Ronald Kokinda
Ronald Kokinda (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 2. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Kokinda completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ronald Kokinda was born in Troy, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York, Stony Brook in 1971. His career experience includes working as a small business owner and business consultant. Kokinda has been affiliated with the LaRouche Political Action Committee.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent Tullio Liberati defeated Ronald Kokinda and Mark DaSacco in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tullio Liberati (D) | 51.8 | 21,965 |
 | Ronald Kokinda (R)  | 42.4 | 17,972 | |
 | Mark DaSacco (Working Class Party) | 5.8 | 2,450 | |
| Total votes: 42,387 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent Tullio Liberati advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tullio Liberati | 100.0 | 6,413 |
| Total votes: 6,413 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Frank Liberati (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
Ronald Kokinda advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ronald Kokinda | 100.0 | 2,713 |
| Total votes: 2,713 | |||
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
Mark DaSacco advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on June 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Mark DaSacco (Working Class Party) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Kokinda received the following endorsements.
- Citizens for Traditional Values – PAC
- Patriot Approved
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent Tullio Liberati defeated Michael J. D'Onofrio in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tullio Liberati (D) | 60.9 | 18,847 |
 | Michael J. D'Onofrio (R) | 39.1 | 12,083 | |
| Total votes: 30,930 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent Tullio Liberati advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tullio Liberati | 100.0 | 7,065 |
| Total votes: 7,065 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
Michael J. D'Onofrio defeated Ronald Kokinda in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael J. D'Onofrio | 50.7 | 2,281 |
| Ronald Kokinda | 49.3 | 2,217 | |
| Total votes: 4,498 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ronald Kokinda completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kokinda's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We must create jobs where a worker can support a family on a single income. Much like the effect of the Apollo program, today's Artemis Moon-Mars program, the Missile Defense Shield program, and what hopefully will be a national commitment to fusion energy development are key in providing the leaps in productivity throughout our economy to create good jobs.
- I opposed green energy mandates. We need abundant cheap energy to stop inflation and bring industrial jobs to Michigan. We need Line 5, fossil fuels generally, and nuclear power in abundance to get us to fusion power.
- Stop the craziness in Lansing. The attack on our rights, including Red Flag laws against lawful gun owners; the attacks on women by allowing men into women's sports and locker rooms; the genderization of children and demands for pornography in school libraries, is just wrong.
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2022
Ronald Kokinda completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kokinda'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 have endorsed the call to abolish the Federal Reserve and return to National Banking as a means to get credit to main street and our producers--manufacturing, mining, agriculture, infrastructure--instead of speculators. We need to get our economy producing again if we are to get inflation under control. We need to regain national sovereignty over our economy and the dollar. We need to be able to raise families again on one income.
- The number of children in Michigan who cannot read by the third grade is shocking. We must return to the basics—not “critical race theory,” gender education, or “green” indoctrination. Parents must be afforded their proper role in their children’s education, and not treated as “domestic terrorists,” as the Biden Justice Department has done. We need a rebirth of our founding principles. We are the only republic with a constitution that treats individuals as in the image of the Creator, and the purpose of education is to foster that God-given creativity.
- I will defend the sanctity of life and will fight to protect the unborn, as well as the vulnerable and elderly, who would by thrown aside by those who consider them a burden on society. I will defend our constitutional rights, especially those that are under attack, such as the right to bear arms and the right to free speech. I am working to restore election integrity.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
