Melinda Bales
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Melinda Bales is a member of the Huntersville Town Council in North Carolina.
Bales (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 98. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 98
Beth Gardner Helfrich defeated Melinda Bales in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 98 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Beth Gardner Helfrich (D)  | 52.2 | 27,083 |
| Melinda Bales (R) | 47.8 | 24,800 | ||
| Total votes: 51,883 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 98
Beth Gardner Helfrich defeated Lisa Jewel in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 98 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beth Gardner Helfrich | 65.5 | 3,997 |
 | Lisa Jewel | 34.5 | 2,101 | |
| Total votes: 6,098 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Melinda Bales advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 98.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bales in this election.
Pledges
Bales signed the following pledges.
2019
See also: City elections in Huntersville, North Carolina (2019)
General election
General election for Huntersville Town Council (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Huntersville Town Council on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Melinda Bales (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 4,418 | |
| ✔ |  | Nick Walsh (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 3,727 |
| ✔ | Dan Boone (Nonpartisan) | 11.8 | 3,618 | |
| ✔ | Brian Hines (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 3,462 | |
| ✔ | Stacy Phillips (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 3,326 | |
| ✔ |  | Lance Munger (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 3,119 |
| Derek Partee (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 3,083 | ||
 | Jenn Davis (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 2,927 | |
| Joe Sailers (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 2,888 | ||
| Eric Rowell (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 15 | ||
| Jogn Novak (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 137 | ||
| Total votes: 30,726 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Melinda Bales did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Melinda Bales did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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