Julia Pulver
Julia Pulver (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 39. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Pulver completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Julia Pulver was born in West Bloomfield, Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University in 2005. Her professional experience includes working as a clinical leader at Caravan Health. She has also worked in other healthcare roles, including direct patient care, quality improvement, hospital administration, public health, and complex case management. Pulver has served as a member of the Birmingham Unitarian Church, as co-chair of the Social and Environmental Justice Committee, and as an associate member of the Michigan Nurses Association. She has also been affiliated with the Michigan Democratic Party, the Oakland County Democratic Party, the West Bloomfield Democratic Club, the Huron Valley Democratic Club, Huron Valley Indivisible, Moms Demand Action, and Fems for Dems.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 39
Incumbent Ryan Berman defeated Julia Pulver and Anthony Croff in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 39 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ryan Berman (R) | 51.9 | 30,754 | |
| Julia Pulver (D) | 46.5 | 27,561 | ||
| Anthony Croff (L) | 1.6 | 927 | ||
| Total votes: 59,242 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 39
Julia Pulver advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 39 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julia Pulver | 100.0 | 12,597 | |
| Total votes: 12,597 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 39
Incumbent Ryan Berman advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 39 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ryan Berman | 100.0 | 9,773 | |
| Total votes: 9,773 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 39
Anthony Croff advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 39 on July 18, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Anthony Croff (L) | |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Pulver's endorsements in the 2020 election, include:
- LEAP Forward[2]
To view a list of her endorsements, click here.
2018
See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Michigan State Senate District 15
Jim Runestad defeated Julia Pulver in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 15 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Runestad (R) | 51.7 | 67,352 | |
| Julia Pulver (D) | 48.3 | 62,936 | ||
| Total votes: 130,288 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 15
Julia Pulver advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 15 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julia Pulver | 100.0 | 29,400 | |
| Total votes: 29,400 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 15
Jim Runestad defeated Michael Saari in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 15 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Runestad | 89.5 | 25,757 | |
| Michael Saari | 10.5 | 3,013 | ||
| Total votes: 28,770 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Julia Pulver completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pulver'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 Julia Pulver, RN, BSN, CCM. I'm a dedicated community leader, public health advocate, and proud Democrat. I've been a leader in the field of healthcare, patient advocacy, and public health for over a decade.
I understand the multitude of challenges and competing priorities that need to be addressed when taking peoples' lives and interests into my hands. My experience as a nurse, from bedside to boardroom, a mom, and an organizer has taught me not only how to multitask and prioritize, it taught me how to negotiate and coordinate with multiple interested parties, and how to bring people together for the sake of getting things done.
I'm the proud mother of four children: Nora (13), Sadie, (11), Avery (10) and Alice (7). My children attend West Bloomfield Public Schools and participate in local sports teams. My husband of 14 years, Ben Pulver, is a personal chef who runs his own small business.
- Health care must be based on people not profit and public health is a crucial investment that can not be taken for granted.
- Public education must be fully funded and taxpayer money should not go to private for-profit schools.
- Water is essential to life. We must hold polluters accountable and protect this precious natural resource.
Public health: When even one person lacks access to quality, affordable health care that increases everyone's risk. When it comes to public health, we are all connected. We must take care of ourselves and care about others as this COVID-19 pandemic has shown us.
Water and the environment: I believe that climate change is real. PFAS contamination is a specific concern in District 39. Human beings need clean water to live and in Michigan it is too easy for polluters to walk away from their destruction.
Public education: We must fully fund public education across the state. The quality of your education should not depend on your zip code. The revenue losses Michigan has suffered from the COVID-19 crisis cannot be used as an excuse to slash public school funding further. Our children need and deserve a quality education. The 2020 school year was tough for everyone, but especially for kids in school. We owe it to our children to do right by them.
Economy: Michigan's economy has been deeply harmed by the COVID-19 epidemic. Great economic sacrifices were needed in order to slow the spread of the virus and save lives. That said, the economic situation we find ourselves in cannot be used as an excuse to enact austerity budgets that will hurt the most vulnerable among us and devastate public services like schools and fire departments. Furthermore, we must accept federal funding to help us get through this crisis and any claim to the contrary is not based in reality.
I want my legacy to be one of big structural change made to our healthcare delivery system in the State of Michigan. I would be proudest looking back on my life and knowing that I did everything I could to make sure people lived longer, healthier lives without having to lose everything just to stay alive. I also hope that I can be an example for other nurses out there who are fed up with laws that hurt patients. I hope that they, too, make the decision to run for office. Doing so may be one of the biggest ways in which they can advocate for their patients, as being a patient advocate is at the heart of what nursing is.
I was 6 years old when the Berlin wall came down. I remember watching it on TV with my parents, who were crying in relief. I knew it must have been something important, and I remember feeling that even though it looked like scary things happening to a wall with sledge hammers, that the people bringing down that wall seemed to be in the right, and that I was seeing something happening that should be happening, and feeling a sense of justice for the first time.
I aspire to have the fire, commitment, stamina, heart and dedication of one Leslie Knope. Although fictional, I believe she embodies the qualities of what a great public servant should be, human failings and all, and though she doesn't always succeed, she never gives up, and lifts everyone up with her as she goes. Except Jerry.
Yes, it is beneficial, but it is not necessary. I think it's more important that state legislators are invested in their districts and active in their communities. I do not have prior experience in government. I do, however, have 10 years of experience in public health, a perspective that is largely missing in the Michigan legislature. Michigan benefits from a diverse legislative body with a variety of experience and talents and we need a nurse shaping health policy in Lansing.
We will be spending the next decade recovering from the economic, physiological, and psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic. We will also be addressing the multiple crises that predated COVID, like our aging infrastructure, lack of access to readily available healthcare services including mental health, systemic racism, and the educational crisis of teacher shortages, underfunded public schools, and gross inequities in education across our state. The next decade in Michigan is going to be spent trying to heal from multiple wounds, and getting us to a place where every citizen can live, work, and play in our great state without constant fear of the next big crisis.
Clearly my life's work has been dedicated to health, so I would like to be on the Health Policy committee, and since it is so directly tied to health, I would also like to serve on the Insurance committee. As a mother of four children in public schools, I would also have a lot to offer as part of the Education committee.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 26, 2020
- ↑ LEAP Forward, "6. ENDORSEMENTS," accessed June 30, 2020
