Gil Pagan
Gil Pagan (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 36. Pagan lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Pagan was a candidate for the District 8 seat on the Wake County Public School System school board in North Carolina. Pagan was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Pagan's campaign website listed the following as his biography:[1]
| “ | Gil helped manage a 1000 employee early intervention and school based related services program serving children with special needs for seven years. He recruited special education teachers and therapists for these programs. He has a deep understanding of these services, how they should be delivered while working with families with special needs children. Gil also has a child with special needs.
Test Gil was a trustee of the Board of Directors of New Brunswick Theological Seminary (NBTS) for seven years. he has school construction and budgetary experience. During his tenure, Gil worked with other trustees to find a new president, developed a $20,000,000 new campus expansion plan in New Brunswick, NJ, and was actively involved in the re-accreditation process for NBTS by the Association of Theological Schools. Throughout his service at NBTS, cash flow positive budgets were developed and approved. Gil is currently a member of the “Committee for the Future of Cary” a 35 member panel working on a 25 year plan for the future growth of Cary. This intensive urban planning effort covers all the necessary and required items critical to the future of any city; roads, transportation (mass transit), essential services, housing and infrastructure. Gil’s 3 boys are products of the Wake County school system. One of his sons recently graduated from a 4 year college, another is currently a student at Wake Technical Community College and his youngest son is soon to graduate high school and go into the work force. Gil is a first generation college graduate, earning degrees from New York University in Healthcare and New Brunswick Theological Seminary, with post graduate work at the New School and NYU. Gil is a successful business owner and local employer with a national reach. He has a depth of experience in the workforce working with children and families through community efforts, social service agencies and through churches and volunteer programs. Through community efforts and in collaboration with churches, Gil also developed an after school-no cost-tutoring program for underprivileged children. Gil has been married for 26 years to his wife Carol and is a man of faith and attends church regularly. They both teach various topics in their local church and in the community. Gil is a 10 year resident of Wake County, born to a working class family. Gil’s dad was a watchmaker, hence Gil’s love of watches. His mom was a homemaker and blue collar factory worker.[2] |
” |
| —Gil Pagan (2016)[1] | ||
Elections
2020
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36
Incumbent Julie von Haefen defeated Kim Coley and Bruce Basson in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Julie von Haefen (D)  | 53.2 | 31,644 |
 | Kim Coley (R) | 43.1 | 25,656 | |
 | Bruce Basson (L) | 3.7 | 2,206 | |
| Total votes: 59,506 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Julie von Haefen advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36
Kim Coley defeated Gil Pagan in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36 on March 3, 2020.
| Total votes: 6,762 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Bruce Basson advanced from the Libertarian primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36.
Campaign finance
2016
When state legislation created new school board district boundaries for the Wake County Public School System, a group of voters disputed the change in court.
- See also: Issues in the election
District 1 incumbent Tom Benton filed for re-election and faced challengers Donald Agee, Mary Beth Ainsworth, and Sheila Ellis. Agee defeated the incumbent. In District 2, incumbent Monika Johnson-Hostler filed for an additional term on the board and successfully defended her seat against challenger Peter Hochstaetter. Mark Ivey initially filed in the race but withdrew his candidacy in September 2016. Because of the late withdrawal, his name still appeared on the ballot. Sole newcomer Roxie Cash filed for the District 3 seat and won. District 4 incumbent Keith Sutton filed for re-election and faced single challenger Heather Elliott. Sutton won another term on the board. In their bids for re-election, District 5, 6, and 7 incumbents Jim Martin, Christine Kushner, and Zora Felton were unopposed and won additional terms on the board. However, Felton passed away unexpectedly shortly after the general election, leaving the District 7 seat vacant.
District 8 saw three newcomers file for the seat: Gary Lewis, Gil Pagan, and Lindsay Mahaffey, with Mahaffey winning the seat. In District 9, incumbent Bill Fletcher won the race against challenger Michael Tanbusch. There was no primary.[3][4]
After Judge Dever announced that the candidates who originally filed in this school board race were disqualified and would have to file again during a new filing window that ran from August 11, 2016, to August 17, 2016, three dropped out and two newcomers filed. Former candidates Beverley Clark, James McLuckie, and Donald Mial did not appear on the revised candidate list. District 7 incumbent Zora Felton and District 9 challenger Michael Tanbusch entered the race after the new deadline was set.[3]
Results
| Wake County Public School System, District 8 General Election, 2-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lindsay Mahaffey |
41.92% | 21,828 |
| Gil Pagan | 30.19% | 15,722 |
| Gary Lewis | 27.35% | 14,240 |
| Write-in votes | 0.55% | 285 |
| Total Votes (100) | 52,075 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/08/2016 Official General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Pagan reported $5,481.81 in contributions and $4,891.08 in expenditures to the Wake County Board of Elections, leaving his campaign with $590.73 cash on hand as of November 4, 2016.[5]
School board candidates in North Carolina were required to file campaign finance reports to their county's board of elections unless the candidate:
(1) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in contributions, and
(2) Did not receive more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in loans, and
(3) Did not spend more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).[6]
The third quarter campaign finance deadline was October 31, 2016, and the fourth quarter deadline was January 11, 2017.[7]
Endorsements
Pagan was endorsed by the Wake County Republican Party.[8]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gil Pagan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Gil Pagan 2016 campaign website
- Gil Pagan 2016 Facebook campaign page
- Wake County Public School System
- Wake County Board of Elections
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Talk to Gil, "About," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wake County Board of Elections, "Wake Board of Elections Candidate Detail List," August 17, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/08/2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Wake County, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Chapter 163: Elections And Election Laws, Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Reporting Schedules," accessed October 11, 2016
- ↑ News & Observer, "Political parties make Wake County school board endorsements," October 3, 2016
