Michelle Rose Tippens

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Michelle Rose Tippens

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas, Dallas, 2006

Graduate

University of Phoenix, 2011

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1998 - 2002

Contact

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Michelle Rose Tippens (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

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Tippens is a disabled veteran. She served in the United States Army from 1998 until 2002 and functioned as a counterintelligence agent and an Arab linguist. She is the founder of the Hawaii Veteran's Cannabis Alliance.

Elections

2022

See also: Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Jill Tokuda defeated Joseph Akana and Michelle Rose Tippens in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jill Tokuda (D)	62.2	128,407
		Joseph Akana (R)	35.3	72,874
		Michelle Rose Tippens (L)	2.5	5,130

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 206,411
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jill Tokuda	57.6	62,275
		Patrick Branco	25.0	27,057
	Submit photo	Kyle Yoshida	6.1	6,624
		Brendan Schultz	5.7	6,115
		Nicole Gi	3.6	3,937
	Submit photo	Steven Sparks	2.0	2,137

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,145
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tommy Waters (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Joseph Akana defeated Joe Webster in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Akana	83.9	28,200
		Joe Webster	16.1	5,403

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,603
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Michelle Rose Tippens advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Rose Tippens	100.0	343

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 343
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2020

See also: Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 8 Republican primary)

Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 8 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kaiali'i Kahele (D)	63.0	171,517
		Joseph Akana (R)	30.9	84,027
		Michelle Rose Tippens (L)	2.5	6,785
		Jonathan Hoomanawanui (Aloha Aina Party)	2.4	6,453
		Ron Burrus (Nonpartisan)	1.0	2,659
		John Giuffre (American Shopping Party)	0.2	661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 272,102
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Kaiali'i Kahele defeated Brian Evans, Brenda Lee, and Noelle Famera in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kaiali'i Kahele	76.5	100,841
		Brian Evans	9.4	12,337
	Submit photo	Brenda Lee	8.1	10,694
		Noelle Famera	6.1	7,992

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 131,864
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Cornejo (D)
• Ryan Meza (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Akana	44.1	15,107
		Elise Hatsuko Kaneshiro	15.4	5,294
	Submit photo	David Hamman	10.0	3,430
	Submit photo	Robert Nagamine	8.4	2,887
	Submit photo	Nicholas Love	7.6	2,616
		Steven Bond	6.5	2,218
	Submit photo	Felipe San Nicolas	4.3	1,465
		Karla Gottschalk	2.8	953
	Submit photo	Raymond Quel	0.9	305

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,275
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Ron Burrus defeated Byron McCorriston in the primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ron Burrus	59.2	1,308
	Submit photo	Byron McCorriston	40.8	901

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,209
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Aloha Aina Party primary election

Aloha Aina Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Jonathan Hoomanawanui advanced from the Aloha Aina Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Hoomanawanui	100.0	3,423

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,423
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American Shopping Party primary election

American Shopping Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

John Giuffre advanced from the American Shopping Party primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Giuffre	100.0	134

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 134
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2

Michelle Rose Tippens advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Rose Tippens	100.0	1,014

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,014
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2018

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Ed Case defeated Cam Cavasso, Michelle Rose Tippens, Zachary Burd, and Calvin Griffin in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case (D)	73.1	134,650
	Submit photo	Cam Cavasso (R)	23.1	42,498
		Michelle Rose Tippens (L)	1.9	3,498
		Zachary Burd (G)	1.2	2,214
	Submit photo	Calvin Griffin (Nonpartisan)	0.7	1,351

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 184,211 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case	40.0	47,482
		Doug Chin	25.5	30,283
		Donna Kim	18.2	21,554
		Kaniela Ing	6.3	7,531
		Beth Fukumoto	6.3	7,473
		Ernest Y. Martin	3.2	3,827
		Sam Puletasi	0.4	519

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 118,669
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Cam Cavasso defeated Raymond Vinole in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Cam Cavasso	81.8	10,552
	Submit photo	Raymond Vinole	18.2	2,340

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,892
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Calvin Griffin defeated John Cipolla in the primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Calvin Griffin	58.7	266
	Submit photo	John Cipolla	41.3	187

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 453
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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Zachary Burd advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Zachary Burd	100.0	173

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 173
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Michelle Rose Tippens advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Rose Tippens	100.0	150

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 150
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2016

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Hawaii House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

Incumbent Della Au Belatti defeated Larry Fenton and Michelle Rose Tippens in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 24 general election.

Hawaii House of Representatives, District 24 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Della Au Belatti Incumbent	70.60%	5,505
	Republican	Larry Fenton	20.94%	1,633
	Libertarian	Michelle Rose Tippens	8.45%	659
Total Votes				7,797
Source: State of Hawaii - Office of Elections

Incumbent Della Au Belatti defeated Cody Carlos Rodriguez in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 24 Democratic primary.

Hawaii House of Representatives, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Della Au Belatti Incumbent	85.34%	2,869
	Democratic	Cody Carlos Rodriguez	14.66%	493
Total Votes				3,362

Larry Fenton ran unopposed in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 24 Republican primary.

Hawaii House of Representatives, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Larry Fenton  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Michelle Rose Tippens did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Michelle Rose Tippens did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Tippens made the following statement to Ballotpedia regarding her political philosophy:

“

I hope to end the paternalistic approach currently taken by the government. Laws are not meant to dictate how citizens live their lives. Laws are meant to prevent people from violating each other's rights. I believe we, as organisms residing on this planet, owe the planet and environment our lives and we should be taking steps and making effort to protect this environment from significant change. The planet will continue on, as it always has, however we may not be able to survive upon it once significant climate change occurs. Even our atmosphere could become uninhabitable for humans if we don't start to Malama the 'Aina (care for/nurture/protect the land).

”

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Footnotes

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Hawaii's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mazie Hirono (D)

Brian Schatz (D)

Representatives

District 1

Ed Case (D)

District 2

Jill Tokuda (D)

Democratic Party (4)