Tom Schmitz

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Tom Schmitz
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Personal
Birthplace
St. Louis, Mo.
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Tom Schmitz (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Schmitz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Schmitz was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Missouri's 8th Congressional District election, 2020

Missouri's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

Missouri's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith defeated Kathy Ellis and Tom Schmitz in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith (R)
 
76.9
 
253,811
Image of Kathy Ellis
Kathy Ellis (D) Candidate Connection
 
21.4
 
70,561
Image of Tom Schmitz
Tom Schmitz (L) Candidate Connection
 
1.8
 
5,854

Total votes: 330,226
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Kathy Ellis advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kathy Ellis
Kathy Ellis Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
20,354

Total votes: 20,354
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith
 
100.0
 
114,074

Total votes: 114,074
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Tom Schmitz advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Schmitz
Tom Schmitz Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
265

Total votes: 265
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Tom Schmitz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Schmitz'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'm a Public Defender who resides in Rolla, Missouri. I received my Bacherlor's Degree in Psychological Sciences from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 2008. I went on to receive my Juris Doctor from Creighton University School of Law in 2012. I was in private practice from 2012 through 2019, and I joined the Public Defender's Office in Rolla in the spring of 2019.

I attend Vineyard Church in Rolla. My main hobby is music, and I enjoy playing drums, guitar, and composing.

  • Separation of healthcare and state
  • Bring our troops home and implement a foreign police of peace, strength, and non-interventionism
  • The government should exist only to protect individual rights.

Healthcare, monetary policy and spending, foreign policy, environment, education, economic freedom, personal freedom.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 28, 2020


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