Laura Pichardo
Laura Pichardo (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 23. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Laura Pichardo was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2014 and a graduate degree from Winston Salem State University in 2018. Pichardo’s career experience includes working as a global transaction services accounts payable analyst.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 23
Incumbent Graig R. Meyer defeated Laura Pichardo in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 23 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Graig R. Meyer (D) | 65.8 | 77,146 |
 | Laura Pichardo (R) | 34.2 | 40,011 | |
| Total votes: 117,157 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Graig R. Meyer advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 23.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Laura Pichardo advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 23.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pichardo in this election.
2022
See also: North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)
North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 6
Incumbent Kathy Manning defeated Christian Castelli and Thomas Watercott in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kathy Manning (D) | 53.9 | 139,553 |
 | Christian Castelli (R) | 45.0 | 116,635 | |
 | Thomas Watercott (L) | 1.1 | 2,810 | |
| Total votes: 258,998 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kent Garrett (Independent)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kathy Manning advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christian Castelli | 36.2 | 15,450 |
 | Joseph Lee Haywood | 33.7 | 14,390 | |
 | Mary Ann Contogiannis | 12.2 | 5,211 | |
 | Gerry Austin | 6.0 | 2,568 | |
| Laura Pichardo | 4.4 | 1,889 | |
 | Marvin Boguslawski | 4.0 | 1,716 | |
| William Schuch | 3.4 | 1,452 | ||
| Total votes: 42,676 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Thomas Watercott advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6.
2020
See also: North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 6
Kathy Manning defeated Joseph Lee Haywood in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathy Manning (D) | 62.3 | 253,531 |
| Joseph Lee Haywood (R) | 37.7 | 153,598 | |
| Total votes: 407,129 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jennyfer Bucardo (Independent)
- Bryson Gray (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6
Kathy Manning defeated Rhonda Foxx, Bruce Davis, Derwin Montgomery, and Edward Hanes Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathy Manning | 48.3 | 56,986 |
 | Rhonda Foxx | 19.9 | 23,506 | |
 | Bruce Davis | 15.0 | 17,731 | |
 | Derwin Montgomery | 12.5 | 14,705 | |
 | Edward Hanes Jr. | 4.3 | 5,067 | |
| Total votes: 117,995 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Angela Flynn (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6
Joseph Lee Haywood defeated Laura Pichardo in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Lee Haywood | 73.3 | 28,842 |
| Laura Pichardo | 26.7 | 10,529 | |
| Total votes: 39,371 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Laura Pichardo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Laura Pichardo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pichardo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We should be using common sense when we are creating our fiscal budgets.
- We need to invest in mental health programs for lower income individuals to prevent crime.
- We need to prioritize creating the necessary regulations to prevent students from going having high levels of debt because of education.
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2020
Laura Pichardo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pichardo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We should innovate the spending on Federal, State, and local building by implementing solar panels to save money for tax payers as a long term initiative.
- We should implement a Financial Literary Course in High schools to improve the decision making skills of our citizens.
- The House of Representatives should give the American People Quarterly Conference calls on how our tax dollars are being sent.
HOPEFULLY a debt free nation with financial checks and balances.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 22, 2019
