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Ronald Pierce (North Carolina)
Ronald Pierce (Republican Party) ran for election for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Pierce filed to run as a Republican candidate in the 2016 North Carolina Insurance Commissioner election.[1] He was defeated in the primary election.
Biography
After serving in the army for three years, Pierce worked on helicopters in the 1980s and 90s. After that, he turned to construction, owning and operating his own construction company.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: North Carolina Insurance Commissioner election, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance
Incumbent Mike Causey defeated Wayne Goodwin in the general election for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Causey (R) | 51.8 | 2,775,488 |
 | Wayne Goodwin (D)  | 48.2 | 2,586,464 | |
| Total votes: 5,361,952 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Wayne Goodwin advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance
Incumbent Mike Causey defeated Ronald Pierce in the Republican primary for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Causey | 64.6 | 448,066 |
| Ronald Pierce | 35.4 | 245,851 | ||
| Total votes: 693,917 | |||
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Campaign finance
2016
- Main article: North Carolina Insurance Commissioner election, 2016
Pierce ran in the Republican primary for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and was defeated by Mike Causey.[1]
| North Carolina Labor Commissioner Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Mike Causey |
41.2% | 340,936 | ||
| Joe McLaughlin | 33% | 272,846 | ||
| Ronald (Ron) Pierce | 25.9% | 214,126 | ||
| Total Votes | 827,908 | |||
| Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ronald Pierce did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
A major focus of Pierce's campaign was to pursue ethics reform within the insurance commissioner's office. Pierce was arrested in 2014 on 108 counts of fraud based on accusations from the office of North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin (D). The charges included inflating prices in order to collect on fraudulent insurance claims; prosecutors later dismissed the case. Pierce since wrote a book about his experience in which he asserts that the charges against him were retaliation for his vocal criticism of North Carolina insurers.[3]
Pierce's campaign website included the following statement:
| “ |
My Mission is to bring the North Carolina Department of Insurance back into the hands of the people "the citizens" of North Carolina who are paying their salaries thru our tax dollar's for services that they are not providing TO THESE SAME CITIZEN THAT ARE PAYING THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS. And by the way, that is truly required by North Carolina Law. See NCGS 58-2-1. I will do this by all legal means possible. By running for the office of Commissioner of Insurance. By filing as many law suits as needed to protect the rights of my fellow citizens. And or by embarrassing these same people at the Department of Insurance, who do nothing for the citizens of North Carolina except draw a paycheck every month. And everything for the insurance companies, into quitting their jobs and letting someone that wants to do the job properly have it.[4][5] |
” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 North Carolina Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed December 23, 2015
- ↑ Ronald Pierce For NC Commissioner of Insurance 2016, "My bio," accessed March 13, 2016
- ↑ The News & Observer, "Insurance commissioner candidate faced insurance fraud charges," December 10, 2015
- ↑ Ronald Pierce For NC Commissioner of Insurance 2016, "Mission statement," accessed March 14, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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