Joshua Young (Wisconsin)
Joshua Young (Constitution Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 3. Young lost as a write-in in the general election on November 3, 2020. Young was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on August 11, 2020.
Young was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 3 of the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] He ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in 2012 and 2014.
Elections
2020
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 3
Incumbent Ron Tusler defeated Emily Voight and Joshua Young in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ron Tusler (R) | 59.2 | 21,316 |
 | Emily Voight (D)  | 40.8 | 14,703 | |
| Joshua Young (Constitution Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 36,023 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 3
Emily Voight advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 3 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Emily Voight | 100.0 | 3,370 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 3,371 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 3
Incumbent Ron Tusler advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 3 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Tusler | 100.0 | 3,261 |
| Total votes: 3,261 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joshua Young (R)
Campaign finance
2016
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2016
Elections for the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016. Incumbent Alvin Ott (R) did not seek re-election.
Ron Tusler defeated Sharon Wasileski in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 3 general election.[2][3]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 3 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Ron Tusler |
60.54% | 18,361 | |
| Democratic | Sharon Wasileski | 39.46% | 11,969 | |
| Total Votes | 30,330 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission | ||||
Sharon Wasileski ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 3 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Sharon Wasileski (unopposed) | |
Ron Tusler defeated Bradley Schinke, Christopher Schaefer and Joshua Young in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 3 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 3 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ron Tusler |
54.59% | 2,589 | |
| Republican | Bradley Schinke | 25.68% | 1,218 | |
| Republican | Christopher Schaefer | 15.58% | 739 | |
| Republican | Joshua Young | 4.15% | 197 | |
| Total Votes | 4,743 | |||
2014
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2014
Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Incumbent Al Ott was unopposed in the Republican primary. Justin Krueger (D) and Joshua Young (R) were removed from the ballot before the primary elections. Ott was unopposed in the general election[6][7] and was re-elected to another term.[8]
2012
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2012
Young ran in the 2012 election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 3. He ran as an Independent Citizens of Wisconsin Party candidate, losing to Alvin Ott (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kole Oswald | 38% | 11,398 | |
| Republican | Alvin Ott Incumbent |
58% | 17,387 | |
| Independent | Josh Young | 4% | 1,189 | |
| - | Scattering | 0% | 13 | |
| Total Votes | 29,987 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joshua Young did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Young's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[10]
| “ | Here are just a few of the issues that are important to not only myself, but also the 3rd Assembly District and all of Wisconsin.
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” |
| —Josh Young | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official campaign website
- Josh Young on Facebook
- Josh Young on Twitter
- Wisconsin State Legislature
Footnotes
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed May 2, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election - 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Elections Commission, "2016 Fall General Election Results," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission, "2016 Partisan Primary," accessed September 16, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability, "Candidates Registered by Office," June 11, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "2014 Partisan Primary Candidates," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Canvass Results for 2014 General Election," December 1, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election - 2012 Partisan Primary 8/14/2012," accessed June 12, 2012
- ↑ Josh Young, "The issues," accessed July 18, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
