Kurt Elsasser

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Kurt Elsasser

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 26, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Purdue University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Years of service

2010 - 2014

Contact

Personal website

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Kurt Elsasser (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 26, 2018.

Biography

Elsasser recevied his bachelor's degree in business administration from Purdue University. His professional experience includes working as a sales and account manager. Elsasser served in the United States Marine Corps from 2010 to 2014, and he is affiliated with the following organizations: Ecolab, Wounded Warrior Project, DAV, VFW, and the Maryland TEA Party.

Elections

2018

See also: Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 6

David Trone defeated Amie Hoeber, Kevin Caldwell, and George Gluck in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Trone (D)	59.0	163,346
		Amie Hoeber (R)	38.0	105,209
		Kevin Caldwell (L)	1.8	4,972
		George Gluck (G)	1.2	3,275
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	282

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ted Athey (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Trone	40.0	24,103
		Aruna Miller	30.7	18,524
		Nadia Hashimi	10.5	6,304
		Roger Manno	10.4	6,257
		Andrew Duck	4.9	2,949
		Chris Graves	1.6	982
		George English	1.1	650
		Christopher Hearsey	0.9	531

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 60,300
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

Amie Hoeber defeated Lisa Lloyd, Kurt Elsasser, and Brad Rohrs in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amie Hoeber	67.8	19,571
		Lisa Lloyd	17.8	5,144
		Kurt Elsasser	8.7	2,526
		Brad Rohrs	5.7	1,641

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 28,882
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Campaign themes

2018

Elsasser submitted the following answer to the question, "What is your political philosophy?" through Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form:

“	I plan to give the power back to the people of the United States	”
—Kurt Elsasser

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2018
• Maryland's 6th Congressional District

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Campaign website
• Campaign Facebook page
• Campaign Twitter page

Footnotes

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ben Cardin (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

Dutch Ruppersberger (D)

District 3

John Sarbanes (D)

District 4

Glenn Ivey (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

David Trone (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)