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Lynette Rinker

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Lynette Rinker
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Mayor Pro-tem of Cornelius
Mayor of Cornelius

Education

Bachelor's

University of South Carolina

Personal
Profession
Business manager
Contact

Personal website

Lynette Rinker was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 98 of the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Lynette served as mayor pro-tem from December of 2009 until January, 2013. In January, 2013 she was sworn in as mayor of Cornelius.[1]

Biography

Rinker earned her B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in business and history from the University of South Carolina. Her professional experience includes working as the Business Manager for Isaacs + Associates Architects, a Cornelius architecture firm, and as the Director of Budgets for Facilities Planning for the University of South Carolina.[1]

Campaign themes

2014

Rinker's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]

Education

  • Excerpt: "Recognize that every child is unique and that in education there is no such thing as a one-size fits all solution."
  • Excerpt: "Maintain and strengthen our commitment to expanding choices in education."
  • Excerpt: "Expand Vocational and Technical Training in our Schools."
  • Excerpt: "Reward quality teachers and attract higher quality teachers through higher pay."
  • Excerpt: "Provide our teachers with the support they need to be successful."

Crime and Public Safety

  • Excerpt: "Keeping Repeat and Violent Offenders Behind Bars."
  • Excerpt: "Adding More Judges."
  • Excerpt: "Revamping the SBI’s State Crime Lab."
  • Excerpt: "Providing Our Law Enforcement Offices with the Best Training Available and the Latest Technological Tools Available."
  • Excerpt: "Improving Our Education System."

Elections

2014

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Natasha Marcus was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while John Bradford defeated Lynette Rinker and Sharon Hudson in the Republican primary. Marcus was defeated by Bradford in the general election.[3][4]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 98 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Bradford III 55% 14,558
     Democratic Natasha Marcus 45% 11,922
Total Votes 26,480
North Carolina House of Representatives, District 98 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn R. Bradford III 59.1% 2,536
Lynette Rinker 26.9% 1,153
Sharon Hudson 14% 599
Total Votes 4,288

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Lynette + Rinker + North + Carolina + House"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official campaign website, "About Lynette," accessed April 22, 2014
  2. ↑ Official campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 22, 2014
  3. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results For 2014," accessed June 12, 2014
  4. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "General Election Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed June 12, 2014


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