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Erik Powery
Erik Powery (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Baltimore in Maryland. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
Powery completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Erik Powery was born in The Bronx in New York City, NY. He earned a high school diploma from Amityville Memorial High School and attended Nassau Community College and Norfolk State University for undergraduate study. Powery's career experience includes working as an entrepreneur and in the sales and banking industries.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Baltimore
Brandon Scott defeated Bob Wallace, Shannon Wright, and David Harding in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brandon Scott (D) | 70.5 | 164,661 |
 | Bob Wallace (Independent) | 20.2 | 47,275 | |
 | Shannon Wright (R) | 7.1 | 16,664 | |
 | David Harding (Working Class Party) | 1.7 | 3,973 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,006 | ||
| Total votes: 233,579 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kahan Singh Dhillon Jr. (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Scott | 29.6 | 43,927 |
 | Sheila Dixon | 27.5 | 40,782 | |
| Mary Miller | 15.6 | 23,193 | ||
 | Thiru Vignarajah | 11.5 | 17,080 | |
 | Jack Young | 6.2 | 9,256 | |
| T.J. Smith | 5.8 | 8,593 | ||
| Carlmichael Stokey Cannady | 1.7 | 2,473 | ||
 | Mary Washington (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.7 | 1,028 | |
 | Valerie Cunningham | 0.2 | 339 | |
 | Keith Scott | 0.2 | 303 | |
 | Yasaun Young | 0.1 | 188 | |
| Ralph Johnson Jr. | 0.1 | 177 | ||
 | Yolanda Pulley | 0.1 | 152 | |
| Lou Catelli | 0.1 | 151 | ||
| Dante Swinton | 0.1 | 143 | ||
| Michael Douglas Jenson | 0.1 | 131 | ||
| Brian Salsberry | 0.1 | 129 | ||
| Rikki Vaughn | 0.1 | 116 | ||
| Liri Fusha | 0.0 | 57 | ||
| Terry Jay McCready | 0.0 | 46 | ||
| Sean Bernard Gresh | 0.0 | 45 | ||
| James Jones | 0.0 | 33 | ||
 | Erik Powery | 0.0 | 32 | |
| Frederick D. Ware-Newsome | 0.0 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 148,405 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shannon Wright | 29.1 | 1,630 |
| Catalina Byrd | 19.0 | 1,068 | ||
| William Herd | 13.5 | 757 | ||
| David Anthony Wiggins | 13.0 | 729 | ||
| Ivan Gonzalez | 12.0 | 671 | ||
 | Zulieka Baysmore | 11.4 | 641 | |
| Collins Otonna | 2.0 | 112 | ||
| Total votes: 5,608 | |||
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Candidate profile
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Hi my name is Erik Powery. I am a true progressive running a self-funded, grassroots campaign to lift up the most vulnerable Batimoreans. If you are rich or finacially comfortable, congratulations. If you are poor and hungry, I will bulid a coalition of caring human beings to fix this. We are a great nation, but we have failed many Americans and immigrants who are looking for Us to be a beacon of hope. I will rebuild our failing schools from within, and fromwithout. I will not only upgrade Vocational Public Education, but Iwill expand the vocations offered in order for our youth to be job ready upon graduation. I will reduce murder rate by 75%. I will insire our youth. And, I will appoint a Youth Mayor, Youth Director of Public Safety, Youth Chief of Staff, and Youth Peacekeeper. I am a visionary. And I will personally mentor these youth to be the howngrown "Leaders of The New School" in Batiomore. I will pay them $20 per hours. What I ask in return from my youth cabinet is to be good examples. To love ❤️ thy neighbor. To be aspirational figures to the youth community of Baltimore City. And to sign a pledge to raise a family in Batimore City. I will upgrade Enoch Pratt Public Library. New state of the art computers. And expand hours and services. We will make public school a safe place especially for children who suffer from dysfunction in the home. School will be open 7 to 7. With upgraded technology and repaired HVAC systems. Good teachers will receive 3% annual raises."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Baltimore in 2020.
Campaign themes
2020
Erik Powery completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Powery'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 will be an honest Chief Executive Officer. You tax dollars will be handled with special care as if it were my own pocketbook.
- I am here for your children. Google me. I will be on spped dial for my people.
- I will tranform Baltimore intoa leading international city. Local, Federal, and international goverments will emulate the "Baltimore City Way" as a blueprint to merely as a survival tactic, but to thrive and uplift every resident no matter the zip code.
Monroe & Fulton . And we will have full service gas station that will employ all our precious "Squeegee Kids" Reducing crime by 75%. But you say: "how is this possible Erik?" Great question oohwee I thought you would never ask me! We will demolish the largest enconomy in poor neighhorhoods. The "Controlled Substance Economy". This economy is a stain that has reinforced redlining in our communities. Where there are no users, there are no pushers. Any Baltomorean who wants to get escape the shackles of drug addiction. We will INVEST 45 days of inpatient drug counseling to our neighbors, friends, and family. We will exhort Gang Leaders to put down their weapons and come out of the shadows. Drugs dealers have thanked me for listening 👂 to them and not brow beating them to death about how evil they are. Believe this, they desire to leave their criminal enterprise and earn an honest living. They want to regain the respect of their loved ones and live with honor & dignity.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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