Mark Donka
Mark Donka (Republican Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Windsor-6 District. He lost as a write-in in the Republican primary on August 9, 2022.
Donka was a 2016 Republican candidate for the Windsor District of the Vermont State Senate. Donka was also previously a 2012 and 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the United States House of Representatives to represent the At-Large Congressional District of Vermont.[1] Donka defeated Donald Russell and Donald Nolte in the Republican primary.[2] Mark Donka lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Elections
2022
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 6 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kevin Christie and Esme Cole won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 6 District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Christie (D) | 49.8 | 2,904 | |
| ✔ | Esme Cole (D) | 48.0 | 2,801 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.2 | 127 | ||
| Total votes: 5,832 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 6 District (2 seats)
Esme Cole and incumbent Kevin Christie defeated Nicholas Bramlage in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 6 District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Esme Cole | 41.2 | 999 | |
| ✔ | Kevin Christie | 39.8 | 967 | |
| Nicholas Bramlage | 18.7 | 454 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 2,427 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 6 District (2 seats)
No candidate advanced from the primary.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| Kevin Christie (Write-in) | 29.4 | 15 | ||
| Mark Donka (Write-in) | 23.5 | 12 | ||
| Nicholas Bramlage (Write-in) | 5.9 | 3 | ||
| Joe Trottier (Write-in) | 5.9 | 3 | ||
| Esme Cole (Write-in) | 5.9 | 3 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 29.4 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 51 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 4-1 District (Historical)
Heather Surprenant defeated Mark Donka in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 4-1 District (Historical) on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Heather Surprenant (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 60.5 | 1,616 | |
| Mark Donka (R) | 39.3 | 1,049 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 2,671 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 4-1 District (Historical)
Heather Surprenant defeated Havah Armstrong Walther in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 4-1 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Heather Surprenant | 51.8 | 423 | |
| Havah Armstrong Walther | 47.8 | 390 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 816 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 4-1 District (Historical)
Mark Donka advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 4-1 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mark Donka | 97.1 | 268 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.9 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 276 | ||||
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2016
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Vermont State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 26, 2016. Incumbent John Campbell (D) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Windsor District general election.[3][4]
| Vermont State Senate, Windsor District General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Alice Nitka Incumbent |
19.39% | 14,430 | |
| Democratic | Alison Clarkson |
20.74% | 15,436 | |
| Democratic | Richard McCormack Incumbent |
18.69% | 13,905 | |
| Republican | Randy Gray | 10.95% | 8,148 | |
| Republican | Mark Donka | 13.22% | 9,836 | |
| Republican | Jack Williams | 10.03% | 7,460 | |
| Independent | Scott Woodward | 6.99% | 5,198 | |
| Total Votes | 74,413 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Alice Nitka, Alison Clarkson and incumbent Richard McCormack defeated Conor Kennedy in the Vermont State Senate Windsor District Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Vermont State Senate, Windsor District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Alice Nitka Incumbent |
23.79% | 4,448 | |
| Democratic | Alison Clarkson |
27.52% | 5,145 | |
| Democratic | Richard McCormack Incumbent |
28.78% | 5,381 | |
| Democratic | Conor Kennedy | 19.90% | 3,720 | |
| Total Votes | 18,694 | |||
Randy Gray, Mark Donka and Jack Williams were unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Windsor District Republican primary.[5][6]
| Vermont State Senate, Windsor District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Randy Gray |
33.05% | 2,091 | |
| Republican | Mark Donka |
35.39% | 2,239 | |
| Republican | Jack Williams |
31.56% | 1,997 | |
| Total Votes | 6,327 | |||
2014
Donka ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Vermont's the At-Large Congressional District. Donka defeated Donald Russell and Donald Nolte in the Republican primary.[2] Mark Donka lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Peter Welch Incumbent |
64.4% | 123,349 | |
| Republican | Mark Donka | 31% | 59,432 | |
| Independent | Cris Ericson | 1.4% | 2,750 | |
| Liberty Union Party | Matthew Andrews | 1.1% | 2,071 | |
| Independent | Randall Meyer | 0.9% | 1,685 | |
| Energy Independence Party | Jerry Trudell | 1.1% | 2,024 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 193 | |
| Total Votes | 191,504 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Republican primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mark Donka |
35.7% | 4,341 | ||
| Don Russell | 33.1% | 4,020 | ||
| Donald Nolte | 31.3% | 3,802 | ||
| Total Votes | 12,163 | |||
| Source: Results via Associated Press |
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Vote counting
On Wednesday, August 27, Donka took to Twitter to express his frustration with the secretary of state.
2012
Donka ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Vermont's at-large District. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. He faced Peter Welch (D), James Desrochers (I), and Andre LaFramboise (VoteKISS) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[7] Donka was defeated by incumbent Peter Welch.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Peter Welch Incumbent |
72% | 208,600 | |
| Republican | Mark Donka | 23.3% | 67,543 | |
| Independent | James Desrochers | 2.9% | 8,302 | |
| Third | Andre LaFramboise | 0.4% | 1,153 | |
| Third | Jane Newton | 1.4% | 4,065 | |
| Total Votes | 289,663 | |||
| Source: Vermont Board of Elections "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mark Donka did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Mark Donka did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Donka's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[9]
| “ |
Limited government
Cut spending and balance the budget
Obamacare
Border security and immigration
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” |
2012
According to Donka's website, his campaign themes included:
- Unemployment: "We need to solve the problem of long term unemployment. This is one of the biggest obstacles to economic recovery."
- Economy: "We need to work to lower gas and fuel prices that are stifling our economic growth."
- Energy: " Our country is going to continue to use oil until effective alternative and affordable measures are available. In the meantime, let’s produce more and reduce our dependency on foreign oil."[11]
Personal
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Donka is married to Betsy; they have two children together.[12]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mark Donka for VT, "Home," accessed April 29, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Associated Press, "Vermont - Summary Vote Results," accessed August 28, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Elections, "Official primary candidate list"
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Vermont"
- ↑ Mark Donka for VT, "On the issues," accessed September 27, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Mark Donka for Congress, "The Issues," accessed September 12, 2012
- ↑ Mark Donka for Congress, "About Mark," accessed September 12, 2012
