John Kovacs
John Kovacs (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 14, 2022.
Kovacs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Kovacs was born in Newark, New Jersey. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1988 from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Kovacs’ career experience includes working as the owner of a construction company.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Nevada District 3
Incumbent Susie Lee defeated April Becker in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Susie Lee (D) | 52.0 | 131,086 |
 | April Becker (R)  | 48.0 | 121,083 | |
| Total votes: 252,169 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Bruce Morris (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3
Incumbent Susie Lee defeated Randell S. Hynes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susie Lee | 89.7 | 37,069 |
 | Randell S. Hynes | 10.3 | 4,265 | |
| Total votes: 41,334 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3
April Becker defeated John Kovacs, Clark Bossert, Noah Malgeri, and Albert Maxwell Goldberg in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | April Becker | 64.9 | 28,260 |
 | John Kovacs | 11.1 | 4,857 | |
 | Clark Bossert | 10.4 | 4,553 | |
 | Noah Malgeri | 9.1 | 3,981 | |
 | Albert Maxwell Goldberg | 4.4 | 1,920 | |
| Total votes: 43,571 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Reinier Prijten (R)
- Steve Schiffman (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Kovacs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kovacs' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I’m a first-generation American who was born in Newark, New Jersey. My father immigrated to the United States in 1956 following the Hungarian Revolution against communism.
I grew up in Piscataway, where I excelled in academics and athletics and learned deep respect for this country’s founding principles. I attended The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, where I earned Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering in 1988.
I then began my career at the New York-New Jersey Port Authority. From that point on, I oversaw many projects, including repairs to the George Washington Bridge and the Holland Tunnel.
My lone stint in politics came in 1990, when I was elected to serve on the Piscataway Township Board of Education.
That same year, I opened my own construction company, Diamond Construction, growing it over decades into a successful, multi-state enterprise.
I moved to Henderson, Nevada, in 2015. Soon after, I founded Silver State Construction and NVNJ Construction Group. In 2019, I was a finalist for Equipment World’s Contractor of the Year Award.
I am happily married to my wife, Danielle, and have four children: Cristina, Johnny, Christopher, and Crue.
- Our country has been misdirected away from a sound policy of secure borders, energy independence, and job prosperity. I am running to restore our national prominence and maintain our quality of life and standard of living.
- The Biden Administration has embraced radical social policies that call for defunding the police and teaching Critical Race Theory to our children. I believe in American Exceptionalism and am running to protect the idea of America as envisioned by our Founders.
- The depletion of Lake Mead has left Southern Nevada increasingly short of water, a situation no politician has the courage to talk about. If elected, I will work to find bold but achievable solutions to this unfolding crisis.
Border Security: The Biden Administration’s border policy is a disgrace as it has allowed record numbers of illegal and unvaccinated immigrants into this country. We cannot consider ourselves sovereign if we do not police our borders. If elected, I will fight to reinstate the Trump Administration’s border policies, which kept illegal migration at bay.
Public Safety: I am appalled at the continued calls from the left to “defund the police.” This rhetoric, even when not accompanied by cuts to police budgets, has had a dreadful impact on police morale and led massive numbers of officers to retire. If elected, I will push to ensure that local police forces do not get marginalized and that people who commit crimes are prosecuted.
Second Amendment: I believe that the Founders put the Second Amendment in the Constitution as a check against any tyrannical tendencies the federal government might display. Owning a gun is a right that “shall not be infringed,” and I will fight any and all attempts to diminish or eliminate it.
Water Scarcity in Southern Nevada: Politicians have not talked about the issue despite a clearly worsening situation in Lake Mead. I want to increase the water supply through methods such as piping in desalinated water from California and purchasing water rights from states with heavy amounts of rain.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 28, 2021
