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Pat Phillips
Pat Phillips (Republican Party) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 89. He lost in the primary on October 12, 2019.
Phillips completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Phillips was a 2015 Republican candidate for the same seat.
Biography
Pat Phillips was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Phillips served in the United States Marine Corps as a naval aviator and a major. He attended the University of Pittsburgh. Phillips' career experience includes working as a corporate pilot.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2019
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 Louisiana House of Representatives District 89
Richard Nelson defeated Vince Liuzza in the general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 89 on November 16, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Richard Nelson (R)  | 53.3 | 8,465 |
| Vince Liuzza (R) | 46.7 | 7,424 | ||
| Total votes: 15,889 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 89
Vince Liuzza and Richard Nelson defeated Pat Phillips, Erin Feys Powell, and David Ellis in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 89 on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Vince Liuzza (R) | 26.0 | 3,698 | |
| ✔ | | Richard Nelson (R) | 24.6 | 3,503 |
| Pat Phillips (R) | 18.1 | 2,582 | ||
| Erin Feys Powell (D) | 17.1 | 2,431 | ||
 | David Ellis (R) | 14.2 | 2,026 | |
| Total votes: 14,240 | |||
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2015
Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[2]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% 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.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Reid Falconer (R) defeated Pat Phillips (R) in the October 24 blanket primary.[3][4]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 89 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Reid Falconer |
66% | 7,135 | |
| Republican | Pat Phillips | 34% | 3,683 | |
| Total Votes | 10,818 | |||
2011
Phillips ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 89. He was defeated by incumbent Timothy Burns (R) in the primary election on October 22, 2011. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary.
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 89 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Timothy Burns Incumbent |
69.1% | 6,157 | |
| Republican | Pat Phillips | 30.9% | 2,752 | |
| Total Votes | 8,909 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Pat Phillips completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Phillips' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am the Republican endorsed candidate by both the LAGOP and the St. Tammany Republican Executive Committee (RPEC).
- As your State Representative, I promise to minimize the talking, roll up my sleeves and get the work done to maintain a thriving St. Tammany Parish and Louisiana.
- I will be a full time Legislator!
We can fix the budget by giving flexibility to make comprehensive funding decisions based on program performance to meet strategic goals for the state, and do more to prevent fraud, waste and abuse of our tax dollars.
With a growing economy and sound budget we can target investments for our citizens in critical areas like health care, education and infrastructure improvements.
We need to seize the momentum recently created by St. Tammany Parish's acquisition of the $25M Federal Grant for the Phase 1 widening of I-12 and Tchefuncta Bridge from the US 190 to LA 21 interchanges, and the $52M Federal Grant approved for the Phase 2 widening I-12 from the US 190 to LA 59 interchanges.
I learned a lot about service during these years and also about coalition building which I had to do with US and allied forces around the world as an officer.
Positions I held in the Marine Corps enabled me to learn how to look beyond a 5 year budget process to identify challenges that the Marine Corps would have to meet to be successful in its future mission requirements! As a member of the Advanced Concept Development Program, I was anticipating and analyzing challenges 25 to 30 years into the future. I help develop solutions, that included new equipment, new methods, new organizations, new policies and procedures that would have to be put in place to maintain a strong and ready Marine Force and subsequently address threats to our national security
I have developed significant skills during my military service that will enable me to be an effective member of the state legislature. I understand how to develop and execute budgets and manpower programs, how to organize elements to meet near and long-term objectives, how to development new concepts and methods to solve problems. ...and finally, I know how to work with and lead people to achieve common goals.
Their focus needs to be on accomplishing the people's business not their personal agenda.
Transportation Committee
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign website (2011 state legislative election)
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s candidate survey submission form on October 7, 2019
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
