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John Holtz

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John Holtz
Image of John Holtz
Elections and appointments
Last election

August 20, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Wyoming, 1972

Law

St. Mary's University, 1977

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Years of service

1973 - 1975

Personal
Religion
Christian

John Holtz (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Wyoming. He lost in the Republican primary on August 20, 2024.

Elections

2020

See also: United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Wyoming

Cynthia Lummis defeated Merav Ben-David in the general election for U.S. Senate Wyoming on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis (R)
 
72.8
 
198,100
Image of Merav Ben-David
Merav Ben-David (D) Candidate Connection
 
26.8
 
72,766
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
1,071

Total votes: 271,937
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Merav Ben-David
Merav Ben-David Candidate Connection
 
40.3
 
9,584
Image of Yana Ludwig
Yana Ludwig Candidate Connection
 
20.7
 
4,931
Image of Nathan Wendt
Nathan Wendt Candidate Connection
 
17.7
 
4,212
Image of Ken Casner
Ken Casner
 
9.0
 
2,139
Image of Rex Wilde
Rex Wilde
 
7.9
 
1,888
Image of James Kirk DeBrine
James Kirk DeBrine Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
865
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
173

Total votes: 23,792
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
 
59.7
 
63,511
Robert Short
 
12.7
 
13,473
Image of Bryan Miller
Bryan Miller
 
10.3
 
10,946
Image of Donna Rice
Donna Rice
 
5.5
 
5,881
Image of R. Mark Armstrong
R. Mark Armstrong Candidate Connection
 
3.7
 
3,904
Image of Joshua Wheeler
Joshua Wheeler
 
3.5
 
3,763
Image of John Holtz
John Holtz Candidate Connection
 
1.7
 
1,820
Image of Devon Cade
Devon Cade
 
1.0
 
1,027
Michael Kemler
 
0.9
 
985
Star Roselli
 
0.6
 
627
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
501

Total votes: 106,438
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Wyoming

Incumbent John Barrasso defeated Gary Trauner and Joe Porambo in the general election for U.S. Senate Wyoming on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Barrasso
John Barrasso (R)
 
67.0
 
136,210
Image of Gary Trauner
Gary Trauner (D)
 
30.1
 
61,227
Image of Joe Porambo
Joe Porambo (L)
 
2.8
 
5,658
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
325

Total votes: 203,420
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming

Gary Trauner advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 21, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gary Trauner
Gary Trauner
 
100.0
 
17,562

Total votes: 17,562
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 21, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Barrasso
John Barrasso
 
65.0
 
74,292
Image of David Dodson
David Dodson
 
28.6
 
32,647
Image of John Holtz
John Holtz
 
2.6
 
2,981
Image of Charlie Hardy
Charlie Hardy
 
1.9
 
2,184
Image of Roque De La Fuente
Roque De La Fuente
 
1.1
 
1,280
Anthony Van Risseghem
 
0.7
 
844

Total votes: 114,228
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Campaign themes

2020

Candidate Connection

John Holtz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Holtz'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 an Eagle Scout and a member of the Christian Legal Society since law school. I obtained the first double-digit firm fixed-price contract in the history of the Hughes Aircraft Company; and I was the head of the team to redesign the fire control system; consisting of the laser range finder, ballistic computer and thermal imaging system of the Army's main battle tank, the M60A3. I was in the Electro Optical and Space Division of the Hughes Aircraft Company. When I was at Hughes, they would tease me about the horse on my Wyoming license plates.

My grandmother met my grandfather in Gillette in 1919 and her brothers had the livery stable. I was one of the youngest judges in Wyoming history and helped establish the Circuit Court system of today. I was president of my college fraternity and the president of the Alumni Association of the Delta Gamma chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the University of Wyoming from 1988 to 1992. I was instrumental in placing the carrying of concealed weapon without a permit for Wyoming residents on the Wyoming Republican platform in 2010. I am a life member of the NRA. I still drive the car I had as a judge in 1992, it has over 600,000 miles on the original engine and transmission.

I was class president at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, where the Japanese first developed kamikaze tactics as a mass weapon of war. I was on the Bataan Death March 20th anniversary march with three of the original survivors.
  • Government is best that governs least. I will strengthen America's defense and reduce the deficit. I would make Social Security non-taxable once again.
  • I will strengthen America's defense and reduce the deficit and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.
  • More of the same will result in less and less.
I was a Space Systems Operations Officer in the United States Air Force. I am passionate about strengthening America's defense and reducing the deficit before we experience hyperinflation.
Abraham Lincoln. He had the courage to act in a crisis.
A strong defense and no deficit.
The Bataan Death March 20th anniversary march. There were still bullet holes on the trail. I was 12 years old in 1962.
A summer job at the Golden Spike drive-in in Omaha.

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