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Ron Osborne

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Ron Osborne
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

North Carolina State University, 1983

Personal
Birthplace
Greensboro, N.C.
Religion
Quaker
Profession
Engineer
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Ron Osborne (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 64. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

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

Biography

Ron Osborne was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. Osborne earned a bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University in 1983. His career experience includes working as an engineer, engineering manager, outage restoration leader, and emergency preparedness manager for Duke Energy's North Carolina and South Carolina electric distribution system.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 64

Incumbent Dennis Riddell defeated Ron Osborne in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 64 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dennis Riddell
Dennis Riddell (R)
 
62.5
 
20,320
Image of Ron Osborne
Ron Osborne (D) Candidate Connection
 
37.5
 
12,168

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

Total votes: 32,488
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Democratic primary election

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

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dennis Riddell advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 64.

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Ron Osborne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Osborne's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Retired Utility Engineer & Emergency Preparedness Manager; Lifelong Quaker & lifelong North Carolinian; Small Farm owner/operator; Fellow of NC Institute of Political Leadership: My wife and I have been married for 32 years & raised our 3 kids on our small Alamance County farm. We have traveled the country and world, discovering that folks everywhere have much more in common than differences.
  • I don't care where you come from. I don't care what you believe. I don't care who you love. What I care about is our actions, how we treat one another. Regardless of who we are, fairness, civility, honesty, & financial stewardship should be our guiding principles. I seek to enact or revise laws, and conduct myself, based on those ideals.
  • An Alamance and North Carolina for All: Our government should justly and accurately represent everyone, not just a part of our population.
  • I believe in fact-based leadership. I believe in empirical science. I believe in following not just the letter, but the spirit of our laws. I believe in taking positions that are just and fair to all.
Expanding Medicaid; Enforcing healthcare cost transparency; Defending a woman's right to choose; Championing our public schools; Expanding rural broadband; Conserving our natural resources & building a clean energy economy for future generations; Creating a fair, non-partisan redistricting process. I am a gun owner and hunter who also believes in adopting common-sense laws to address gun violence, such as universal background checks, red flag laws, waiting periods and reasonable regulations for military/assault style firearms.
I admire Jimmy Carter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Harry Truman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, John Lewis, Desmond Tutu, among others. Despite their human flaws, they each bravely and selflessly strived (and in the case of Jimmy Carter, still strive) for justice and the greater good of all.
I earnestly seek objective truth, regardless of the unpleasant or inconvenient realities it may reveal, and then try to base my world view on these facts. I believe in justice and fairness for each and every individual, regardless of personal background, political view, religious belief or lifestyle. I believe demonstrated actions are more important than stated beliefs, and judge others, as well as expect to be judged, by that standard.
I want to be known as an honest and fair person, who left our county, our state, our nation, our world, a better place for our children than I found it.
I remember the presidential election of 1968, when I was 7 years old.
I spent my summers as a youngster priming and hanging tobacco for neighbors. I did this from about age 11 until age 15.
"The Civil War: A Narrative" (volumes 1-3), by Shelby Foote. It paints a detailed and vivid story of a monumentally transforming era of our nation's history.
Atticus Finch from Harper Lee's classic "To Kill a Mockingbird."
"This Year" by Chatham Rabbits
I can easily fail at being patient!
Ideally, the governor, as chief executive, administers day to day activities of the state as well as negotiates and collaborates with the legislature to set policy. The legislature works with the governor to set policy. Both parties, along with the judicial branch provide checks and balance among one another and should seek to serve and protect the people of the state, without advancing personal interests or imposing the will of one group, even if a majority, upon another group if that imposition compromises the life, liberty, enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor, or the pursuit of happiness of another.
I do believe it is beneficial to build relationships, based on mutual respect and civility, with other legislators. Such relationships can help us realize that we have much more in common than we have which divides us.
I favor an independent, non-partisan commission which is charged with drawing districts which are as competive as possible and offer the most fair and accurate representation of the electorate, free of gerrymandering to favor any political party or persuasion. The overall ratio of Congressional and legislative districts should reflect as closely as possible the general electorate of the state. In North Carolina, where the electorate has consistently demonstrated a nearly 50-50 partisan divide, that should mean the legislature and congressional delegation is similarly divided. Districts should, if reasonably possible, not be drawn to create "safe" seats for any candidate or party.
Not Really
Compromise is definitely necessary for our government to make progress. One doesn't always get or accomplish everything they desire and must learn to work with others and seek commonalities. Our electorate does not speak in a single voice, nor is the loudest voice or most numerous ones always the right ones. Yet, all should be heard and respected. All points of view should be discerned for a way forward, though that ultimate way may not be what any one voice, individual or group originally demanded.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 3, 2022


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