Donna McAleer
Donna McAleer was a 2014 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Utah.[1] On April 26, 2014, McAleer won the Democratic nomination with 66 percent of the vote.[2] Donna McAleer lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
McAleer unsuccessfully sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Utah. She lost in the general election to Rob Bishop (R) on November 6, 2012.[3]
Biography
McAleer graduated from West Point. During her military career, "she was stationed in Wurzburg, Germany and served as a platoon leader, company executive officer and deputy public affairs officer with various units in the US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and 7th Corps."[4] In 1991, she submitted a request to resign from active duty and earned her MBA at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. After graduate school, she worked as a management consultant. She was then the executive director of the People’s Health Clinic. In 2013, McAleer served on the Defense Advisory Council for Women in the Service.[4]
Campaign themes
2014
McAleer's campaign website listed the following issues:[5]
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—Donna McAleer's campaign website, http://www.dmcaleer.com/issues |
Elections
2014
McAleer ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Utah's 1st District. McAleer won the Democratic nomination with 66 percent of the vote on April 26, 2014. After winning the nomination McAleer said, “Our Utah pioneers came to this state for the common good, and it’s with that spirit that we must unite. And we must help identify those independents and save them from the radical right. All Utahns, we need to get our country back on track – a track that’s not left, not right, but forward – right here, right now.”[2] Donna McAleer lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Election results
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
64.8% | 84,231 | |
Democratic | Donna McAleer | 28% | 36,422 | |
Libertarian | Craig Bowden | 3.7% | 4,847 | |
Independent American | Dwayne Vance | 3.5% | 4,534 | |
Total Votes | 130,034 | |||
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Elections," |
2012
McAleer ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Utah's 1st District. She defeated Ryan Combe in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2012, but she lost in the general election to Republican incumbent Rob Bishop.[7][8]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
71.5% | 175,487 | |
Democratic | Donna M. McAleer | 24.7% | 60,611 | |
Constitution | Sherry Phipps | 3.8% | 9,430 | |
Total Votes | 245,528 | |||
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" |
Race background
McAleer said Congress needed more female and veteran voices.[9] Combe, an entrepreneur and university fundraiser, focused on the cost of higher education.[9]
McAleer outraised Combe, and each raised under $100,000 for their campaigns, although both candidates were new to politics.[9]
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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66.6% | 3,881 |
Ryan Combe | 33.4% | 1,944 |
Total Votes | 5,825 |
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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McAleer and her husband, Todd, have one daughter.[4]
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Utah's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
- Utah's 1st Congressional District
- Called to Serve: 11 female veterans seeking election to Congress
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kuer.org, "McAleer Wins Democratic Nomination in 1st Congressional District," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Utah," November 7, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Campaign website, "About," accessed September 3, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed March 27, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ AP/CSPAN, "Utah-Summary Vote Report," June 26, 2012
- ↑ ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Utah," November 7, 2012
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Deseret News, "Democrats square off in 1st Congressional District primary," June 19, 2012