Stacey Sauter
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Stacey Sauter (Republican Party) ran for election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 15. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
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Elections
2022
See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lily Qi (D) | 24.6 | 31,145 |
| ✔ |  | Linda Foley (D) | 24.5 | 31,007 |
| ✔ |  | David Fraser-Hidalgo (D) | 23.8 | 30,229 |
 | Stacey Sauter (R)  | 9.4 | 11,969 | |
 | Matt Wade (R) | 8.9 | 11,330 | |
| Jodi Noah (R) | 8.7 | 11,087 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 126,771 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 (3 seats)
Incumbent Lily Qi, incumbent Linda Foley, and incumbent David Fraser-Hidalgo defeated Saqib Ali in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lily Qi | 31.4 | 12,293 |
| ✔ | | Linda Foley | 28.1 | 11,002 |
| ✔ | | David Fraser-Hidalgo | 27.4 | 10,726 |
 | Saqib Ali | 13.1 | 5,145 | |
| Total votes: 39,166 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 (3 seats)
Matt Wade, Stacey Sauter, and Jodi Noah advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Wade | 33.8 | 2,592 |
| ✔ | | Stacey Sauter | 33.6 | 2,578 |
| ✔ | Jodi Noah | 32.5 | 2,494 | |
| Total votes: 7,664 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Stacey Sauter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sauter's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I’m a proud, fifth-generation native of Montgomery County, Maryland. My father was a police officer for 30 years, and I attended our public schools before graduating from the University of Maryland. In addition to my master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, I recently earned, with honors, another graduate degree from UMD’s School of Public Policy. My background includes work as a publicist for NBC-TV; as a TV reporter in Seattle; and holding multiple executive positions for national, state, and local Republican campaigns. I’ve also served as a chief election judge in Montgomery County. I’m a successful Maryland and D.C. Realtor, possessing a deep understanding of pocketbook issues facing consumers seeking affordable housing. Many harmful fluctuations in our markets can be tied directly to ineffective policies and political ineptitude – the latest example being our nation’s soaring inflation and its’ impact on interest rates. Everyone is getting hurt. In addition, under a Democrat super-majority in our legislature, Maryland is experiencing incredibly high crime, seriously declining student achievement, and an economy suffering from growing business losses due to high taxes and excessive regulation. My goal as a legislator is to boost Maryland’s overall success by stemming those recurring losses.
- Law enforcement is my number one priority. I want to reverse the incredibly damaging effects of "defunding the police" here. Baltimore is now the number two murder capital in the United States, with Montgomery County experiencing soaring homicide rates, as well. The grim statistics are directly attributable to recent and ineffective policies that weakened, demoralized, and dehumanized our law enforcement. We've been losing sworn officers in droves, and recruitment is way down. Prosecutors are behaving more like public defenders by letting repeat offenders back on the street I believe that refunding the police, bolstering the esteem of our law enforcement, and increasing police presence in our communities can be achieved with concurrent eff
- I’m deeply concerned about the state of affairs in our schools. Presently, only 41% of Maryland’s third graders are proficient in reading and math. This backward slide is only partially attributable to Covid mandates and school closures. Other factors include the loss of highly trained and skilled educators. Like law enforcement, we’re losing qualified teachers in droves. Many who report being fed up with the bureaucracy, teaching to test, and with the meddling of politics in education. What higher purpose do we have than to teach our children and to teach them well? This decline has happened under the super-majority, Democrat-controlled legislature. It’s time to take a fresh look at our education system to find more meaningful ways to supp
- Maryland’s economy is being dragged down by high taxes and over-regulation. Businesses are leaving the state or bypassing Maryland in favor of Northern Virginia for a more favorable tax and regulatory climate. We have a Democrat super-majority in our legislature who are ultimately responsible for this regression. Large corporations like Clark Construction – a longtime Maryland stalwart – recently took their $4 billion company to Northern Virginia. When Boeing and Raytheon Technologies considered relocating their headquarters to our greater metropolitan area, they ultimately chose NOVA. The same with Amazon when considering a business expansion here. This has to stop. The loss of businesses and jobs means that our ability to pay our pensio
Aside from the aforementioned, I am deeply concerned about child welfare in our state. We have a growing number of children in foster care, many of whom age out of the system without the resources or emotional support that they need. It's a proven fact that those children are far more likely to become unemployed, homeless, drug-addicted and/or pregnant, thus initiating another cycle of neglected and abused children. Presently there are allowable practices out there that strip those children of benefits and rights they are due as foster children. As a Maryland legislator I will make it one of my missions to make sure the most vulnerable people in our society have the protection and the resources they need.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
Current members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Adrienne Jones
Majority Leader:David Moon
Representatives
District 1A
Jim Hinebaugh (R)
District 1B
Jason Buckel (R)
District 1C
Terry Baker (R)
District 2B
District 7B
Lauren Arikan (R)
District 9B
Courtney Watson (D)
District 11A
Cheryl Pasteur (D)
District 12B
Gary Simmons (D)
District 27A
Kevin Harris (D)
District 27B
Jeffrie Long (D)
District 27C
Mark Fisher (R)
District 29A
Matt Morgan (R)
District 29B
Brian Crosby (D)
District 29C
Todd Morgan (R)
District 30B
Seth Howard (R)
District 33A
Andrew Pruski (D)
District 33B
Stuart Schmidt (R)
District 33C
Heather Bagnall (D)
District 34B
Susan McComas (R)
District 35B
Kevin Hornberger (R)
District 37A
District 38A
Charles Otto (R)
District 38B
Barry Beauchamp (R)
District 38C
Wayne Hartman (R)
District 42A
Nino Mangione (R)
District 42B
Michele Guyton (D)
District 42C
Joshua Stonko (R)
District 43B
Cathi Forbes (D)
District 44A
Eric Ebersole (D)
District 47B
Deni Taveras (D)
Democratic Party (102)
Republican Party (39)
