Anne Marie Peacock
Anne Peacock (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 88. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Peacock completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Anne Marie Peacock's professional experience includes working as a life and leadership coach. She served in the U.S. Army from 1989 to 2013. Peacock earned a bachelor's degree from Central Washington University in 1998 and a graduate degree from Northwestern University, St. Paul in 2017.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 88
Incumbent Mary Belk defeated Anne Peacock in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 88 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Belk (D) | 69.3 | 19,020 |
 | Anne Peacock (R)  | 30.7 | 8,438 | |
| Total votes: 27,458 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mary Belk advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 88.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Anne Peacock advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 88.
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Anne Peacock completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Peacock's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As a State Representative, I will defend our Constitution and what it stands for – that government should serve ‘We, The People,’ and I will be guided by three things: the Holy Bible, the Constitution, and an “America First” outlook.
I want to help build a North Carolina that respects true diversity, cherishes faith and family values, and has a free and open economy where hard work is rewarded, and all citizens can seek their own American dream, all protected by a limited and efficient State government. Before seeking office, I served as a Precinct co-Chairman, an Assistant Precinct Organization co-Chairman, an at-large poll observer, and on a Board of Elections Multi-partisan team helping citizens living in nursing homes cast their vote.- Education Reform & Parents Rights. Your tax dollars should follow your child to the school you believe will be the most beneficial for your child. Parents are the final authority on all matters concerning their children and should have free and open access to review any material being used to educate their child.
- Small Government & Individual Freedom. No government should be able to deem which businesses are “essential,” nor force unwanted medical treatments on anyone without an individualized court order. Vague “emergency powers” used by officials must be eliminated, and officials who abused their powers held accountable.
- Fair, Secure, and Transparent Elections. Protect the right of all law-abiding citizens to cast a vote for candidates of their choice. Reform State Election law to make registering to vote and voting simple, while mandating that votes are accurately counted in a transparent and open-to-the-public process. Utilize a voter ID solution that enhances election security while not burdening the right to vote and conduct a state-wide clean-up of our voter rolls.
The recent inflation is hurting NC families and small business, and it was totally avoidable. North Carolina needs to pursue policies to counter-act the disastrous economic choices made in Washington. The state government needs to move quickly and react to high gas and food prices by immediately lowing state taxes, as one example. Also must reduce useless and costly state regulations on small and family businesses, and improve our highway infrastructure so we can travel safely and fuel-efficiently.
Americans see how drastically our government abused its power during COVID. The rights given to all people by the Holy Bible and Constitution are non-negotiable – even in emergencies. We’ve had the CDC manipulate information and change the definition of vaccination, while state and local officials abdicated their duty to use independent judgment, instead mandating rules that didn’t even help! The government should not get to redefine anything unless the people vote for it, and the laws that allowed for over-reach must be changed.
It wasn’t until adulthood that I realized how important they are to me. I didn’t understand how wise my Dad was until after he passed. A Vietnam Vet, he died young at 51 from exposure to Agent Orange during his service. I grew up knowing my Dad was honorable and kind. He was incredibly knowledgeable – sometimes too knowledgeable! I’d ask him for the time and end up in a discussion on how watches were made. But what impacted me most was his moral compass. One day in the 1980s, when I was a teenager, he was clearly distressed. Mom told me he was under a lot of pressure at work. He had promoted an elderly black woman, and many did not approve. Despite them, he promoted her because she was the best choice.
I have many memories of him making the right decision regardless of what others thought, and his moral compass helped him carry the weight of hard times. It wasn’t until my 30’s that I saw how his example guided me in my life. My father was a leader, and though flawed, he showed me how to be a leader without me even realizing it. Because of his example, I have tried to do the right thing, even if there was backlash. I still follow his example, and try to do the right thing, even when it is unpopular. But, I have also given into others’ opinions because it was easier, and it was only through my faith in God and my relationship with Jesus that I have been able to stand fully upright for my Christian values. God calls us to act justly, and I am grateful my Dad showed me what that looks like.
I want to emphasize that if you lack integrity, you lack an essential quality for an elected official. If I can’t trust an official to tell me what their values are, and how those values will protect my God-given liberties, then there is no way you are qualified to be an elected official. All the other skills that make an effective Representative can be learned, but character and values can’t.
To create proper new laws Legislators must also stay fully informed on current events. Events dictate what issues are most concerning to citizens and staying on top of events helps Legislators be prepared to deal with problems as they emerge. I think a contributing factor to the COVID mess was because both State and Federal Legislators were not properly following all the science and a lack of sound on-going discernment led to the use of vague ‘emergency’ declarations that stripped citizens of their most fundamental rights, like the right to worship. Legislators were being directed by non-elected officials of organizations like the CDC and FDA, which under its original intention is a great ‘tool’ for elected officials; but because legislative bodies did not fully exercise their ability to uphold Constitutional liberties, ongoing emergency declarations continued to strip citizens of their rights. State Legislators must exercise all their elected responsibilities and have the courage to defend the Constitution and the citizens they represent regardless of how unsettling the time.
I think a lot of what an effective legislator needs in terms of skills is learned when they campaign – especially as a challenger to an incumbent. First-time candidates and challengers must become very good at working with volunteers, and you build valuable skills knocking on doors, making phone calls, and talking to voters. You learn to understand when people are open to discussion and compromise, and when they aren’t. I believe face-to-face experience with volunteers and voters is much more useful than prior office holding, because staying in close contact with citizens and their concerns is one of the most important skills a legislator can have.
Noah was a significant influence on men like Washington, Franklin, and Hamilton - and he was 15 years younger! He also wrote a spelling and grammar book that helped introduce students to American history, civics, and patriotism for the first one hundred years of our national existence. His legislative career was only a small part of his life, and I think that’s how public service should be.
One quote of his that has stuck with me is, “When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God. The preservation of [our] government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty; if the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or the incompetent will be appointed to execute the laws: the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If [our] government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.”
I would like to amend the Emergency Management Act to limit the amount of time a declaration can cover and require that extensions of emergency orders require the approval of the State Legislature, so the people’s representatives have ultimate control. We need to re-examine the powers given to local governments under vague health laws and ensure they don’t allow for abuse of citizens’ civil liberties. State Legislators are duty bound to protect the liberties of citizens and I believe that doing so requires a thorough reform of the North Carolina Emergency Management Act, since it is too open to abuse as it is now written.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 1, 2022
