Ted Gerrard

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Ted Gerrard

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U.S. Taxpayers Party

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November 5, 2024

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Ted Gerrard (U.S. Taxpayers Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Michigan State Board of Education. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan State Board of Education election, 2024

General election

General election for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Michigan State Board of Education on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nikki Snyder (R)	24.5	2,507,968
✔		Tom McMillin (R)	24.2	2,477,547
		Theodore Jones (D)	23.6	2,413,996
		Adam Zemke (D)	22.6	2,311,379
		Mary Anne Hering (Working Class Party)	2.3	234,584
		Scott Boman (L)	1.5	152,846
		Christine Schwartz (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	0.9	90,372
	Submit photo	Ted Gerrard (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	0.6	56,683

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,245,375
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• N. Jefferey Sparling (G)

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

Theodore Jones and Adam Zemke advanced from the Democratic convention for Michigan State Board of Education on August 24, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Theodore Jones (D)
✔		Adam Zemke (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

Incumbent Tom McMillin and incumbent Nikki Snyder advanced from the Republican convention for Michigan State Board of Education on August 24, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Tom McMillin (R)
✔		Nikki Snyder (R)

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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

N. Jefferey Sparling advanced from the Green convention for Michigan State Board of Education on June 15, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		N. Jefferey Sparling (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

Scott Boman advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan State Board of Education on July 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Scott Boman (L)

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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention

U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

Ted Gerrard and Christine Schwartz advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Michigan State Board of Education on July 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Ted Gerrard (U.S. Taxpayers Party)
✔		Christine Schwartz (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

Mary Anne Hering advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Board of Education on June 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Mary Anne Hering (Working Class Party)

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gerrard in this election.

2018

See also: Michigan's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

Joe Farrington ran as a write-in candidate.

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Incumbent Justin Amash defeated Cathy Albro and Ted Gerrard in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Amash (R)	54.4	169,107
		Cathy Albro (D)	43.2	134,185
	Submit photo	Ted Gerrard (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	2.4	7,445
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 310,740
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Douglas Smith (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Cathy Albro defeated Fred Wooden in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cathy Albro	68.2	42,619
		Fred Wooden	31.8	19,903

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,522
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeff Thomas (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Incumbent Justin Amash advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Amash	100.0	69,817

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joe Farrington (R)

2016

See also: Michigan's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Justin Amash (R) defeated Douglas Smith (D) and Ted Gerrard (U.S. Taxpayers) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in August.

U.S. House, Michigan District 3 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Justin Amash Incumbent	59.5%	203,545
	Democratic	Douglas Smith	37.5%	128,400
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ted Gerrard	3%	10,420
Total Votes				342,365
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

2014

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Michigan State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Deb Havens was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Peter MacGregor defeated Kevin Green in the Republican primary. Ted Gerrard ran as a U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate. MacGregor defeated Havens and Gerarrd in the general election.

Michigan State Senate, District 28 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter MacGregor Incumbent	66.1%	53,221
	Democratic	Deb Havens	31.2%	25,131
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ted Gerrard	2.6%	2,115
Total Votes				80,467

Michigan State Senate, District 28 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Peter MacGregor	67.8%	18,397
Kevin Green	32.2%	8,733
Total Votes		27,130

2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012

Gerrard ran in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 73. He ran as an Independent candidate with the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan and was defeated by incumbent Peter MacGregor (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 73, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter MacGregor Incumbent	63.5%	32,466
	Democratic	Scott Schuiling	32.2%	16,489
	Libertarian	Ron Heeren	3%	1,537
	Independent	Ted Gerrard	1.3%	666
Total Votes				51,158

Campaign themes

2024

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Other survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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Ted Gerrard campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Michigan State Board of Education	Lost general	$0	$0
2018	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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