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Rivera Douthit

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Rivera Douthit
Image of Rivera Douthit
Elections and appointments
Last election

March 5, 2024

Education

High school

South Iredell High School

Bachelor's

Western Carolina University, 1995

Personal
Religion
Non-Denominational Protestant Christian
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Rivera Douthit (Republican Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. She lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.

Douthit completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Rivera Douthit was born in and lives in North Carolina. Douthit earned a high school diploma from South Iredell High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from Western Carolina University in 1995.[1] Her career experience includes owning a small business and working as a critical care nurse.[2]

Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Rachel Hunt defeated Hal Weatherman, Shannon Bray, and Wayne Jones in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rachel Hunt
Rachel Hunt (D) Candidate Connection
 
49.5
 
2,768,539
Image of Hal Weatherman
Hal Weatherman (R)
 
47.6
 
2,663,183
Image of Shannon Bray
Shannon Bray (L)
 
1.9
 
104,192
Image of Wayne Jones
Wayne Jones (Constitution Party)
 
1.0
 
53,938

Total votes: 5,589,852
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Hal Weatherman defeated Jim O'Neill in the Republican primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Hal Weatherman
Hal Weatherman
 
74.3
 
96,600
Image of Jim O'Neill
Jim O'Neill
 
25.7
 
33,448

Total votes: 130,048
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Rachel Hunt defeated Ben Clark and Mark H. Robinson in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rachel Hunt
Rachel Hunt Candidate Connection
 
70.4
 
477,196
Image of Ben Clark
Ben Clark Candidate Connection
 
16.5
 
111,836
Image of Mark H. Robinson
Mark H. Robinson
 
13.2
 
89,247

Total votes: 678,279
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Hal Weatherman
Hal Weatherman
 
19.6
 
181,818
Image of Jim O'Neill
Jim O'Neill
 
15.8
 
147,042
Image of Deanna Ballard
Deanna Ballard
 
15.0
 
138,822
Image of Seth Woodall
Seth Woodall Candidate Connection
 
11.0
 
102,492
Image of Sam Page
Sam Page
 
10.2
 
94,810
Image of Allen Mashburn
Allen Mashburn Candidate Connection
 
9.0
 
83,550
Image of Jeffrey Elmore
Jeffrey Elmore
 
8.6
 
79,883
Image of Peter Boykin
Peter Boykin Candidate Connection
 
3.5
 
32,126
Image of Rivera Douthit
Rivera Douthit Candidate Connection
 
2.5
 
23,398
Image of Ernest Reeves
Ernest Reeves
 
2.5
 
22,760
Image of Marlenis Hernandez Novoa
Marlenis Hernandez Novoa Candidate Connection
 
2.3
 
21,404

Total votes: 928,105
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Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Dee Watson advanced from the Libertarian primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Douthit in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Rivera Douthit completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Douthit'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 wife of 28 years to my husband, David. We have 2 adult children, Hunter and Haley. We own a successful, small business. My career background includes critical care nursing, women's ministry and have authored several books.
  • I am not a politician. I am called by God to run. God doesn't always call the most qualified but he does qualify those He calls.
  • From my years as a critical care nurse, I’m a team worker and great at leading. I stay calm and easily prioritize to make important decisions in high stress environments.
  • As a small business owner, leadership, time management, and budgeting are all skills I will bring to the table.
Pro-Life

Protect the children. Education over indoctrination. Bringing Bible and prayer back into schools

Influence legislation to eradicate sex trafficking.
The following questions are what I ask myself, as I select who I will vote for:

• Are they a person of character and truthfulness?
• Do they bear good fruit?
• Are they who they say they are?

• Are they truly looking to represent the people or are they for power and position?
I am a person of character, integrity, and truth and I try to filter everything I do through love. Being motivated by love is a key. If love is at the root of what you are doing it can be felt and change the world around you.
The Lt. Governor is a position, not so much of power but of influence. It's role is to be a bridge builder between the legislative and executive branches. Also, to sit on the Board of Education, Board of Community Colleges, Advisory Board of Charter schools, the Council of State and the NC State Planning Commission, among other committees.
President over Senate, liaison between Legislative and Executive branches, seat on the Board of Education
The ability to build genuine relationships and influence for the good of North Carolinians.
I believe it's completely necessary in order to prevent government overreach.

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Campaign finance summary


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Rivera Douthit campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Lieutenant Governor of North CarolinaLost primary$23,367 $19,437
Grand total$23,367 $19,437
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 3, 2024
  2. Rivera 4 NC, "About Me," accessed February 20, 2024