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Pete Glidewell was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 6th Congressional District of North Carolina.[1]
Biography
Glidewell earned a B.A. in economics and business administration from Davidson College. He is the owner of Jefferson Powell Consultants.[2]
Elections
2016
- See also: North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Mark Walker (R) defeated Chris Hardin in the Republican primary. Walker defeated Pete Glidewell, the only Democratic candidate to file, in the general election. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016. The general election took place on November 8, 2016.[3]
U.S. House, North Carolina District 6 General Election, 2016
| Party |
Candidate |
Vote % |
Votes |
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Republican |
 Mark Walker Incumbent |
59.2% |
207,983 |
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Democratic |
Pete Glidewell |
40.8% |
143,167 |
| Total Votes |
351,150 |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections |
U.S. House, North Carolina District 6 Republican Primary, 2016
| Candidate |
Vote % |
Votes |
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Mark Walker Incumbent |
77.9% |
16,859 |
| Chris Hardin |
22.1% |
4,777 |
| Total Votes |
21,636 |
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections
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2016
The following issues were listed on Glidewell's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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- Economy: The key to our economic recovery is putting the 6 District middle class back to work by Putting American Jobs First. When the middle class is succeeding, we all succeed. We cannot be distracted from this. We cannot continue to give our jobs away to overseas competitors. We must work with our community banks to make lending to small business easier.
- Education: We need to make the proper investment in educating our children so that they are prepared for adult life. My proposal is to begin education at 3 years old instead of 5 years old. We need a more flexible community college curriculum to best match the opportunities coming to a specific area. This would call on the North Carolina State General Assembly to fulfill its responsibility to competitively fund our K-12 public schools and make public education a true advantage for North Carolina.
- Energy: We are undergoing a technological change in American energy. Our priority should be to become energy independent. Then we should enable the shift to more environmentally friendly forms of energy such as solar, wind and natural gas. We should acknowledge that the shift will cause job transitions in the coal and oil industries. We must help those workers make a smooth transition.
- Immigration: We have a net reduction of undocumented immigrants in this country over the last three years. Building a fence to control the border is a false promise of security as it will only keep people here during this out flow. There should be a rational policy of guest worker visas that allow for workers to come, work and pay taxes while they are here. Workers that stay for a length of time, learn English and have a clean record should be able to apply for permanent status and ultimately for citizenship.
- Second Amendment: I believe the Second Amendment of the Constitution is correct in allowing the possession of fire arms. The truth is that we have 350 million guns in the hands of 330 million Americans. The thought of control is naïve. We do need to enforce the laws that we have. If we cannot pass some common sense provisions to restrict sale to people on the no-fly list, the terror watch list and to undocumented immigrants, then nothing will pass.
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| —Pete Glidewell's campaign website, http://peteglidewell.com/issues/
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External links
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate_Listing_20160315," December 21, 2015
- ↑ Facebook, "Pete Glidewell profile, About," accessed January 25, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "June Primary Candidates," accessed March 27, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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