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Dave Craven

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Dave Craven
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North Carolina State Senate District 29
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
North Carolina State Senate District 26
Successor: Phil Berger
Predecessor: Jerry W. Tillman

Compensation

Base salary

$13,951/year

Per diem

$104/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

Dave Craven (Republican Party) is a member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 29. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Craven (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 29. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Craven was appointed to the state legislature by Governor Roy Cooper (D) on July 17, 2020, to fill the vacancy created when Jerry W. Tillman (R) resigned. He was also selected to replace Tillman as the Republican Party's nominee in the November 3 general election for the District 26 seat.[1][2]

Biography

Craven earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His work experience includes working as a vice president of business development at Fidelity Bank.[3]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Craven was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Craven was assigned to the following committees:

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

2024

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Carolina State Senate District 29

Incumbent Dave Craven defeated Kevin Clark in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 29 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Craven
Dave Craven (R)
 
68.6
 
70,881
Kevin Clark (D) Candidate Connection
 
31.4
 
32,519

Total votes: 103,400
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kevin Clark advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 29.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dave Craven advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 29.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Craven in this election.

2022

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina State Senate District 29

Incumbent Dave Craven defeated Brooke Crump in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 29 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Craven
Dave Craven (R)
 
73.0
 
51,618
Brooke Crump (D)
 
27.0
 
19,048

Total votes: 70,666
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Brooke Crump advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 29.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dave Craven advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 29.

Campaign finance

2020

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Carolina State Senate District 26

Incumbent Dave Craven defeated Jane Ledwell Gant in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Craven
Dave Craven (R)
 
70.3
 
63,077
Image of Jane Ledwell Gant
Jane Ledwell Gant (D) Candidate Connection
 
29.7
 
26,609

Total votes: 89,686
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jane Ledwell Gant advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 26.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jerry W. Tillman advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 26.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Dave Craven did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Dave Craven campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* North Carolina State Senate District 29Won general$851,492 $1,099,523
2022North Carolina State Senate District 29Won general$576,084 $455,781
2020North Carolina State Senate District 26Won general$107,421 N/A**
Grand total$1,534,997 $1,555,304
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Steven Jarvis (R)
North Carolina State Senate District 29
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Jerry W. Tillman (R)
North Carolina State Senate District 26
2020-2023
Succeeded by
Phil Berger (R)


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