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Thomas Bowman (Minnesota)
Thomas Bowman (Conservative Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024. Bowman unofficially withdrew from the race but appeared on the general election ballot on November 5, 2024.
Bowman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Thomas Bowman was born in Gainesville, Florida. He served in the U.S. Army from 1970 to 1974. He earned an associate degree from the American University of Paris in 1975 and a bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut in 1977. His career experience includes working as an analyst. He has been affiliated with Wightman NCO Academy.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2
Incumbent Angie Craig defeated Joe Teirab and Thomas Bowman (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Angie Craig (D) | 55.5 | 231,751 |
 | Joe Teirab (R) | 42.1 | 175,621 | |
 | Thomas Bowman (Conservative Party) (Unofficially withdrew)  | 2.3 | 9,492 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 455 | ||
| Total votes: 417,319 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2
Incumbent Angie Craig defeated Marc Ives in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angie Craig | 91.0 | 26,865 |
 | Marc Ives | 9.0 | 2,649 | |
| Total votes: 29,514 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2
Joe Teirab defeated Tayler Rahm (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Teirab | 76.0 | 16,748 |
 | Tayler Rahm (Unofficially withdrew) | 24.0 | 5,290 | |
| Total votes: 22,038 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Murphy (R)
Polls
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Election campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angie Craig | Democratic Party | $8,288,031 | $8,295,356 | $23,602 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Marc Ives | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Tayler Rahm | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Joe Teirab | Republican Party | $3,304,666 | $3,284,981 | $19,685 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Thomas Bowman | Conservative Party | $19,800 | $19,800 | $0 | As of September 30, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Satellite spending
- See also: Satellite spending
Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[2][3][4]
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Race ratings
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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[5]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[6][7][8]
| Race ratings: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Likely Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Likely Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | Lean Democratic | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. | |||||||||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bowman in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thomas Bowman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bowman'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 enlisted in the Army to be a cook, but as things happened. I volunteered to disarm bombs instead. I've worked for decades. In data processingprogramming testing designing and implementing systems. I'm very accustomed to success. I feel strongly that the Constitution requires 3 things of our federal government. 1) International Relations 2) Facilitate interstate commerce 3) Protect Citizens' Constitutional Rights.
The Constitution has no explicit requirement to pay other countries to be allies. To my knowledge, no other country on earth. Does that? Why are we doing that? Especially when our budget is in trouble.
Interstate commerce, why has the government simply moved marijuana down to a lower enforcement bracket? Instead, legalize it so the banking system can participate in the 30 billion dollars trade last year. And perhaps even charge a tariff. I was suggested 5% domestic 20% imported. And the bill of rights is clear. This country does not provide for any fact-checking or anyone to censor anything. Because they think it's a bad idea. That sort of like telling people what church to go to ; you don't do that.
Government complexity is becoming annoying, it's cumbersome. It's unnecessary, it doesn't help the country. It doesn't help the citizen.- Incumbency is not a job skill. We need term limits and to do it. We need candidates, please step up.
If I win, I will not run again. I am absolutely serious about term limits.
There is much corruption that can be investigated, but it would be much more economical to simply limit the terms. It makes it much more difficult for fraud to prosper. - At the federal level, abortion is not a viable issue. The supreme. Court has made it clear that the federal government has no business in the abortion legislation business. If Congress and senate were to pass such legislation and it were signed into law, they would have to take it back out again because it is not constitutional. So candidates at the federal level that are using that as part of your platform are either lying to you or they're ignorant what the law is.
- We noticed how quickly we could take the save act and separate it from the funding that didn't take 2 days yet. Come the end of the year. We will have many bills that are accumulating marginal legislation. Because they're going to make a gigantic "must pass" bill. This is noxious, it is not what the intended by the Constitution. They will. Certainly do it and continue doing it. But I'm going to be a squeaky wheel about it. It's not right and I can't vote for legislation that includes bad legislation. Tucking gun control into a funding package isn't right...
Gun control is hideously misunderstood. The best thing that we can do for that is to train the population in the safe operation of a firearm.
I am not a politician. I am an engineer, the son of an engineer. The grandson of an engineer. I want to make things work. And currently I don't think they're working as intended.
There may be issues to bring up not only to create legislation but to change the way that legislation is handled.
I find it exceedingly noxious that while we can easily separate bills when we want to when we don't want to, it is impossible. Watch what happens at the end of December. All of a sudden, all of these bills will become imperative. And if you don't pass some you can't go home for Christmas.
No influence.
No pressure, except that there's no other alternative either.The process is broken. I would like to try to fix it.
Incumbency is not a job skill.
The federal government has lost its way rather than the 3 primary responsibilities. They seem to feel that their job is to send money to people. This is very, very inefficient and not sustainable. A good charity will get contributions. And when the contributor sends $1, the charity gets $1. But for the government to give the charity $1, it might be necessary to collect a $100 from taxpayers, not a good idea.
Term limits cause an influx of new candidates who know what it's like to live in the real world and so don't get out of touch with it.
Term limits also makes corruption very difficult to perpetuate. Not impossible, but much more difficult.
If elected, I will not only try to recruit people to run in the next cycle but I am not going to run again.
Most of the damage seems to be from changes that the government has inflicted upon them and not removed from them.
turn them loose in a shopping center, see how long they search for '2' 🤣
Some issues, which, of course, can be compromised? However, the Constitution and the bill of rights are Non-Negotiable. If one feels that they need to be compromised for some reason for expedience, perhaps they should consider an alternative solution, because they're not on the right path.
There is no transparency at this time. I am hearing that zalinski is noticing that the planes full of money that we are sending them don't have as much as they're supposed to. He doesn't know where it goes. But why ask questions?
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Campaign finance summary
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2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 27, 2024
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
