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Paul Clements
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 7, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University

Graduate

Princeton University

Ph.D

Princeton University

Contact

Personal website

Personal Twitter

Paul Clements (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 6th Congressional District. He was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on August 7, 2018.

The Board of State Canvassers determined that Clements fell short of the required 1,000 signatures and his name was subsequently removed from the ballot.[1]


Clements was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 6th Congressional District of Michigan.[2]

Clements sought election to the same seat in 2014.[3] He lost to incumbent Fred Upton in the general election.

Biography

Clements has been a political science professor at Western Michigan University since 1996. He received his bachelor's degree in social science from Harvard University. He also holds a public policy master's degree and doctorate from Princeton University.

Elections

2018

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 6

Incumbent Fred Upton defeated Matt Longjohn and Stephen J. Young in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Fred Upton (R)
 
50.2
 
147,436
Image of Matt Longjohn
Matt Longjohn (D)
 
45.7
 
134,082
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Stephen J. Young (U.S. Taxpayers Party)
 
4.1
 
11,920

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 293,438
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 6

Matt Longjohn defeated George Franklin, David Benac, and Rich Eichholz in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 6 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Matt Longjohn
 
37.1
 
22,412
Image of George Franklin
George Franklin
 
28.9
 
17,493
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David Benac
 
21.3
 
12,867
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Rich Eichholz
 
12.8
 
7,719

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 60,491
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 6

Incumbent Fred Upton advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 6 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Fred Upton
Fred Upton
 
100.0
 
64,512

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 64,512
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2016

See also: Michigan's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Fred Upton (R) defeated Paul Clements (D) and Lorence Wenke (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent in August.[4][5][6][7]

U.S. House, Michigan District 6 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFred Upton Incumbent 58.6% 193,259
     Democratic Paul Clements 36.4% 119,980
     Libertarian Lorence Wenke 4.9% 16,248
     N/A Write-in 0% 78
Total Votes 329,565
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

2014

See also: Michigan's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

Clements ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 6th District. He was defeated by Upton in the general election on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Michigan District 6 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFred Upton Incumbent 55.9% 116,801
     Democratic Paul Clements 40.4% 84,391
     Libertarian Erwin Haas 2.6% 5,530
     Green John Lawrence 1.1% 2,254
Total Votes 208,976
Source: Michigan Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Clements' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • Jobs: We need to re-engineer the American economy for the 21st century. The core task is to rebuild manufacturing and high-tech production within our borders for areas of increasing demand. Examples include clean energy and energy-efficient manufacturing, but also media, high end services, and agriculture. This certainly requires a major improvement in education and building 21st century infrastructure, and these will create many jobs.
  • Education: The only way to restore the American dream and build an economy that will work for all Americans is with a significant improvement in education. Today the federal government spends ten dollars on the military for every dollar it spends on education. This reflects a mistaken view of America’s strategic challenges.
  • Money in Politics: The tidal wave of money in American politics poisons our democracy, it hurts our economy, it makes laws unfair, and it saps the vitality of our society. Money buys political influence—what would anyone expect? The opportunity to buy influence leads companies to divert resources from serving consumers to seeking special advantage. The cost of elections orients politicians to the needs of big donors rather than their constituents, and it means they have to spend much of their time chasing the money rather than serving the people.
  • Criminal Justice Reform: The United States has many more people in jail and prison, on a per capita basis, than any other industrial country. This is a stain on our democracy and a drain on our economy. Incarceration of the poor, of people with mental disabilities, and of minorities, especially African American men, is particularly high, and evidence indicates that this is partly due to bias in the system. Besides basic unfairness, this undermines poor and minority communities and it amounts to cruelty to people with mental disabilities.
  • Social Security: An important measure of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. Social Security is our way of keeping seniors out of poverty, so they can enjoy a life of dignity. Today, with increasing life expectancies, our promise to our seniors is threatened. Also, for some seniors Social Security provides too little. Social Security should be increased to where it actually provides social security.

[8]

”
—Paul Clements' campaign website, http://clementsforcongress.com/issues/

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Personal

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Paul is married and has two daughters.[9]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Detroit News", "U.S. House candidate ends campaign after court loss," accessed February 12, 2020
  2. ↑ Mlive, "Democrat Paul Clements announces bid for Congress in 2016," August 12, 2015
  3. ↑ Clements for Congress, "Meet Paul," accessed December 30, 2013
  4. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 20, 2016
  5. ↑ Politico, "Michigan House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016
  6. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed September 6, 2016
  7. ↑ CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
  8. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  9. ↑ Clements for Congress, "About Paul," accessed December 30, 2013


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