Michael W. Anderson (North Carolina)

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Michael W. Anderson
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

Homeschool

Bachelor's

University of Washington, 2004

Graduate

University of Washington, 2005

Law

University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2010

Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Michael W. Anderson (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 99. Anderson lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Anderson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Michael Anderson was homeschooled, earned a bachelor's degree in 2004 and a graduate degree in 2005 from the University of Washington, and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2010. Anderson's career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 99

Incumbent Nasif Majeed defeated Michael W. Anderson in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 99 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nasif Majeed
Nasif Majeed (D)
 
82.5
 
13,364
Image of Michael W. Anderson
Michael W. Anderson (R) Candidate Connection
 
17.5
 
2,826

Total votes: 16,190
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Nasif Majeed advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 99.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Elsa Karman advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 99.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Michael W. Anderson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Anderson'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 man of faith in God, a husband, a father of five children, and an attorney. I have spent countless hours fighting for the civil rights of our fellow North Carolinians during the past few years when the government and corporate entities have taken advantage of the pandemic to wield their power over regular citizens. The government exists to serve the people, not the other way around. And paying salaries does not give corporations the right to control the personal lives of their employees. The party of the Biden White House has gifted the people of North Carolina with $5/gallon gasoline, record inflation, rising crime rates, small business closures due to government lockdowns, fired employees due to government-encouraged vaccine mandates, grocery stores shelves which are empty when they should be filled with baby formula... the list goes on and on. The people of North Carolina and Northeast Charlotte need someone who will fight for them in Raleigh. I'm that man.
  • Public safety is required for a well-functioning society.
  • School choice is necessary and parents send children to school to be educated, not indoctrinated.
  • A strong economy helps all North Carolinians, and although the Biden White House and Washington, DC have brought us to the brink of recession ($5/gallon gas, record inflation, COVID lockdowns, empty grocery shelves, etc.), by lowering taxes, investing in trade schools and bootcamp education, supporting local small businesses, production and farming, and eliminating wasteful spending, we can still provide North Carolinians economic freedom.
Adoption - There are millions of people in the US on waitlists to adopt children. Yet, adoption is prohibitively expensive for most families and sometimes inexplicable regulatory burden prevent children from being placed in strong, loving families. We ought to be able to do better than that for our children.

Single Mothers / Fatherless Children - If money is to be spent, this is a demographic that makes sense.

Public Safety - An adequately staffed and trained police force is necessary for a well-functioning society. Charlotte has a budget for 2400 police officers, currently has 1500 police officers, and anticipates losing 300 police officers in the next year or so. Complicating the problem is a severe lack of trainees in the police academy. Poorly thought out policies have caused police officers to simply not want to work in the greater Charlotte area and that has to change.

School Choice - Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are failing institutionally. The school district has 144,000 students and a school board that has proven to be not up to the task. Rampant sexual assaults on school campuses, cover ups, wasted money ($400,000 spent on backpacks which could not be used, $500,000 paid to a failed superintendent), 40% of students reading at grade level (which is a low standard to begin with), and a focus on indoctrination rather than reading, writing, and arithmetic. We need to break up the school district and introduce school choice and money should follow the student.
The primary duties of the Members of the State House of Representatives are to create new laws, change existing laws that affect the people of our state, and create a budget. Each one of these duties is critical to the well-being of North Carolinians. Bad laws infringe on the God-given freedoms of people and create economic downturns (e.g., the Biden Administration gifting us with $5/gallon gasoline, record inflation, rising crime rates, empty shelves which should be stacked with baby formula, COVID lockdowns, etc.) and strong budgetary policy makes sure that every dollar is working for the citizens of North Carolina, not special interests with their hands in the cookie jar.
Honesty, clarity, courage, a good work ethic, good listening skills, and a willingness to stand for what is right even if you stand alone.
Read, analyze and comment on every piece of legislation that is to be voted on. Consider the needs of the community and state and work hard to get the funding, come up with the solutions, and propose the bills to meet the needs. Promote budget discipline and encourage audits of the spending of tax dollars.
I remember watching news coverage of the falling of the Berlin Wall and being affected by the contrasting histories and lives of a free society (West Germany) compared to a communist society (East Germany). The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic (controlled by the Communists) during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, which was controlled by the major Western Allies. The key point here is that the people were trying to ESCAPE East Germany to get to freedom in West Germany. So a wall was built to keep them in. It divided the city of Berlin into two physically and ideologically contrasting zones. Policy matters and political decisions can have long-lasting effects on personal freedoms and quality of life.
Creating new laws, changing existing laws that affect the people of our state, and creating a budget are of critical importance to the well-being of North Carolinians. As an attorney, my goal is to read every word of every proposed law and provide detailed commentary, revisions, and suggestions. Bad laws infringe on the God-given freedoms of people and create economic downturns (e.g., the Biden Administration gifting us with $5/gallon gasoline, record inflation, rising crime rates, empty shelves which should be stacked with baby formula, government lockdowns, etc.). Too often special interests of lobbyists get incorporated into bills, siphoning off money better spent for the public. We need to put an end to that bad behavior and make sure the tax dollars of the people are spent for the benefit of all the people.
Ideas, character, willingness to work hard, and political philosophy are the key qualities a State Representative needs. Experience is simply refers to how much time someone has spent warming a seat if it hasn't been paired with strong ideas, high character, a willingness to work hard, and good political philosophy. Philosophies that match the Biden White House have brought us to the brink of recession, $5/gallon gasoline, record inflation, rising crime in our cities, empty shelve as the grocery stores, small businesses shutting down due to government lockdowns, employees getting fired for government-encouraged vaccine mandates, etc. We don't need that type of experience anymore. The average person can't take too much more of that.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 6, 2022


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