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Peter McClelland
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2015

Law

Elon University, 2017

Personal
Birthplace
Albany, N.Y.
Religion
Catholic
Profession
Attorney
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Peter McClelland (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 64. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.

McClelland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Peter McClelland was born in Albany, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 2015 and a J.D. from Eton University in 2017. McClelland's career experience includes working as an attorney specializing in privacy and data security.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 64

Incumbent Dennis Riddell defeated Eric Henry in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 64 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dennis Riddell
Dennis Riddell (R)
 
59.5
 
26,103
Image of Eric Henry
Eric Henry (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.5
 
17,786

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 43,889
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Eric Henry advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 64.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 64

Incumbent Dennis Riddell defeated Peter McClelland in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 64 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dennis Riddell
Dennis Riddell
 
83.3
 
6,247
Image of Peter McClelland
Peter McClelland Candidate Connection
 
16.7
 
1,255

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,502
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2020

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Candidate Connection

Peter McClelland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McClelland'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 27-year-old citizen in Burlington, North Carolina who sees the far-Left wing of the Democratic Party on the rise. And they are on the rise specifically among young people - my friends, my colleagues, and my peers. These young adults are not looking for an easy way out of problems, nor are they blind to the failure we conservatives know leftist policies to be. But they look around at who is putting people like them front-and-center and talking about their issues, and by those measures even this new generation - the most entrepreneurial generation in history - is being drawn down a dangerous path. I believe the only way we can change course is by having a new generation of conservative leaders step up. That is why I got in this race, because we need young conservative leaders championing the Right to Life, an Education System that puts students, parents, teachers, and communities at its heart, and Justice in our legislature if we are going to safeguard the blessings of liberty in the years ahead.
  • Defending the Right to Life from conception to natural death is the greatest charge of any government. I believe it should be enshrined in our state constitution.
  • Our system for making education decisions is fundamentally broken. Teachers seeing problems should not need to disrupt the learning environment to protest in Raleigh in order to make change. We need to send these decisions to the school boards and principals, not hoard them in the legislature.
  • There are entirely new problems of Justice in the digital age that we are not sufficiently addressing. That is why I want to get every sheriff's office the ability to track down cyber criminals that prey on our seniors and business. It's also why - as a professional in privacy - I want to ban social media companies from setting up accounts for minors who then become addicted and find it more difficult to make meaningful connections offline.
Right to Life, Education, Justice, Economics, and Technology.
No, there is no one book that defines my political philosophy. But to see why I believe protecting our children in an online world is so critical, I recommend that you read the Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt.
Intellect, discipline, work ethic.
My first job post-graduation was as in-house attorney for a cybersecurity startup. I've been on the job for about two years. In that job, I've been able to work with the Trump Administration's efforts on cybersecurity and privacy.
Martha Divine by Ashley McBryde
Running for the North Carolina House of Representatives, and I think a great strength of that chamber is how close it is to its constituents. representing a smaller number of people means I can better tailor my efforts to their particular needs.
I don't think previous government experience should be disqualifying, but we have so many legislators who are in their seats for so many years that it is beneficial to inject some fresh vision from the private sector.
Morally, the challenge every community has is defending the Right to Life from conception until Natural Death. Economically, our greatest challenge is improving our infrastructure to help agricultural businesses get their crops and livestock to market and to help commuters get safely to work. And technologically, our greatest challenge is safeguarding North Carolinians from the most dangerous threats in the digital world to the greatest degree we can.

I intend to tackle all of these challenges head-on.

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  1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 10, 2020


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