Jesse Colvin
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Jesse Colvin (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Colvin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Colvin served in the U.S. Army for six years. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Duke University in 2006 and a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 1
Incumbent Andrew Harris defeated Jesse Colvin and Jenica Martin in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Harris (R) | 60.0 | 183,662 |
 | Jesse Colvin (D)  | 38.1 | 116,631 | |
 | Jenica Martin (L) | 1.9 | 5,744 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 149 | ||
| Total votes: 306,186 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 1
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 1 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesse Colvin | 37.8 | 14,075 |
 | Allison Galbraith | 28.1 | 10,440 | |
| Michael Brown | 15.1 | 5,600 | ||
 | Michael Pullen | 13.0 | 4,819 | |
 | Steve Worton | 3.9 | 1,442 | |
 | Erik Lane | 2.2 | 815 | |
| Total votes: 37,191 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 1
Incumbent Andrew Harris defeated Martin Elborn and Lamont Taylor in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 1 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Harris | 85.8 | 48,944 |
 | Martin Elborn | 9.8 | 5,606 | |
 | Lamont Taylor | 4.4 | 2,496 | |
| Total votes: 57,046 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Jesse Colvin participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on June 20, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Jesse Colvin's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Health care is a right. Plain and simple. It's a right for every American, whether you're a rich banker from Park Avenue, a retired school teacher in a nursing facility in Bel Air, or a waterman from Cambridge. When every American has quality, affordable, and accessible medical care our society as a whole is better for it. Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Plan make our country a better, stronger place and represent America at its best. I will fight not merely to protect them, but to strengthen them. Many businesses and individuals are stuck with limited, often expensive insurance options. Let's give them the option to buy-into Medicare. Private insurers can negotiate prescription drug prices - why can't Medicare? I will fight to make sure it can so our seniors have lower out-of-pockets costs and our hard-earned tax dollars are more effectively spent. We need leaders with the vision to see ahead of the curve and the courage to enact policies and direct resources towards investing in 21st century jobs. We need to better invest in teaching students about technology - starting in grade school and continuing all the way through two- and four-year colleges and universities. The next generation of software developers, solar panel technicians, or cyber-security experts can learn, work, and grow businesses in our district. We can build a district in which our children see plentiful opportunities and reasons to build careers and families close to home. I say let's invest in tomorrow. Let's invest in clean water because it is the lifeblood of Maryland and our district. Let's invest in solar installation jobs, one of the fastest growing industries in the state and country. Let's invest in our district's burgeoning ecotourism economy with revenue and visitors it brings into our district. Let's invest in environmentally-sound, economically-viable technologies and practices that protect the Bay and allow our farmers to increase harvests and more-effectively access markets near and far. Being this district's representative should mean being the Chesapeake Bay's most ardent supporter, defender and advocate. Whether you come to the Bay to crab, dine at a local restaurant, hunt, or explore its natural beauty, we all recognize that the fate of our state and our region rests on the health of the Bay. When we invest in the Bay, not only do we protect and restore the environment, but we protect the jobs of the watermen who are on their boats at 4 a.m. When we invest in environmental restoration, we keep pollutants out of the Bay and we increase the number of tourists who stay in our local hotels. Protecting the Bay means strengthening our local economy and our district, and protecting jobs that generations of Marylanders depend on. We and our forebears have been blessed with the opportunity to enjoy and make a living on the Bay - and I will work tirelessly to ensure that our children and grandchildren have that same opportunity.[3][4] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | As I wrote about above, I am passionate about ensuring access to quality, affordable, and comprehensive healthcare for all Americans, helping to create and bring 21st century jobs to our district, and protecting the Chesapeake Bay. But I am also passionate about seriously confronting our nation's opioids epidemic and ensuring access to mental health treatment, especially for veterans. Future generations will judge our leaders by their response to the opioids epidemic. Congress must invest in prevention, treatment, and recovery. As to prevention, we must: (1) stop doctors from over-prescribing opioids; (2) help insurers better oversee opioid prescriptions; and (3) hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for the supply of prescription opioids. We must also recognize that addiction is a public health issue and, therefore, integrate opioids treatment into the rest of the healthcare delivery system, which means (1) treating addiction when an addict comes into contact with emergency rooms, hospitals and clinics; (2) stopping the stigmatization of proven recovery medications; and (3) doing a better job of understanding where illicit versions of opioids are doing the most damage. The federal government must fund state, local, and private entities working on this. Moreover, Medicaid covers 40% of nonelderly adults who are addicted to opioids. We need to be honest: the work will cost a great deal of money. But, in the final analysis, it's an investment in our families and our communities -- and one that is worth making. I strongly believe that the federal government has an obligation to fund and provide mental health and substance use disorder programs. As a former Army Ranger with four combat deployments, I have seen first-hand the impacts of military service-based mental trauma. My wife is an advocate for military veterans' mental health issues. She runs a nonprofit that provides service dogs to veterans dealing with service-related mental health issues. As a candidate, I have encountered a staggering amount of trauma and mental health challenges. There is a college in our district, for example, in which 43% of one class self-reported a mental health condition or challenge -- and that's just the self-reported percentage. Incredibly, according to the CDC, Americans with depression, bipolar disorder or other serious mental illnesses die 15 to 30 years younger than those without mental illness. We cannot permit this. We must do better. As this district's representative, I can be an advocate, ally, and leader on these issues by (1) fighting for funding for these issues and (2) leveraging the platform of the office. When I arrived to my sub-unit within the Army Rangers, talking about mental health challenges was still seen as a sign of weakness or not being tough enough. That changed when our commanding officer talked openly about the challenges his family was facing and the professional services he'd sought to address those challenges. Slowly but surely, his words and actions broke the stigma. I intend to use my platform to accomplish something similar for mental health issues as well as openly and honestly dealing with our nation's opioids epidemic.Cite error: Invalid |
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Jesse Colvin answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | The most important characteristics or principles are leadership, vision, and action. At graduation from the Army's Ranger School, we were told that the hard work actually lay ahead of us. We would have to live up to the expectations that came with the newly-earned Ranger Tabs that we would wear on our uniforms for the rest of our military careers. The expectations? To work harder than the next person. To get the job done - no excuses. To demonstrate integrity when faced with ethical challenges. And, above all, to lead. To lead teams through the most challenging missions. To put the mission and our Soldiers ahead of ourselves. In other words, to run toward problems while others run away from them. The speaker's point became clear: we'd be living up to the standards and symbol of our Ranger Tab for as long as we wore the uniform - and beyond. As I've gone around our district since launching our campaign, I've been thinking about that speech more and more. I wish more elected officials saw their jobs in similar terms. I wish more had the courage to reject tired debates and the conviction to put the values of their constituents and the interests of our country ahead of their careers. I am not a career politician. I haven't spent years trying to climb higher and higher on the political ladder. Instead, I seek this seat because we do not have time to waste. Right now, people in our district are dying from opioid addiction. Right now, people in our district are seeking jobs on which they can raise a family. Right now, our rural communities don't even have access to broadband internet. Right now, our roads and bridges are crumbling. Right now, China is trying to develop next-generation technologies. Right now, politicians like Andy Harris are trying to strip health care - with no alternative plan in place - from the 54,000 people in our district who are dependent on their coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Right now, children in this country are drinking dirty water and breathing dirty air. The world is going through big changes. Some leaders want us to hide from those changes. Others want to pretend we can simply turn the clocks back to yesterday. Many want to blame others to distract from the fact that they offer no solutions and lack the courage to speak truth to power. I refuse to do any of those things. I don't have all the answers, but I am running directly toward the problem. I will not hide from the big issues that face our district, our state, and our country. I will talk to anyone in Washington-left, right, or center-who is willing to work together to solve our problems with fair, long-term solutions. And I will always do what is right, not what is convenient.[4] |
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Maryland's 1st Congressional District election, 2018
- Maryland's 1st Congressional District
External links
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- Campaign website
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Footnotes
- ↑ Jesse Colvin for Congress, "Meet Jesse," accessed April 15, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Jesse Colvin's responses," June 20, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
