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Dennis Britt
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Elections and appointments
Last election

May 17, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Campbell University, 2019

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Years of service

1983 - 1992

Personal
Birthplace
Lumberton, N.C.
Religion
Baptist
Profession
US Air Force Civil Service

Dennis Britt (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 19. He lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.

Britt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Dennis Britt was born in Lumberton, North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1983 to 1992. He earned a bachelor's degree from Campbell University in 2019.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina State Senate District 19

Val Applewhite defeated Wesley Meredith in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Val Applewhite
Val Applewhite (D)
 
52.7
 
30,755
Image of Wesley Meredith
Wesley Meredith (R)
 
47.3
 
27,601

Total votes: 58,356
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19

Val Applewhite defeated incumbent Kirk deViere and Ed Donaldson in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Val Applewhite
Val Applewhite
 
56.2
 
7,588
Image of Kirk deViere
Kirk deViere Candidate Connection
 
36.9
 
4,972
Ed Donaldson
 
6.9
 
931

Total votes: 13,491
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19

Wesley Meredith defeated Dennis Britt in the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 19 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wesley Meredith
Wesley Meredith
 
72.4
 
5,781
Image of Dennis Britt
Dennis Britt Candidate Connection
 
27.6
 
2,202

Total votes: 7,983
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Dennis Britt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Britt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I’m Dennis Britt, candidate for NC District 19 Senate. I am married to Tammie for 43 years and we have three adult children. We are both Financial Coaches, dedicated to developing people’s wisdom and behaviors for personal prosperity. I was Enlisted in the US Air Force for 10 years and retired after serving 22 years in Blue Collar Air Force Civil Service. I was honored to serve during the Cold War against the USSR and have over 40 years’ experience in Maintenance and Logistics. I graduated from Campbell University in 2019 with a BS in Business Administration. Solving problems has been my life and career.
  • Individual Prosperity is the opposite of Poverty. Social Services spending shows the magnitude of Poverty in our State. Poverty is growing because we fail to properly develop the individual’s skills, abilities, and behavior needed to accumulate wealth. I will work to correct our cultural and Education Establishment’s failure to prepare a major part of our population for self-sufficiency.
  • Economic Growth is a natural outcome of increasing Individual Prosperity. I will push for developing District 19 new businesses while also developing the workforce to fill these added jobs.
  • Justice, as an aspirational virtue, is the foundation of our Nation. The Individual Rights of Personhood, Property and Promises must be protected by Government to allow citizens to produce value for each other and others. Law Enforcement Officers and Judicial Administration must be strongly supported against offenders of those Individual Rights.
I am passionate to provide a Limited, Efficient and Effective Government. Limited because every legislation removes a freedom. Efficient because every dollar Government spends must be taken from the value (GDP) produced by Working People.

Effective because Government's purpose is to advance society and resolve obstacles to a better life for the citizen, not an existence for magnifying itself.
Education Policy is the foundation for advancing society. Proper content, context and pedagogy are necessary to graduate people prepared for a meaningful, engaged and prosperous life of self-sufficiency.

Transportation and Infrastructure are key to commerce and Economic Growth. Preventing Infrastructure revenue from migrating to benevolence programs is critical to maintaining and developing our highways and bridges. Mass Transit in our modern private transportation environment should undergo a rigorous cost/benefit analysis.
Thomas Aquinas, Philosopher and Doctor of the Church, for producing an integration of relevant human wisdom in the Summa Theologiae. His work on human relationships is still relevant after over 700 years.

Adam Smith, Philosopher and Father of Economics, publisher of The Theory of Moral Sentiment and "Wealth of Nations". (circa 1756). He expressed that the mandatory function of a successful government is to Protect the Individual Rights of Person, Property and Promises. All other government engagement should be limited to those things that only government can do, leaving all benevolence programs to Private Civil Organizations of the Heart.

Cincinnatus, (when Dictator wasn't a derogatory title), who was George Washington's role model for performing his duty and service to the nation, then surrendering his command and power when the crisis and term ended.

Frederick Douglass, born a slave, who against all odds (by his own volition) learned to read, write and perform mathematics in his preparation for becoming a great man, orator and abolitionist and statesman. He was an early advocate for desegregation and women's suffrage. In a November 15, 1867, speech he said "A man's rights rest in three boxes. The ballot box, jury box and the cartridge box..."

Dr. Walter E. Williams, Professor of Economics at George Mason University for his philosophy and treatises on issues surrounding African-American life and education. He espoused solutions rather than the conflict entrepreneurs' emotional chaos tactics for maintaining and magnifying victimhood.
The Constitution of the United States of America (especially The Tenth Amendment—“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people” )

What Adam Smith Knew (James R. Otteson, 2014)

NIV Life Application Bible
The most important principles are based in Faith, Hope and Love, exhibited through Practical Wisdom, Justice, Courage and Temperance. The overriding consideration for ethical action is the protection of individual rights of person, property and promises.
I have a broad background and experienced life from the lowest economic levels to a comfortable life. I have seen the effects of good intentions gone wrong, and lived in a primarily tri-racial community, where Native Americans, African-Americans and Whites have shared circumstances.

I believe in and strive to exhibit “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ c 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ d 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

I emphasize "All the Law..." should comply with this.
To protect and Defend the Constitution of the USA and North Carolina. Actions should be in the best interest of all citizens, rejecting Government Favoritism.
I would like to leave a society that has learned to grasp their own happiness and master the financial aspects for individual prosperity.
The first Moon Landing was a great National Accomplishment when I was 10 years old.
The Vietnam War, our effort to stop the spread of Marxism(Socialism/Communism, etc.) was always on the news. Every family had someone involved in the war.
Handing tobacco. From about 8 years old until 16 years old I worked at various Farm Labor jobs in Robeson County, NC and some occasional stints for short periods in Johnston County. This was in addition to working on our small family farm, where we grew and produced most of the food we ate. My mother worked hard, many times picking the produce from our garden while us children worked for other farmers. After dinner we would shell beans, peas etc. and then process them for storing a year's supply.
Practical wisdom, understanding mutually beneficial exchange and overcoming cigarette addiction.
The primary duty of the governor is to carry out the will of the majority as legislated by the Representatives elected by the citizens (State Legislators) and authorized by the NC Constitution. The governor is uniquely positioned to influence Legislators due to his feedback from executing his authority, but must adhere to existing law and ethics in his conduct.
Reducing Government Dependency for social services is the greatest challenge, as indicated by the spending trends. The continuous increase in dependency reflects a deeper failure of government that punishes working people while contributing to the decline of mental health in the state. The obvious solution is to transform the Education Establishment into a producer of well-rounded graduates prepared to be good, productive members of society.
The most viable solution is to reduce the NEED for government dependency. Self sufficiency will reduce the need, but the common government methodology of blowing "left over money" to zero out the account at the end of year must stop. If the need is met, return the excess money to the working people (taxpayers).
A unicameral legislature would suffer from having too narrow of focus on issues and appease local interests at the expense of the greater good. Ideally, one chamber should have a good grasp of commerce and business issues. Businesses produce value for other people and drive economic activity, which is the foundation for individual prosperity. A narrow view of social desires will drain the treasury and destroy quality of life for all.
I believe we should have representation by people who have experience working for a living, not career politicians. Continuity can be good if it is focused on efficiency and effectiveness, not just looking for an ideological win or self-promoting opportunity.
Familiarity with processes can be taught quick enough for newcomers.
Absolutely! Through good relationships we can move mountains! One person cannot comprehend the entirety of an issue or predict the unintended consequences of an action. These are important in the public discourse.
The current law represents the will of the majority and should be followed. Injecting emotional objections to an existing law is a disruption to civility and a power play of conflict entrepreneurs. We should not allow Judicial Gerrymandering aimed at unlawfully placating those who were happy with the same law when they held the majority. If the law was so offensive, they should have changed it in the 140 years they controlled government.
The first question that must be answered is "Is this something our Government SHOULD be doing?" Does the Constitution give this authority to Government?
If the issue is rightfully under the purview of the limited government, compromise between the details of the recognized need and the approach to meet that need are valid. Policies and programs should meet a clearly-defined, constitutionally-authorized goal before pursuing a "compromise" on spending magnitude.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 5, 2022


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