Werner Lange
Werner Lange (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Ohio House of Representatives to represent District 63. He lost in the Democratic primary on April 28, 2020.
Lange completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
In 2020, Lange participated in a Candidate Conversation hosted by Ballotpedia and EnCiv. Click here to view the recording.
Biography
Werner Lange was born in Stotel, Lower Saxony, Germany. He earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University in 1968 and a graduate degree from Goethe University in 1975. Lange's career experience includes working as an educator. He has been affiliated with the Association for Humanist Sociology.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 63
Mike Loychik defeated incumbent Gil Blair in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 63 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Loychik (R)  | 54.2 | 29,999 |
 | Gil Blair (D) | 45.8 | 25,379 | |
| Total votes: 55,378 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 63
Incumbent Gil Blair defeated Barry Profato and Werner Lange in the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 63 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gil Blair | 64.1 | 7,936 |
| Barry Profato | 23.2 | 2,879 | ||
 | Werner Lange | 12.7 | 1,573 | |
| Total votes: 12,388 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 63
Mike Loychik advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 63 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Loychik | 100.0 | 5,545 |
| Total votes: 5,545 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Incumbent Bill Johnson defeated Shawna Roberts in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Johnson (R) | 69.3 | 172,774 |
 | Shawna Roberts (D) | 30.7 | 76,716 | |
| Total votes: 249,490 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Shawna Roberts defeated Werner Lange in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shawna Roberts | 74.5 | 22,024 |
| Werner Lange | 25.5 | 7,534 | |
| Total votes: 29,558 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Richard Olivito (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6
Incumbent Bill Johnson defeated Robert Blazek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 6 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Johnson | 84.1 | 50,271 |
| Robert Blazek | 15.9 | 9,501 | ||
| Total votes: 59,772 | |||
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2010
Lange ran in the 2010 election for Ohio State House District 65. Lange was defeated by Democratic Sean O'Brien in the general election on November 2, 2010. Lange did not run in the primary election on May 4, 2010.[2][3][4]
Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Werner Lange completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lange'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 am a progressive Democrat who aspires to be part of Bernie's Our Revolution to transform America at all political levels to a vibrant democracy where elected officials are public servants, not bought-off politicians; the will of the people, not the 1%, is implemented; and elections are no longer auctions.
- Not for Sale
- Not for Sale
- Not for Sale
Medicare for All
$15/hour Minimum Wage
Pro-Quality of Life, i.e. Pro-Choice
Quality Public Education
Universal Paid Maternity/Paternity/Family Leave
Abolish Poverty, beginning with childhood poverty, in America
Deer Hunting with Jesus
moral fortitude; courage of their convictions
serve the needs of the public
that of peacemaker
vision of Statue of Liberty while entering NY harbor as war refugee; 5.
Gas Station Attendant; 2 years
Labor's Untold Story; celebrates unsung heroes of the working class.
the times they are a-changin'
Senate is like the House of Lords and the House like that of Commoners. Every state should be like Nebraska with only one chamber.
protecting a woman's constitutional (and moral) right to choose to raise a family or not; promotion of quality public education; removal of the Republican tyranny.
a yin-yang one
Yes, as long as they are not fascists.
Education; Labor; Environment
Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Congress
just yesterday met an elderly impoverished woman on Medicare who still had to pay $500 for her needed eyeglasses
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Werner Lange participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 29, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Werner Lange's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1. universal health care, single-payer publicly financed; 2. living wage as minimum wage; 3. ban on fracking; massive investment in infrastructure and clean renewable energy.[6][7] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | 1. world peace 2. justice for all 3. abolition of povertyCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Werner Lange answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Paul Robeson, W.E.B. DuBois, Ludwig van Beethoven; Mohandas Gandhi; Hildegard of Bingen: all revolutionaries and incarnations of The Light.[7] | ” |
| “ | Deer Hunting with Jesus[7] | ” |
| “ | servant leadership[7] | ” |
| “ | speak truth to power fearlessly[7] | ” |
| “ | to be a public servant[7] | ” |
| “ | anti-fascist one[7] | ” |
| “ | vision of the Statue of Liberty as a 5-year old war refugee[7] | ” |
| “ | newspaper delivery, 3 years.[7] | ” |
| “ | said goodnight to my prom date using the name of my former girlfriend[7] | ” |
| “ | Christmas - family reunion/celebration[7] | ” |
| “ | The one I plan to write yet[7] | ” |
| “ | Don Quixote[7] | ” |
| “ | pictures of my grandchildren[7] | ” |
| “ | where have all the flowers gone?[7] | ” |
| “ | everything has been a struggle[7] | ” |
| “ | untapped power of the people[7] | ” |
| “ | yes, active involvement in progressive social movements[7] | ” |
| “ | defeat of fascism at home and abroad[7] | ” |
| “ | energy and appropriations[7] | ” |
| “ | NA[7] | ” |
| “ | no, it should be three years[7] | ” |
| “ | no one should be a career politician[7] | ” |
| “ | congressional districts drawn up by social scientists.[7] | ” |
| “ | no.[7] | ” |
| “ | All were variations on the same theme of getting government to finally work for them instead of being an instrument of the super rich running/ruining our country.[7] | ” |
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Werner Lange participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Werner Lange's responses follow below.[8]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) universal health care, single-payer system; universal paid maternity/paternity/family leave 2) jobs with justice; Marshall Plan for Appalachian Ohio; living wages for all employees. |
” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | With the rise of the tyrannical Trump regime, America is closer to fascism than ever before. This plunge into the abyss must be stopped and reversed. There must be systemic change across the board, the kind promoted by the Sanders-inspired Our Revolution movement which I passionately advocate. As a war refuge from the rubble that was Germany after WWII, I know the grave dangers the Trump regime poses, and I will struggle to overcome them in any way; at any place; and for as long as I can. That passion is driven by love - for my grandchildren and all children of the world. Their future must be better than the present, and I will fight like hell to bring down a bit of heaven for them and us all.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Werner Lange answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | Martin Luther King; Jesus Christ; and Mahatma Gandhi.[7] | ” |
| “ | the "qatsi" trilogy; "A People's History of the United States" by H. Zinn.[7] | ” |
| “ | a public servant who is not for sale[7] | ” |
| “ | fire in my belly for peace and justice[7] | ” |
| “ | serve the people, not the 1%[7] | ” |
| “ | the power of love as opposed to the love of power.[7] | ” |
| “ | one that a dearly cherish: the vision of the Statue of Liberty as our boat filled with joyful and hopeful immigrants arrived in the New York harbor in 1952; I was five.[7] | ” |
| “ | gas station attendant (we had those once upon a time), for about two years in high school.[7] | ” |
| “ | called my date by the name of a former girlfriend.[7] | ” |
| “ | Christmas[7] | ” |
| “ | As a youth, Grapes of Wrath; as an adult, the ones I wrote because they reveal truth, the kind that sets us free.[7] | ” |
| “ | Tannhäuser[7] | ” |
| “ | pictures of my grandchildren.[7] | ” |
| “ | As Time Goes By[7] | ” |
| “ | promoting peace[7] | ” |
| “ | It is the people's House.[7] | ” |
| “ | not necessarily, depends on the nature of that experience.[7] | ” |
| “ | irrevocably stopping and reversing the movement toward fascism and world war III.[7] | ” |
| “ | Energy, Education, Appropriations.[7] | ” |
| “ | no[7] | ” |
| “ | I approve of them as long as they reduce the number of career politicians.[7] | ” |
| “ | a radical one in which the redistricting is not left to party bosses.[7] | ” |
| “ | would join the Progressive Caucus.[7] | ” |
| “ | Dennis Kucinich and James Traficant[7] | ” |
| “ | On my first day seeking signatures on nominating petitions, I met an impoverished Vietnam War vet who felt compelled to tell me about the nightmares he had - for some 60 years - of the quivering body of the Vietnamese man he shot. War is hell.[7] | ” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 15, 2020
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, Official Ohio House of Representatives elections results
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, Results for the May 4, 2010 Democratic primary in Ohio
- ↑ 2010 Ohio State Legislative
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Werner Lange's responses," May 29, 2018 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
