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John Higdon
John Higdon ran for election for Mayor of Matthews in North Carolina. He won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Higdon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Matthews, North Carolina (2019)
General election
General election for Mayor of Matthews
John Higdon defeated incumbent Paul Bailey in the general election for Mayor of Matthews on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Higdon (Nonpartisan)  | 53.6 | 2,778 | |
| Paul Bailey (Nonpartisan) | 46.2 | 2,394 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 5,181 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Matthews
John Higdon and incumbent Paul Bailey defeated Jason Majewski in the primary for Mayor of Matthews on October 8, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Higdon (Nonpartisan) | 54.6 | 861 | |
| ✔ | Paul Bailey (Nonpartisan) | 41.9 | 660 | |
| Jason Majewski (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 55 | ||
| Total votes: 1,576 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Higdon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Higdon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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2) Work with the development community and incentivize them to save more trees on construction sites. Additionally I will encourage the town to identify and purchase land to be used as future park sites.
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
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