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Thad Cooperrider

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Thad Cooperrider

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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 3, 2021

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Thad Cooperrider (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 15th Congressional District. He lost in the special Republican primary on August 3, 2021.

Elections

2021

See also: Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021

Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021 (August 3 Republican primary)

Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021 (August 3 Democratic primary)

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 15

Mike Carey defeated Allison Russo in the special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Carey
Mike Carey (R) Candidate Connection
 
58.3
 
94,501
Image of Allison Russo
Allison Russo (D)
 
41.7
 
67,588

Total votes: 162,089
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15

Allison Russo defeated Greg Betts in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on August 3, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Allison Russo
Allison Russo
 
84.2
 
13,704
Image of Greg Betts
Greg Betts Candidate Connection
 
15.8
 
2,576

Total votes: 16,280
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on August 3, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Carey
Mike Carey Candidate Connection
 
37.0
 
18,805
Image of Jeff LaRe
Jeff LaRe
 
13.3
 
6,776
Image of Ron Hood
Ron Hood
 
13.1
 
6,676
Image of Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson
 
12.6
 
6,407
Image of Ruth Edmonds
Ruth Edmonds Candidate Connection
 
10.0
 
5,090
Image of Tom Hwang
Tom Hwang
 
4.9
 
2,499
Image of Stephanie Kunze
Stephanie Kunze
 
4.6
 
2,363
Thad Cooperrider
 
2.1
 
1,076
Image of Omar Tarazi
Omar Tarazi Candidate Connection
 
1.8
 
907
Image of John Adams
John Adams
 
0.3
 
173
Eric M. Clark
 
0.2
 
83

Total votes: 50,855
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Campaign themes

2021

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Campaign website

Cooperrider's campaign website stated the following:

Thad is a lifelong resident of the district, residing with his wife Janet and their two children, Dylan and Lindsay, on their family farm near Thornville

Together, the family farms nearly 1,000 acres of crops and raise livestock. They also operate Deer Valley Farm Supply serving area farmers for over 40 years, and Janet has managed their local historic tavern in Somerset for the last 30 years.

Thad served two terms as Perry County Commissioner from 2001-2009. For the past decade he and Janet have focused on raising their family and managing the growth of their business. Now that Dylan is 21 and is taking on the Farm Supply business, and Lindsay is a senior in high school, helping mom with her food service, Thad views this as the right time to step back into public service.

A self-proclaimed Constitutional Conservative, Thad is an ardent defender of the 2nd Amendment, believes life on this Earth begins at conception and ends at natural death and proclaims Washington DC has infringed on states rights and the personal rights of all individual Ohioans.

An unapologetic supporter of Donald Trump, Thad will be going to Congress to continue the policies set forth by President Trump.

“Mask mandates, government orders that are not laws and career politicians advocating for men to compete in women sports are only a few of the hundreds of examples of a federal government gone awry. All free minded Americans need to join together and lead our nation in the proper direction,” states Thad Cooperrider. “Unlike many, it is not my lifelong dream to go to Washington DC, where “go along – get along” politicians have turned our Capitol into a modern-day Babylon. Liberals are overrunning our government, our schools and our institutions. In the words of the great Ronald Reagan, “if not now … then when? If not me … then who? The time is NOW and we can look no further than ourselves to assure the leadership and policies of our nation is corrected in time for America to survive. It is time for everyday Ohioans, farmers, factory workers, secretaries and small business owners who helped build this country, to step up and defend America and Ohio,” says Thad. The 15th Ohio Congressional District has an opportunity to be first to set the course for the 2022 elections. By “Sending Thad to Congress” it demonstrates to all America that they can elect regular everyday friends and neighbors to represent them, we don’t need life-long career politicians, lobbyists and political insiders to speak on our behalf,” concluded, Thad Cooperrider. [1]

—Thad Cooperrider's campaign website (2021)[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  2. Thad Cooperrider for Congress, "About," accessed June 24, 2021


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