D. Taft
D. Taft ran for election to the Lansing City Council to represent Ward 1 in Michigan. He lost in the primary on August 8, 2023.
Taft completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
D. Taft was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan. His career experience includes working as a minister.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Lansing, Michigan (2023)
General election
General election for Lansing City Council Ward 1
Incumbent Ryan Kost defeated Michael VandeGuchte in the general election for Lansing City Council Ward 1 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ryan Kost (Nonpartisan) | 76.6 | 2,463 | |
| Michael VandeGuchte (Nonpartisan) | 23.1 | 744 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 3,215 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Lansing City Council Ward 1
Incumbent Ryan Kost and Michael VandeGuchte defeated D. Taft in the primary for Lansing City Council Ward 1 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ryan Kost (Nonpartisan) | 71.6 | 1,807 | |
| ✔ | Michael VandeGuchte (Nonpartisan) | 18.6 | 469 | |
| D. Taft (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 248 | ||
| Total votes: 2,524 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Taft in this election.
2022
See also: City elections in Lansing, Michigan (2022)
General election
Special general election for Lansing City Council Ward 1
Ryan Kost defeated incumbent Brian Daniels in the special general election for Lansing City Council Ward 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ryan Kost (Nonpartisan) | 49.7 | 3,764 | |
 | Brian Daniels (Nonpartisan) | 49.0 | 3,709 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 101 | ||
| Total votes: 7,574 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for Lansing City Council Ward 1
Incumbent Brian Daniels and Ryan Kost defeated D. Taft in the special primary for Lansing City Council Ward 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Daniels (Nonpartisan) | 52.9 | 1,751 |
| ✔ | Ryan Kost (Nonpartisan) | 35.5 | 1,175 | |
| D. Taft (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 359 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 28 | ||
| Total votes: 3,313 | ||||
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2021
See also: City elections in Lansing, Michigan (2021)
General election
General election for Lansing City Council At-Large (2 seats)
Incumbent Peter Spadafore and Jeffrey Brown defeated Claretta Duckett-Freeman and Rachel Willis in the general election for Lansing City Council At-Large on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Spadafore (Nonpartisan) | 30.5 | 9,296 |
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Brown (Nonpartisan) | 24.0 | 7,307 |
| Claretta Duckett-Freeman (Nonpartisan) | 23.3 | 7,110 | ||
| Rachel Willis (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 6,767 | |
| Total votes: 30,480 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Lansing City Council At-Large (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Lansing City Council At-Large on August 3, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Spadafore (Nonpartisan) | 29.4 | 6,187 |
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Brown (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 3,633 |
| ✔ | | Rachel Willis (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 2,999 |
| ✔ | Claretta Duckett-Freeman (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 2,848 | |
| Linda Keefe (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 2,103 | |
| Linda Appling (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 1,868 | |
| Grant Blood II (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 897 | |
| D. Taft (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 501 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 21,066 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
D. Taft completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Taft's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I state the unobvious fact that Lansing City Council do Not have a all black male seated on council. All black meaning both parents are descendants of the formerly known Negro. I am the first male in my family born after the Civil Right Act of 1964. I spent the first 13 years of my life learning from my great grandmother. She was born in 1897 the daughter of two former slaves. She would tell me the family stories dating back to the late 1700’s as told to her by her former slave parents and grandparents. She would end by telling me how fortunate I am to benefit from the 100’s of years of work it took for our family to get free and gain Civil Rights. She wasn’t bitter about our journey as she lay optimistic about the future of our family and country. I think she’d be amazed to see how multi racial our family and country has become.I will bring my authentic all black voice with common sense as my compass to Council.
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- Stop selling, “Red Tag” homes with code violations at the Auction!
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I look up to GOD and would like to follow the gifted design as a human in order to protect mankind and our planet!
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I was 25 years old when I accomplished my high school graduation goal of working at Def Jam Recordings in New York, New York.
I started in the bluberry fields at age 8 and worked 4 summers until age 12.
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2022
D. Taft did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
D. Taft did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 9, 2023
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