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Candidate Questionnaire: Jon Hoadley for U.S. House of Representatives, 6th District of Michigan

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October 20, 2020

Watershed Voice sent out questionnaires to over 30 candidates in contested local, state, and national races in St. Joseph County and the surrounding area for the November 3 General Election. In the days leading up to Election Day, Watershed will publish the answers it has received. Jon Hoadley, a Democratic candidate for Michigan's Sixth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, filled out our questionnaire. These are his answers.

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