Richard Schrock
Richard Schrock was a Republican candidate for Washington commissioner of insurance in the 2016 election.[1] Schrock placed second in the primary election and therefore faced incumbent commissioner Mike Kreidler in the November general election.
Schrock was defeated by the incumbent commissioner, Mike Kreidler (D), who was re-elected to a fifth term.
Biography
Schrock is a communications and public relations consultant who has advised government agencies, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations. He served as the director of the Washington State Department of Commerce from 1981 to 1985 under former Governor John Spellman (R). Schrock was elected to the board of commissioners of the Snohomish Co. Fire District 1 and is serving his second term.
Schlock lives in the Lake Stickney area of Washington state.[2][3]
Education
- B.A., political science, St. Martins College
Elections
2016
- Main article: Washington Insurance Commissioner election, 2016
Schrock filed to run as a Republican candidate in the 2016 election for Washington commissioner of insurance. He was the only Republican to do so.[1]
General election
Incumbent Mike Kreidler defeated Richard Schrock in the Washington insurance commissioner election.
| Washington Insurance Commissioner, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Mike Kreidler Incumbent |
58.34% | 1,763,134 | |
| Republican | Richard Schrock | 41.66% | 1,258,827 | |
| Total Votes | 3,021,961 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Primary election
Incumbent Mike Kreidler and Richard Schrock defeated Justin Murta in the Washington primary for insurance commissioner.
| Washington primary for insurance commissioner, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Mike Kreidler Incumbent |
58.41% | 772,569 | |
| Republican | Richard Schrock |
34.09% | 450,830 | |
| Libertarian | Justin Murta | 7.50% | 99,181 | |
| Total Votes | 1,322,580 | |||
| Source: Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign finance
| Richard Schrock Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| To date | As of August 2, 2016 | $ | $3,790.05 | $(1,710.05) | $ | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $3,790.05 | $(1,710.05) | ||||||||
Campaign themes
2016
Schrock submitted the following campaign statement to the secretary of state:[3]
| “ | Paying too much for insurance? Do you want four more years of the same 16-year policy direction that governs the state agency that regulates insurance companies?
Washington’s health insurance rates are proposed to rise another 19% next year. Richard Schrock, as Washington’s next Insurance Commissioner, will fight unjustified premium increases, hold down deductibles and limit co-pays. In 2013, highly respected Seattle Children’s Hospital waged a successful legal battle with the Insurance Commissioner’s Office and three major insurers. Children’s, the region’s premier pediatric hospital, took legal action to get their insured child patients covered by Commissioner-approved insurance plans that had excluded Children’s from service provider networks. In 2014, newspapers reported that a whistleblower compliant revealed scandalous conduct within the Office of the Insurance Commissioner involving “major systemic problems”. Our state’s largest newspaper subsequently called for “major reforms” that have not happened. Obviously, policy changes are long overdue to broaden access to affordable coverage. If elected Commissioner, Richard Schrock will institute reforms that prevent powerful special interests from influencing agency decisions, vigorously enforce consumer protection laws, and mandate expanding healthcare service- provider networks. Future appeals of Commissioner decisions must be fairly and transparently decided by independent, impartial judges.[4] |
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Washington Secretary of State, "2016 candidates who have filed," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Snohomish Co. Fire District 1, "Your Fire Commissioners," accessed July 19, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://weiapplets.sos.wa.gov/MyVoteOLVR/OnlineVotersGuide/GetCandidateStatement?electionId=62&candidateId=45343&raceJurisdictionName=State%20Executive&Display=Statewide&partyName=(Prefers%20Republican%20Party)&raceName=Washington%20State%20-%20Insurance%20Commissioner 2016 Primary Voters' Guide, "Richard Schrock," accessed July 19, 2016]
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
