Wade Paul Roberts

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Wade Paul Roberts

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Wade Paul Roberts (Green Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 38. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Roberts completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Wade Roberts served in the United States Air Force. He worked for the Michigan Department of Corrections at Alger Maximum Correctional Facility from 1990 to 1998. Roberts has described himself as a "political critic/writer and peace, civil and human rights activist, turned Green Party of Michigan member and candidate."

Elections

2022

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 38

Incumbent Ed McBroom defeated John Braamse and Wade Paul Roberts in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 38 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed McBroom (R)	62.2	74,639
		John Braamse (D)	36.5	43,818
		Wade Paul Roberts (G)	1.2	1,475

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 119,932
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 38

John Braamse advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 38 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Braamse	100.0	20,752

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,752
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 38

Incumbent Ed McBroom defeated Kayla Wikstrom and Matthew Furyk in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 38 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed McBroom	77.4	24,345
		Kayla Wikstrom	13.2	4,156
	Submit photo	Matthew Furyk	9.4	2,943

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,444
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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan State Senate District 38

Wade Paul Roberts advanced from the Green convention for Michigan State Senate District 38 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Wade Paul Roberts (G)

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2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 38

Ed McBroom defeated Scott Dianda and Wade Paul Roberts in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 38 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed McBroom (R)	54.6	59,290
		Scott Dianda (D)	43.6	47,279
		Wade Paul Roberts (G)	1.8	1,952

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,521 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 38

Scott Dianda advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 38 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Dianda	100.0	23,102

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,102
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 38

Ed McBroom defeated Mike Carey in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 38 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed McBroom	69.3	16,315
	Submit photo	Mike Carey	30.7	7,223

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,538
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2017

See also: Michigan state legislative special elections, 2017

A special election for the position of Michigan House of Representatives District 109 took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on August 8, 2017. The filing deadline was June 6, 2017.

The seat became vacant on May 9, 2017, when John Kivela (D) committed suicide following his second drunk driving incident.

Sara Cambensy defeated Tom Curry, Joe Derocha, and Jeremy Hosking in the Democratic primary. Rich Rossway was unopposed in the Republican primary. Cambensy defeated Rossway and Wade Roberts (Green Party) in the special election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 109, Special Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sara Cambensy	56.7%	11,721
	Republican	Rich Rossway	42%	8,690
	Green	Wade Roberts	1.3%	276
Total Votes				20,687
Source: Michigan Department of State

Michigan House of Representatives, District 109 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sara Cambensy	36.1%	3,477
Jeremy Hosking	34.7%	3,344
Joe Derocha	25.3%	2,435
Tom Curry	4%	386
Total Votes		9,642
Source: Michigan Department of State

2016

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 19, 2016.

Incumbent John Kivela defeated Kevin Pfister and Wade Roberts in the Michigan House of Representatives District 109 general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 109 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Kivela Incumbent	62.31%	25,380
	Republican	Kevin Pfister	34.11%	13,892
	Green	Wade Roberts	3.58%	1,457
Total Votes				40,729
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

Incumbent John Kivela defeated Sara Cambensy in the Michigan House of Representatives District 109 Democratic primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 109 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Kivela Incumbent	63.64%	7,168
	Democratic	Sara Cambensy	36.36%	4,095
Total Votes				11,263

Kevin Pfister defeated Melody Wagner Patterson in the Michigan House of Representatives District 109 Republican primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 109 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kevin Pfister	58.01%	2,600
	Republican	Melody Wagner Patterson	41.99%	1,882
Total Votes				4,482

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Wade Paul Roberts completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Roberts' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a 64-year-old, working-class citizen that long ago tired of rhetoric of status quo and career politicians of the two major political parties that have prevented sustainable economic growth and true financial security for the majority of my fellow citizens.

The majority of us remain one serious health issue from financial insolvency, with or without health insurance, as not only Republicans, but Democrats as well continue to oppose comprehensive single payer healthcare that ensures that everyone not only has access to healthcare, but that they will be provided with the care that is needed without bankrupting themselves and/or their families/survivors in the event of serious illness.

I am adamantly anti-war, anti-violence. We as a nation have squandered many trillions of dollars in my lifetime, continually engaged in wars and proxy wars around the globe that continue to this day.

Wars that threaten not only our economic wellbeing and standard of living, but the lives and future of this entire planet, yet the needless destruction continues, consistently spending more as a nation on "defense" than we do on building and maintaining our national, state and local transportation and water infrastructure on which our economy and economic fortunes depend.

This strong antiwar stance regarding US militarism and interventionism differentiates me from both the Republican incumbent and his Democratic challenger, who openly supports US military assistance to Ukraine.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Common Sense. We are duty bound to the generations that will follow us to build a truly sustainable economy that provides them with the essentials of life while maintaining our natural environment for subsequent generations. This requires that we complete the transition from fossil fuels that remains in its infancy as we continue to expand, not curtail our use of fossil fuels as our primary source of energy to fuel our global, national, state and regional economy, knowing that these resources are not only finite, but that their use is impacting our environment and that this growing demand and finite supply is limiting economic growth and threatens our long term economic security.
• Social Justice. We have come too far as a society to be rationing healthcare with a for profit medical system that puts profit before people. Likewise with educational opportunities and vocational training, which should be available to all with the capacity and the desire to succeed, excel and serve. Public funding for educational opportunities and vocational training should be viewed as an investment in our collective futures and sound public policy.
• Democracy. Any democracy is only as good as its citizens and their willingness to educate themselves and participate in the political process. We are bombarded daily with political propaganda and divisive messaging that has called into question the validity of our electoral process and the integrity of our 83 County Clerks, countless Township officials and volunteers that ensure our electoral process is fair and secure. Voting rights must remain protected and accessibility insured whether these ballots are filed in person, by a third party or by mail.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Expanding the generation and use of renewable energy in the Upper Peninsula, to lower energy costs and provide an economic incentive to develop a truly sustainable economy in this region, which is blessed with abundant natural resources.

The 38th State Senate District is unique in having hundreds of miles of Lake Superior shoreline and thousands of square miles of open waters, in what is truly the greatest of the Great Lakes.

We have both an obligation to protect this unique natural resource and a tremendous opportunity to develop the infrastructure necessary to harvest the abundant wind energy resource available offshore, that minimizes the negative impacts on wildlife and the landscape associated with onshore or near shore wind energy development.

Much of the 38th State Senate District is plagued with some of the highest rates for residential electricity in the continental United States and though we've now transitioned entirely from coal to natural gas to generate the electricity we utilize; this natural gas is imported into our region and its cost is a burden to our regional economy and is of course a finite resource in great demand in a global market and we can reasonably expect its cost to continue to increase into the future.

Developing offshore wind infrastructure to not only harvest, but store energy is a cornerstone in reducing Michigan's carbon emissions and lowering and stabilizing the cost of electrical power throughout 38th State Senate District.

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2018

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“	What is your political philosophy? Green progressive with emphasis on a return to grassroots democracy and building a sustainably developed economy that fully provides for the needs of every member of our society.	”
—Wade Roberts

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Michele Hoitenga (R)

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