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AJ Daoud
A.J. Daoud (Republican Party) is running for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 90. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Biography
Daoud earned an associate degree from Miami Dade College in 1979, a bachelor's degree from Barry University in 1995, and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix. He began his career in public service working as a police officer, and used his law enforcement credentials to become Executive Director of a nonprofit organization aimed at gang-prevention called the local Police Athletic League. He eventually segued into the private sector as a small funeral home business-owner in Pilot Mountain. He earned his MBA and consulted professionally with other funeral home business-owners to help guide their expansion efforts.[1]
While pursuing his funeral home business and consulting career, Daoud also helped create a state organization connecting PALs in various cities, served as vice president at the national level, and lobbied for the Missing and Exploited Children act.[1]
Daoud lends his time and energies as a member and/or leader of several community service organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity and United Way. He serves as the Chairman of the Pilot Mountain Planning and Zoning Board, and has worked on the Mayor's Downtown Task Force.[2][3]
Elections
2026
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 90
A.J. Daoud and Chris Lumsden are running in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 90 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | A.J. Daoud (R) | |
| Chris Lumsden (R) | ||
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2024
See also: North Carolina Treasurer election, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina Treasurer
Brad Briner defeated Wesley Harris in the general election for North Carolina Treasurer on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brad Briner (R) | 52.4 | 2,900,059 |
 | Wesley Harris (D) | 47.6 | 2,629,444 | |
| Total votes: 5,529,503 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina Treasurer
Wesley Harris defeated Gabriel Esparza in the Democratic primary for North Carolina Treasurer on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wesley Harris | 66.6 | 433,791 |
 | Gabriel Esparza | 33.4 | 217,689 | |
| Total votes: 651,480 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina Treasurer
Brad Briner defeated Rachel Johnson and A.J. Daoud in the Republican primary for North Carolina Treasurer on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Briner | 39.9 | 346,160 |
| Rachel Johnson | 34.5 | 299,158 | ||
| A.J. Daoud | 25.5 | 221,442 | |
| Total votes: 866,760 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2018
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 34
Vickie Sawyer defeated Beniah McMiller in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 34 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vickie Sawyer (R) | 69.7 | 54,635 |
 | Beniah McMiller (D) | 30.3 | 23,716 | |
| Total votes: 78,351 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 34
Beniah McMiller defeated William Stinson and Lisaney Kong in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 34 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beniah McMiller | 43.5 | 1,483 |
| William Stinson | 37.3 | 1,271 | ||
| Lisaney Kong | 19.3 | 658 | ||
| Total votes: 3,412 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 34
Vickie Sawyer defeated Bob Rucho, A.J. Daoud, and William Howell in the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 34 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vickie Sawyer | 43.8 | 4,800 |
 | Bob Rucho | 33.2 | 3,636 | |
| A.J. Daoud | 13.9 | 1,519 | |
| William Howell | 9.1 | 996 | ||
| Total votes: 10,951 | |||
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2016
Daoud announced his intention to challenge incumbent Secretary of State Elaine Marshall in 2016. Daoud was defeated by Republican challenger Michael LaPaglia in the Republican primary.[4]
| North Carolina Secretary of State Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Michael LaPaglia |
61.6% | 499,919 | ||
| A. J. Daoud | 38.4% | 312,067 | ||
| Total Votes | 811,986 | |||
| Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. | ||||
2012
Daoud faced Mike Beitler, Ed Goodwin, and Kenn Gardner in the May 8th Republican Primary election for secretary of state. He finished fourth in the race, with 10% of the vote. According to a new North Carolina law, a single candidate must receive a minimum of 40% of the total vote to secure the party's nomination. Since no candidate reached the 40% threshold in the primary, the top two vote-getters - Ed Goodwin and Kenn Gardner - will face one another in a runoff election on July 17 to determine who will face Elaine Marshall (D) in the general election.
| North Carolina Secretary of State Republican Primary, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Ed Goodwin |
35.9% | 246,641 | ||
| Kenn Gardner |
29.8% | 204,630 | ||
| Mike Beitler | 24.2% | 166,061 | ||
| AJ Daoud | 10% | 68,834 | ||
| Total Votes | 686,166 | |||
| Election results via The North Carolina Board of Elections. | ||||
Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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A.J. Daoud participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 2, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and A.J. Daoud's responses follow below.[6]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Cutting taxes and spending 2) Creating jobs |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | As a small businessman, I believe it is important to put in place policies to help small businesses grow and thrive. These policies include lowering taxes and fees to help businesses.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[8]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. A.J. Daoud answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | President Reagan, Congressman Howard Coble[8] | ” |
| “ | Honesty, hard work, commitment, not being afraid to do the right thing[8] | ” |
| “ | Leadership, conservative, experience as a businessman solving problems.[8] | ” |
| “ | Listen to the voters, apply their values in Raleigh, be an advocate for my voters and be responsive to their communications.[8] | ” |
2012
- Jobs
Daoud supports expanding the role of secretary of state beyond handling corporate records to give the office ambassador-type power to recruit and invite companies into North Carolina. He also proposes developing job creation fairs at community colleges.[9]
- Illegal-Immigration
The Republican candidate advocates making corporate employers provide proof of citizenship for all workers on annual reports corporations must submit to the secretary of state's office.[9]
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AJ Daoud for Secretary of State, "Meet AJ," accessed February 16, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ AJ Daoud, Secretary of State NC "Biography," accessed April 9, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ [Biographical submission to Ballotpedia, July 13, 2013]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedelect16 - ↑ Clarity Elections-North Carolina, "Results," May 9, 2012
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "A.J. Daoud's responses," April 2, 2018
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cite error: Invalid
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