Rod Sturgeon
Roderick Wayne "Rod" Sturgeon was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 42 of the Missouri House of Representatives.[1]
Biography
Sturgeon graduated from Montgomery County R-II High School. He has spent 31 years working in the construction industry, holding positions such as superintendent and foreman on many central Missouri construction projects. Sturgeon is also the president of Carpenters Local 1925 in Columbia, MO.[2]
Campaign themes
2014
Sturgeon submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia regarding his political philosophy:[2]
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I chose to run to give the voters of district 42 a choice. I, for one feel as though our current legislators did very little to help improve the lives of working families. I want to improve public education, and to work towards a more fair taxation policy, and to encourage business through worker training programs, not tax breaks that are passed on to working folks like myself. Many burdens have been aimed at working families like Right-To-Work, reduced taxes on the wealthiest, and the extremism from wealthy campaign contributions purchasing our political process. Medicaid expansion should be adopted to encourage an additional 24,000 jobs to our state and stop the flow of our federal tax dollars going to other states that have. [3] |
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| —Rod Sturgeon, Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on August 2, 2014 | ||
Elections
2014
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Rod Sturgeon was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Bart Korman was unopposed in the Republican primary. Korman defeated Sturgeon in the general election.[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Bart Korman Incumbent |
73.3% | 7,054 | |
| Democratic | Rod Sturgeon | 26.7% | 2,567 | |
| Total Votes | 9,621 | |||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Rod + Sturgeon + Missouri + House"
See also
- Missouri House of Representatives
- Missouri House of Representatives District 42
- Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Missouri State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Elections: Offices Filed in Candidate Filing," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on August 2, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "All Results - State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 5, 2014," accessed August 26, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List - Primary Election," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List - Primary Election," accessed July 24, 2014
