Timothy Amadon
Timothy Amadon was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 107 of the Maine House of Representatives.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Amadon's website highlighted the following campaign themes:
| “ | ECONOMY
Maine's economy has made some slight improvements recently. Over 17,000 net new private sector jobs statewide since Gov. LaPage took over in 2011. We need to improve on this with a larger pro-business presence in the Maine Legislature. The past 2 years has been a battle trying to implement legislation that would make Maine a more business friendly state. I support lessening regulations on businesses, improve tax incentives, right to work legislation and working to lower healthcare and energy costs to allow business to thrive in Maine. The end result is more jobs and a growing economy. EDUCATION My view on education is that it is the key to our future. Our children and young adults need a solid education for a foundation for their life. Education needs to be complete and based from curriculums that work, set up by professional educators with parental input as opposed to untested new fads put together by private organizations and pushed through by government. Yes I'm referring to "Common Core" and the like. There needs to be an in-depth review of the current system to find a way to help students succeed without watering down standards. Not all will be stellar students but the majority should achieve competence in literacy, mathematics, and basic sciences. More control needs to be put back in the hands of parents and local school districts. We also need to investigate ways to control the skyrocketing costs of education at all levels. I find it upsetting that we encourage our young people to go to college only to be saddled with debt of student loans in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars to start their lives on their own, and with only marginal chances of good employment. HEALTHCARE This is a hot topic nationwide. With the ever unfolding "affordable care act", and the relentless push by Maine's current Democratic legislative majority, we have seen increasing cost and decreasing coverage like we haven't seen in recent memory. Maine is near the point of critical mass whereby more people are taking from the system than there are putting into it. I believe a logical system combining private insurers, government assistance, tort reforms, tighter regulatory monitoring and efficient use of funds can be worked out for a better system. FREEDOMS and RIGHTS It seems to me that individual citizens are having less and less control over their own lives. Letting the government control us, instead of the other way around. The United States Constitution guarantees it's citizens rights. Our current Federal Government is chipping away at those rights and the State Governments are following suit. I stand for protecting an individual's rights and freedoms. We have had assaults on our freedoms of speech, religion, life, the right to protect one's self, the second amendment, use of personal property and our privacy. These assaults are getting stronger and more frequent. I am ready to fight for the protection of our individual unalienable rights. I will work to defend equal rights for all, not special rights for just a select few. The people of Maine need someone who will work to preserve and regain their rights and freedoms. ABORTION I'd like to take the political spin off this issue. If you’re against abortion they call it Pro Life, if you’re against abortion shouldn't it be called the opposite “Anti-Life”. Instead they call it Prochoice. I am Pro -LIFE and anti-abortion. Creation of human life begins at conception. Innocent life should be protected at any stages. Rape, incest or theoretic medical defect should have no bearing on taking an unborn human life. In rare cases of a decision to "save the mother vs the baby" mother and the family should have the final decision, with input and guidance of trusted medical experts.[2][3] |
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Elections
2014
Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the primary election was April 28, 2014, and the deadline for non-party candidates to run in the general election was June 2, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014. District 85 incumbent Jeffrey McCabe was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Timothy Amadon was unopposed in the Republican primary. McCabe defeated Amadon in the general election.[4][5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Jeffrey McCabe Incumbent |
60.5% | 2,151 | |
| Republican | Timothy Amadon | 37.2% | 1,322 | |
| None | Blank Votes | 2.4% | 85 | |
| Total Votes | 3,558 | |||
Recent news
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See also
- Maine House of Representatives
- Maine House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Maine State Legislature
- Maine House of Representatives District 107
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Candidate List," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Tim Amadon, "Platform," accessed October 9, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Primary Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Non-Party Candidates," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Primary Election - June 10, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014
