William Hunt Jr.

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William Hunt Jr.

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Rhode Island, 2006

Personal

Religion

Catholic

Profession

Insurance Agent

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William Hunt Jr. (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Rhode Island House of Representatives to represent District 68. He was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 8, 2022.

Hunt was a Libertarian Party candidate who sought election to the Rhode Island House of Representatives to represent District 68. He lost the general election on November 6, 2018.

Biography

William Hunt Jr. earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Rhode Island in 2006. His career experience includes working as an independent property and casualty insurance agent. His professional designations include an Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and an Associate in General Insurance (AINS).

Elections

2022

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Incumbent June Speakman defeated Rae-Ann Lawrence in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		June Speakman (D)	56.8	3,333
	Submit photo	Rae-Ann Lawrence (R)	42.9	2,516
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	14

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,863
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William Hunt Jr. (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Incumbent June Speakman advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		June Speakman	100.0	1,357

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,357
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Rae-Ann Lawrence advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rae-Ann Lawrence	100.0	285

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 285
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2020

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Incumbent June Speakman defeated William Hunt Jr. in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		June Speakman (D)	59.1	4,394
		William Hunt Jr. (L)	40.3	2,995
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	41

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,430
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Incumbent June Speakman advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		June Speakman	100.0	783

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 783
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2019

See also: Rhode Island state legislative special elections, 2019

General election

Special general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

June Speakman defeated William Hunt Jr., incumbent Kenneth Marshall, and James McCanna III in the special general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on March 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		June Speakman (D)	39.8	864
		William Hunt Jr. (L)	28.4	615
		Kenneth Marshall (Independent)	23.6	512
	Submit photo	James McCanna III (Independent)	8.1	176
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 2,169
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

June Speakman defeated Richard Ruggerio in the special Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on February 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		June Speakman	72.2	1,220
	Submit photo	Richard Ruggerio	27.8	469

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,689
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Hanley (D)

Independent primary election

No Independent candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nicky Ann Tyska (Independent)

2018

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Laufton Ascencao defeated William Hunt Jr. in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laufton Ascencao (D)	64.0	3,700
		William Hunt Jr. (L)	35.3	2,043
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	38

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,781
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Laufton Ascencao defeated Andrew Tyska in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on September 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laufton Ascencao	65.4	1,369
	Submit photo	Andrew Tyska	34.6	724

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,093
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2016

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Rhode Island House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and a general election would have taken place on November 8, 2016, if no candidate had won a majority of votes in the primary. The candidate filing deadline was June 29, 2016.

Incumbent Kenneth Marshall defeated William Hunt, Jr. in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 general election.

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 68 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kenneth Marshall Incumbent	61.72%	4,078
	Libertarian	William Hunt, Jr.	38.28%	2,529
Total Votes				6,607
Source: Rhode Island State Board of Elections

Incumbent Kenneth Marshall ran unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 Democratic primary.

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 68 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Kenneth Marshall Incumbent (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

William Hunt Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hunt's 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 running for state representative to bring a principled voice to our statehouse. For too long career politicians, activists, and professorial ideologues have provided us with poor leadership, high taxes, and dysfunctional state government. The General Assembly refused to convene for three months when we needed them the most. While most families are forced to tighten their budget during this uncertain time, our state leaders hastily met and in less than a week, passed a supplemental budget that increased their spending by nearly 20% to $11.8 billion just before the end of the fiscal year - without addressing the obvious the revenue shortfall our state is facing. On November 3rd, vote for the candidate who will fight to stop special interests from taking your money and your rights. Vote for William J. Hunt Jr. for District 68

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?

• Lower the Cost of Living
• Fix our Schools
• Protect our Coasts

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

My goal is to be an independent voice for liberty and smaller government in the Rhode Island state house. Our state has an $11.8 Billion budget which is way out of line with other states like New Hampshire and Deleware - who operate a lot more efficiently than our state does. Even with this bloated budget, we cannot control our spending so we have an $800 Million deficit. I believe we need to seriously cut spending to lower the tax burden for both individuals and corporations. Most of the regulatory bodies which drive the costs up for businesses to operate in this state could easily be eliminated. This would not only reduce our state spending but would make our state more attractive to open and grow a business which would in turn create greater opportunity for our residents.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I really admire and look up to my father. He is a hard-working small-business owner who volunteers his time by serving on various non-profit boards and for his community. He has raised four successful children and has been married to my mother for over 45 years. I am happy to share his name and can only hope I can live up to his example.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first event I really can remember is Hurricane Bob in 1991. I was eight years old at the time and remember the destruction after the storm and going to help rescue my neighbor's boats off the beach in Portsmouth.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was at the old KMart in Middletown when I was 16 years old. I worked there for about two years until it shut down because the new Wal Mart opened down at JT Connel Highway in Newport.
I then went on to work for Del's Lemonade, before working my way through college at Newport Lobster Company.

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2019

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:K. Shekarchi

Majority Leader:Christopher Blazejewski

Minority Leader:Michael Chippendale

Representatives

District 1

Edith Ajello (D)

District 2

Christopher Blazejewski (D)

District 3

Nathan Biah (D)

District 4

Rebecca Kislak (D)

District 5

Anthony DeSimone (D)

District 6

Raymond Hull (D)

District 7

David Morales (D)

District 8

John Lombardi (D)

District 9

Enrique Sanchez (D)

District 10

Scott Slater (D)

District 11

Grace Diaz (D)

District 12

Jose Batista (D)

District 13

Ramon Perez (D)

District 14

Charlene Lima (D)

District 15

Chris Paplauskas (R)

District 16

Brandon Potter (D)

District 17

Jacquelyn Baginski (D)

District 18

Arthur Handy (D)

District 19

Joseph McNamara (D)

District 20

David Bennett (D)

District 21

Marie Hopkins (R)

District 22

Joseph Solomon (D)

District 23

K. Shekarchi (D)

District 24

Evan Shanley (D)

District 25

Thomas Noret (D)

District 26

Earl Read (D)

District 27

Patricia Serpa (D)

District 28

George Nardone (R)

District 29

Sherry Roberts (R)

District 30

Justine Caldwell (D)

District 31

Julie Casimiro (D)

District 32

Robert Craven (D)

District 33

Carol McEntee (D)

District 34

Teresa Tanzi (D)

District 35

Kathleen Fogarty (D)

District 36

Tina Spears (D)

District 37

Samuel Azzinaro (D)

District 38

Brian Kennedy (D)

District 39

Megan Cotter (D)

District 40

Michael Chippendale (R)

District 41

Robert Quattrocchi (R)

District 42

Richard Fascia (R)

District 43

Deborah Fellela (D)

District 44

Gregory Costantino (D)

District 45

Mia Ackerman (D)

District 46

Mary Shallcross-Smith (D)

District 47

David Place (R)

District 48

Brian Newberry (R)

District 49

Jon Brien (I)

District 50

Stephen Casey (D)

District 51

Robert Phillips (D)

District 52

Alex Marszalkowski (D)

District 53

Paul Santucci (R)

District 54

William O'Brien (D)

District 55

Arthur Corvese (D)

District 56

Joshua Giraldo (D)

District 57

Brandon Voas (D)

District 58

Cherie Cruz (D)

District 59

Jennifer Stewart (D)

District 60

Karen Alzate (D)

District 61

Leonela Felix (D)

District 62

Mary Messier (D)

District 63

Katherine Kazarian (D)

District 64

Jenni Furtado (D)

District 65

Matthew Dawson (D)

District 66

Jennifer Boylan (D)

District 67

Jason Knight (D)

District 68

June Speakman (D)

District 69

Susan Donovan (D)

District 70

John Edwards (D)

District 71

Michelle McGaw (D)

District 72

Terri-Denise Cortvriend (D)

District 73

Marvin Abney (D)

District 74

Alex Finkelman (D)

District 75

Lauren Carson (D)

Democratic Party (64)

Republican Party (10)

Independent (1)