Daniel Soucek

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Daniel Soucek
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Prior offices
North Carolina State Senate District 45
Successor: Deanna Ballard

Education

Bachelor's

United States Military Academy, 1991

Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Small business owner

Daniel Soucek is a former Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 45 from 2010 to April 8, 2016. He resigned to take a job in the private sector.[1]

Soucek did not seek re-election to the North Carolina State Senate in 2016.

Biography

Soucek received his bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy in 1991. He entered Army Aviation as a Second Lieutenant and eventually reached the rank of Company Commander. Soucek has been a logistics officer and international disaster manager for Samaritan's Purse. He has also been a small business owner.[2]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Soucek served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Soucek served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Soucek served on these committees:

Campaign themes

2014

Soucek's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]

Effective actions to fix the economy and state government

  • Reduce taxes across the board, and prevent the Democrats from making the 2009 “temporary” tax increase permanent.
  • Reduce spending by indexing growth to inflation plus population growth and utilize zero based budgeting.
  • Reduce and eliminate unnecessary regulations that strangle our businesses.[4]

No-New-Taxes Pledge

Nine of North Carolina’s 45 incoming freshman state legislators signed a pledge to "oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes." The pledge was in line with each of their campaign promises to fix the state’s fiscal hole without resorting to tax hikes. At the time they signed the pledge, North Carolina was looking at a budget deficit as high as $4 billion in 2011.

Soucek signed the pledge in November 2010.[5]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2016

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the North Carolina State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.[6] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.[7] Incumbent Daniel Soucek (R) resigned from the state Senate on April 8, 2016. Deanna Ballard (R) was appointed to the seat on April 26, 2016.

Incumbent Deanna Ballard defeated Art Sherwood in the North Carolina State Senate District 45 general election.[8][9]

North Carolina State Senate, District 45 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Deanna Ballard Incumbent 65.00% 56,758
     Democratic Art Sherwood 35.00% 30,559
Total Votes 87,317
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections


Art Sherwood ran unopposed in the North Carolina State Senate District 45 Democratic primary.[10][11]

North Carolina State Senate, District 45 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Art Sherwood  (unopposed)


Deanna Ballard defeated Ken Boham in the North Carolina State Senate District 45 Republican primary.[12][13]

North Carolina State Senate, District 45 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Deanna Ballard 53.00% 13,546
     Republican Ken Boham 47.00% 12,013
Total Votes 25,559

2014

See also: North Carolina State Senate 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. Incumbent Daniel Soucek was unopposed in the Republican primary, while Jim Sponenberg was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Soucek defeated Sponenberg in the general election.[14][15][16][17]

North Carolina State Senate, District 45 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Soucek Incumbent 60.2% 33,165
     Democratic Jim Sponenberg 39.8% 21,941
Total Votes 55,106

2012

See also North Carolina State Senate elections, 2012

Soucek ran for re-election in 2012. He defeated George S. Robinson in the May 8, 2012, Republican primary. He defeated Roy J. Carter (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[18][19]

North Carolina State Senate, District 45, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Soucek Incumbent 60.7% 50,848
     Democratic Roy J. Carter 39.3% 32,913
Total Votes 83,761
North Carolina State Senate District 45 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Soucek Incumbent 65.4% 17,384
George S. Robinson 34.6% 9,186
Total Votes 26,570

2010

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2010

Soucek won election to the North Carolina State Senate District 45 in the November 2 general election. He defeated incumbent Steve Goss (D).[20]

North Carolina Senate, General Election Results, District 45 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Soucek (R) 34,777 59.96%
Steve Goss (D) 23,223 40.04%
North Carolina State Senate Republican Primary, District 45 (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Soucek 6,356
Jeffrey Elmore 5,708

Campaign finance summary


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Daniel Soucek campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014North Carolina State Senate, District 45Won $61,262 N/A**
2012North Carolina State Senate, District 45Won $83,893 N/A**
2010North Carolina State Senate, District 45Won $402,324 N/A**
2008North Carolina House of Representatives, District 93Lost $78,964 N/A**
Grand total$626,443 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2016

In 2016, the General Assembly of North Carolina was in session from April 25 through July 1.

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2015


2014


2013


2012


2011

Personal

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Soucek and his wife, Kim, have three children. They currently reside in Watauga County, North Carolina.

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. averyjournal.com, "Soucek resigns," accessed April 14, 2016
  2. Dan Soucek campaign website
  3. fansofdan.com, "Issues," accessed August 19, 2014
  4. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. "Nine Newly Minted N.C. Legislators Sign No-New-Taxes Pledge," Carolina Journal, November 15, 2010
  6. The primary for U.S. congressional elections was rescheduled to June 7, 2016, following legal challenges to North Carolina's district maps. State races were unaffected.
  7. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 Candidate Filing," archived January 19, 2016
  8. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed August 23, 2016
  9. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election results lookup," accessd December 21, 2016
  10. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
  11. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
  12. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
  13. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
  14. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Primary Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed March 7, 2014
  15. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "General Election Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed August 12, 2014
  16. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "05/06/2014 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide," accessed December 5, 2014
  17. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide," accessed December 5, 2014
  18. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate lists," accessed March 9, 2012
  19. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results, 2012," accessed June 18, 2012
  20. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2010 General Election Results," accessed March 25, 2015
Political offices
Preceded by
Steve Goss (D)
North Carolina State Senate District 45
2011–2016
Succeeded by
Deanna Ballard (R)


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