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William Alexander (Michigan)

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William Alexander
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August 2, 2022

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William Alexander (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 82. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.

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

Elections

2022

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 82

Kristian Grant defeated Ryan Malinoski and Gerard Akkerhuis in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 82 on November 8, 2022.

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74.0
 
23,976
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Ryan Malinoski (R)
 
24.5
 
7,945
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Gerard Akkerhuis (G)
 
1.5
 
475

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 32,396
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 82

Kristian Grant defeated Robert Womack and Salim Al-Shatel in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 82 on August 2, 2022.

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43.1
 
3,922
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Robert Womack
 
42.5
 
3,870
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Salim Al-Shatel
 
14.4
 
1,314

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,106
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 82

Ryan Malinoski defeated William Alexander in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 82 on August 2, 2022.

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63.4
 
2,681
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36.6
 
1,547

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,228
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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 82

Gerard Akkerhuis advanced from the Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 82 on April 23, 2022.

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2022

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Candidate Connection

William Alexander completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Alexander'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 am a Michigan native, born and raised in Whitehall, not far from Grand Rapids in Muskegon County. I have been a Grand Rapids resident, home owner and entrepreneur for 28 years and have an accute knowledge of the issues, challenges and successes resulting from policies initiated pertaining to the Grand Rapids community. Michigan's 82nd House District encompasses a large portion of the city of Grand Rapids, from 44th St. north to Fulton St. and from East Paris Ave. west to US 131. 
     I am an American citizen with decades of real-world workforce experience, who instead of accepting the deplorable abuses coming from government, seeks to jump into the proverbial "Lions' Den" and contribute to changing the situation, rather than watch things deteriorate, powerless to elicit change.
As an advocate of preserving our Constitutionally protected rights as Americans, you could say that I'm a Civil Rights Activist, promoting and defending our civil rights which are so clearly articulated in The U.S. Constitution.
  • 1st AMENDMENT: Lately, the assault on our First Amendment right to free speech, by so-called "Big Tech", mainly social media, is unacceptable and will be met by my resistance until there is some kind of legislative action to restore this right. Another issue regarding the First Amendment is how the power hungry in Lansing and D.C. violated our First Amendment right to peaceably assemble to celebrate, rally, or protest our grievances, and our right to the free exercise of assembling for religious expression during the Covid-19 debacle. I will be proactive regarding legislation that will prevent dictators from censoring free speech and imposing penalties for public assembly and for hosting and participating in religious gatherings.
  • 2nd AMENDMENT: I will be persistent, pragmatic and unrelenting in protecting, preserving and respecting our Second Amendment Right to keep and bear arms. I am a nearly life-long gun owner and Second Amendment rights advocate. Communities are safer where the citizens' constitutional rights to preserve and protect their property and being are defended by those who are entrusted to properly govern. "The Constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." –Samuel Adams The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is not at all hard to understand and interpret: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, (and) the r
  • 5th & 14th AMENDMENT: Medical Privacy = Medical Freedom. Medical Privacy and thus medical freedom are also issues which I will champion, as the Right to Privacy is clearly enumerated in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of our Constitution and thus entail our right to medical freedom. This Constitutionally protected privacy would therefore definitely prevent any regime such as the CDC, the WHO and even our own Federal and State governments from "mandating" the administration of any drug, vaccination, operation or procedure. I will initiate, author, support and vote for any and all legislation introduced which will outlaw any intrusion into our medical privacy, which is confidential and reserved only for us citizens and our chos
*The Right To Life
 From the moment of conception, each person is assigned a unique DNA. Along with that DNA, dignity is assigned to each individual, and our founders echoed this in the Declaration of Independence when they stated that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (mankind)- are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are LIFE, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Family background, nationality or ethnicity do not determine dignity. Dignity is for all, is non-negotiable and shall not be infringed by any government or medical entity. You are exactly who you were meant to be. You are special and unique. I will support and implement state legislation and citizen initiatives that will uphold and protect the life of unborn children and the legislation central to that protection, which will serve as a safeguard and proponent of protecting precious human life.
  • Vote Fraud is a CRIME
I will support legislation that would require voters to present identification to ensure "one person, one vote". We must hold accountable, those in power who intentionally muck up the voting procedure by mass mailing of ballots, where many may receive multiple ballots delivered to their address, as we witnessed during the Covid-19 debacle. Those responsible for the dirty deed of intentionally "cancelling out" legitimate votes using these tactics, must face indictment, trial and imprisonment if found guilty

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