George Ware

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George K. Ware

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Personal

Birthplace

Atlanta, Ga.

Religion

Christian

Profession

Real estate

Contact

Campaign website

George K. Ware (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 32. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

George Ware was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Ware's career experience includes working in real estate. Ware has served as president of the Winston-Salem Chapter of Sertoma International.

Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Carolina State Senate District 32

Incumbent Paul Lowe defeated George K. Ware and Zac Lentz in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 32 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Lowe (D)	69.0	67,131
		George K. Ware (R)	28.2	27,442
	Submit photo	Zac Lentz (L)	2.8	2,758

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 97,331
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 32

Incumbent Paul Lowe defeated Gardenia Henley in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 32 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Lowe	64.6	11,794
		Gardenia Henley	35.4	6,469

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,263
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. George K. Ware advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 32.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Zac Lentz advanced from the Libertarian primary for North Carolina State Senate District 32.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ware in this election.

2022

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina State Senate District 32

Incumbent Paul Lowe defeated George K. Ware in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 32 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Lowe (D)	59.3	46,986
		George K. Ware (R)	40.7	32,220

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,206
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Paul Lowe advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 32.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. George K. Ware advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 32.

2020

See also: City elections in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2020)

General election

General election for Winston-Salem City Council West Ward

Incumbent Robert Clark defeated Paula J. McCoy in the general election for Winston-Salem City Council West Ward on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Clark (R)	96.8	13,726
	Submit photo	Paula J. McCoy (Independent) (Write-in)	0.3	39
		Other/Write-in votes	3.0	422

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,187
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Winston-Salem City Council West Ward

Incumbent Robert Clark defeated George K. Ware in the Republican primary for Winston-Salem City Council West Ward on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Clark	84.0	2,608
		George K. Ware	16.0	495

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,103
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a 23 year resident of Winston Salem, NC and a Private Business Owner (Real Estate Firm) and (NC Certified Food Manufacturer) as well as President of the Winston Salem, NC Chapter of the non-profit group Sertoma International. I am married to Judy Robertson Ware of Lexington, NC. My Parents are Jack and Gloria Ware (Both Deceased) and I have 3 siblings...Ann Ware (Retired Teacher and Administrator), Nancy Ware (Retired Teacher and High School Principle) and Jimmy Ware (Private Business Owner).

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• (Education Policy & School Choice) I believe strongly that our Public School Systems offer seriously inadequate skills to get high paying jobs. Education bureaucrats and teachers unions put pressure on teachers to produce and manipulate graduates rates but not qualified graduates. I believe these policies are systemically designed by Democrat controlled public School Teachers Unions and they rob our children of a better life. Sir Francis said, "Knowledge is Power" and these warped education policies keep our children blind and under the under the control of Democrat Politicians. These Students are grossly prepared for college. 89% of low-income first generation college students drop out of college in the first year.
• (Health Care Reform) In 2021 approximately 66% of all Personal Bankruptcy filings were due to unplanned and uninsured Medical Care Bills. An estimated 600,000 people in North Carolina are uninsured, with approximately 91,000 Black Americans included. As the most wealthy and prosperous nation in the world we owe it to our American Citizens to help protect them and their families from unaffordable medical care costs. No American Citizen should be forced to file Bankruptcy and have their good credit ruined to escape unaffordable Medical Bills.
• I feel that NC Legislation should be passed that will target and provide funding for desperately needed outreach programs in our lower-income communities and community centers. Our children are being robbed of their youth by drugs, gangs and violence and if we need to make this our top priority. Families as well as Law Enforcement in these communities are over burdened with these extremely harsh day to day realities and desperately need our help as Legislators. We are responsible as Politicians, Parents and Teachers to provide a safe environment for our children so they "can be children". Our City, County and Community Leaders Desperately need our help to provide adequate resources and funding to curb these destructive trends.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Education and School Choice are my #1 personal priority. Approximately 89% of children from lower-income families that graduate from Public High Schools never complete a college degree. Only 9% of lower-income children who graduate from Public High Schools ever complete a college degree. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has stated that lower-income High School Students that graduate from "Private and Publicly Funded Charters Schools" are graduating from college at 3 to 5 times the national average for children from lower-income families that graduate from our "Historically Failing Public High Schools". I believe that School Choice with Public-Run, Teacher-Run, Church-Run and other Private Schools is the best alternative to our historically failing Public Schools. These policies, once established and put into place will create competition whereas these schools will compete with each other on the basis of excellence. The selfish bond between teachers' unions, bureaucrats and Democrat Politicians is the overwhelming obstacle for parents, especially those of black students in getting a private school education for their children, even though we are a rich country that can afford that opportunity. I believe that most current policies that keep our children from receiving a good education are "systemically designed" by our "Democrat controlled Public-School Teachers Unions" and they rob our children of a better life. Sir Francis Bacon said..."Knowledge is Power".

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To put and serve the best interest of the voter that elected you to represent their best interest and not your own.

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

Absolutely not. I believe the biggest obstacle in creating and passing helpful Legislative Policies is that too many Politicians spend way too many years in Political Office and either loose touch with the needs of voters and their families our they develop self serving policies that benefit themselves and not their constituents. We need to enact term limits and rid ourselves of life long politicians.

Are you interested in running for a different political office (for example, the U.S. Congress or governor) in the future?

Yes

Should the legislature oversee or grant the use of emergency powers?

Yes

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Yes

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2020

George K. Ware did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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George K. Ware campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	North Carolina State Senate District 32	Lost general	$0	$0
2024*	North Carolina State Senate District 32	Lost general	$1,000	$140
2022	North Carolina State Senate District 32	Lost general	$1,300	$5,100
Grand total			$2,300	$5,240
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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

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Footnotes

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Current members of the North Carolina State Senate

Leadership

Minority Leader:Sydney Batch

Senators

District 1

Robert Hanig (R)

District 2

Norman Sanderson (R)

District 3

Bob Brinson (R)

District 4

Eldon Newton (R)

District 5

Kandie Smith (D)

District 6

Michael Lazzara (R)

District 7

Michael Lee (R)

District 8

William Rabon (R)

District 9

Brent Jackson (R)

District 10

Benton Sawrey (R)

District 11

Lisa Barnes (R)

District 12

Jim Burgin (R)

District 13

Lisa Grafstein (D)

District 14

Dan Blue (D)

District 15

Jay Chaudhuri (D)

District 16

Gale Adcock (D)

District 17

Sydney Batch (D)

District 18

Terence Everitt (D)

District 19

Val Applewhite (D)

District 20

Natalie Murdock (D)

District 21

Tom McInnis (R)

District 22

Sophia Chitlik (D)

District 23

Graig Meyer (D)

District 24

Danny Britt (R)

District 25

Amy Galey (R)

District 26

Phil Berger (R)

District 27

Michael Garrett (D)

District 28

Gladys Robinson (D)

District 29

Dave Craven (R)

District 30

Steven Jarvis (R)

District 31

Dana Jones (R)

District 32

Paul Lowe (D)

District 33

Carl Ford (R)

District 34

Chris Measmer (R)

District 35

Todd Johnson (R)

District 36

Eddie Settle (R)

District 37

Vickie Sawyer (R)

District 38

Mujtaba Mohammed (D)

District 39

DeAndrea Salvador (D)

District 40

Joyce Waddell (D)

District 41

Caleb Theodros (D)

District 42

Woodson Bradley (D)

District 43

Brad Overcash (R)

District 44

Ted Alexander (R)

District 45

Mark Hollo (R)

District 46

Warren Daniel (R)

District 47

Ralph Hise (R)

District 48

Timothy Moffitt (R)

District 49

Julie Mayfield (D)

District 50

Kevin Corbin (R)

Republican Party (30)

Democratic Party (20)