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Kyle Kirby

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2008

Law

Charlotte School of Law, 2011

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Birthplace
Charlotte, N.C.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Small business owner
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Kyle Kirby (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 102. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Kirby completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kyle Kirby was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, in 2008 and a J.D. from the Charlotte School of Law in 2011. Kirby's career experience includes working as a small business owner and law clerk.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 102

Incumbent Becky Carney defeated Kyle Kirby in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 102 on November 3, 2020.

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Becky Carney (D)
 
78.4
 
34,931
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Kyle Kirby (R) Candidate Connection
 
21.6
 
9,599

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Total votes: 44,530
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 102

Incumbent Becky Carney defeated Jonathan Peebles, Leroy Dean, and Anthony Forman in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 102 on March 3, 2020.

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Becky Carney
 
64.2
 
9,277
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Jonathan Peebles
 
25.4
 
3,675
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Leroy Dean
 
5.5
 
790
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Anthony Forman
 
4.9
 
710

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Total votes: 14,452
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Kyle Kirby advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 102.

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2020

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Candidate Connection

Kyle Kirby completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kirby's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a retired legal clerk and a small-business owner and, in my free time, I am a substitute teacher at Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools and a volunteer at the local community kitchen. My motivation for running this November is my love for the Charlotte community and my neighbors.
  • Secure Economic Opportunity for All
  • Ensure Clean Air and Clean Water
  • Legalize, Regulate, and Tax Marijuana
I am passionate about ensuring equality of opportunity for all North Carolinians. To this end, I want a robust economy, good public education, a strong social-safety net, and a clean environment, and I would be willing to work across party lines to achieve these objectives. Separately, I support the decriminalization of marijuana and the legalization of the marijuana supply chain.
I look up to Senator Rand Paul (R., Kentucky) because he is willing to work across party lines to achieve libertarian objectives. Much like Senator Paul, I would work with Democrats in order to achieve results on the issues that matter to me and my community: decriminalizing marijuana, improving the environment, and ensuring economic opportunity for all North Carolinians.
Elected officials should constantly be in touch with their constituency, and their main goal should be securing what is in their community's best interest. This requires that elected officials are open, honest, and willing to compromise; without these qualities, a legislator will fail at his job and be unable to "bring home the bacon" for his district.

Furthermore, someone serving as state representative should understand the struggles of everyday people within his district. If there is a part of the constituency's daily life that the legislator does not understand, the legislator should actively seek out information to complete his knowledge.

As far as principles, a legislator should not be blinded by partisanship or dogmatism. He should constantly strive for what does his community best - regardless of whether it matches his party's preconceived notions.
I am friendly, empathetic, and willing to hear out all points of view. I would be a legislator for all of the people within my district, not just the rich, the powerful, and the well-connected.
The core responsibility of a legislator is proofing legislative proposals against the most important criterion: "Is this piece of legislation in my community's best interest?" A legislator should also introduce bills that would serve his community, with careful consideration of all of the points of view surrounding an issue.
I hope to draft and pass several pieces of legislation addressing the issues that affect my community. At the end of the day, I want my community to know that I fought for them day in, day out.
Frankly, I was not inspired by my work as a law clerk. This propelled me toward launching my small business, which ended up being the great blessing of my life.
North Carolina is interesting because the House and Senate members alike have a two-year term, which removes the time element that sometimes insulates senators from democratic accountability. Nonetheless, the House is different than the Senate because it has a larger membership, which actually limits the regularity of compromise because the speaker shepherds his caucus toward his preferred end and the minority leader shepherds his caucus toward his preferred end. I would be a rare compromiser in a body that oftentimes breaks along party lines and would encourage the GOP caucus to be less partisan.

On a more positive note, the House has smaller constituencies, which allows each House member to more carefully represent the people within his district. This ensures greater local control and fulfills the objectives of our democratic republic.
In the mid-1860s, most members of the U.S. House of Representatives only served one term. In the grand scheme of things, the concept of career politicians is a fairly new innovation and, judging by the hyper-polarized political climate that we now live in, they haven't done our democracy much good. I am far more sympathetic to the concept of citizen legislators: people who work in the private sector and decide to serve their community for one or two terms. Compared to career politicians, citizen legislators will be far more connected with their constituency and their wants, needs, and aspirations.
Businesses oftentimes decline to establish operations in North Carolina because we chronically underfund education and our social-safety net. If we seek to make North Carolina the most indispensable state in the Union, the General Assembly must strengthen our education system and our social-welfare mechanisms.
The governor's job is to execute the laws passed by the General Assembly. The incumbent, Roy Cooper, has taken a monarchic approach, decreeing economic shutdowns and mobilizing state agencies to enforce his edicts. These practices run counter to the premises of our constitutional system of government.
I absolutely believe that it is important to build relationships with other legislators, especially those on the other side of the aisle. Good legislation is the product of compromise and teamwork.
The General Assembly should impanel a commission comprised of two Democrats, two Republicans, and one "true" independent. The Democratic members would be suggested by the Democratic caucus and the Republican members would be suggested by the Republican caucus, and the independent would be agreed upon by both caucuses. This commission would provide recommendations for district boundaries and, if they are ignored by the General Assembly, the party in power would have to answer to the voters.
I would love to be on the standing committees on K-12 education, the environment, and the judiciary, as well as the select committee on law enforcement.
As a freshman representative, I would probably be unable to serve in party leadership.
Senator Rand Paul (R., Kentucky) is an inspiration because of his willingness to work across party lines to achieve his objectives.
I am not a career politician. Currently, I have no interest in further elected office.
I am always moved by people who have fallen on hard times and need the State of North Carolina's support as they attempt to achieve their wants, needs, and aspirations.

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  1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 10, 2020


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