John Harding
John Harding (Republican Party) ran for election to the Massachusetts State Senate to represent Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on September 6, 2022.
Harding completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Harding was born in Everett, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1991 to 2018. He earned a bachelor's degree from Norwich University in 1991. He earned a law degree from Mississippi College Law School in 1994.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Massachusetts State Senate Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District
Jacob Oliveira defeated William E. Johnson in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jacob Oliveira (D) | 56.3 | 37,410 | |
| William E. Johnson (R) | 43.7 | 29,027 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 66,468 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District
Jacob Oliveira defeated Sydney Levin-Epstein in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jacob Oliveira | 64.9 | 12,932 | |
| Sydney Levin-Epstein | 35.0 | 6,974 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 19,936 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Massachusetts State Senate Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District
William E. Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts State Senate Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | William E. Johnson | 99.4 | 6,327 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 38 | ||
| Total votes: 6,365 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Harding (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Harding completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harding's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Family man, retired / decorated combat Veteran, attorney and small business owner who has a led a life of selfless service.
Supports our Police and will continue to fight for and defend our Constitutional rights and freedoms.
Family and I settled in beautiful Western Massachusetts in late 2018 to enjoy our outdoors, to be close to our family in Boston, and to return to serving as an attorney.
Having risked my life for our American ideals of truth, freedom, and justice for all, I cannot stand by idly as our communities and our nation remain profoundly divided and as families suffer from crippling taxes, inflation, and irresponsible leadership.
I will cut wasteful spending, improve our infrastructure, reduce the crippling tax burden on our citizens and small businesses, and return our communities back to the American values I grew up with and hold so dear - truth, justice and freedom for ALL of our fellow citizens.
- Fighting for our families and our rights. As a decorated combat Veteran, attorney, husband and father of 3 children, I support our God given parental rights to determine what is best for our children and families. I also support our Police who are charged with protecting us and our communities, and I support our Veterans, Elderly and our most marginalized.
- Fight to Reduce Taxes. As a Marine I learned to do more with less. As a business owner, I know that government spending and taxes are out of control, yet we have little to show for it. I will be your voice to denounce needless pay raises to wealthy government officials. I will be your voice to reduce our taxes while getting our district its fair share to improve our quality of life.
- Fight to Create Jobs and Improve our Healthcare, Infrastructure, Environment. One prominent issue neglected in the Greater Springfield/Western Mass area is job creation and growth. Our state’s high business and property taxes and over regulation needs to be addressed to attract new businesses, which will benefit from our district’s outstanding educational and college base. Our elected officials must make a concentrated effort to cut spending on waste in state government and over regulation on businesses.
My only Agenda is to Serve You and Improve Your Livelihood. I will cut wasteful spending, improve our infrastructure, reduce the crippling tax burden on our citizens and small businesses, and return our communities back to the American values I grew up with and hold so dear - truth, justice and freedom for ALL of our fellow citizens.
Fighting for our families and our rights. As a decorated combat Veteran, attorney, husband and father of 3 children, I support our God given parental rights to determine what is best for our children and families. I also support our Police who are charged with protecting us and our communities, and I support our Veterans, Elderly and our most marginalized.
- Defend Freedom and Unify our Community, support individual liberty, Constitutional rights, and fight unfair government mandates.
- Ensure Public Safety, support Police, punish crime and fight the opioid epidemic.
- Improve Education, empower parents and ensure safety.
Fight to Reduce Taxes. Government spending and taxes are out of control, yet we have little to show for it. I will be your voice to denounce needless pay raises to wealthy government officials.
- Help our Seniors, reduce the taxes paid by our elderly and seniors.
- Be Fiscally Disciplined, attain resources for our district without increasing taxes.
- Fight to Create Jobs and Improve our Healthcare, Infrastructure, Environment.
- Supporting Economic Development and Upgraded Infrastructure.
My Italian mother and Irish/English Father valued faith, education, hard work, and selfless service. Born and raised in East Boston and Wilmington, Massachusetts, President John F. Kennedy's plea for Americans to “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country,” and the Reverend Martin Luther King’s advice that, “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. … You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love,” inspired me to a life of service for our country, mankind, and God, doing my part to help relieve the world of needless suffering and inequality.
After attending Arlington Catholic High School and Norwich University where I learned selfless service and leadership by example, I joined the U.S. Marine Corps. As a young officer, I attended Mississippi College Law School not only to study the law, but also to study race relations in the birthplace of our great nation’s civil rights movement. As a Marine attorney, I worked to relieve needless suffering, to unify people, free the oppressed, and right injustices throughout society and our world. I served in various leadership roles prosecuting crimes and representing service members against unscrupulous business owners who preyed upon them. I have always fought for the underdog and the lower and middle class who are the heart and soul of our nation and communities.
In year 2000, I returned to Boston, practiced law, and served in the Marine Reserves until the attacks of 9-11. Thereafter, I returned to active service as a Marine infantryman and served multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan while also working out of many of our nation’s embassies in diverse roles throughout Europe, Asia and the Levant.
THE BIBLE: it is the word of God.
AMAZING GRACE
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 4, 2022
