Ken Spaulding

Ken Spaulding

Democratic Party

Prior offices

North Carolina Board of Transportation

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North Carolina General Assembly

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Personal

Profession

Attorney

Ken Spaulding was a 2016 Democratic candidate for governor of North Carolina. He announced his candidacy in August 2013 and officially entered the race on December 14, 2015. He was defeated in the Democratic primary election.

Biography

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Career

Spaulding is a lawyer in Durham, N.C.

Political career

General Assembly of North Carolina

Spaulding is a former state legislator in North Carolina.

Board of Transportation

Spaulding is a former member of the transportation board at the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Elections

2016

See also: North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2016

Spaulding declared his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2016 to challenge Governor Pat McCrory (R). Spaulding was defeated by Attorney General Roy Cooper in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016.

North Carolina Governor Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Roy Cooper	68.7%	710,658
Ken Spaulding	31.3%	323,774
Total Votes		1,034,432
Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Polls

Hypothetical match-ups

Governor of North Carolina, McCrory v. Cooper
Poll	Pat McCrory (R)	Roy Cooper (D)	Undecided	Margin of error	Sample size
Public Policy Polling January 18-19, 2015	40%	43%	17%	+/-3.2	948
Pat McCrory for Governor January 11-14, 2016	49%	36%	15%	+/---	800
AVERAGES	44.5%	39.5%	16%	+/-1.6	874
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Governor of North Carolina, McCrory v. Spaulding
Poll	Pat McCrory (R)	Ken Spaulding (D)	Undecided	Margin of error	Sample size
Public Policy Polling January 18-19, 2015	43%	34%	22%	+/-3.2	948
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Democratic primary

Governor of North Carolina, Democratic primary (January 2016)
Poll	Roy Cooper	Ken Spaulding	Undecided	Margin of error	Sample size
Public Policy Polling January 18-19, 2016	55%	10%	35%	+/-4.6	461
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Republican primary

Governor of North Carolina, Republican primary (January 2016)
Poll	Robert Brawley	Pat McCrory	Charles Moss	Undecided	Margin of error	Sample size
Public Policy Polling January 18-19, 2016	4%	68%	6%	22%	+/-4.7	433
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Campaign finance

According to campaign finance reports, Cooper well outraised Spaulding in the first half of 2015.

Campaign themes

2016

When he officially entered the race, Spaulding promoted his economic record, particularly his work developing Treyburn Corporate Park and the Southpoint mall in Durham, and criticized Attorney General Roy Cooper's record on education. He said Cooper aligned himself with McCrory when lawyers in his office defended Republican-backed laws ending teacher job protections and implementing taxpayer-funded private school vouchers.

External links

Suggest a link

• NC.gov, "Governor Pat McCrory"