Alexandra Hunt

Alexandra Hunt
Bornc. 1993 (age 30–31)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Education
Political partyDemocratic
WebsiteOfficial website

Alexandra M. Hunt (born c. 1993[1]) is an American political candidate, public health worker, published research scientist, former stripper, and activist from Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Hunt has run to represent Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives and to serve as city controller of Philadelphia.

Early life and career

Hunt is from Rochester, New York. She had attended the private school Allendale Columbia school in the suburbs, where both of her parents worked as teachers. She has a twin brother. She moved out of her mother's house while still in high school. Hunt attended the University of Richmond; she worked her way through college by working as a server and a stripper. She completed her Bachelor of Science in psychology in 2014.[2][3]

After graduating from Richmond, Hunt moved to Philadelphia, where she earned a Master of Science in interdisciplinary health sciences at Drexel University and a Master of Public Health from Temple University.[4][3][5] During Hunt's time at Drexel University, she contributed to a group project in college researching HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus type 1) activating the DNA damage response,[6] and assisted on a group college research project with her classmates on oxygen exposure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a preclinical trial at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.[7] Hunt said she rode as an emergency medical technician with Plymouth Meeting Ambulance Association. Alexandra also said she worked at Fox Chase Cancer Center in the clinical research department[8] when the COVID-19 pandemic began and volunteered in the community at COVID-19 testing sites and distributing food and other necessities.[9] During Hunt's time in clinical research, she said she published group college project research articles on psychological distress in patients with metastatic cancer,[10] the use of the NCCN thermometer to measure the prevalence and correlates of psychological distress in cancer patients,[11] and the feasibility of using food frequency questionnaire to assess dietary patterns in patients with advanced gastrointestinal malignancies.[12]

Political career

Congressional campaign

In February 2021, Hunt announced her candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district in the 2022 elections against incumbent Dwight Evans, who Hunt considers to be too moderate.[2] Running as a progressive, Hunt supported the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, forgiving student loan debt,[4] and repealing FOSTA-SESTA.[13] During the campaign, she opened an OnlyFans account in response to an Internet troll who said he was looking forward to her setting up an account after she loses, saying that she did so to lessen the stigma around sex work.[14][1] Hunt lost the nomination to Evans, receiving 20%[15] of the vote while Evans received 76%.[16][17] Hunt has continued to be an advocate for mental health and public health responses to gun violence.[18]

Philadelphia controller campaign

Following Rebecca Rhynhart's resignation as Philadelphia city controller in order to run for mayor of Philadelphia, Hunt declared her candidacy in the 2023 special election to fill the position.[19][20][21] She expressed support for paying reparations to Black people.[22] She placed second in the primary election with 31% of the vote.[23]

Personal life

Hunt has coached youth soccer, but was asked to leave her position when parents found out about her past sex work.[3][13] She had an abortion when she was 18 years old[3][14] and claims to have survived domestic violence and two sexual assaults.[9][2]

Electoral history

2022 U.S. House of Representatives Democratic primary election, PA-03[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dwight Evans 97,709 75.57
Democratic Alexandra Hunt 25,712 19.89
Democratic Michael Cogbill 5,728 4.43
Write-in 153 0.12
Total votes 129,302 100.00
2023 Philadelphia City Controller Democratic special primary election[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Christy Brady 86,884 46.11
Democratic Alexandra Hunt 59,068 31.35
Democratic John Thomas 42,292 22.45
Write-in 170 0.09
Total votes 188,414 100.00

References

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  2. ^ a b c Lear, Len. "'Trauma survivor' to challenge Evans in Democratic House primary". The Chestnut Hill Local. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Weiss, Haley. "She was a stripper during college. Now she's running for Congress and sharing her story". The Lily. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Sydow, Mira (September 14, 2021). "Alexandra Hunt: By the Youth, for the People". 34th Street Magazine. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Ex-Stripper Running For Congress In Philadelphia: 'Elect Hoes'". Bucks Daily Voice. February 20, 2022. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  6. ^ Donegan, Phil. "HSV-1 Activates the DNA Damage Response through ICP4" (PDF). Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Drexel University College of Medicine. p. 18.
  7. ^ Marquez, Alexandra M.; Morgan, Ryan W.; Ko, Tiffany; Landis, William P.; Hefti, Marco M.; Mavroudis, Constantine D.; McManus, Meagan J.; Karlsson, Michael; Starr, Jonathan; Roberts, Anna L.; Lin, Yuxi; Nadkarni, Vinay; Licht, Daniel J.; Berg, Robert A.; Sutton, Robert M.; Kilbaugh, Todd J. (2020). "Oxygen Exposure During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is Associated with Cerebral Oxidative Injury in a Randomized, Blinded, Controlled, Preclinical Trial". Journal of the American Heart Association. 9 (9): e015032. doi:10.1161/JAHA.119.015032. PMC 7428577. PMID 32321350.
  8. ^ "Meet Alexandra Hunt, public health champion turned Dwight Evans challenger in 2022". Al Día News. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  9. ^ a b Owens, Ernest (March 10, 2022). "Meet Alexandra Hunt, the Former Stripper Gunning for Dwight Evans's House Seat". Philadelphia. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  10. ^ Hunt, A.; Handorf, E.; Blau, M.; Chertock, Y.; Fang, C.; Hall, M. J.; Jain, R. (2021). "Psychological distress in patients with metastatic cancer enrolling on phase I clinical trials". Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice. 15 (3): 398–402. doi:10.1007/s11764-021-01014-w. PMC 7955695. PMID 33713303.
  11. ^ Hunt, Alexandra; Handorf, Elizabeth; Khare, Vipin; Blau, Matthew; Chertock, Yana; Fang, Carolyn; Hall, Michael J.; Jain, Rishi (2020). "HSR20-087: Prevalence and Correlates of Psychological Distress in Patients Enrolling on Phase I Clinical Trials Using the NCCN Distress Thermometer and Problem List". Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 18 (3.5). doi:10.6004/jnccn.2019.7459. S2CID 216233973.
  12. ^ Jain, Rishi; Denlinger, Crystal S.; Handorf, Elizabeth A.; George, Roshan; Lewis, Bianca; Hunt, Alexandra; Stromberg, Kara; Astsaturov, Igor A.; Dotan, Efrat; Hall, Michael J.; Vijayvergia, Namrata; Fang, Carolyn Y. (2021). "Feasibility of using a computerized food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to assess dietary patterns in patients with advanced gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 39 (3_suppl): 465. doi:10.1200/JCO.2021.39.3_suppl.465. S2CID 234163197.
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  25. ^ "Row Offices". Philadelphia Election Results. Office of the Philadelphia City Commissioners. May 30, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.