Mark Kenneth Arness

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Mark Kenneth Arness
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Last election

July 19, 2022

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Mark Kenneth Arness (Republican Party) ran for election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 27C. Arness did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on July 19, 2022.

Arness was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Maryland.[1]

Arness ran as a Republican for the same seat in 2014.[2] He was defeated by Chris Chaffee in the Republican primary on June 24, 2014.[3]

Elections

2022

See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 27C

Incumbent Mark Fisher won election in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 27C on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher (R)
 
95.7
 
13,474
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.3
 
610

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 14,084
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 27C

Incumbent Mark Fisher defeated Kevin Merillat in the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 27C on July 19, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher
 
77.5
 
4,296
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Kevin Merillat
 
22.5
 
1,245

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,541
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 5th Congressional District, incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Mark Arness (R) and Jason Summers (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hoyer defeated challengers Kristin Beck and Debbie Wilson in the Democratic primary, while Arness defeated Sam Faddis to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.[4][5]

U.S. House, Maryland District 5 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSteny Hoyer Incumbent 67.4% 242,989
     Republican Mark Arness 29.4% 105,931
     Libertarian Jason Summers 3.1% 11,078
     N/A Write-in 0.2% 636
Total Votes 360,634
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections


U.S. House, Maryland District 5 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSteny Hoyer Incumbent 75.9% 83,787
Kristin Beck 12.1% 13,320
Debbie Wilson 12% 13,304
Total Votes 110,411
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections
U.S. House, Maryland District 5 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMark Arness 53.3% 22,613
Sam Faddis 46.7% 19,846
Total Votes 42,459
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

Arness ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 5th District.[2] He was defeated by Chris Chaffee in the Republican primary on June 24, 2014.[3]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2016

The following issues were listed on Arness' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • Taxes: Alan Greenspan said; "Whatever you tax, you get less of." That means you can't keep squeezing blood from stones: you just break the stones. The incumbent voted NO against the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004; voted against tax relief and simplification; voted against increasing child tax credits and voted against making Pres Bush tax cuts permanent!
  • Health Care: The "Unaffordable" Care Act, AKA Obamacare is a national disaster; our current representative blames us for "failing to engage with our health care plans"! But, one in three Americans are losing their health care plans and are being forced to replace their employer plans with lower tiers. Obama promised, "You get to keep your doctor!" BUT, your price may be triple. Many of us are now working two part time jobs, putting in 60 hours a week, because employers evade the ACA tax penalty by cutting hours and benefits!
  • DoD in the 5th District: We need our military bases and Federal funding in Maryland; Patuxent River, Indian Head NSWC and Joint Base Andrews are our biggest employers. Our incumbent claims to support DoD, but he's same House Rep who voted to make flag-burning is a First Amendment Right, and to impeach President Bush! Obama has emboldened our adversaries by pusillanimously allowing the former Soviets, led by former KGB chief and self-styled"New Tsar" Vlad Putin to roll unchallenged into the Crimea and now Eastern Ukraine. Our NATO borders are next- the Russians have so stated on public record!
  • Energy and the Environment: We must preserve our natural resources for our own use and enjoyment and for future generations. Mark supports initiatives to clean up the Bay and insure wildlife preservation for posterity, but taxing rain and chickens is not the way to pay for it! Mark will fight for Federal funding for the Chesapeake bay watershed program to support our fishing and farming industries.
  • Education: Common Core Curriculum: Another travesty perpetrated on America; this time the joke's on our kids, and that's not funny! An absurdly complex "redefining" of reading, writing and arithmetic, "common core" teaches kids how to count to 100 by ones and figure that four quarters is a dollar by adding up pennies. The Common Core rollout was flawed and the curriculum is a joke. Even worse, our teachers are paying for it out of their own pockets; this is unacceptable.

[6]

”
—Mark Arness' campaign website, http://www.arnessforcongress.com/issues.html

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Capital Gazette, "Davidsonville Republican to enter 5th District race for Congress," November 5, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maryland Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed February 22, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Associated Press, "Primary Results 2014," accessed June 24, 2014
  4. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential Primary Election State Candidates List," accessed February 5, 2016
  5. ↑ The New York Times, "Maryland Primary Results," April 26, 2016
  6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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