Quentin Potter
Quentin Potter (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
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Biography
Quentin Potter was born in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Ohio State University.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Ohio's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
Ohio's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (April 28 Democratic primary)
Ohio's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (April 28 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 7
Incumbent Bob Gibbs defeated Quentin Potter and Brandon Lape in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bob Gibbs (R) | 67.5 | 236,607 |
 | Quentin Potter (D)  | 29.2 | 102,271 | |
 | Brandon Lape (L) | 3.3 | 11,671 | |
| Total votes: 350,549 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 7
Quentin Potter advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 7 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Quentin Potter (Write-in) | 100.0 | 2,356 |
| Total votes: 2,356 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 7
Incumbent Bob Gibbs advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 7 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Gibbs | 100.0 | 55,009 |
| Total votes: 55,009 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Ohio District 7
Brandon Lape advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Ohio District 7 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Lape | 100.0 | 261 |
| Total votes: 261 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Quentin Potter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Potter's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Born in Columbus, Quentin has been a constituent of the 7th District since 2011, when he became Vice President and Treasurer for Lorain County Community College. During 3 years as its VP and Treasurer, he led the effort that funded over $60 million in new construction and other campus upgrades.
Prior to his leadership at the college, Quentin served more than 20 years in state government, helping create nine balanced state budgets.
He oversaw the spending of billions of dollars for Medicaid, Food Stamps and other safety net programs.
In 2015 he returned to the Ohio Office of Management and Budget to serve for three years as the director's representative on financial oversight commissions that helped communities and school districts overcome financial distress.
His career in public service sharpened Quentin's understanding of the difficult circumstances faced by many Ohioans and of the important role a well-run government can have in addressing those needs and creating opportunities for future success.
Quentin Potter will be a hard-working and independent voice to make government work for ALL constituents in the 7th District.
- Quentin Potter will be an advocate for workers and will encourage both parties to do more to rebuild the middle class. Quentin believes that every hardworking American deserves a good job, affordable healthcare, quality education for their children, and the security of knowing they can retire with dignity.
- Health care coverage should not be a partisan issue. Without a change in the presidency, Republicans like my opponent will achieve their goal of destroying the Affordable Care Act. Millions of Americans will lose their health care coverage. The consequences for people's health care will be catastrophic. This is one of many reasons we need to elect Joe Biden this fall. My opponent has voted dozens of times to repeal the Act. In doing so, he voted to take away insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions. In the age of COVID-19, we cannot let this happen. We must learn from this pandemic, not just how to do better when the next one emerges, but in how important we all are.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to kill well over two hundred thousand Americans. Job losses since the outbreak of the virus have been staggering. The crisis has revealed how tenuous employment is for workers essential to keeping us all going. Our collective response should not be a partisan issue. Recovery from COVID-19 will take longer and cost more than the White House or my opponent will tell you, and so the necessary and robust response to COVID-19 is threatened by their continued wishful thinking.
He understands the need to make the tax system more equitable...wealthy corporations need to pay their fair share.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2020
