Ben Cannady

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Ben Cannady

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 17, 2022

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1999 - 1999

Personal

Birthplace

Freeport, Texas

Religion

Christian

Profession

Wastewater

Ben Cannady (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Idaho. He lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.

Cannady completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Ben Cannady was born in Freeport, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army in 1999. Cannady's career experience includes working in wastewater and as a painter.

Elections

2022

See also: Idaho gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Idaho

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Idaho on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little (R)	60.5	358,598
		Stephen Heidt (D)	20.3	120,160
		Ammon Bundy (Independent)	17.2	101,835
		Paul Sand (L)	1.1	6,714
		Chantyrose Davison (Constitution Party)	0.9	5,250
		Lisa Marie (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	46

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 592,603
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Dempsey (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho

Stephen Heidt defeated Shelby Rognstad and David Reilly in the Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Heidt	78.8	25,088
		Shelby Rognstad (Write-in)	21.2	6,736
		David Reilly (Write-in)	0.1	21

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,845
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Melissa Sue Robinson (D)
• Bob Dempsay (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Idaho

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little	52.8	148,843
		Janice McGeachin	32.2	90,857
		Ed Humphreys	11.0	30,878
		Steven Bradshaw	1.9	5,470
		Ashley Jackson	1.1	3,172
		Lisa Marie	0.4	1,120
	Submit photo	Ben Cannady	0.3	804
	Submit photo	Cody Usabel	0.2	680

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 281,824
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Hammond (R)
• Jeff Cotton (R)

Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for Governor of Idaho

Chantyrose Davison defeated Ryan Cole in the Constitution primary for Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chantyrose Davison	61.9	346
	Submit photo	Ryan Cole (Write-in)	3.9	22
		Other/Write-in votes	34.2	191

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 559
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Idaho

Paul Sand defeated John Dionne Jr. in the Libertarian primary for Governor of Idaho on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Sand	60.2	427
	Submit photo	John Dionne Jr.	39.8	282

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 709
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2018

See also: Idaho gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Idaho

Brad Little defeated Paulette Jordan, Bev Boeck, and Walter Bayes in the general election for Governor of Idaho on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little (R)	59.8	361,661
		Paulette Jordan (D)	38.2	231,081
	Submit photo	Bev Boeck (L)	1.1	6,551
	Submit photo	Walter Bayes (Constitution Party)	1.0	5,787
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	51

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 605,131
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho

Paulette Jordan defeated A.J. Balukoff and Peter Dill in the Democratic primary for Governor of Idaho on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paulette Jordan	58.4	38,505
		A.J. Balukoff	40.1	26,423
		Peter Dill	1.4	954

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 65,882
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Idaho

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Idaho on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Little	37.3	72,548
		Raúl Labrador	32.6	63,478
	Submit photo	Tommy Ahlquist	26.2	51,008
		Lisa Marie	1.7	3,397
		Steven Pankey	1.4	2,704
		Harley Brown	0.4	874
	Submit photo	Ben Cannady	0.3	527

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 194,536
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ben Cannady completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cannady's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Ben Cannady and I am running for Governor because I am tired of all of the corruption and hearing rich people say that they are here for the middle class and the working man but they don't even know what its like to have to really work. They don't know what its like to have to be on welfare and food stamps they have no idea what its like to stand in the food bank line or to have to call the marines toys for totes just so that your kids can have a Christmas. Our country was founded on the backs of the men and women who fought and died for this country all gave some and some gave all and all of there families gave all and I promise that I will never sign a bill that goes against their sacrifice.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• School choice is a must I believe that the funding should fallow our students to what ever school the parents deem worthy even if that school is a religious school or home schooling.
• No elected official should be allowed to vote on there raise. There raises should be decided by the voters.
• Term limits need to be pushed into effect even if it is only in the state of Idaho.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Getting the next generation to be more financially literate before they leave school to have an understanding of financial responsibility and also learning to invest into stocks and dividends from the day they first start getting paychecks at the age of 18 and not relying on social security or the government. We need to start teaching everybody how to fish and not just be given a fish. By doing this we will over time greatly reduce the amount of people on welfare.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to all of those who over look the hard ships in life. To all of those who don't blame others for there misfortune and just put in the hard work and make something of there lives.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity (doing what's right even when no one is around to see), Honesty, Honor,

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I don't give into pressure.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To serve the people and to look out for eveyone.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to leave the legacy of giving power back to the people and shrinking government.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

that would have to be the challenger disaster I was around the age of 6 and living in Florida.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was working for my dad in painting business that he owned and ran for over 40 years I remember being around 10 years old helping to scrape paint and fill nail holes and getting things prepped for paint. We painting Ron Paul's house when I was a kid being able to play in his pool while my parents had there lunch then after lunch getting back to work.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Anyone who works toward a better future.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Gods country

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Trying to be a good father.

A governor is the top executive authority in his or her state. What does that mean do you?

To be the Governor is to put your citizens and your state first. You are the person they chose to carry out there will.

Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state?

In my opinion I believe it is most important for the governor and all elected officials to remember that they work for the people and that the true power is in the peoples hands and I believe that our elected officials have forgotten that and the pandemic has shown that.

Different states require governors to have different degrees of responsibility for the state budgeting process. If it were your choice, what do you believe is the appropriate degree of gubernatorial involvement with this process in your state?

The governor should be involved in all levels of it because they should know what is going on in there state at all times at all levels.

In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power?

It would only be used in the event of something being passed that went against the sacrifices of the men and women of the armed forces and the sacrifices that there families are still making to this day.

If the governor's office in your state does not have the line-item veto power, do you believe it should? Why or why not?

yes I do believe they should be able to have it so that things can be taken out. But I also believe that bills should be passed on there own and without any pork.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

I believe they should work together on everything

What do you love most about your state?

there is to much to list here but I do love all of the out doors to start.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

That would have to be housing and roads and growth.

Tell us your favorite joke.

I am from the government and I am here to help

Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers?

In very little circumstances and only for a very limited amount of time. In the case of a pandemic no one should have the power to shut down any businesses not the mayor or the governor or the president.

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