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John Aneralla
John Aneralla was the Mayor of Huntersville in North Carolina. He left office in 2021.
Aneralla (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 13th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Aneralla was a 2012 and 2010 Republican candidate for District 41 of the North Carolina State Senate.
Elections
2022
See also: North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2022
North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)
North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
Wiley Nickel defeated Bo Hines in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wiley Nickel (D) | 51.6 | 143,090 |
 | Bo Hines (R)  | 48.4 | 134,256 | |
| Total votes: 277,346 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Calvin Thomas (Independent)
- Steve Holland (Independent)
- Jacques Youngblood (Independent)
- Scott Blake (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
Wiley Nickel defeated Sam Searcy, Jamie Campbell Bowles, Nathan Click, and Denton Lee in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wiley Nickel | 51.6 | 23,155 |
 | Sam Searcy | 22.9 | 10,284 | |
 | Jamie Campbell Bowles | 9.4 | 4,217 | |
 | Nathan Click | 8.6 | 3,866 | |
 | Denton Lee | 7.4 | 3,311 | |
| Total votes: 44,833 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Josh Remillard (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bo Hines | 32.1 | 17,602 |
 | DeVan Barbour IV | 22.6 | 12,426 | |
 | Kelly Daughtry | 16.9 | 9,300 | |
 | Kent Keirsey | 11.3 | 6,223 | |
 | Renee Ellmers | 9.4 | 5,176 | |
 | Chad Slotta | 5.6 | 3,074 | |
 | Jessica Morel | 1.3 | 738 | |
 | Kevin Alan Wolff | 0.6 | 344 | |
| Total votes: 54,883 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bill Brewster (R)
- Karen Bentley (R)
- Grayson Haff (R)
- John Aneralla (R)
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Huntersville, North Carolina (2019)
General election
General election for Mayor of Huntersville
Incumbent John Aneralla defeated Rob Kidwell in the general election for Mayor of Huntersville on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Aneralla (Nonpartisan) | 55.9 | 3,830 |
 | Rob Kidwell (Nonpartisan) | 43.6 | 2,989 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 38 | ||
| Total votes: 6,857 | |||
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2012
Aneralla ran in the 2012 election for North Carolina State Senate District 41. He advanced to a July 17 runoff where he was defeated by Jeff Tarte.[1][2][3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Jeff Tarte (advanced to runoff) |
37.6% | 6,423 |
| John Aneralla (advanced to runoff) |
36.3% | 6,193 |
| Troy Stafford | 10.8% | 1,837 |
| Robby Benton | 8.3% | 1,423 |
| Donald L. Copeland, Sr. | 7% | 1,194 |
| Total Votes | 17,070 | |
2010
Aneralla lost in the November 2 general election to incumbent Malcolm Graham (D).[4]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Aneralla did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
John Aneralla did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2010
Aneralla's website highlighted the following issues:
- Jobs
- Excerpt:
- "Creating the conditions in government that enable businesses of all sizes to grow and prosper."
- "A tax moratorium on all North Carolina manufactured goods."
- "Protecting North Carolina’s 'right to work' status."
- "Eliminating burdensome government regulations."
- Taxes
- Excerpt:
- "Reducing and flattening the tax rate to be the lowest and simplest in the Southeast."
- "Across the board reductions in corporate, personal income and sales tax rates."
- "Rolling back 'temporary' taxes enacted over the past several budgets."
- "Eliminating all state capital gains & interest income taxes."
- Government Spending
- Excerpt:
- "Auditing state agencies & programs as to their effectiveness, and then improving or eliminating."
- "Full transparency in the budgeting process, based on clearly established state spending priorities"
- "Limiting the growth of state government spending to not more than inflation plus population growth."
- "Privatizing non-core state functions."
- "Ensuring a public vote on state debt."
- Education
- Excerpt:
- "Empowering teachers & school leaders to make decisions at the local level."
- "Continuing to invest in the community college and state university system."
- "Creating a vocational educational track to lower the high school drop-out rate."
- "Lifting the cap on Charter schools."
- "Funding students, not bureaucrats."
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "N.C. Legislature - Mecklenburg: Earle wins 9th term; Aneralla, Tarte battling," May 9, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ North Carolina Board of Elections, "Candidate lists," accessed March 12, 2012
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results, 2012," accessed June 18, 2012
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2010 General Election Results," accessed March 25, 2015
