Clarence Young
Clarence Young was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 49 of the North Carolina State Senate.
Biography
Young earned his B.A. in English Literature and Latin from Mars Hill College in 1968. His professional experience includes owning Clarence Young Autohobby since 1985.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Young's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]
Plank one
- Excerpt: "When I evaluate legislation, a priority will be to see if the pending bill seeks to protect or enhance individual liberty. If individual liberty is degraded, I will have to vote against such a bill."
Plank two
- Excerpt: "I will vote against any bill which requires more than twenty minutes to read and understand. To have a functioning democratic republic, we must have straightforward and simple laws; otherwise the citizens will be disenfranchised by complexity."
Plank three
- Excerpt: "I will not vote for any bill which seeks to transfer wealth from one place to another or to advantage one group over another. Our nation was set up to protect individual rights, not to give special interest groups special privileges."
Plank four
- Excerpt: "I will take no money from anyone or any group for this campaign. When I vote on legislation, you can be sure that I am obligated to no one and that my overriding principle shall be inclined toward the best interests of North Carolina citizens as related to liberty, life and the pursuit of happiness."
Elections
2014
Elections for the North Carolina State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Mark Crawford defeated R.L. Clark and Clarence Young in the Republican primary, while incumbent Terry Van Duyn was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Van Duyn defeated Crawford in the general election.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Terry Van Duyn Incumbent |
61.3% | 42,347 | |
| Republican | Mark Crawford | 38.7% | 26,745 | |
| Total Votes | 69,092 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Mark Crawford |
42.8% | 2,656 |
| R.L. Clark | 40.4% | 2,504 |
| Clarence Young | 16.8% | 1,043 |
| Total Votes | 6,203 | |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Clarence + Young + North + Carolina + Senate"
See also
- North Carolina State Senate
- North Carolina State Legislature
- North Carolina State Senate elections, 2014
- North Carolina State Senate District 49
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "About," accessed March 25, 2014
- ↑ Campaign website, "Philosophy," accessed March 25, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Primary Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed March 7, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "General Election Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed August 12, 2014
