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Holly Grange
Holly Grange (Republican Party) was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 20. She assumed office on August 29, 2016. She left office on December 31, 2020.
Grange (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of North Carolina. She lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Biography
Grange graduated from the United States Military Academy at Westpoint in 1982. She received her master's degree in systems management from the University of Southern California in 1988 and her Juris Doctor from Northern Illinois University College of Law in 2006. Grange served in the Army Corps of Engineers from 1982 to 1990 and was a member of the Reserves from 1990 to 1997. She has been associated with the Coastal Horizons Center, the Cape Fear Community College Foundation, the Swain Center for Professional Development at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the North Carolina Ports Authority, USO of North Carolina, and ACCESS Foundation of Wilmington (the Miracle Field).[1]
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Grange was assigned to the following committees:
- Banking Committee, Chair
- Appropriations on Education Committee
- Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, Chair
- Appropriations Committee
- Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, Vice Chair
- Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee
- House Redistricting Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| North Carolina committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Appropriations |
| • Appropriations on Education |
| • Commerce and Job Development |
| • Education - K-12 |
| • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs |
| • Regulatory Reform |
| • Transportation |
Elections
2020
See also: North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2020
North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for Governor of North Carolina
Incumbent Roy Cooper defeated Dan Forest, Steven DiFiore II, and Al Pisano in the general election for Governor of North Carolina on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roy Cooper (D) | 51.5 | 2,834,790 |
 | Dan Forest (R) | 47.0 | 2,586,605 | |
 | Steven DiFiore II (L)  | 1.1 | 60,449 | |
 | Al Pisano (Constitution Party) | 0.4 | 20,934 | |
| Total votes: 5,502,778 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of North Carolina
Incumbent Roy Cooper defeated Ernest Reeves in the Democratic primary for Governor of North Carolina on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roy Cooper | 87.2 | 1,128,829 |
 | Ernest Reeves | 12.8 | 165,804 | |
| Total votes: 1,294,633 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of North Carolina
Dan Forest defeated Holly Grange in the Republican primary for Governor of North Carolina on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Forest | 89.0 | 698,077 |
 | Holly Grange | 11.0 | 86,714 | |
| Total votes: 784,791 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 20
Incumbent Holly Grange defeated Leslie Cohen in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Holly Grange (R) | 52.7 | 18,979 |
 | Leslie Cohen (D) | 47.3 | 17,062 | |
| Total votes: 36,041 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 20
Leslie Cohen defeated Gary Shipman and John Bauer in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Leslie Cohen | 47.5 | 2,105 |
 | Gary Shipman | 45.1 | 1,999 | |
| John Bauer | 7.4 | 326 | ||
| Total votes: 4,430 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 20
Incumbent Holly Grange advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 on May 8, 2018.
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2016
Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.[2] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.[3] Incumbent Rick Catlin (R) resigned from the seat on August 15, 2016. Holly Grange (R) was appointed on August 29, 2016, to replace Catlin.
Incumbent Holly Grange ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 general election.[4][5]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Holly Grange Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections | ||
Holly Grange defeated Tammy Covil in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 Republican primary.[6][7]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Holly Grange |
61.98% | 7,188 | |
| Republican | Tammy Covil | 38.02% | 4,409 | |
| Total Votes | 11,597 | |||
2016 primary
- Main article: Battleground state primaries in North Carolina, 2016
Covil questioned Grange’s connection to Sidney Blumenthal, a long-time Democratic aide to Hillary Clinton who once worked with a company headed by Grange’s husband, retired Army major general David L. Grange. Covil purchased the url name www.hollygrange.com to link Grange with Blumenthal and Clinton, who was Secretary of State during the 2011 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Covil said that Blumenthal was "actively lobbying to secure lucrative contracts" on behalf of Osprey Global Solutions, where Grange serves as community relations director.[8][9]
Calling the allegations "categorically false and misleading," Grange responded that her husband’s company worked indirectly with Blumenthal in Libya on humanitarian matters and that the company Blumenthal worked for "would have been more or less a partner" on issues such as providing medical care for Libyan citizens.[8][9]
Below were key endorsements for Covil and Grange.[10][11]
| Key endorsements | |
|---|---|
| Covil | Grange |
| State Rep. Chris Miller | State Sen. Michael Lee |
| State House Majority Leader Mike Hager | State Sen. Bill Rabon |
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Holly Grange did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Grange's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
My priorities in Raleigh will be to improve our transportation infrastructure, curtail unnecessary regulation and provide more efficiency in government services. I will also work with others to continue to reform our tax code and keep taxes competitive with neighboring states. I look forward to working as a region to attract new business and new jobs to our area, while focusing attention on the good industry we already have. And finally, we need to be considerate of our environment and be good stewards of the natural resources of our part of North Carolina. [12] |
” |
| —Holly Grange, [1] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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2020
In 2020, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from April 28 to September 3. The legislature was in recess from July 8 to September 1 and then reconvened September 2 to September 3.
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2019
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In 2019, the General Assembly of North Carolina was in session from January 9 through August 27.
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2018
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In 2018, the General Assembly of North Carolina was in session from January 10 through July 4.
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2017
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In 2017, the General Assembly of North Carolina was in session from January 11 through June 30. Before the legislature adjourned its regular scheduled session, the legislature scheduled the following additional session dates: August 3, August 18 to August 25, August 28 to August 31, and October 4 to October 17.
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2016
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In 2016, the General Assembly of North Carolina was in session from April 25 through July 1.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official campaign website
- Holly Grange on Facebook
- Holly Grange on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on July 31, 2018 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The primary for U.S. congressional elections was rescheduled to June 7, 2016, following legal challenges to North Carolina's district maps. State races were unaffected.
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 Candidate Filing," accessed December 22, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election results lookup," accessd December 21, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 wwaytv3.com, "Covil Fires First Shot in NC House Race, Linking Grange to Clinton Friend Blumenthal," November 18, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 WECT-6, "Grange responds to website paid for by Covil campaign," February 15, 2016
- ↑ Holly Grange for House, "Home page," accessed March 7, 2016
- ↑ Covil for NC House, "Home page," accessed March 7, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Rick Catlin (D) |
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Succeeded by Ted Davis, Jr. (R) |
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