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Brian Friend
Brian Friend (independent) ran for election for President of the United States. He lost as a write-in in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Brian Friend was born in Akron, Ohio. Friend earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1997 and a graduate degree from Jones International University in 2014. His career experience includes working as an insurance agent and accountant.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)
North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 3
Incumbent Gregory Murphy defeated Barbara Gaskins in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gregory Murphy (R) | 66.9 | 166,520 |
 | Barbara Gaskins (D)  | 33.1 | 82,378 | |
| Total votes: 248,898 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3
Barbara Gaskins defeated Joe Swartz in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Gaskins | 80.8 | 23,051 |
 | Joe Swartz | 19.2 | 5,495 | |
| Total votes: 28,546 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tyron Brown (D)
- Jason Minnicozzi (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3
Incumbent Gregory Murphy defeated Tony Cowden, Eric Earhart, George Papastrat, and Brian Friend in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregory Murphy | 75.7 | 50,123 |
 | Tony Cowden | 14.1 | 9,332 | |
 | Eric Earhart | 4.9 | 3,274 | |
 | George Papastrat | 2.7 | 1,789 | |
 | Brian Friend | 2.6 | 1,698 | |
| Total votes: 66,216 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Brian Friend completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Friend's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- God
- Family
- Country
2) Healthcare Reform, We need to restructure the system to benefit those who need it and not to punish people who cannot afford it. Lifting the mandate would be a key issue here. Seniors’ income must be at least poverty level. All medical expenses and prescriptions for seniors should be included.
3)Law Enforcement, Military, and Bail Bond support and reform, Terrorism has been running rapid through the United States since President Obama. Domestic Terrorism is at a all time high. People running around vandalizing, stealing, burning down businesses must be dealt with harshly. Families need to know law enforcement has their back! Public safety must be top priority! Law enforcement needs to have the support with laws that improve their safety. Society reform needs to take place before police reform. The men and women who serve our communities do a fantastic job; it is time to have their backs. Bail Bonding not only needs to have support it also needs reform, it is essential to have to keep dangerous criminals off the street but also needed to let criminals that are not dangerous the opportunity for release.
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Campaign website
Friend's campaign website stated the following:
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Economy TAX REFORM/EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING We are about to see things get unbelievably bad, especially because of the reckless spending by the current administration. American is supported by the working class, the rich do not want to pay, and the poor do not pay. Tax reform can be drastically improved to help fuel the economy, Ryan and McConnell sabotaged Trumps tax proposals. Same product different packaging. As a Forensic Accountant and Enrolled Agent authorized by the Internal Revenue Service, I can create a tax plan that will target those with excessive income and wealth. We need to go back to the former standard deduction and exemption format. Tax rates need to be adjusted off this format. The New tax plan is drastically going to restrict growth in purchases of new homes. Prior to this new change 90% of Americans took the standard deduction, there was no reason to change this, but to extract more money from those in the working class. Welfare reform is another issue that needs addressed.
IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE A CAREER Welfare was designed to help the disadvantaged, not to become a life-style generation to generation. Women should not be rewarded by having more kids. Women refusing to give the fathers name on a birth-certificate should be refused assistance. Drug testing should also be a mandatory requirement. The child support from these fathers will be deposited into the welfare fund to offset the cost passed on to the taxpayer. Welfare needs to become workfare, we can develop programs to focus on these issues. People working develop different perception than those who do not work. Simple want assistance you need to contribute. Programs need to be available to help single parents give proper guidance to their children, about time the parents must be held accountable. This will help close the gap to income inequality not expand it. Topics taught in schools must be addressed.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS We need to restructure the system to benefit those who need it and not to punish people who cannot afford it. Lifting the mandate would be a key issue here. Seniors’ income must be at least poverty level. All medical expenses and prescriptions for seniors should be included.
LAW ENFOCEMENT & BAIL BONDING Terrorism has been running rapid through the United States since President Obama. Domestic Terrorism is at a all time high. People running around vandalizing, stealing, burning down businesses must be dealt with harshly. Families need to know law enforcement has their back! Public safety must be top priority! Law enforcement needs to have the support with laws that improve their safety. Society reform needs to take place before police reform. The men and women who serve our communities do a fantastic job; it is time to have their backs. Bail Bonding not only needs to have support it also needs reform, it is essential to have to keep dangerous criminals off the street but also needed to let criminals that are not dangerous the opportunity for release.
MORE OF YOUR TAX MONEY GOING TO WASTE This is a way for the government to extract more money from the people. Do we need to clean the planet up? Of course, plastic bottles, disposable diapers, our daily waste must be addressed along with pollutants. Energy sources do not need to be changed the way to clean up the pollutants need to be addressed. There are numerous ways to address this, only reason it is not, it is inexpensive! Natural Gas and other energy sources proved to be valuable solutions, but the government cannot extract money from the people. Let us remember, the Grand Canyon was under water at one point! We must clean things up for our children, not to scare people for the tax dollars![3] |
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| —Brian Friend's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 6, 2022
- ↑ Brian Friend For Congress 2022, "Brian Friend," accessed April 23, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Brian Friend For Congress 2022, “Home,” accessed April 23, 2022
