Drew-Montez Clark
Drew-Montez Clark (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 20th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Clark completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Drew-Montez Clark was born in Danville, Virginia. He earned a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech University in 2006 and additional education from Life University in 2010.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida's 20th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 20
Incumbent Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick defeated Drew-Montez Clark in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 20 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) | 72.3 | 136,215 | |
| Drew-Montez Clark (R) | 27.7 | 52,151 | ||
| Total votes: 188,366 | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim Flynn (No Party Affiliation)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20
Incumbent Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick defeated Dale Holness and Anika Tene Omphroy in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | 65.6 | 47,601 | |
| Dale Holness | 28.6 | 20,783 | ||
| Anika Tene Omphroy | 5.8 | 4,197 | ||
| Total votes: 72,581 | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Boswell (D)
- Phil Jackson (D)
- Marlon Onias (D)
- Barbara Sharief (D)
- Elvin Dowling (D)
- Imran Siddiqui (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Drew-Montez Clark advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20.
2020
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 80
Lauren Melo defeated Laura Novosad in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 80 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lauren Melo (R) | 64.1 | 54,859 | |
| Laura Novosad (D) | 35.9 | 30,747 | ||
| Total votes: 85,606 | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Laura Novosad advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 80.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 80
Lauren Melo defeated Drew-Montez Clark and Victor Dotres in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 80 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lauren Melo | 58.2 | 10,084 | |
| Drew-Montez Clark | 30.4 | 5,272 | ||
| Victor Dotres | 11.3 | 1,962 | ||
| Total votes: 17,318 | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Byron Donalds (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Drew-Montez Clark completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clark's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
I am a Liberty Focused, Constitutional backed, 2nd Amendment loving, Pro-Life, Husband, Father and Entrepreneur who grounded in my faith. I grew up in Danville, VA, one of three brothers and son to two educators. They demanded from an early age for us to become free thinkers and learn exercise critical thought in every scenario. Despite the majority of my family aligning with democratic policies the above two points is what led me to conservatism and ultimately to this very moment.
I graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) with a bachelors in Human Nutrition Foods & Exercise and later received my Doctorate from Life University. For the next two and a half years I lived abroad, where I worked with specialists from around the world involving research with neurodegenerative diseases; mainly multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's. Upon returning to the states I met and married my beautiful wife Dr. Kanema Clark and we have both been blessed with four daughters Kayla, Ariella, Chiara and Michaela.
Due to the current landscape of the country he was convicted to reorganize his business priorities and join the fight for freedom in America. In closing, he refers to himself as a normal everyday American who simply decided to answer a call. What makes him special is the same thing that makes each of us special; He loves this country, is dedicated to the flag, is guided by our constitution and only kneels before God!
- We must yield that our rights are God given and that the purpose of government is to secure those rights not infringe upon them.
- We owe it to the American people to provide an economically rich environment filled with opportunities for all. We can accomplish this Sound fiscal policy including but not limited to: eradicating wasteful spending by passing a balance budget amendment, lowering taxes, allowing line item veto authority, 3 to 1 ratio regarding the passage of any new legislation (eliminate 3 growth stifling regulations for every new bill passed), completely reform our entitlement system, meaningful healthcare reform with an emphasis on shielding veterans, the disabled and our elderly, and bring manufacturing back to the US.
- Neutralize foreign influence on critical aspects of our infrastructure by restricting access to land & business purchases with detailed parameters, finishing the wall and restructuring our immigration process, regaining energy independence while simultaneously allowing for energy innovation, and restoring the Reagan principle of "Peace through Strength" by rebuilding an unmatched military.
Healthcare (Education, Access, HSA), Oversight, Education, Business Climate, Military & Veterans, Clean Water, Opportunity Minority Communities.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2020
Video for Ballotpedia
| Video submitted to Ballotpedia Released June 17, 2020 |
Drew-Montez Clark completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clark's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
I am a young, black, God fearing conservative who is one of 3 sons that grew up in a houshold of 2 educators. I understand the value and opportunity that education provides for those with access. Furthermore, my 10 years of experience with in the healthcare field provide a unique foundational perspective to draw from regarding healthcare policy. We own other business as well and when asked, i often tell people that I am an entrepreneur who happens to love chiropractic. That translates into a healthy respect and desire to see a thiving business climate in District 80.
- Pro-Life, Pro-Gun, Pro-God
- Constitutional Freedom & Personal Liberty
- Provide Distict 80 with a voice in Tallahassee
Healthcare (Education, Access, HSA)
Education
Business Climate
Clean Water
The core reponsiblity is to provide an objective voice for the district that you serve in Tallahassee
Experience can be a gift and or a curse depeding on the manner with which the experience was gained and the perception of the lessons learned as a result. Therefore I believe experience is secondary to a capable, objective leader commited to serve the people that granted him or her power through an election process.
I absolutley believe that it is imperative to build relationships with other legislators as we are all supposed to have a common goal under the same constitution and the same flag. We may have differing views or support a differeing approaches with the same goal in mind but it is important to have commonalities by which we can build upon to respresnt floridans in our perspective districts or zones.
Healthcare and Education commitees
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
|
Candidate U.S. House Florida District 20 |
Personal |
Footnotes
