Kelly Daughtry

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Kelly Daughtry

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 14, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Dartmouth College, 1992

Graduate

University of North Carolina, 1995

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Profession

Attorney

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Kelly Daughtry (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 13th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary runoff on May 14, 2024. Daughtry unofficially withdrew from the race but appeared on the primary runoff election ballot on May 14, 2024.

Biography

Kelly Daughtry earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1992 and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1995. Daughtry's career experience includes working as a family law attorney.

Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024

North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13

Brad Knott defeated Frank Pierce in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Knott (R)	58.6	243,655
		Frank Pierce (D)	41.4	171,835

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 415,490
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Josh Anderson (Independent)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 13

Brad Knott defeated Kelly Daughtry (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Knott	90.8	19,632
		Kelly Daughtry (Unofficially withdrew)	9.2	1,998

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,630
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Frank Pierce advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Wiley Nickel (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 March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kelly Daughtry	27.4	22,978
✔		Brad Knott	18.7	15,664
		Fred Von Canon	17.1	14,344
		DeVan Barbour IV	15.4	12,892
		Josh McConkey	7.1	5,926
		Kenny Xu	4.3	3,604
		David Dixon	2.6	2,146
		Matt Shoemaker	2.4	2,003
		Chris Baker	1.3	1,089
		Eric Stevenson	1.0	844
		Marcus Dellinger	1.0	798
		Sid Sharma	0.7	614
	Submit photo	James Phillips	0.7	565
		Steve Von Loor	0.5	427

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,894
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Erin Paré (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Daughtry in this election.

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

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

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,883
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bill Brewster (R)
• Karen Bentley (R)
• Grayson Haff (R)
• John Aneralla (R)

Campaign themes

2024

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Campaign website

Daughtry’s campaign website stated the following:

“	As our Congresswoman, Kelly will fight for North Carolina values each and every day. That means securing our border once and for all, cutting reckless government spending, getting tough on China and putting an end to Joe Biden’s reckless agenda. BORDER SECURITY What’s happening on our border is a crisis, plain and simple. Joe Biden and the Democrats have opened our borders, and drugs and crime are pouring into our communities at record rates. I will hold the Biden Administration accountable and use any means necessary, including authorizing the use of military force to secure our border once and for all. HOLD CHINA ACCOUNTABLE Weak-on-China career politicians have put our economy and national security at risk. That ends with me. As your Congresswoman, I’ll get tough on China, and will stop the Chinese Communist Party and their affiliates from buying farmland in North Carolina, or anywhere in the United States. STOP OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING Career politicians have spent our country to the brink, and North Carolinians are paying the price. Record-high inflation rates caused by reckless spending are crushing our families, farmers, and small businesses. I’ll stop the out-of-control spending coming from career politicians, which will lower gas and grocery costs for working families. END JOR BIDEN'S RECKLESS AGENDA Washington is broken, and Joe Biden is destroying our country. Biden’s reckless agenda has opened our borders, made our nation less secure, and made life more expensive. In Congress, I’ll stand up for North Carolina and get our nation back on track.	”
—Kelly Daughtry’s campaign website (2024)

2022

Kelly Daughtry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Daughtry's campaign website stated the following:

“	END BIDENOMICS - CUT SPENDING ​Bidenomics is crushing the American economy and middle-class families. We will face grave financial danger if we do not address inflation and spending head-on. As an outsider, I understand that it is not the politicians' money - it is our money as taxpayers. We need to elect leaders who understand that when the government is going to spend taxpayer money, they need to set priorities, cut wasteful spending, and refuse to spend money that the government does not have in the account! SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER The laws of our nation need to be enforced. President Biden's border policies are failing the people of our country. In 2021, we saw an increase in drug and human trafficking, a rise in crime, and free passage for those to enter our country who have broken the law. As the next Congresswoman from North Carolina, I will strongly advocate for a secure southern border, additional funding to DHS and Border Patrol, and allowing the US Border Patrol Agents to do their job! POLITICS IS BROKEN I look at politics; it's broken. We won't fix it and get out of this mess by electing more career politicians to represent us in Washington. So when I'm elected to represent our community, I will do just that. I will not go to Washington to make a career out of it. Instead, I will follow the approach of Congressman George Holding and support term limits. SUPPORT NC AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS In 2023, the United States Congress will pass a new Farm Bill. I believe our region and state must have a Congresswoman who understands agriculture in the room to be a voice for North Carolina's largest industry. As an attorney, local farmers knew that I would fight for them when an international Fortune 500 company's fertilizer damaged the farmers' tobacco crop. So I fought for them, and we won. I will take this same fight to Congress for the best interest of the agricultural community.​	”
—Kelly Daughtry's campaign website (2022)

Campaign finance summary

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Kelly Daughtry campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House North Carolina District 13	Lost primary runoff	$4,507,302	$4,507,302
2022	U.S. House North Carolina District 13	Lost primary	$3,575,112	$3,575,112
Grand total			$8,082,415	$8,082,415
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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North Carolina's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ted Budd (R)

Thom Tillis (R)

Representatives

District 1

Donald Davis (D)

District 2

Deborah Ross (D)

District 3

Gregory Murphy (R)

District 4

Valerie Foushee (D)

District 5

Virginia Foxx (R)

District 6

Addison McDowell (R)

District 7

David Rouzer (R)

District 8

Mark Harris (R)

District 9

Richard Hudson (R)

District 10

Pat Harrigan (R)

District 11

Chuck Edwards (R)

District 12

Alma Adams (D)

District 13

Brad Knott (R)

District 14

Timothy Moore (R)

Republican Party (12)

Democratic Party (4)