Matthew Hullinger
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Matthew Hullinger (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.
Hullinger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Victoria Spartz defeated Christina Hale and Ken Tucker in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Victoria Spartz (R) | 50.0 | 208,212 |
 | Christina Hale (D) | 45.9 | 191,226 | |
 | Ken Tucker (L)  | 4.0 | 16,788 | |
| Total votes: 416,226 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Vernon Moore (Independent)
- Ellen Kizik (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Christina Hale defeated Dee Thornton, Jennifer Christie, Andy Jacobs, and Ralph Spelbring in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christina Hale | 40.8 | 30,123 |
 | Dee Thornton | 27.1 | 20,049 | |
 | Jennifer Christie | 18.1 | 13,345 | |
 | Andy Jacobs | 13.3 | 9,817 | |
| Ralph Spelbring | 0.8 | 575 | |
| Total votes: 73,909 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victoria Spartz | 39.7 | 34,526 |
 | Beth Henderson | 17.6 | 15,343 | |
 | Micah Beckwith | 12.7 | 11,063 | |
 | Carl Brizzi | 6.5 | 5,619 | |
 | Kent Abernathy | 5.6 | 4,901 | |
 | Kelly Mitchell | 5.3 | 4,643 | |
 | Chuck Dietzen | 4.7 | 4,071 | |
 | Matthew Hook | 2.5 | 2,147 | |
 | Andrew Bales | 1.5 | 1,329 | |
 | Mark Small | 1.2 | 1,057 | |
 | Danny Niederberger | 0.8 | 675 | |
 | Victor Wakley | 0.5 | 465 | |
 | Allen Davidson | 0.5 | 411 | |
 | Russell Stwalley | 0.4 | 379 | |
 | Matthew Hullinger | 0.4 | 333 | |
| Total votes: 86,962 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Jay (R)
- Steve Braun (R)
- Jeremy Miner (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Ken Tucker advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on March 7, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Tucker (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matthew Hullinger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hullinger's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Matt was born the second of three children in Fort Wayne, Indiana and lived out in the country near Auburn, Indiana until he was 18. At 18, his family moved to Carmel, Indiana due to a career opportunity for his father. He graduated from Westfield high school in 2008. He has a love for American History and will spend some of his spare time watching documentaries and reading articles about history.
- I am pro 2nd Amendment and will not vote in favor of any gun control bill.
- I am pro life and will fight against abortion laws
- I will vote in favor of extending the 2017 tax cuts.
2nd Amendment-I believe any gun control bill and/or law is a violation of the 2nd Amendment. I will fight my hardest to protect the 2nd Amendment and will adamantly oppose any gun control bill.
Pro Life-Abortion is murder. I am for getting rid of it in its entirety. I will start by proposing a bill that will make all abortions illegal once the baby has a heartbeat. I will continue to propose anti-abortion policies. Furthermore, I do not believe Planned Parenthood should receive any money from tax payer dollars.
Tax Cuts-The 2017 tax cuts should be made permanent. Further tax cuts should be put in place as well.
Border Security-I support the wall and border security and am against illegal immigration. I would also propose a bill to place a tax on all money transfers leaving the United States to other countries with focus on transfers to Mexico. This would be the only exception to my anti-tax views.
My father. He is greatest man I have ever known. He is a hard worker and fights for what is right. I endeavor everyday to follow his example.
I am a fighter. I do not back down when things get tough. I have over 16 years in the customer service field and know how to listen and anticipate the needs of others.
To truly represent their constituents and not lose touch with them. They must fight for who they represent and never back down or buckle under pressure.
If elected, I will serve the people of my district. I will want my legacy to be that I did everything in my power to accomplish that.
I vaguely remember the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. However the first historic and tragic event that I remember in great detail was the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Pizza Hut. I worked there for almost 10 years.
The White Shark by Peter Benchley. It is an interesting story that combines some elements of his other work Jaws a long with WW2 history and some science fiction.
Muse-Uprising
Not necessarily. Sometimes politicians can have too much experience. Some members of both houses of congress have been in different political offices for decades. This has caused many of them to fall out of touch with their constituents.
My goal is to represent Hoosier interests and values. While I would not rule out serving on a committee, my main goal would be representing the people of my district.
I am absolutely in favor of term limits. Presidents have them. So should members of congress.
As I have previously stated, my main goal would be to represent the people of my district. I would not be against in being apart of the Republican leadership but that is not my main goal.
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See also
2020 Elections
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