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James Dawkins Jr.

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James Dawkins Jr.
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 3, 2020

Education

Associate

Cape Fear Community College

Personal
Birthplace
Texarkana, Texas
Profession
Computer technician
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James Dawkins Jr. (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 19. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.

Dawkins completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

James Dawkins Jr. was born in Texarkana, Texas. He attended Brunswick Community College and Cape Fear Community College for his undergraduate degree, which he received in May 2003. As of 2020, Dawkins was a computer technician working on computer networks and multimedia equipment. He was affiliated with the Brunswick Environmental Action Team, the Defenders of Mother Earth, and the Rose Caucus.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 19

Charles Miller defeated Marcia Morgan in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 19 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charles Miller
Charles Miller (R)
 
58.0
 
34,259
Image of Marcia Morgan
Marcia Morgan (D) Candidate Connection
 
42.0
 
24,845

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 59,104
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 19

Marcia Morgan defeated James Dawkins Jr. in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 19 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Marcia Morgan
Marcia Morgan Candidate Connection
 
82.0
 
9,588
Image of James Dawkins Jr.
James Dawkins Jr. Candidate Connection
 
18.0
 
2,099

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 11,687
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 19

Charles Miller defeated David Perry in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 19 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charles Miller
Charles Miller
 
62.4
 
6,460
Image of David Perry
David Perry
 
37.6
 
3,888

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,348
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2020

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Candidate Connection

James Dawkins Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dawkins' 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 a progressive Democrat who believes strongly that our legislators haven't done enough for the people of North Carolina, and have focused way too much on appeasing their corporate donors and playing party games. They have let down the average North Carolinian and especially the poor, working class and the elderly.

I am a 35 year old computer technician who has spent the last 21 years of my life in this district and this state, and I care so deeply for the people being left out and left behind by the legislators in Raleigh. There is more that can be done for them, and I'm the one to do it. I have strong beliefs and won't take a dollar from any Big Money PAC or Big Donor that would attempt to sway my decision making. I will only be accountable to the voters, and NO ONE ELSE!

In this primary on March 3rd, 2020, vote DAWKINS!
  • Put the People FIRST! No more corporate lobbyists or Big Money PACs running things in Raleigh! Time for us to take the government BACK!
  • STOP THE POLLUTION! We must investigate, prosecute, heavily fine and LOCK UP the people and corporations who have poisoned our water and our bodies!
  • Focus on taking care of our fellow citizens. We all deserve basic human dignity, which includes a job if you can work, ample food, and a place to live. If we can't provide that for all our citizens, why have government at all?
We need to Expand Medicaid, raise the Minimum Wage, create a Public Transportation infrastructure that would revitalize all of our communities, increase Food Stamp benefits, increase the FHA budget, build affordable housing, stop burning coal and create thousands of Green Energy jobs in the state, support our small locally-owned businesses instead of letting national chains steal our cultural identity, bring back the Film Subsidy, legalize Marijuana and use the tax revenue to establish a fund that would pay for every child's school lunch and pay for addiction services, investigate and prosecute the corporations who have polluted our water and our bodies, vote on paper ballots, and generally take care of our fellow citizens.

I won't take a dime from Big Money PACs or Big Donors, and I'll throw corporate lobbyists out of my office if elected. We need independent minded people who can work for the benefit of the people of North Carolina, without having to worry about their corporate masters. I am that person. I will be a voice for ALL of the citizens, but especially the poor, working class and elderly of my district and the state.
I look up to the average people of little means who struggle every single day to put food on their tables and care for their families. They're the people that deserve the most help, and government just hasn't been helping them. If we can't provide a meal, a job and a home for every single citizen, why have this whole thing at all?
In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
Honesty. Integrity. Fidelity.
To help those who need it the most.
I would like to be the most effective legislator at helping those that haven't been helped and need it the most.
I don't know about the first, but certainly one of the most important was 9/11. I was 16 and in High School and I remember my first thought was about the people I cared about. My father, my brother, my friends, my girlfriend. My mother had died in February of 2001, and that only made my family tighter, so their safety was of paramount concern. Caring about other people, and their needs and wants is the single guiding principle of my life, and I hope to help diminish as much economic and medical suffering as I can as a legislator.
My very first job was working for a locally owned convenience store. I was a stocker, worked the checkout etc. and I was working to get up enough money to buy my first guitar. I worked the summer and bought it, and that was part of my journey that led me through art, philosophy and into politics.
In Dubious Battle - John Steinbeck

Labor organizing and worker's rights and the struggle for same has been the most important battle the United States has ever fought, and we have been losing over the past 5 decades. We must bring them back. The decline of the American worker can be directly tied to the concentrated effort of corporations and Right Wing think tanks, along with the Republican Party, to destroy unions and hobble union participation.
Winston Smith in 1984.
Thank U - Alanis Morissette
My whole life has been a struggle. I have more scars, both emotional and actual than any other person running for office. I am a gun violence survivor, a rape survivor, a survivor of the opioid crisis and have lived paycheck to paycheck for most of my life. I know what it is to go to the food bank, and to work at it. I know what it is not to have health insurance, and I know what it is to choose between buying medication or buying food.
The most important difference after 2020 I hope will be that we will have a Democratic majority in our House and a Democratic governor for the first time in over a decade. The Republicans have been tearing down and tearing away every program or sector that has helped our people, and it's time for a change. I also hope to be the youngest legislator, as we desperately need new blood in government. It's our future and it's our time to lead.
I actually think it could be detrimental. People get wrapped up in the process, in the infighting and political games, and you need someone with fresh vision, that is focused on getting things done, and has new ideas.
Green energy and helping the poor. The legislature has done its level best to prop up Big Energy companies and destroy programs for the poor, and both have to stop. It's getting much worse for people at the bottom, and there need to be people in the legislature focused on helping those who need it the most.
I would hope they could work hand in hand, getting the things that the people need done, and not worrying about political games or party fights.
Not necessarily. We're there to work, not sip wine and gossip. I'm not interested in anything other than getting the work done for the people in North Carolina that have been forgotten and have fallen through the cracks of our system. We can help and that's all we should be focused on.
Rules is obviously the most important committee, as the current head of Rules has done his level best to keep any bill that actually helps North Carolinians from getting its fair shake in the legislature.
Absolutely. I could see myself as a Majority Whip. I feel that consensus building is key, but getting the votes for the bills that will help the people is more important. I don't have any problem barking at people to get them to do what is right.
Not really.
Possibly. I want to help the most people I can. If I am incredibly effective as a NC House member it could certainly be a job that I would see myself in in a decade, or if I feel that I could be more effective in higher office, I would also consider that.

I would NEVER want to be the President, though. Senator TOPS.
I have a neighbor, Tom, who was swindled out of millions by crooked politicians and accountants years ago, and now as an 80 year old man in poverty, who is taking care of a wife with Alzheimer's and developing it himself, has needed a lot of help. I stood in line for 8 hours to sign him up for Section 8 services, as he is too disabled to have stayed in the line himself. I've been to the food bank for him on many occasions, and run errands.

But, about 2 months ago I woke up at 4:30 in the morning to the sounds of someone barely audibly calling for help. I rushed outside to find Tom on the pavement, next to his car, freezing to death. He had been lying there since 11pm, on the coldest night in a long time, calling for help, but no one had heard him.

When I called his name and rushed up to him he said, "James, you're going to have to save my life."

I called the ambulance and put a blanket over him, and when he arrived at the hospital his internal temperature was 91 degrees. He's alive today and puts notes and cards on my door all the time because of what I did for him, but it's 1000% in my nature to help.

I want to put out a helping hand to everyone in North Carolina, but especially the people of my district.

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