James Brown (Pennsylvania)
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James Brown (Republican Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 25. He lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.
Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brown has studied at Asbury College (A.B., Elementary Ed., 1977), the University of Kentucky (M.A., Curriculum & Instruction, 1978), Morehead State University (Ed.S., Administration and Supervision, 1983), Oxford Graduate School (Ph.D., Education, 1991), Clarion University of PA (M.S.L.S., Library & Information Sciences, 1992), Kent State University (Instructional Technology), and the Moody Bible Institute (Bible). His professional experience includes working as an educator.[1]
Brown has served as an elected school board member, sitting on several committees including the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) By-Laws Committee. On the committee, he represented PA Region 1 as the assistant director.
Organizations
As of his 2020 campaign, Brown was affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Christian & Missionary Alliance Church
- Gideons international
- Pennsylvania Freedom Fighters.
Elections
2020
See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 25
Cris Dush defeated Margie Brown in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 25 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cris Dush (R) | 74.4 | 88,994 |
 | Margie Brown (D)  | 25.6 | 30,608 | |
| Total votes: 119,602 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 25
Margie Brown advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 25 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margie Brown | 100.0 | 14,038 |
| Total votes: 14,038 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 25
Cris Dush defeated John Herm Suplizio and James Brown in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 25 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cris Dush | 59.0 | 23,087 |
 | John Herm Suplizio | 31.3 | 12,232 | |
 | James Brown | 9.7 | 3,799 | |
| Total votes: 39,118 | |||
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Campaign finance
2012
Brown ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania House District 66. Brown and Cris Dush were defeated by incumbent Sam Smith in the April 24 Republican primary.[2]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Sam Smith Incumbent |
49.1% | 3,150 |
| James Brown | 9% | 579 |
| Cris Dush | 41.9% | 2,691 |
| Total Votes | 6,420 | |
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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James Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brown's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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What motivates Dr. Jim Brown? Basically it is my faith in Jesus Christ. It is no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me. Campaign promise: I will use His Word, the Holy Bible to guide my decision making while I'm in office. If Jesus is concerned about me giving a drink of water to the least of this children, how much more is he concerned about me helping people with their burdens that the state has put upon them in one way or another. People need relief from taxes, from regulations, and from laws that have eaten away at their freedoms.
I have dedicated my life to serving Christ with all my heart, soul, and mind. Second unto that is to love and serve my fellow humans. This is evidenced by my career. I could have entered public education and earned a better wage but of my 33 years of education experience, 27 of those years were in private, Christian education.
- We must pass SB 76 to eliminate property taxes. No tax should have the power to leave you homeless. Campaign promise is to co-sponsor SB76.
- We must end the control of professional politicians in Harrisburg with strict term limits, part-time legislators, removal of their pensions.
- We must encourage creation of jobs in PA by supporting coal, oil, & gas resources.
I would be pleased to sponsor legislation to reduce the tax burden upon the citizens of Pennsylvania, specifically support SB76. Second, Pennsylvania needs relief from the burden of professional career politicians. That means we need term limits, campaign finance reforms, and major restrictions on lobbying. Third, I would support the rights of Pennsylvanians to protect themselves. This includes the right to life, even for the unborn, and for families to bear arms in their own defense.
There is hope for Pennsylvania and our country but it does not come from man. If we humble ourselves before God He will abundantly bless us and heal our land. My goal in life is to follow the examples that Jesus gave us.
I promise to only serve 1 term in Harrisburg and I promise to refuse the lucrative pension that the career politicians have voted for themselves.
My role model and hero is Jesus Christ. I follow this principle, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
God's Word, the Holy Bible is the book that motivates me to run for Senate. Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."
Elected officials need to do the things that God has commanded: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
If we only put burdens on people and make no attempts to help them we are not following God's commands. With a good elected official the people will rejoice, with a crooked one the people suffer. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
God said, "By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth." A good elected official will acknowledge that God is right. All authority comes from God.
If office holders would get back to basics they could be successful. An office holder will do a good job if he practices Jesus words, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."
The core responsibilities for an elected official include being a servant to the people. Jesus said, "Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."
If Jesus, (the King of Kings) came to serve, then how much more should we be in a position to serve?
If I would hear these words, I know that I would have done a good job, "His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
I remember the Nixon/Kennedy election and watching the results come in that first Tuesday in November, 1960 on a black and white TV. I was 5 years old then.
In 3rd grade I had a job walking the neighbor's dog. I held that job for 2 years making 50 cents a week.
God's Word, the Holy Bible is my favorite. I try to read chapters in it every day because it gives me purpose in living.
Pilgrim in John Bunyan's book, "Pilgrim's Progress" because though he struggled, he was faithful to the end and successful.
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
"Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand."
"When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress."
"When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine."
"E'en down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And then, when grey hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne."
"The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake!"
I have a tendency to worry about the cares of this life. It has been a struggle for me most of my adult life. However, I am learning to cast all my cares upon Jesus, for he cares for me. He has told me that I should, "seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." To that, I am committed.
The General Assembly has 253 members, consisting of a Senate with 50 members and a House of Representatives with 203 members, making it the second-largest state legislature in the nation (behind New Hampshire) and the largest full-time legislature. Senators are elected for a term of four years. Representatives are elected for a term of two years. Senators must be at least 25 years old, and Representatives at least 21 years old. They must be citizens and residents of the state for a minimum of four years and reside in their districts for at least one year. Individuals who have been convicted of felonies, including embezzlement, bribery, and perjury, are ineligible for election; the state Constitution also adds the category of "other infamous crimes," which can be broadly interpreted by state courts. No one who has been previously expelled from the General Assembly may be elected. There has been talk about reducing the size of the legislature with a constitutional amendment but I would prefer that they save even more money by making the legislature part time like most other states.
Previous experience is a hindrance because that experience distances the legislator from the citizens at home. The best representation that the people can have is to have one of their own in office, not a career politician.
The excessive burden of taxation in Pennsylvania is ruining family budgets, taking their homes away, making them homeless, limiting their job opportunities because many employers avoid Pennsylvania because of these taxes.
The ideal relationship would be if they both held a common world view that supported the people back home.
No law was ever passed by one vote alone, they all need a majority of the votes. Therefore, relationships are important to getting laws passed or repealed.
Being a career educator I would like to serve on the education committee, being a hobby farmer I would like to also serve on the agricultural committee.
N/A, Not a current legislator or a career politician.
I am willing to serve anywhere needed as long as it doesn't distract from my agenda of representing the voters back home.
My childhood congressman was Del Latta of the Ohio 5th district. He was faithful in supporting a conservative agenda and caring about the farmers, home owners, and all the other citizens back home. He was consistent and always true to his word. That's what I would like to do for the 4 years that I am in the senate.
I only desire to serve one term in political office. I am not a politician, I am a citizen.
We have a resident in District 25, a single lady past age 65. She continues to work to be able to pay her property taxes so that she won't be made homeless. She writes, "I pay slightly over 1.5 months SS taxes for property. And I might add my house was very inexpensive--I don't live in a fancy home. These geniuses in the Commonwealth gov. need to figure this out ASAP. Yes, I'm disgusted or at least let us work without paying INTO SS. I get little to no benefit working when I have still have to pay INTO the system. Last year I almost doubled my SS and did not get ONE cent raise in SS. GRRRRRR. "
She needs SB76 to be passed before the state ends up taking her home away. No tax should have the power to leave her homeless. She's not unique. This story is common all over PA.
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 19, 2020.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List In Ballot Order," March 9, 2012
