Marcia Squier
Marcia Squier (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 57. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.
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Squier was a 2016 Green Party candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 14th Congressional District of Michigan.[1]
Biography
Marcia Squier was born in Warren, Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree from Wayne State University in 1997. Her career experience includes working as a manager.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 57
Thomas Kuhn defeated Aisha Farooqi in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 57 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Thomas Kuhn (R) | 52.6 | 17,606 | |
| Aisha Farooqi (D) | 47.4 | 15,842 | ||
| Total votes: 33,448 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 57
Aisha Farooqi defeated Marcia Squier in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 57 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Aisha Farooqi | 55.3 | 3,845 | |
| Marcia Squier | 44.7 | 3,113 | ||
| Total votes: 6,958 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 57
Thomas Kuhn advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 57 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Thomas Kuhn | 100.0 | 5,789 | |
| Total votes: 5,789 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Melissa Dempsey (R)
Campaign finance
2020
See also: United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020
United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Michigan
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Michigan on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gary Peters (D) | 49.9 | 2,734,568 | |
| John James (R) | 48.2 | 2,642,233 | ||
| Valerie Willis (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan) | 0.9 | 50,597 | ||
| Marcia Squier (G) | 0.7 | 39,217 | ||
| Doug Dern (Natural Law Party) | 0.2 | 13,093 | ||
| Leonard Gadzinski (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | ||
| Bob Carr (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 5,479,720 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gregory Charles Jones (Other)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan
Incumbent Gary Peters advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gary Peters | 100.0 | 1,180,780 | |
| Total votes: 1,180,780 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Michigan
John James advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Michigan on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John James | 100.0 | 1,005,315 | |
| Total votes: 1,005,315 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bob Carr (R)
Green convention
Green convention for U.S. Senate Michigan
Marcia Squier advanced from the Green convention for U.S. Senate Michigan on June 20, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Marcia Squier (G) | |
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Natural Law Party convention
Natural Law Party convention for U.S. Senate Michigan
Doug Dern advanced from the Natural Law Party convention for U.S. Senate Michigan on July 30, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Doug Dern (Natural Law Party) | |
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U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan convention
U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan convention for U.S. Senate Michigan
Valerie Willis advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan convention for U.S. Senate Michigan on July 25, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Valerie Willis (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan) | |
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2018
William White, Tom Bagwell, Valerie Willis, and Tim Yow ran as write-in candidates.
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Michigan
Incumbent Debbie Stabenow defeated John James, Marcia Squier, George Huffman III, and John Howard Wilhelm in the general election for U.S. Senate Michigan on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Debbie Stabenow (D) | 52.3 | 2,214,478 | |
| John James (R) | 45.8 | 1,938,818 | ||
| Marcia Squier (G) | 0.9 | 40,204 | ||
| George Huffman III (U.S. Taxpayers Party) | 0.6 | 27,251 | ||
| John Howard Wilhelm (Natural Law Party) | 0.4 | 16,502 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 4,237,271 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan
Incumbent Debbie Stabenow advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Debbie Stabenow | 100.0 | 1,045,450 | |
| Total votes: 1,045,450 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Michigan
John James defeated Sandy Pensler in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Michigan on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John James | 54.7 | 518,564 | |
| Sandy Pensler | 45.3 | 429,885 | ||
| Total votes: 948,449 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bob Carr (R)
- William White (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Brenda Lawrence (D) defeated Howard Klausner (R), Gregory Creswell (L), and Marcia Squier (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Lawrence defeated Terrance Morrison and Vanessa Moss in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2016.[3][4][1][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Brenda Lawrence Incumbent |
78.5% | 244,135 | |
| Republican | Howard Klausner | 18.7% | 58,103 | |
| Libertarian | Gregory Creswell | 1.6% | 4,893 | |
| Green | Marcia Squier | 1.2% | 3,843 | |
| Total Votes | 310,974 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Brenda Lawrence Incumbent |
87.4% | 55,544 | ||
| Terrance Morrison | 8.3% | 5,253 | ||
| Vanessa Moss | 4.4% | 2,770 | ||
| Total Votes | 63,567 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marcia Squier completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Squier's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Healthcare- I support expanding publicly funded healthcare, so that we can be our healthiest selves.
- Renewables & Infrastructure- I support expanding renewable energy and resources to help keep Michigan thriving.
- Education- I support expanding publicly funded education to include beyond high school.
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2020
Candidate Conversations
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Marcia Squier completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Squier's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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End Wars & Bring Our Troops Home
Retroactive Cannabis Legalization & End the War on Drugs
- Healthcare & Education for All
I also have immense respect for parents who try to raise their kids better than they themselves were raised, especially if they are breaking the cycle of abuse for the next generation. I admire therapists, life coaches, and anyone else out there helping victims of abuse overcome and heal from their traumatic experiences.
I recommend the movie "Hacking Democracy" (2006) with Bev Harris to learn more about how our corrupt voting systems operate. This movie played a pivotal role for me and my decision to run for US House after I watched it for the first time in 2016- a full decade after its release.
Here I am, two years later, doing much better than last election cycle, I speak out regularly about domestic violence in an effort to help others realize that they aren't alone and that there is hope for the future.
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2018
Squier’s campaign website stated the following:
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I am running for US Senate in Michigan because our government is overrun with corporatists that represent Big Money and their corporate donors. The People have little to no representation in our country, which is supposed to be Of, By, & For the People. I do not believe that corporations are people, and profit should not be the bottom line when it comes to government. The people and this planet should be placed above profit-driven corporations, and I want to help make that happen. Our current legislators are beholden to their sponsors, and therefore cannot properly represent their constituents. Evidence of this is clear when looking at several Acts of Congress, which I intend to take on if elected. These Acts include but are not limited to the following: The Patriot Act, The NDAA, The Controlled Substances Act, The Help America Vote Act, The Telecommunications Act, The Federal Reserve Act & The DARK Act. I want the People to have #HandCountedPaperBallots with #CitizenOversight, the right to Habeus Corpus, less spending on the executive branch (aka War & Prison), a publicly owned banking system, Independent Media (instead of the current Corporate Media Monopoly we are suffering under), and clear, consise GMO labeling laws. I want to end the War on Drugs, and retroactively legalize cannabis and hemp at the Federal Level. I believe this will lower costs in many areas, including health care and infrastructure. I believe we should reallocate the Federal Budget away from the Military Industrial Complex and towards more worthwhile endeavors like health care and education. We The People deserve the right to clean air, soil, & water, education, health care, and true representation in government. I pledge to keep fighting for The People through direct actions, like running for office, and I encourage others to do the same. I have been in the private sector of the service industry my entire career thus far, and I enjoy the diversity of all people as well as the common threads that connect us all. I am offering my services to the public sector by declaring my candidacy to become a civil servant for all Americans in Washington DC, regardless of their political ideology or any other label that seeks to divide us up. We The People must respect each other's individual rights and put our differences of opinion aside in order to affect real change in the status quo. I refuse all corporate donations, as well as super PAC and foreign sponsors. I am accepting small, individual donations. I do not want large donations from anyone or anything. I would greatly appreciate your financial help for this campaign, but I completely understand if you cannot donate. I would also love for you to endorse my campaign on this site, or volunteer to help on the ground in Michigan or online anywhere else. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this message![6] |
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| —Marcia Squier’s campaign website (2018)[7] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed September 6, 2016
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 18, 2022
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Michigan House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Crowdpac, "Progressive Independent Noncorporatist Green Candidate for US Senate (MI)," accessed October 19, 2018
