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Winston Apple
Winston Apple (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 7, 2018.
Apple was a Democratic candidate for Missouri Lieutenant Governor in the 2016 elections.[1] Previously, Apple was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 29 of the Missouri House of Representatives.[2]
Biography
Apple has a master's degree in curriculum and instruction and taught social studies for 21 years. He has authored and published numerous political essays. After retiring from education, Apple began working as a singer/songwriter and, as of June 2016, had released 15 albums, including a single that spent nine weeks on Record World's singles chart.
Apple also founded the nonpartisan political action committee Populists in Action and the nonprofit Workfare Incorporated. He lives in Kansas City with his wife, Mary.[3]
Elections
2018
General election
Incumbent Sam Graves defeated Henry Martin and Dan Hogan in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 6 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sam Graves (R) | 65.4 | 199,796 |
 | Henry Martin (D) | 32.0 | 97,660 | |
 | Dan Hogan (L) | 2.6 | 7,953 | |
| Total votes: 305,409 | |||
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Democratic primary
Henry Martin defeated Winston Apple and Ed Andres in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 6 on August 7, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Henry Martin | 41.5 | 21,677 |
 | Winston Apple | 30.8 | 16,087 | |
| Ed Andres | 27.7 | 14,453 | ||
| Total votes: 52,217 | |||
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Republican primary
Incumbent Sam Graves advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 6 on August 7, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Graves | 100.0 | 89,595 |
| Total votes: 89,595 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Dan Hogan advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 6 on August 7, 2018.
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Hogan | 100.0 | 590 |
| Total votes: 590 | |||
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2016
- Main article: Missouri Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2016
Apple ran for Missouri Lieutenant Governor in the 2016 elections as a Democrat. He competed with Russ Carnahan and Tommie Pierson in the Democratic primary.[1]
Russ Carnahan defeated Tommie Pierson and Winston Apple in the Missouri Democratic primary for lieutenant governor.
| Missouri Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Russ Carnahan |
75.93% | 243,157 |
| Tommie Pierson | 12.09% | 38,700 |
| Winston Apple | 11.98% | 38,372 |
| Total Votes (3214 of 3214 precincts reporting) | 320,229 | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||
| Winston Apple Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| 1/8/2016 | 10/1/2015-12/31/2015 | $0.00 | $4,195.00 | $(337.92) | $3,857.08 | ||||
| 4/15/2016 | 1/1/2016-3/31/2016 | $3,857.08 | $2,398.00 | $(3,770.43) | $2,484.65 | ||||
| Second quarter | 4/1/2016-6/30/2016 | $2,484.65 | $4,975.36 | $(3,128.95) | $1,646.06 | ||||
| Pre primary | 7/1/2016-7/21/2016 | $1,646.06 | $6,399.34 | $(3,183.27) | $2,896.50 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $17,967.7 | $(10,420.57) | ||||||||
2014
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. John Sutton defeated Winston Apple in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Noel Torpey was unopposed in the Republican primary. Torpey defeated Sutton in the general election.[4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Noel Torpey Incumbent |
61% | 5,698 | |
| Democratic | John Sutton | 39% | 3,638 | |
| Total Votes | 9,336 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
John Sutton |
50.4% | 1,376 |
| Winston Apple | 49.6% | 1,355 |
| Total Votes | 2,731 | |
Endorsements
In 2014, Apple's endorsements included:[6]
- Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri
- Committee for County Progress
- Progressive Women's Coalition of Kansas City
Campaign themes
2016
Apple's campaign website outlined his priorities thusly:
- Greater focus on clean energy and climate change response, which he asserts would in turn provide the opportunity for an abundance of "New Deal type job programs"[7]
- Public campaign financing for candidates running for office
- Legislation to end gerrymandering
- Expansion of the state Medicaid program via federal funding under the Affordable Care Act, as well as a "market-oriented public option for health insurance"[7]
2014
Apple's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[8]
| “ | New Deal type jobs programs. Put Missouri's idled workers back to work. There is plenty of work to be done - switching to clean, renewable energy; rebuilding our infrastructure; and cleaning up the environment (to name a few) - let's end the debate about how long to continue unemployment benefits by replacing unemployment checks with paychecks.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt reduced unemployment during The Great Depression with New Deal jobs programs. The increased production necessitated by World War Two ended the depression. Today the threat posed by global warming has gone largely unaddressed. Our infrastructure is in dire need of updating and repair. It's time to stop debating how long to continue unemployment benefits and put an end to unemployment in Missouri by putting all of our workers back to work. Add a public option to The Affordable Care Act. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made health insurance more affordable for many people, the addition of a "major medical" type public option would make health insurance (and health care) even more affordable. With a relatively high deductible and low premiums, a major medical option would operate the way insurance is supposed to (covering catastrophic costs in the event of a major accident or illness). Most transactions between patients and health care providers would be paid for directly, with neither government not private health insurance companies adding to the cost of health care by acting as middlemen. The Republican Party has devoted a lot of time and energy to doing everything possible to make sure The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act does not succeed. They have failed to offer any meaningful alternative. I propose adding a market-oriented public option (what used to be called a "major medical" plan) which would function the way insurance is supposed to work, by kicking in only in the case of a major illness or serious accident. Most interactions between patients and health care providers would be paid for directly. Getting both government and private, for-profit health insurance companies out of the role of middleman would greatly reduce the cost of health care and provide a truly affordable alternative for most people. Govern schools locally and democratically. The essence of my numerous ideas for the reform of public education is to give students, parents, and teachers a more active role in our schools (true local control). Nineteen specific reform proposals are discussed at length in my book Edutopia: A Manifesto for the Reform of Public Education. I wrote Edutopia shortly before retiring from teaching. You can read my book, in its entirety free of charge (or order a copy) at numerous sites on the Internet. A fair and simple system of taxation. Our present tax system at both the state and federal level is overly-complicated for a reason - to obscure the thicket of special tax breaks offered to favored groups and special interests. In Missouri, during the session of the General Assembly that just ended, the Republican majority was able to pass a tax cut that openly favors the wealthy, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars worth of special tax cuts (to repay the special interests that shower them with campaign contributions that finance the endless tsunami of attack ads that make television viewing a hazardous activity during elections). To off-set some of the lost revenue, they have proposed an increase in the sales tax that (if approved by voters) would be the largest tax increase in Missouri history. Sales taxes are regressive - taking a larger percentage of low and middle incomes than of higher incomes. Shifting the burden of taxation from the wealthy to middle class and working class families and those living in poverty is not only unfair, it is damaging to our economy. I believe we should make more extensive use of the "benefits-received" principle of taxation (through excise taxes) combined with moderately progressive income and property taxes and reduce or eliminate sales taxes.[9] |
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See also
- Missouri House of Representatives
- Missouri House of Representatives District 29
- Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Missouri State Legislature
- United States House of Representatives
- Missouri's 6th Congressional District election, 2018
- Missouri's 6th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Unofficial candidate filing list," accessed April 2, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Elections: Offices Filed in Candidate Filing," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Winston Apple, "About Winston," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "All Results - State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 5, 2014," accessed August 26, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List - Primary Election," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Friends of Apple, "Endorsements," accessed July 21, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Winston Apple, "Winston's Platform," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ winstonapple.com, "My Platform," accessed July 30, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
