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Parents > United States > Michigan > MI State House > MI State House 022
OfficeState House
HonorificState Representative - Abbr: St. Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline April 24, 2018 - 04:00pm Central
Polls Open November 06, 2018 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 06, 2018 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 01, 2019 - 12:00pm
Term End January 01, 2021 - 12:00pm
ContributorRBH
Last ModifiedCharlotte Rose May 05, 2019 07:25am
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/08/2016
NameJohn Chirkun Votes21,487 (63.20%)
Term01/01/2017 - 01/01/2019 Margin9,146 (+26.90%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/2020
NameRichard M. Steenland Votes24,954 (59.91%)
Term01/01/2021 - 01/01/2023 Margin8,253 (+19.81%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 07, 2018 MI State House 022 - LBT Primary
Matt Kuehnel
LBT 47
Aug 07, 2018 MI State House 022 - R Primary
Art Blundell
R 4,252
Aug 07, 2018 MI State House 022 - D Primary
John Chirkun
D 7,958
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
06/08/2018 11/06/2018
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
John Chirkun 1 ----4
Leaning Call: John Chirkun (100.00%)
Weighted Call: John Chirkun (100.00%)

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) St. Rep. John Chirkun Art Blundell Matt Kuehnel  
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian  
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Certified Votes 18,841 (62.36%) 10,374 (34.34%) 999 (3.31%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -8,467 (-28.02%) -17,842 (-59.05%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
Website  
Entry Date 02/05/2018 04/13/2018 04/24/2018  
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I Charlotte Rose
  Socialist Party USA
 


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POUM:6380Zeus the Moose ( 691.4546 points)
Thu, November 1, 2018 05:18:56 PM UTC0:00
For anyone interested, the context behind the SPUSA endorsement here is that Kuehnel is apparently a member of the Socialist Party, and also helps run the Libertarian Socialist Caucus in the Libertarian Party (which I thought was an artful troll when I first heard about it, and honestly am still not convinced that it isn't). Somewhat of an amusing situation either way, though.

 
Un:9757BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
Thu, November 1, 2018 05:59:22 PM UTC0:00
Zeus the Moose: which I thought was an artful troll when I first heard about it, and honestly am still not convinced that it isn't

Indeed. Socialist Libertarian seems like an oxymoron. But there are Libertarians that are socialists and don’t believe in state ownership of a socialized economy. Rather they are believers of a decentralized socialist economy run by workers councils.

Noam Chomsky has been identified as a libertarian socialist as he written against the authoritarian aspects of socialist societies and advocating for an syndicalist society which would empower workers decision making over centralized government bureacrats.

 
LBT:10179Rufus ( 1087.2679 points)
Fri, November 2, 2018 05:15:13 AM UTC0:00
Kuehnel makes for good comic relief but I'm glad he and the LibSoc group are around. It reminds that there are such thing as left-libertarians, and it doesn't mean regular libertarians who just care more about social issues. Plus, they really piss off the ancaps and that's music to my ears.

 
LBT:10179Rufus ( 1087.2679 points)
Sat, November 3, 2018 05:38:23 PM UTC0:00
Benjamin Dryke in MI-36 is also LibSoc caucus, and James Weeks (the stripper) is at least friendly with the caucus and IIRC is running for local office. Not sure off the top of my head if they are running anybody outside of Michigan this cycle.

 
LBT:10179Rufus ( 1087.2679 points)
Sun, November 4, 2018 04:56:03 PM UTC0:00
They are a small enough force I don't think it operates outside of online and national conventions. They were definitely visible at the latter. If there is a functioning LibSoc org in any county orgs I imagine it would have to be in MI. Not sure if that limited presence at National would qualify them to be added on here or not.

Weeks is a member of the Audacious Caucus but his politics are firmly left-libertarian/old-school anarchist.