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Mahesh Ganorkar
Mahesh Ganorkar (Republican Party) (also known as Max) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Mahesh Ganorkar earned an M.B.A. His professional experience includes working on joint ventures between U.S. and Indian companies as well as designing homes. Ganorkar explained on his 2024 campaign website, "After being blessed with our first baby, I decided to give up my career and be a stay-at-home dad."[1]
Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
North Carolina's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
North Carolina's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 4
Incumbent Valerie Foushee defeated Eric Blankenburg and Guy Meilleur in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Valerie Foushee (D) | 71.8 | 308,064 |
 | Eric Blankenburg (R)  | 26.1 | 112,084 | |
 | Guy Meilleur (L) | 2.0 | 8,632 | |
| Total votes: 428,780 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Valerie Foushee advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 4.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 4
Eric Blankenburg defeated Mahesh Ganorkar in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Blankenburg | 70.4 | 25,254 |
 | Mahesh Ganorkar | 29.6 | 10,597 | |
| Total votes: 35,851 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Leonard Harrison (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Guy Meilleur advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 4.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ganorkar in this election.
2022
See also: North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)
North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Incumbent Deborah Ross defeated Christine Villaverde in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Deborah Ross (D) | 64.7 | 190,714 |
 | Christine Villaverde (R) | 35.3 | 104,155 | |
| Total votes: 294,869 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Deborah Ross advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Gailliard (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Christine Villaverde defeated Mahesh Ganorkar and Adina Safta in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christine Villaverde | 55.1 | 19,650 |
| Mahesh Ganorkar | 25.6 | 9,133 | |
 | Adina Safta | 19.3 | 6,872 | |
| Total votes: 35,655 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sid Sharma (R)
- Richard Ahrens (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mahesh Ganorkar did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Ganorkar’s campaign website stated the following:
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Let's take that cookie jar back! We have gone from No Taxation Without Representation to High Taxation With Representation. Get ready – the time has come to drain the swamp! My tax plan puts the much-needed concept of "consent of the governed" back into the equation. We the People must take control of our tax dollars to save the republic. If you agree, then you’ll love my plan; it actually drains the swamp. As lofty as it may sound, if We the People can get behind it, we can repeal the XVI Amendment and bring the spending approvals to the taxpayers through their tax filings. Click here to read my policy paper on the topic. ELECTION SECURITY
I know elections fall under the purview of the 10th Amendment, but we should have a standard operating procedure for the whole country. A fraudulent vote in California or anywhere in the country affects the whole nation. I wouldn't want to federalize elections, but we must have some sanity in our election process. Open to suggestions. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY OMBUDSMAN This will not infringe on the Freedom of the Press. The media will be free to report whatever it wants, but as we know, media lies are exposed after a substantial period of time has passed. When those lies are proven, the media should be required to dedicate the exact same amount of time in the exact same time slots to correct their incorrect reporting. And as for punitive damages, the entity (including public figures) that was harmed by false reporting should be compensated with 5x the un-discounted advertising rate for those slots MOΑΩN λABE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DIVIDE & RULE ESG Scorecards and Critical Race Theory should have no place in America. What part of "all men are created equal" do the leftists not comprehend? The history has been whitewashed with the help of media and academia. The Democrat party was racist then and they continue to "box" communities along racial lines. I intend to erase those lines and bring us together as Americans. PAY OUR DEBTS SCHOOL CHOICE TERM LIMITS CAMPAIGN FINANCE SMART PHONE ADDICTION WORKPLACE BULLYING CLIMATE CHANGE Family Pride Month American Pride Month |
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| —Mahesh Ganorkar’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
2022
Mahesh Ganorkar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ganorkar's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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NC-06 is a very diverse district. I am a proven UNITER with a broad appeal in a district with a very diverse population. I have solid support from the minorities that will help me win in November against a Democrat. A man on a mission, who wants to assimilation and alliances between various faiths and people.
My broad work EXPERIENCE ranges from facilitating international joint ventures, to residential construction. Born and brought up in a farming family, uniquely qualifies me to understand agricultural and manufacturing sectors. I immigrated from a socialist country. I absolutely detest the socialists' model of high tax - high regulation business environment which prevents We the People from enjoying our life, liberty and pursue happiness.
I have tremendous respect and adoration for stay-at-home moms and home-schoolers. I can relate to their pain and joy because I was both, I gave up his career to be a stay-at-home dad and then home-schooled my three kids. Many people give lip-service to women's right and women empowerment, I actually walked the walk.
I do not want America to look like the socialist country I left behind, and that gave birth to my political activism in 2009. In 2009, I founded a TEA Party in NJ and successfully ran it until we moved to NC. My fight against socialism will not end until my last breadth.- Fighting for Land of the Free NOT freebies.
- Restore Our Constitution.
- Socialism sucks, I know I lived it.
- Limited constitutional government.
- Low taxes, low regulations.
- Free market capitalism.
- Strong defense and law enforcement.
- Stop the cultural decay from abortion to indoctrination.
2. Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist and a political activist. She inspires me to free my immigrant and colored brethren from the Democrat plantation. Immigrants are not "feeble-minded", but simply lied to about America's glorious founding and the racist past of the Democrats. Like I saw the light, I am sure they will see America in a better light.
Deception Was My Job, by Yuri Bezmenov (aka Tomas Schuman). It is free on YouTube to watch
Moral character. Non-covetous nature.
I vividly remember, Indira Gandhi stole the election, nationalized businesses and healthcare, took political prisoners, law-enforcement was corrupted, news media was controlled, mandated sterilizations (your body - their choice) for population control, there were shortages everywhere in every sector, inflation was through the roof. The misery index was the highest for the citizens.
- Over dependence on foreign countries.
- Open borders.
- We need to be a sovereign nation again.
Finance: so that we can get rid of the cookie jar. That money if the honey that has destroyed this great nation.
I knocked on a door of a voter (mom) and a young girl in her low to mid twenties opened the door. She was probably just getting out of the bed around lunch time. I introduced myself and handed my flyer to give to her mom (who was at work). This young girl looked at it, and said "I have no hope for the future." She narrated all the cultural decay talking points, and said that probably her mother would agree with me but she did not believe in any of the stuff written on my flyer.
C'mon man! He IS a JOKE.
There is only right and wrong.
Please see my TEA Act proposal on my website. And when you visit, there is a DONATE button there. Click it, take your wallet out, and make a donation .... please.
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Campaign website
Ganorkar's campaign website stated the following:
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No Taxation Without SELF Representation REPEAL THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT Unhappy about how our elected representatives are handling your tax dollars? You should be. Republicans and Democrats alike have failed miserably in their stewardship of our money. Simply put, we must stop them before they bankrupt our great country. My tax plan puts the much-needed concept of "consent of the governed" back into the equation. We the People must take control of our tax dollars to save the republic. If you agree, then you’ll love my plan; it actually drains the swamp. As lofty as it may sound, if We the People can get behind it, we can repeal the XVI Amendment, and bring the spending approvals to the taxpayers through their tax filings. Click here to read my policy paper on the topic.
Democrat politicians are like coward terrorists - they use innocent minority voters as human shields to carry out their evil act of sabotaging elections. It is so insulting to consider minorities as "incapable" of getting a simple thing as a Voter ID. In a developing country such as India, with its more than 1 billion people, many of whom are uneducated and poor, there are no anomalies such as mail-in-voting, absentee voting, same-day registration, ballot harvesting, and other irregularities that Democrats want in this first-world nation. In India, they also have voter-IDs, one-day elections, and election-ink markers on voters' fingers to prevent double voting. We need to ask our first-world politicians to stop acting like third-world dictators.
We need Mr. MAO – Media Accountability Ombudsman – to ensure that media reporting is fair and accurate. Media, like most other noble institutions, has been hijacked by the Democrat party. The cloak of "freedom of the press" must be exposed. If not, there must be punitive damages for violations.
The right to LIFE means LIBERTY to carry. We want to ensure our Constitutional right to own guns for self-protection and that shooting sports remain untouched, and I will defend the Second Amendment without apology or appeasement. Guns and ammunition must be tax-free and permitting must be fee-free.
America without God is like a fish without water A country firmly founded upon Judeo-Christian principles is being devoured by the anti-God Marxist ideology. IRS 501c3 status for religious institutions must be repealed, without repealing the tax-free status, to liberate them from talking about the implications of Godlessness in American politics. We must free pastors and religious leaders to lead the new liberation revolution in America, like the Black Robe Regiment of the "Enlightenment Era."
Socialists are the most evil people. They create friction in society where there was none before. No country, religion, or race is perfect, but rather than helping bridge the differences among people, the socialist will fabricate new divisions. Unrest is a must for socialism. ESG Scorecards and the Critical Race Theory should have no place in America. What part of "all men are created equal" do the leftists not comprehend? The history has been whitewashed with the help of media and academia. The Democrat party was racists then, and they continue to "box" communities along racial lines. I intend to erase those lines and bring us together as Americans.
We must continue to fight for the unborn, but shouldn't we secure a debt-free nation for them? Why should the unborn be subject to an insurmountable debt that they did not agree to? Why should they pay for our mistakes and indulgence? Please visit www.USdebtClock.org to see the eye-popping debt that we the people owe to big brother. Hopefully, this will convince you to take that cookie jar back from the Swamp City, D.C.
Illegal immigration creates a backlog and delays processing for LEGAL immigrants. Illegal immigration has shot up to the third highest levels in 97 years under Biden’s first year in office. Millions of illegal immigrants are pouring over the border, resulting sexual abuse of migrant children, and an overall crisis for border communities and all Americans. A sovereign nation needs borders to protect people on both sides, and I will make border security a top priority. I will support and vow to protect our nation’s borders, fight against lawless sanctuary cities, and vote against policies that aim to circumvent our laws for fair entry into this country. We need to stop chain migration and granting citizenship by birth to illegals. Granting amnesty to illegals is a slap in my face and many immigrants before me, who earned their citizenship. eVerify must be used for employment and rental properties. Violations should have financially punitive, criminal punishments.
The indoctrination camps must end. Democrats were segregationist back in the day, and they continue such policies today by locking minority communities into failing schools based on their zip-codes. The minority kids need to see life outside of the Democrats' hopeless surroundings. School choice is the answer. We need to go a step further and promote privatization of schools so that parents will have choices for their kids. The tax dollars will be allotted to students via their parents’ and guardians’ tax filings. It's a win for teachers and school personnel as there will be more, better paying jobs.
I personally have issued a pledge to limit myself to six terms when I am blessed to serve you. I will be a solid proponent of term limits at all levels of federal government. I refuse to believe that we are so politically bankrupt that we cannot find decent men and women in this great nation who are willing to fight for the republic. The career politicians have made it dirty and expensive for we the people to enter politics, but together, we can break that glass ceiling.
Socialism needs unrest. Lawlessness is a prerequisite for implementing socialism. Corrupt law enforcement creates the wrong people as the "haves" and hardworking law-abiding citizens as the "have nots." As a nation, we are doomed if this course is not reversed. I will support reforming the DOJ and SCOTUS, which will interpret the Constitution as written and represent all people fairly. Law enforcement activism ignores the rule of law, instead creating legal precedent based on the opinions and values of individuals and partisan judges. We also need to limit justices and DOJ employees from mingling with influence peddlers in the country clubs and keep tabs on their meetings with political figures. It is known Supreme Court justices are part of the elite country clubs, requiring initiation fees of $100K or more, and monthly dues running into five figures. All on a salary of just $275,000? How can they afford that? They have nothing to sell but justice.
Our votes really don't mean anything. Why do politicians change overnight after they enter the Swamp City, D.C.? The answer lies in "self-preservation." They need money for re-election, and so they sell their souls to rake in millions. This separates politicians from their voters, and they become beholden to dark money. They move away from the principle of "consent of the governed" to "consent of the lobbyist." I promise not to add a dime to my balance sheet while in congress. The only thing, I might do is write a book about my political journey.
Did you know that supervisors/managers have legal protection called "qualified immunity?" They can falsify performance reviews, bully, and name call and humiliate employees with no adverse consequences. Employees cannot video/audio tape the abuse because it is illegal to do so. Companies find ways to lay the blame at the employee's feet to avoid legal liability. The employee has no legal recourse, or it is cost-prohibitive to seek the legal route. There are no workplace anti-bullying laws on books. A simple solution can change this: yearly ratings (e.g., Google Reviews) by the stakeholders so that any employee can override a vengeful manager.
Socialism cannot be sold to a prosperous people. Protecting our environment with common sense, ethical practices, and solid science is essential. However, "consensus science" pushed in schools, universities, and the media have misled the public by promoting ideas based on opinion and agenda. I will support solid science, not activist ideas, to protect our environment. To implement socialism, prosperity needs to go, and global cooling/global warming/climate change has been the gateway to force socialism onto America. Draconian and regressive climate change policies will have a domino effect on the manufacturing, agriculture, and service sectors of the economy. It will cost millions of jobs, leaving people destitute. Bingo! They will be forced to accept socialism.[2] |
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| —Mahesh Ganorkar's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Let's Unite for America!" "Meet Max," accessed January 22, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Let's Unite for America!, “Issues,” accessed January 22, 2024
- ↑ Max For Congress, “Issues,” accessed April 23, 2022
