TJ Hawthorne
TJ Hawthorne (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 44B. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
TJ Hawthorne was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Navy from 2001 to 2008. His career experience includes working as an engineer. [1]
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B
Incumbent Leon Lillie defeated Bill Dahn and TJ Hawthorne in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Leon Lillie (D) | 56.4 | 12,369 |
| Bill Dahn (R) | 37.6 | 8,254 | ||
 | TJ Hawthorne (L) | 5.9 | 1,298 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 21,950 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Leon Lillie advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Bill Dahn advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hawthorne in this election.
2022
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B
Incumbent Leon Lillie defeated William Johnston and TJ Hawthorne in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Leon Lillie (D) | 56.6 | 9,197 |
| William Johnston (R) | 38.5 | 6,260 | ||
| TJ Hawthorne (L) | 4.8 | 785 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 16,250 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Leon Lillie advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. William Johnston advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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TJ Hawthorne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
TJ Hawthorne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hawthorne's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Getting to the core of our problems, government education. School choice is the first step to true free market education.
- Cutting red tape laid down by the state. Small businesses are important to keep an economy going after the federal government put us in this position by printing fiat money.
- Defend the Guard. STOP sending Minnesota Guard troops to fight overseas and keep them home to defend OUR HOME.
Cannabis/Hemp is one example of market regulations, turned into law, that inhibited innovation in a market that has been wasted for years.
A lot of these regulations also apply in our medical industry. Doctors that want to help patients but may disagree with a central authority, are stifled and discredited. Then, the treatments are not produced because of actual misinformation.
Of course, between both those events, the Twins won their first World Series and my dad said I was "Watching history" then so...
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 21, 2022
