Thomas Anderson (Pennsylvania state representative candidate)
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Thomas Anderson (Libertarian Party) ran in a special election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 27. He did not appear on the ballot for the special general election on January 31, 2023.
Biography
Thomas Anderson earned a bachelor's degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 2000. He earned a graduate degree from Penn State University in 2021. His career experience includes working as a software engineer, business owner, constable, alternative energy consultant, and professor. Anderson has been affiliated with the Columbia County Committee of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania, the Columbia Montour Constables' Association, the Columbia County Landowners' Association, the Williamsport Tea Party, and We The People of Columbia County.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109
Robert Leadbeter defeated Edward Giannattasio (Unofficially withdrew) and Thomas Anderson in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Leadbeter (R) | 62.9 | 15,495 |
| Edward Giannattasio (D) (Unofficially withdrew) | 28.9 | 7,110 | ||
 | Thomas Anderson (L)  | 8.3 | 2,038 | |
| Total votes: 24,643 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109
Edward Giannattasio advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Edward Giannattasio | 100.0 | 3,964 | |
| Total votes: 3,964 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109
Robert Leadbeter defeated Janine Penman, Aaron Kline, and Joseph Martin in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Leadbeter | 46.5 | 4,228 |
| Janine Penman | 24.6 | 2,235 | ||
| Aaron Kline | 23.9 | 2,171 | ||
| Joseph Martin | 5.1 | 465 | ||
| Total votes: 9,099 | |||
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2010
Incumbent Republican David Millard defeated Anderson and Democrat Dan Rae in the November 2 general election.[2]
Campaign themes
2022
Thomas Anderson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Anderson'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 two-term Pennsylvania State Constable, re-elected with 97% of the vote. I'm a Pennsylvania certified Emergency Medical Technician. I have a Master's degree in Cybersecurity and have been a software engineer for over 25 years. I've consistently supported individual liberty and free markets since 1996. I co-founded the Williamsport Tea Party in 2009 to protest the ill-considered and profligate bank bailouts. I wrote the Tea Party's declaration of grievances and demands which was read before Congress by Representative Glenn Thompson. I wrote the "One Subject at a Time Act" with DownsizeDC's Jim Babka which was sponsored in Congress by Representative Tom Marino. I believe in gun rights, so I act accordingly and open carry everywhere. I believe in sustainability, so I act accordingly and built my own off-grid homestead in Columbia County in 2004. I've also taught off-grid energy classes at Bloomsburg University. I've spent 17 years making the PA Department of Community and Economic Development's workforce development grant program the most efficient and effective in all of Pennsylvania government, lauded by multiple governors. I built the Columbia County Landowners' Coalition with my father, Bruce Anderson, which negotiated natural gas leases worth more than $40 million to county landowners and took no pay to do so. I founded the Columbia-Montour Constables' Association and the Columbia County Committee of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania.
- I believe that each individual owns their own life and body and the property they've justly acquired by their own hard work, and that the government should not infringe on your inherent right to do with your own life and body and property whatever you decide is in your own best interests so long as you don't hurt anyone else.
- I've taken an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and I take that oath very seriously. There is no part of the Bill of Rights or Declaration of Rights which I will ignore or gloss over. Every protection of individual rights and every limitation on the powers of government is sacrosanct.
- I consider myself a person of good, moral character. I keep my word. I have a reputation for being honest. I maintain a consistent core philosophy from which all of my positions are derived. I live my life in accordance with my core beliefs. You can trust that I will do what I say I will do.
As an elected law enforcement officer for 7 years, I have unique insights into policing in Pennsylvania and how to make it more efficient, more effective, and more trusted by our communities. I'm a strong proponent of parent-directed education, both through greater public school transparency and also school choice. I want to end the unreasonable taxes and regulations which chased away the natural gas companies which were responsible for our state's economic boom a decade ago. We need to bring back the gas extraction industry and make Pennsylvania energy independent. I also want to address methods of insulating Pennsylvania from the inflation and recession imposed on us from Washington, DC. This includes eliminating the property tax to help keep seniors in their homes and keep farmers farming. I would also reduce regulations and reject federal overreach which makes it difficult for farmers to earn a living and get food products to Pennsylvanians and to ensure our food security. I will aim to cut the size and scope of government and reduce taxes so that our economy can flourish.
I would like to be as philosophically grounded and legislatively consistent as Congressman Ron Paul.
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
What has Government Done to our Money? by Murray Rothbard
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig Von Mises
Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
Free to Choose by Milton Friedman
Individuals and their Rights by Tibor Machan
End the Fed by Ron Paul
The State Against Blacks by Walter E. Williams
Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Trustworthiness is the most critical characteristic. Elected officials must be honest and uphold their oaths.
I have strong core values including individual liberty, human dignity, and free markets. I have a stoic, even-tempered personality. I have a significant interest in and knowledge of political history and economics, I have an aptitude and desire for bridging divides and forming coalitions to get good work accomplished.
Legislators must act within the Constitution to write laws that provide equal protection to all Pennsylvanians and do not exceed the scope of their authority. The most important role for government is providing a fair, impartial, and trustworthy criminal justice system which discourages crime, makes victims whole, and rehabilitates offenders. Most other things should be left to the people and whatever private organizations they should form amongst themselves.
I would like to leave government smaller, more efficient, and fairer than when I entered office.
I distinctly recall the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, which crushed my astronaut dreams. I was 8 years old.
I worked at White Castle for about 2 years in high school. I was a speed record holder at flipping and boxing sliders.
Sphere by Michael Crichton because it illustrates how most of our problems are self-imposed.
The legislature is vested with creating statutory law. The governor is vested with executing the statutes as the legislature has written them. The only time the governor can do otherwise is if those statutes violate some provision of the Constitution.
Pennsylvania will need to deal with the decline of the U.S. Dollar and the inflation that comes with it. We'll have to face a shrinking population. And we must overcome geopolitical hurdles to global trade. To address these challenges, Pennsylvania needs to utilize and grow our enviable position of general self-sufficiency. We have copious energy resources, a large agricultural sector, manufacturing and technology, and trade on three sides of the continental divide -- the Atlantic via Philadelphia, the St Lawrence Seaway via Erie, and the Mississippi and Gulf via Pittsburgh. To aid in this independence and to nullify inflation, we should establish a gold repository and issue a gold-backed stable coin to be used in domestic and global trade.
Bicameral legislatures were created to address inequalities by regions and populations. There's no benefit in abandoning this design.
It's certainly beneficial but by no means necessary for legislators to have previous experience in government. It is in fact beneficial for at least some legislators to come from varying backgrounds.
Everything must get done by building coalitions in favor of particular philosophies and agendas. Trying to accomplish anything alone is a losing battle. I will be one of 203 legislators in the State House. My opinion will mean virtually nothing on its own. But through cultivating relationships, I believe I can accomplish much.
Redistricting should be done by a separate, unbiased, non-partisan committee.
I would want to be on the Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Environmental Resources & Energy, Appropriations, Commerce, Education, and Finance committees.
In Congress, Rep. Ron Paul. In the State House, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe.
Not at this time.
One resident related to me his unfortunate circumstances of getting into a bar fight and seriously injuring someone, for which he served time in prison. When he was released, he was staying at a girlfriend's house when a burglar broke in. The girlfriend was too scared and timid, so he grabbed her gun and shot the intruder. The shooting was justified, but because he was banned from owning or using firearms, he went back to prison. When he finally got out again, he could find no work due to his criminal record and asked how he could possibly support himself or hope to improve his situation without turning to criminal activities -- which he had never contemplated before suffering through the prison system! We need serious reform in how we approach criminal justice.
There's no such thing as emergency powers. There are only constitutional powers. The government has NO LEGITIMATE POWERS outside of the Constitution.
Compromise on infringing protected rights is never an option. I will compromise only when topics of legislation are constitutional and move things in the right direction. In that context, compromise is necessary because different representatives have different beliefs and represent different populations.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
- Official list of Pennsylvania candidates for the 2010 general elections
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 3, 2022
- ↑ 2010 general election results from the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's office
Current members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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