Ken Romley
Ken Romley (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2018.
Biography
Ken Romley lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in computer science from Cornell University. Romley’s career experience includes working as a management consultant. He founded the Marathon Group, an internet consulting company, SmartPath, and Zift Solutions.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Incumbent George E.B. Holding defeated Linda Coleman and Jeff Matemu in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | George E.B. Holding (R) | 51.3 | 170,072 |
 | Linda Coleman (D) | 45.8 | 151,977 | |
 | Jeff Matemu (L)  | 2.9 | 9,655 | |
| Total votes: 331,704 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Timmy Strickland (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Linda Coleman defeated Ken Romley and Wendy May in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Coleman | 56.0 | 18,650 |
 | Ken Romley | 32.3 | 10,742 | |
 | Wendy May | 11.7 | 3,895 | |
| Total votes: 33,287 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sam Searcy (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Incumbent George E.B. Holding defeated Allen Chesser II in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | George E.B. Holding | 76.2 | 17,979 |
 | Allen Chesser II | 23.8 | 5,612 | |
| Total votes: 23,591 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Jeff Matemu advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Matemu |
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Ken participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Ken's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Fixing our broken healthcare system to expand affordable access to all Americans 2) Driving out the corrupting influence of big monied special interests |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Affordable and Accessible Healthcare, Public Education, Economic Development / Job Growth, and Using Technology to improve lives.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018
- North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ken Romley for Congress 2018, "My Story," accessed April 21, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Ken's responses," April 6, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
