John Tatar

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John Tatar

U.S. Taxpayers Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

John Tatar (U.S. Taxpayers Party) ran in a special election for Wayne County Sheriff in Michigan. Tatar lost in the special general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2022)

General election

Special general election for Wayne County Sheriff

Raphael Washington defeated Joseph LeBlanc and John Tatar in the special general election for Wayne County Sheriff on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Raphael Washington (D)	81.1	428,175
	Submit photo	Joseph LeBlanc (L)	10.8	57,013
	Submit photo	John Tatar (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	7.4	39,319
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	3,697

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 528,204
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Wayne County Sheriff

Raphael Washington defeated Joan Merriewether and Walter Epps in the special Democratic primary for Wayne County Sheriff on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Raphael Washington	47.5	80,468
	Submit photo	Joan Merriewether	28.0	47,478
	Submit photo	Walter Epps	24.1	40,886
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	650

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 169,482
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Libertarian convention

Special Libertarian convention for Wayne County Sheriff

Joseph LeBlanc advanced from the special Libertarian convention for Wayne County Sheriff on July 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Joseph LeBlanc (L)

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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention

Special U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Wayne County Sheriff

John Tatar advanced from the special U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Wayne County Sheriff on July 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	John Tatar (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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2018

State Board of Education

See also: Michigan State Board of Education election, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Board of Education (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Michigan State Board of Education on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Judith Pritchett (D)	25.2	1,830,312
✔		Tiffany Tilley (D)	24.0	1,743,379
		Tami Carlone (R)	22.3	1,615,129
		Richard Zeile (R)	20.3	1,473,904
		Mary Anne Hering (Working Class Party)	1.7	125,693
		Scott Boman (L)	1.7	125,309
	Submit photo	Logan Smith (Working Class Party)	1.3	91,077
	Submit photo	John Tatar (L)	1.1	80,414
	Submit photo	Karen Adams (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	1.0	72,639
		Sherry A. Wells (G)	0.8	61,493
	Submit photo	Douglas Levesque (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	0.4	32,326

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,251,675
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Governor

See also: Michigan gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Michigan

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Michigan on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gretchen Whitmer (D)	53.3	2,266,193
		Bill Schuette (R)	43.7	1,859,534
		Bill Gelineau (L)	1.3	56,606
		Todd Schleiger (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	0.7	29,219
		Jennifer Kurland (G)	0.7	28,799
		Keith Butkovich (Natural Law Party)	0.2	10,202
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	32

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,250,585 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Sills (Independent)
• Ryan Henry Cox (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan

Gretchen Whitmer defeated Abdul El-Sayed and Shri Thanedar in the Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gretchen Whitmer	52.0	588,436
		Abdul El-Sayed	30.2	342,179
		Shri Thanedar	17.7	200,645

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,131,260
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kentiel White (D)
• Bill Cobbs (D)
• Justin Giroux (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Michigan

Bill Schuette defeated Brian Calley, Patrick Colbeck, and Jim Hines in the Republican primary for Governor of Michigan on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Schuette	50.7	501,959
		Brian Calley	25.2	249,185
		Patrick Colbeck	13.1	129,646
		Jim Hines	11.0	108,735

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 989,525
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Evan Space (R)

Green primary election

Green primary for Governor of Michigan

Jennifer Kurland advanced from the Green primary for Governor of Michigan on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Jennifer Kurland

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dwain Reynolds (G)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Michigan

Bill Gelineau defeated John Tatar in the Libertarian primary for Governor of Michigan on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Gelineau	57.8	4,034
	Submit photo	John Tatar	42.2	2,941

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,975
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2014

See also: Michigan's 11th Congressional District elections, 2014

Tatar ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 11th District. He was defeated by David Trott (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Michigan District 11 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dave Trott	56.2%	140,435
	Democratic	Bobby McKenzie	40.7%	101,681
	Libertarian	John Tatar	3.1%	7,711
Total Votes				249,827
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

2012

See also: Michigan's 11th Congressional District elections, 2012

Tatar was defeated by Republican Kerry Bentivolio. Tatar ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 11th District. Tatar ran as a Libertarian candidate. He faced Kerry Bentivolio (R), Syed Taj (D), Steven Paul Duke (G) and Daniel Johnson (NLP) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

U.S. House, Michigan District 11 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Syed Taj	44.4%	158,879
	Republican	Kerry Bentivolio	50.8%	181,788
	Libertarian	John Tatar	2.7%	9,637
	Green	Steven Paul Duke	1.3%	4,569
	NLP	Daniel Johnson	0.9%	3,251
	Write-in	James Van Gilder	0%	14
	Write-in	Ralph Sherman	0%	1
Total Votes				358,139
Source: Michigan Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

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2022

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