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John Harris (North Carolina)

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John Harris
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November 8, 2022

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Winston-Salem, N.C.
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John Harris (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 36. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Harris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

John Harris was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36

Incumbent Julie von Haefen defeated John Harris and Kyle Ward in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Julie von Haefen
Julie von Haefen (D)
 
56.1
 
21,966
Image of John Harris
John Harris (R) Candidate Connection
 
41.4
 
16,220
Image of Kyle Ward
Kyle Ward (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.5
 
968

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Total votes: 39,154
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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

The Republican primary election was canceled. John Harris advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Kyle Ward advanced from the Libertarian primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 36.

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Candidate Connection

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

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I grew up outside Winston-Salem, NC, the son of a pastor and a teacher. I attended UNC-Chapel Hill as a Robertson Scholar, and went on to graduate near the top of my class from UNC School of Law. After clerking for a federal judge in Washington, D.C. for one year, I practiced law in Wake County and then had the opportunity to serve as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice in eastern North Carolina. Getting to stand up in Court and introduce myself and say, "I'm John Harris, and I represent the United States of America," has been the honor of my professional life. I now work in private practice helping businesses and individuals navigate complex disputes. On the personal side, I have been married almost 10 years to my wife, Kerry Anne. We met while undergraduates at UNC. We have three wonderful children, ages 6, 4, and 21 months. My children - and considering the future we are building for them - is what spurred me to run for the NC House, as I believe it is critical that we work together to develop common-sense solutions to the policy challenges facing us, and state government is where we can make a real difference that benefits people's lives.
  • Securing our economic future is my top priority. We need to keep taxes low and invest in infrastructure to continue to attract high-paying jobs and support southern Wake County's tremendous growth. Good jobs are the best way to battle back against historically high inflation and energy prices and weather the coming economic slowdown.
  • I support an innovate-and-invest education agenda. We need to increase pay for our teachers with a focus on recruiting and retaining the best classroom educators. I also support empowering parents through greater curricular transparency and school choice. Innovation in higher education is especially critical, so that we can deliver multiple options for students to get the job training they need without having to take on loads of debt.
  • Our area has had huge population growth, and crime is on the rise as a result. We need to stand with law enforcement and ensure they have the resources they need to keep our neighborhoods safe.
I have a wide array of interests, and one of the things I enjoy about being a lawyer is that I am always learning something new. I expect that to remain the case if elected to serve in the NC House. That said, economic development and higher education reform are two areas where I am most passionate as I think about our state's future. They are also highly interrelated. Good jobs provide stability and purpose, but we won't have good jobs if we don't have an educated workforce ready to perform those jobs, if we don't maintain a low-tax and competitive economic environment, and if we don't make prudent investments in infrastructure to support our growth. The last two decades of the digital revolution have brought major disruption to the way we work, and we will need to continue to rethink how we're educating our students to ensure they are prepared to compete in the 21st century economy. States that get these things right will become the great places to work, live, and raise a family for the next several decades. That's what North Carolina can and should be.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2022


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