Michele Knoll
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Michele Knoll (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 44. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent Valerie Gaydos defeated Michele Knoll in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valerie Gaydos (R) | 55.0 | 22,140 | |
| Michele Knoll (D) | 45.0 | 18,143 | ||
| Total votes: 40,283 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44
Michele Knoll advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michele Knoll | 100.0 | 8,573 | |
| Total votes: 8,573 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent Valerie Gaydos defeated Robert Doddato in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valerie Gaydos | 64.4 | 4,867 | |
 | Robert Doddato | 35.6 | 2,694 | |
| Total votes: 7,561 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44
Valerie Gaydos defeated Michele Knoll in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valerie Gaydos (R) | 51.7 | 15,338 | |
| Michele Knoll (D) | 48.3 | 14,319 | ||
| Total votes: 29,657 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44
Michele Knoll advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michele Knoll | 100.0 | 3,533 | |
| Total votes: 3,533 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44
Valerie Gaydos defeated David Bachman, Robert Doddato, and Scott Larue in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 44 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valerie Gaydos | 29.8 | 1,350 | |
| David Bachman | 29.3 | 1,324 | |
| Robert Doddato | 26.3 | 1,190 | |
| Scott Larue | 14.6 | 662 | |
| Total votes: 4,526 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michele Knoll did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Michele Knoll participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on June 19, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Michele Knoll's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Improve funding for education as well as improving education in general.
Provide training and retraining for current jobs and future jobs in PA. Protect the environment in PA.[2][3] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Making sure that funding for education in PA is equitable and not a burden on property owners. Making sure that education is relevant and provides the opportunity to acquire a meaningful, good paying job after graduation, college, or apprenticeship. This will attract people and jobs to PA.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Michele Knoll answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | I looked up to my mother. She grew up in poverty and was able after having a family to return to her education and earn her B.S/.. M.Ed., and Ph.D. and become a professor. She believed education was the key to success.[3] | ” |
| “ | Probably "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin.[3] | ” |
| “ | Honesty, integrity, and accessibility.[3] | ” |
| “ | I am a person who has the privilege of working with young children delays and disabilities in the family's home. I don't have to guess at the struggles working families have. I can see myself when a family has food insecurity, a threat of homelessness, or struggles with an addiction.[3] | ” |
| “ | To show up to meetings, read bills and strive to understand the nuances, vote, listen to constituents, read the newspaper, speak with experts, research and conduct oneself with dignity.[3] | ” |
| “ | I would like to be able to say that I worked to improve the quality of education in the state of Pennsylvania.[3] | ” |
| “ | I remember when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The principal came into class and told the teacher. We all prayed for him. I was 7 years old.[3] | ” |
| “ | I took inventory in the Physic's Dept. at the University of Pittsburgh. I think it was a two week temporary job. Then I was a lifeguard at hotel in downtown Pittsburgh the next year and worked during the summer.[3] | ” |
| “ | I think it was someone my sister fixed me up with from New York when I was already serious about my future husband. It ended with me getting on a bus to go home.[3] | ” |
| “ | I love Christmas because of all the decorations and the live tree we decorate. It's a time when the whole family is together and happy. The traditions of baking cookies, cutting the tree down and decorating the tree with ornaments we've collected all fill me with hope and anticipation.[3] | ” |
| “ | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I read it when I was quite young, and it made me realize how very fortunate I am. My parents lived through the Depression, and this book gave me a window into how desperately poor people were, my parents were.[3] | ” |
| “ | Liesel, the main character in The Book Thief.[3] | ” |
| “ | The branch that hangs over the window in one room. I picked it up in the woods on a walk with my sister, Cheri, who has passed away and my husband. We went for a walk with the dogs and found the branch and carried it home with us.[3] | ” |
| “ | Hotel California.[3] | ” |
| “ | Not needing to feel that I need fix all the world's problems.[3] | ” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Michele Knoll's responses," June 19, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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