worst healthcare disasters, and the legacy of the Flint water crisis will always be part of our history. Nestle Corporation is allowed to profit off of one of our most precious resources for a mere $200 a year.We have to stay vigilant about PFAS contamination and the threat of invasive species in the Great Lakes. Currently, there are quite a few laws in place that threaten our environment. Protecting our water will be one of my top priorities.
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Nicole Breadon participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on October 1, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Nicole Breadon's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
“ | Equitable public school funding Proper road funding |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
“ | I am passionate about our public schools. Public school funding has been systematically cut to the point that schools can't pay teachers a living salary which has caused a teacher shortage. Some teachers are working second jobs and this only hurts the students. Our kids deserve properly funded public schools.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Nicole Breadon answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
“ | Integrity is upmost important in an elected official. Too many lawmakers receive donations from special interest groups which buy votes instead of actually representing the people they serve. I have not and pledge to not accept any special interest money, therefore, I will only be beholden to the residents of Michigan's 43 District[4] | ” |
“ | The core responsibilities of a lawmaker is to listen to constituents, assess what is needed, act on their behalf and make lives better.[4] | ” |
“ | The legacy that I would like to leave behind is that I saw injustice and neglect on the part of my representatives and I responded. I want my children to remember when they are adults and look back at this time that I worked hard to try to improve lives in District 43.[4] | ” |
“ | I worked at a special needs camp during the summers from age 14-18.[4] | ” |
“ | Public education and the lack of equitable funding. There is already a shortage of good teachers and staff and we have not felt the true impact yet.[4] | ” |
“ | Michigan is one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. Districts need to drawn fairly so voters can choose their representative, not the other way around.[4] | ” |
“ | Families, children and seniors committee, Transportation and infrastructure committee[4] | ” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 26, 2020
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Nicole Breadon's responses," October 1, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.