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Thad Cooperrider
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Carey (R)  | 58.3 | 94,501 |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Allison Russo | 84.2 | 13,704 |
 | Greg Betts | 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Carey | 37.0 | 18,805 |
 | Jeff LaRe | 13.3 | 6,776 | |
 | Ron Hood | 13.1 | 6,676 | |
 | Bob Peterson | 12.6 | 6,407 | |
 | Ruth Edmonds | 10.0 | 5,090 | |
 | Tom Hwang | 4.9 | 2,499 | |
 | Stephanie Kunze | 4.6 | 2,363 | |
| Thad Cooperrider | 2.1 | 1,076 | ||
 | Omar Tarazi | 1.8 | 907 | |
 | John Adams | 0.3 | 173 | |
| Eric M. Clark | 0.2 | 83 | ||
| Total votes: 50,855 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Stewart (R) (Unofficially withdrew)
- Jeffrey Fix (R)
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thad Cooperrider did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Cooperrider's campaign website stated the following:
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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] |
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| —Thad Cooperrider's campaign website (2021)[2] | ||
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Thad Cooperrider for Congress, "About," accessed June 24, 2021
