Phoebe Ottomeyer
Phoebe Ottomeyer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 111. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Ottomeyer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
Incumbent Shane Roden defeated Phoebe Ottomeyer in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 111 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 111
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shane Roden (R) | 65.3 | 9,826 |
 | Phoebe Ottomeyer (D)  | 34.7 | 5,212 | |
| Total votes: 15,038 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Phoebe Ottomeyer advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 111 on August 7, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 111
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phoebe Ottomeyer | 100.0 | 3,161 |
| Total votes: 3,161 | |||
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Republican primary election
Incumbent Shane Roden defeated Gary Bonacker in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 111 on August 7, 2018.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 111
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shane Roden | 55.9 | 2,929 |
 | Gary Bonacker | 44.1 | 2,314 | |
| Total votes: 5,243 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Phoebe Ottomeyer participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 25, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Phoebe Ottomeyer's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Addressing the opiate crisis in Missouri Raising the minimum wage and union participation for working families |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | We have an opiate crisis in Missouri that, according to a report released in 2018 by the Missouri Hospital Association, is costing Missouri 1.4 million dollars per hour. According the same study, 12 billion dollars were spent in the state in 2016 to address this crisis. I firmly believe that prevention and treatment is more cost effective in addressing this problem than arrest and incarceration. We must work on this problem from the demand side by increasing the awareness of harm in our schools and communities and providing meaningful treatment in the community. I would like to work with educators, treatment providers, and community based organizations to develop a comprehensive plan to address this issue on all fronts. Almost every person in my legislative district has somehow been touched by this problem either directly or indirectly.
What we are seeing in Missouri is a gradual shift of financial responsibility for government functions to the middle class and poor who ultimately cannot bear the burden of this responsibility given the lack of wage growth in these sectors. Tax cuts that benefit the wealthy and corporations proportionally to a much higher degree, result in fewer tax dollars to provide resources for the support of state infrastructures including education, healthcare, roads and bridges, public safety and other public works. These cuts affect overall quality of life for the working people of the State of Missouri. The proposed gas tax is regressive in nature, again, shifting a greater share of the burden for infrastructure maintenance to the average Missourian. . Missouri also has an ethics problem which has cost the state millions of taxpayer dollars in lawsuit settlements in cases of injuries, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Rather than address the causes of this, the legislature instead eliminated merit system protections for state employees making them “at will” and attacked public sector unions. People in the public and private work sectors, deserves respect and fair compensation. I will work to strengthen laws to address these concerns including implementation of a comprehensive reporting and investigation of workplace complaints in both the public and private sectors with meaningful remedies for illegal and unethical behavior and a proposed increase in the statewide minimum wage. Missouri residents soundly defeated Proposition A (Right to Work) in the primary election with 67% voting against the measure. This demonstrates recognition and support for unions in our state which provide higher wages, workplace fairness, safety and benefits which ultimately increase the buying power of people making it ultimately better for the business community. I will be a strong voice for labor, in both the private and public sector, in the legislature. I am passionate about these issues because I was state employee, a probation and parole officer, a union member, a union steward and have knowledge and awareness of these concerns for working MissouriansCite error: Invalid |
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Phoebe Ottomeyer answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Alice Paul said “unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically”. As is evidenced by the number of women candidates running for office, women are no longer content with being ignored politically. Paul understood that obtaining the vote was critical to advancing political, social, and economic interests for women. I was raised by a strong woman who, after the death of my father, worked to maintain her home and family at a time when many women did not work outside the home. I respect and honor women like my mother, Alice Paul (and so many others) who fought to bring women the right to vote and fully participate in society, the workplace and in government.[3] | ” |
| “ | The first historical event that happened in my lifetime that I remember is Watergate. I was 12 years old and captivated by the Watergate hearings. Looking back on it, I believe it sparked an interest in government and public service that encouraged me to work in government service and run for office. Watching those hearings was observing democracy in action with each of the three branches of government in play at various points throughout. As a country, we were fortunate that ultimately, the participants put loyalty to our country before party loyalty to act in the best interests of the American people.[3] | ” |
| “ | If I am elected, I would like to be a member of the Corrections committee because I believe my educational background and career experience would be an asset. I admire the dedication of DOC employees working in a very difficult job, under very difficult conditions. As a legislator, I would like to keep my door open to those working in the Missouri DOC to keep me informed, share their experience and ideas to make the department a better place to work. I am also interested in criminal justice reform and would like to work with other legislators and community partners to find alternatives to incarceration and improve programs and conditions within our corrections facilities for those who are confined.[3] | ” |
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Missouri House of Representatives
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Phoebe Ottomeyer's responses," August 25, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
