Michael Kripchak
Michael Kripchak (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Kripchak also ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the special general election on June 11, 2024.
Kripchak completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Kripchak was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 2000 to 2007. He earned a bachelor's degree from the United States Air Force Academy in 2004 and a graduate degree from New York University - Tisch School of the Arts in 2018.[1]
Elections
2024
Special
See also: Ohio's 6th Congressional District special election, 2024
Ohio's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)
Ohio's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Michael Rulli defeated Michael Kripchak in the special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Rulli (R) | 54.6 | 32,747 | |
| Michael Kripchak (D) | 45.3 | 27,173 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 59,932 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Michael Kripchak defeated Rylan Finzer in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Kripchak | 65.0 | 19,931 | |
| Rylan Finzer | 35.0 | 10,731 | ||
| Total votes: 30,662 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Michael Rulli defeated Reggie Stoltzfus and Rick Tsai in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Rulli | 49.1 | 43,155 | |
| Reggie Stoltzfus | 40.6 | 35,684 | ||
| Rick Tsai | 10.3 | 9,094 | ||
| Total votes: 87,933 | ||||
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2024
Regular
See also: Ohio's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Ohio's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)
Ohio's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Incumbent Michael Rulli defeated Michael Kripchak in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Rulli (R) | 66.7 | 245,860 | |
| Michael Kripchak (D) | 33.3 | 122,515 | ||
| Total votes: 368,375 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Farms (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Michael Kripchak defeated Rylan Finzer in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Kripchak | 66.3 | 20,632 | |
| Rylan Finzer | 33.7 | 10,480 | ||
| Total votes: 31,112 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lou Lyras (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Incumbent Michael Rulli defeated Reggie Stoltzfus and Rick Tsai in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Rulli | 49.5 | 43,857 | |
| Reggie Stoltzfus | 40.7 | 36,033 | ||
| Rick Tsai | 9.8 | 8,641 | ||
| Total votes: 88,531 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kurt Hilderbrand (R)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michael Kripchak completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kripchak's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Our industrial might is what made America the greatest country on Earth, our grandfathers used it to beat the Nazis and our fathers used it to beat the Communists. Weak and impotent leadership in Columbus and DC allowed our great state's industry to be gutted and sold off to China. It is time we bring high-pay, high-skill, high-dignity industrial jobs strengthened by Ohio Union Labor to restore the beating heart of America to its former glory.
- American values are learned in American schools by American teachers. Education shouldn't be based on a lottery of where you live — all American children deserve the best opportunities to learn to become American adults. Our teachers deserve all the resources they need to make this happen — they have the will, we need to give them the way. Restoring our District to greatness starts in our communities. Education builds these communities both inside and outside the school. Well-funded schools and well-funded teachers will ensure our children and our District will prosper well into the future.
- Our farmers deserve a Farm Bill that serves them. I will direct funding into agricultural innovation and sustainable farming practices which will lower input costs and be freely available to our farmers to free them from the yoke of BigAg. Rural broadband infrastructure is a necessity and a basic undertaking for our farmers to reap the benefits of modern agricultural technology. Its rollout will happen — I will have it no other way. You deserve to own the seeds you grow, fix the equipment you use, and own the land you cultivate free from worry of losing it to forces outside your control.
Some may tout their personal experiences as a strength on a specific issue, but we can ill afford to rely on this as a basis for informed judgment in governing. A Representative must be empathetic to be able to put themselves in the shoes of their diverse constituency, have the intellect to not only know how to govern but know when and how to assimilate expert opinions, and have the temperament to fight the good fight on behalf of those they represent.
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Campaign website
Kripchak’s campaign website stated the following:
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MISSION MISSION All my initiatives boil down to one thing and one thing only: restoring the American Dream. There is rightfully a sense of nostalgia amongst many in our district for the days when a 2nd income was a matter of choice, and one could support a family with 2.3 kids, a car, and a house with a white-picket fence. This was a time when OHIO was not only the Heartland but the beating heart of American economic might. This is what we will restore. JOBS Our industrial might is what made America the greatest country on Earth, our grandfathers used it to beat the Nazis and our fathers used it to beat the Communists. Weak and impotent leadership in Columbus and DC allowed our great State's industry to be gutted and sold off to China. It is time we bring high-pay, high-skill, high-dignity industrial jobs strengthened by Ohio Union Labor to restore the beating heart of America to its former glory. UNIONS Strong unions make a strong America. Years of lies and deceit by morally bankrupt politicians have led many Americans to believe that strong unions hurt businesses. It is the opposite: strong unions strengthen the economy and make businesses more successful. It is all about repealing harmful laws that trample on your rights to work with dignity and empowering unions to provide America with the strongest and most empowered workforce in the world — policies I intend to implement. EDUCATION American values are learned in American schools by American teachers. Education shouldn't be based on a lottery of where you live — all American children deserve the best opportunities to learn to become American adults. Our teachers deserve all the resources they need to make this happen — they have the will, we need to give them the way. Restoring our district to greatness starts in our communities. Education builds these communities both inside and outside the school. Well-funded schools and well-funded teachers will ensure our children and our district will prosper well into the future. INFRASTRUCTURE All my opponents like to tout that they are businessmen. As a veteran who ACTUALLY knows how the government works, I am here to tell you that a businessman is the last person you want in Congress. Businesses are built on efficiency; governments are built on robustness. GOP “efficiency” is what destroyed our rural communities and overcrowded our cities destroying Ohio to the benefit of others. A robust and resilient America is made with investments in infrastructure. The economic activity that infrastructure creates with more jobs and more opportunity always pays for itself. Each and every one of you in our district deserves clean water, clean air, access to food, electricity, sewage, good roads, public transport, and fast internet — all the basics of a modern society. America is the richest country on this planet, it's about time we start living like it. FARMING Our farmers deserve a Farm Bill that serves them. An easy marker bill I will introduce onto the House Floor would be a farmstead exemption on the inheritance tax: family farms and ranches should not be hit by the policies directed at the ultra-rich and corporate conglomerates; it is unconscionable that it is happening now. I will direct funding into agricultural innovation and sustainable farming practices which will lower input costs and be freely available to our farmers to free them from the yoke of BigAg. Rural broadband infrastructure is a necessary and basic undertaking for our farmers to reap the benefits of modern agricultural technology. Its rollout will happen – I will have it no other way. You deserve to own the seeds you grow, fix the equipment you use, and own the land you cultivate free from worry of losing it to forces outside your control. WOMEN'S RIGHTS • My position on this matter is very simple and I state it without equivocation: a woman's body is NOT the domain of the Government. • I will support any action to revive and advance the Equal Rights Amendment. SOCIAL PROGRAMS High dignity jobs merit high dignity lives. I will oppose all Republican assaults on Social Security. Your golden years should be free from worry so I will make sure to secure your retirement and pensions. I will work with Congressional leaders who want to lift the payroll tax cap to expand Social Security benefits putting more money in your pockets and indexing these benefits to inflation to guarantee your quality of life for decades to come. Real Americans take care of their elders, we don't abandon them when they need us the most. Guaranteeing your healthcare is the bare minimum the federal government can do. Americans should live, not merely survive. By using the bargaining power of the full force and credit of the US Government, we can lower prescription drug costs, co-pays, and premiums. The less you have to pay to maintain your health, the more you have to enjoy the finer things in life. NATIONAL SECURITY American credibility is under attack. Our enemies hide behind hybrid warfare to undermine our allies and our way of life hoping our complacency will be our undoing. We must honor our commitments and be steadfastly loyal to our friends in the face of tyranny. We cannot allow our friends to sow the seeds of doubt with our inaction. We need to restore our military might depleted by years of neglect by Republican leadership by restarting Ohio factories to refuel and retool the Arsenal of Democracy. The United States cannot afford to be reactive to the dynamic and complex threats of our enemies. We need to be proactive and tackle these challenges head-on. We can best do this by strengthening our Diplomatic Corps, expanding our international aid efforts, and recommitting ourselves to leadership in the international organizations we helped build. Every dollar spent towards diplomacy is worth hundreds of dollars in defense. ELECTION INTEGRITY Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of any democracy. I will work to strengthen voting rights for all Americans and expand voting access to make it easier to vote. Voting shouldn't be a chore; it should be a proud calling for all citizens. Passing Campaign Finance Reform will be one of my top priorities along with ending gerrymandering allowing us to hold elections the way the Founding Fathers intended. I will work with Congressional leaders to bring the full might of the House's investigative powers to bear against the traitors of January 6 and hold them accountable for the damage they have done to our nation. Americans' faith in our government cannot be restored so long as these people roam the halls of Congress with impunity.[2] |
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| —Michael Kripchak’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 5, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kripchak for Congress, “Issues & Policies,” accessed September 21, 2024
