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Roger Rathburn

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Roger Rathburn
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Contact

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Roger Rathburn was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 59 of the Michigan House of Representatives.[1]

Campaign themes

2014

Rathburn's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]

Leadership You Can Trust

  • Excerpt: "Our state must have someone with experience in leading and managing large, complex organizations."

Reduction or Elimination of the State's Income Tax on Pensions

  • Excerpt: "As your State Representative I will work to reduce or eliminate the unfair tax imposed on our fixed income seniors on their pensions and introduce legislation to remedy the situation."

Improve Senior Citizen Resources and Funding

  • Excerpt: "As your State Representative I will propose legislation to provide tax initiatives for Senior Citizens to remain in Southwest Michigan and seek to improve resources for senior support and senior citizen centers that can positively impact the quality of life for this segment of our population."

Education

  • Excerpt: "As your State Representative, I will work to retain more continuity in education funding and stop the constant attack on curriculum, which should be a local decision. In addition, we need to stop the unfunded mandates which are disruptive to both educators and students."

State Budget

  • Excerpt: "The State needs a budget that clearly supports our priorities. Spending priorities must focus on what will make our State strong and competitive and wasteful spending must be identified and eliminated."

Elections

2014

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Mike Moroz was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Aaron Miller defeated John Bippus, Roger Rathburn and Bob Sills in the Republican primary. Miller defeated Moroz in the general election.[3][4][1][5]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 59 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAaron Miller 62.3% 14,140
     Democratic Mike Moroz 37.7% 8,572
Total Votes 22,712
Michigan House of Representatives, District 59 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngAaron Miller 37.5% 2,670
John Bippus 28.2% 2,007
Roger Rathburn 25.4% 1,810
Bob Sills 8.8% 629
Total Votes 7,116

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Rathburn's endorsements included the following:[6]

  • Jared Hoffmaster, Three Rivers 1st District City Commissioner
  • William Russell, Three Rivers Health CEO
  • Gabe Adams, Hohner Funeral Home Director
  • Rob Olsen, Retired School Superintendent, Sturgis
  • Jay Woehrmyer, Frankie's Restaurant Co-Owner
  • Diana DeGraaf, DeGraaf'x , Inc. President

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Roger + Rathburn + Michigan + House"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
  2. ↑ rathburnforhouse.com, "Issues," accessed July 30, 2014
  3. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
  5. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
  6. ↑ rathburnforhouse.com, "Endorsements," accessed July 30, 2014


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