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Leigh Coulter
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Democratic Party

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Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 1993

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Knoxville, Tenn.
Religion
Unitarian Universalist
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Leigh Coulter (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 69. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Leigh Coulter was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte in 1993.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69

Incumbent Dean Arp defeated Leigh Coulter in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dean Arp
Dean Arp (R)
 
63.2
 
32,796
Image of Leigh Coulter
Leigh Coulter (D)
 
36.8
 
19,091

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 51,887
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Leigh Coulter advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69

Incumbent Dean Arp defeated Clint Cannaday in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dean Arp
Dean Arp
 
80.7
 
8,041
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Clint Cannaday
 
19.3
 
1,918

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,959
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69

Incumbent Dean Arp defeated Leigh Coulter in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dean Arp
Dean Arp (R)
 
66.6
 
22,418
Image of Leigh Coulter
Leigh Coulter (D) Candidate Connection
 
33.4
 
11,249

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 33,667
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Leigh Coulter advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dean Arp advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 69.

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candidate Connection

Leigh Coulter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Coulter'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 long time North Carolina resident and progressive Democratic candidate for State House District 69. I am a graduate of the College of Architecture at UNCC and I have a certificate of Non-Profit Management from Duke University. I am passionate about our planet earth and doing everything I can to enable my state's residents to prosper and thrive. Good health and education are the foundation of our shared prosperity. As a result I pledge to work for a well paid and highly respected professional teacher work force and well funded schools for every child in our state. I also support Medicaid expansion and access to affordable health care for every North Carolinian. I also support the state's Clean Energy Plan, adopted in 2018. Every effort must be made to ensure that NC can meet our climate challenges with resilience and ease. My grandchildren deserve no less. And yours do too.
  • Gun Safety. In light of the ever expanding gun violence crisis, I am fully supportive of common sense gun safety measures. I believe that with great power comes great responsibility. I support measures that require gun licensure, permitting, background checks and safe storage. I also support the full measure of proposals known as Red Flag laws. I work with law enforcement and responsible gun owners to stop the terror that has been unleashed on our Country by a tortured interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. No one, anywhere, and certainly NOT children at school, should fear for their lives 24 hours a day.
  • Health Safety. There are serious disparities in my district around health and wellness. The Covid pandemic has made this all too apparent in too many communities. This is why I support getting politics out of Public Health and why I support Medicaid expansion at the bare minimum. Our businesses need healthy employees and our communities deserve healthy families. North Carolina has the resources to make this a reality for all its residents. It is time to stop categorizing folks on the basis of who deserves to be healthy and who does not. Secondly, reproductive health care IS health care. All North Carolina residents should have the freedom and the privacy to make their own health care decisions without the interference of any State entity.
  • Climate Safety. https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/climate-change/clean-energy-plan/Exec-Summary-NC-Clean-Energy-Plan-OCT-2019-.pdf
I am most passionate about policy areas that affect the quality of life for all of us in North Carolina. Therefore, I pay most of my attention to measures that effect the three primary areas I have listed above. Of course, strong, well funded, well respected public education supports all of these. I will advocate for the full funding of Leandro as a baseline for our public schools. North Carolina has in the past been known as the education state. We can achieve this honor again.

I am committed to policies that couple economic development and clean energy. I want to see many more resources sent to the very poorest areas of my district, region and state. We all do better when we ALL do better.

I am also committed to efforts that expand diversity, equity and inclusion. We all need to build the listening and relationship skills that are required by the multicultural democracy we are creating. My district and our state is home to many diverse communities. My goal is to enable all of them to be prosperous and thriving.
I look up to and have great respect for all of the early suffragists who fought so diligently for full citizenship for women. Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Alice Paul and so many others. I also have deep, deep respect for the work of Francis Perkins whose work underpins ALL of modern society.

I am also deeply inspired by all of the early labor leaders like Dolores Huerta and folks on the front lines of diversity inclusion like Pauli Murray.

I appreciate the example of Paul Wellstone and his ability to bring the voice of the public into the halls of power where the voice of business reigns.
Yes, You Are More Powerful Than You Think by Eric Liu

Also, The Case for the Nation by Jill Lepore
Humility. Honesty and Integrity.
To listen for understanding as Steven Covey taught us.
The first historical event I experienced was the assassination of John F. Kennedy. My family were big fans of televised parades and we never missed one. I was six years old and sitting under my mother's ironing board for the mist of lavender that would drift down to me.
My very first job was at Sears and Roebuck at the local mall in Virginia. I started at 15 and worked there until I graduated high school. I worked at the cosmetics counter where I had the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life.
The governor and all the members of the state legislators should be adults who, at minimum, do not wish to actively harm any, ANY of our state's residents. The ideal relationship would be one of thoughtful, critical and on-going dialog and debate. Every single member should bring their own capacity for critical judgement to the table and use it. Every single member of the legislature should have a measure of emotional intelligence and the capacity for compassion. These have been sorely over the last decade or so and it has twisted, and strained what would normally be a must less contentious relationship.
North Carolina's greatest challenge over the next decade is to rid itself of the extremists in the GA who do not represent the VAST majority of the residents. In tandem, we must address the climate crisis and immediately begin to transition to clean energy sources. We must implement resiliency strategies across every single sector of our economy. From agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and everything in between. North Carolina is a wealthy state with the talent pool to secure a bright future for everyone.
I am not knowledgeable about this topic. I would need to read and think about this a good bit.
Not necessarily. Anyone who has had experience with decision making by a group process will have developed the emotional toughness necessary to engage in government decision making. This experience could include your child's PTA, the neighborhood HOA, an appointed position on a local town advisory board, the school improvement team, for example.

Also, any woman who has run a household, kept a job, raised children and been a care taker for senior parents is vastly qualified by experience to be a member of the General Assembly.
Of course. No good conversation comes from hiding yourself in a metaphorical broom closet. Democracy works best when more of us participate AND democracy is built with language.

We must put ourselves in relationship with other legislators in order to have productive conversation.
I favor the process of an independent redistricting committee. We have proved beyond doubt that partisans can NOT do it.
The environmental committee, the education committee and the budget committee.
Gosh. There are so many. Barbara Jordan comes to mind. Shirley Chisholm and Paul Wellstone for starters.
No.
Yes. I was in attendance a few years ago for the swearing in ceremony for a new cohort of NAVY recruits. I was standing behind a young man when the commanding office who was presiding made his way around the room shaking hands.

Speaking to this young person, I heard the CO ask why he had enlisted in the NAVY.

"To hold myself to a higher standard" was the reply.

This young man is my son. I try every day to live up to that "higher standard."
I have to read and think about this, as well. before I am able to comment.
Of course. Backing out of the driveway requires compromise. Our expectations for policy making should be no different. In a healthy democracy, compromise is the currency of operation.

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Leigh Coulter campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* North Carolina House of Representatives District 69Lost general$3,016 $3,115
2022North Carolina House of Representatives District 69Lost general$3,196 $3,136
Grand total$6,212 $6,251
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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