Michael Cassidy (Mississippi)
Michael Cassidy (Republican Party) ran for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 45. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Biography
Michael Cassidy was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Cassidy has served in the U.S. Navy.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech in 2009 and a graduate degree from Harvard University in 2018. Cassidy's career experience includes working as a test pilot.[2]
Elections
2023
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 45
Keith Jackson defeated Michael Cassidy and Trent Rickles in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 45 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Jackson (D) | 55.6 | 3,723 | |
| Michael Cassidy (R) | 37.6 | 2,515 | ||
| Trent Rickles (Independent) | 6.8 | 457 | ||
| Total votes: 6,695 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 45
Keith Jackson defeated Kenny Rush in the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 45 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Jackson | 55.1 | 1,905 | |
| Kenny Rush | 44.9 | 1,552 | ||
| Total votes: 3,457 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lindsey Kidd (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 45
Michael Cassidy advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 45 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Cassidy | 100.0 | 1,794 | |
| Total votes: 1,794 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cassidy in this election.
2022
See also: Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 3
Incumbent Michael Guest defeated Shuwaski Young in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Guest (R) | 70.7 | 132,481 | |
| Shuwaski Young (D) | 29.3 | 54,803 | ||
| Total votes: 187,284 | ||||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Mississippi District 3
Incumbent Michael Guest defeated Michael Cassidy in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Guest | 67.4 | 47,007 | |
| Michael Cassidy | 32.6 | 22,713 | ||
| Total votes: 69,720 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3
Shuwaski Young advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Shuwaski Young | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rahim Talley (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3
Incumbent Michael Guest and Michael Cassidy advanced to a runoff. They defeated Thomas Griffin in the Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 3 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Guest | 47.5 | 23,675 | |
| ✔ | Michael Cassidy | 46.9 | 23,407 | |
| Thomas Griffin | 5.6 | 2,785 | ||
| Total votes: 49,867 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michael Cassidy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Michael Cassidy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cassidy'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 a former Navy F/A-18 pilot and an America First conservative. I served twelve years in the Navy before leaving active duty last year. I still fly as an instructor pilot in the Navy Reserves, and am also a civilian test pilot at Naval Air Station Meridian. I decided to run for office because I am fed up with establishment politicians, such as our own RINO Congressman, Michael Guest, who are unwilling to fight for true America First values and who are unwilling to fight against the Left. Our district should have a more capable, more dedicated leader representing it in Washington, D.C. than Mr. Guest and I can be that person.
- We must elect America First Republicans to Washington D.C. and get rid of RINOs like Michael Guest who voted for the January 6th committee to politically attack President Trump
- We must ensure the integrity of our elections in 2022, 2024, and beyond, and fully investigate the 2020 election and ensure full accountability. Mr. Guest has backed zero initiatives on election integrity, we need someone different who will work for this
- We must finish the wall, send troops to the southern border, and deport everyone who is in this country illegally. Mr. Guest is pro-amnesty and wants to increase the number of foreign workers in our country (the top source of illegal immigration is visa overstays).
The military. The Department of Defense needs to be completely reformed to ensure that every dollar spent and every policy initiated has the overriding goal of increasing our military's strength. There is far too much bureaucracy, apathy, incompetence, cronyism, and misguided policy that must be fixed. Our current representative, Mr. Guest, has no military background and no understanding of how to make our military strong. He has also ignored the thousands of patriots being kicked out of the military for not taking the COVID vaccine, and has not committed to help those who have been kicked out when the GOP takes control of the House in 2023.
Morality, courage, and love of our nation.
A lifetime of dedication to the nation, demonstrated by my willingness to lay down my life for my country as a fighter pilot and instructor pilot my entire adult life. Our current representative, Mr. Guest, is a lawyer by background. Nearly half of the people in Congress are lawyers, and how has that been going for our country? We need more veterans in Congress; we can provide a much needed breath of fresh air in Washington.
To faithfully serve the citizens of the district they represent and to prudently legislate on behalf of the country.
The earliest event that I remember well was September 11th, 2001. It inspired me to join the military to protect my country against those who would do her harm.
The Bible. It is the source document for our salvation.
Our long-term fiscal health and the rise of China.
I would seek to join the Armed Services Committee, specifically the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, where I could best use my experience as a Navy fighter pilot. I would also like to be on the Appropriations Committee, and its Subcommittee on Defense.
I 100% support immediate term limits for RINOs like Michael Guest. Furthermore, it is healthy for the Republic to prevent politicians from keeping the same position in government for decades. Just as we have term limits for the President, we should have term limits for the House and the Senate.
I admire the steadfastness of former Congressman Ron Paul, who ignored the Establishment and fought for what he believed to be right regardless of whatever pressure leadership would put on him.
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Campaign website
Cassidy's campaign website stated the following:
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Election Integrity We cannot allow any future election to be conducted like the election of 2020. The lack of oversight, the illegal actions of numerous states, and the vast potential for fraud via "drop box" voting and lack of signature verification for absentee ballots must never be tolerated again. I plan to propose election integrity legislation that, for all federal elections, will:
Immigration At least 1.5 million new immigrants arrived into our country in the last year alone. That’s more than twice the population of the entire Mississippi 3rd Congressional District. Foreign-born citizens vote nearly 80% Democratic, a key reason why Democratic politicians love immigration. It's inexcusable for Republican politicians like Mr. Guest to be ambivalent to this fact. One of the main issues in this campaign is whether we want to continue to allow millions of foreigners into this country, legally and illegally, to depress wages, increase housing costs, commit crimes, and add to the Democratic Party's voting rolls. The Republican majority in 2023 should commit to the following platform:
The military exists for two purposes - to deter others from attacking our nation, and should deterrence fail, then to achieve overwhelming victory in combat. All policies, all funding, all actions must be with the following bedrock principle in mind: does it enhance the lethality of our military, or does it not? Too often that principle is nowhere to be found in today's upper-level leadership. When leadership does not adhere to this core truth, and instead looks to the dogmas of diversity, inclusion, equity, and climate change, they weaken our military, which reduces our chance of victory in combat and makes our nation less secure. We must:
The education of our nation's youth is among the most vital tasks for any society. The purpose of education is to instill knowledge, teach critical thinking skills, to pass on the values of our nation and community. For too long conservatives have believed in a "values-neutral," or hands-off approach to public education. This approach has allowed the neo-Marxist doctrines of the Left such as Critical Race Theory and anti-American propaganda such as the 1619 project into our schools. This cannot continue. Republicans must pass legislation at both a local and federal level that:
I support legislation that would give a $7500 tax deduction to parents who homeschool their children or send them to private schools. We must create programs and trade schools in high school and for recent high school graduates that lead to apprenticeships in blue collar jobs that don't require college, such as plumbers, electricians, farmers, mechanics, etc.
Perhaps the biggest failing of conservatives has been their inability to conserve family values and to protect our children from Leftist social values. While we on the Right traditionally have been hesitant to use the government to legislate morality, the inescapable truth is that when we take a hands-off approach, the Left swoops in and implements their progressively more twisted social doctrines among our youth. We have a moral obligation to oppose this madness. To be clear, we should treat all people equally and with dignity, but that doesn't mean accepting their values or tolerating them being taught to our children. We must:
Current events have demonstrated the urgent need for America to become energy independent. Our national security (as well as that of Europe) suffers when other nations, such as Russia and Saudi Arabia, have the ability to steer our foreign policy due to our fear of what they might do to us economically. The United States have been blessed with an incredible supply of natural resources; our government is negligent when it decides not to use them out of a misplaced desire to rapidly transition to unreliable "green" energy. We must slash bureaucratic red tape within the energy sector, particularly within the nuclear sector, and become an energy powerhouse once more.
Over 100,000 Americans died from overdoses in the last year, a number that continues to skyrocket. More Americans aged 18-45 died of fentanyl overdoses than died of COVID in the last two years. The vast majority of illegal drugs such as fentanyl are produced in China and Mexico and then smuggled across the Southern Border. We must also care for our fellow citizens who have become afflicted with an addiction pushed on them by a combination of the ambivalence of our leaders and the greed of drug smugglers. We should provide detox treatment for all affected citizens and make methadone and other drugs that help addiction available at a reduced price. We must also give law enforcement the tools to aggressively go after drug dealers, including ensuring high mandatory minimum prison sentences.
We also must:
Great countries do not permit their cities to be looted and put to flame without consequence. All people regardless of wealth or race want safe neighborhoods for their families and friends to live in. We need politicians in Washington who will not simply give empty platitudes about this problem; we need people who will push for both new laws and rigorous enforcement of existing laws. Think of the looters, arsonists, murderers, and other criminals who went unpunished by the Left in 2020, and understand that they are preparing for a second round. Never forget that you deserve to live in a safe country. I support:
The American Dream has been made progressively harder in recent decades by terrible policies from both the Left and Right. We must decrease housing prices, raise wages, and incentivize family formation. We can do this by:
My mom grew up on a farm, and most of that part of my family have been farmers in the U.S. since before the Revolution. I have deep ties to farmers and farming, and I will not let them down. I support:
Although Republicans could hardly be faulted for wanting to impeach President Biden purely out of revenge based on the sham impeachments of President Trump, the impeachment and removal from office of President Biden is fully warranted and deserved based on the high crimes that he has committed against the American nation. Your prime duty as President is to protect the nation. And he has abdicated that solemn responsibility by:
I fully support the Mississippi law currently before the Supreme Court, which bans most abortions after 15 weeks, but believe we can go further and emulate the Texas abortion law that bans most abortions after 6 weeks. Texas has seen abortions drop by 60% since the passage of the law. That's a good start.
As Congressman, I will:
Once in Congress I will support bills that include:
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Michael Cassidy campaign website, "Meet Michael," April 19, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 27, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Michael Cassidy for Mississippi 3rd, “On the Issues,” accessed April 9, 2022
