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Sal Leone
Sal Leone ran for election to the Thomasville City Council in North Carolina. Leone lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Leone was a candidate for District 5 representative on the Greensboro City Council in North Carolina. He was defeated in the primary election on October 10, 2017.
Leone was a candidate for an at-large seat on the city council in 2011 and for mayor of Greensboro in 2015.[1] He also ran as a Republican candidate for the District 27 seat in the North Carolina State Senate in 2012 and a Democratic candidate for the District 62 seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2014.
Biography
Leone holds an A.A. degree. At the time of his 2017 run for city council, he worked in law enforcement.[2]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Thomasville, North Carolina (2019)
General election
General election for Thomasville City Council (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Thomasville City Council on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | D. Hunter Thrift (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 1,030 | |
| ✔ | Joe Leonard (Nonpartisan) | 10.4 | 1,011 | |
| ✔ |  | Wendy Sellars (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 990 |
| ✔ | Ronald Bratton (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 989 | |
| ✔ | Jane Wilder Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 971 | |
| ✔ | Scott Styers (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 926 | |
| ✔ | Neal Grimes (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 866 | |
| Pat Harris Shelton (Nonpartisan) | 8.8 | 858 | ||
 | Cheraton Love (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 781 | |
| William Coleman (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 732 | ||
 | Sal Leone (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 541 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 33 | ||
| Total votes: 9,728 | |||
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2017
Tammi Thurm and incumbent Tony Wilkins defeated Sal Leone and Tanner Lucas in the primary election for the District 5 seat on the Greensboro City Council.[3]
| Greensboro City Council, District 5 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tammi Thurm |
45.83% | 1,066 |
| Tony Wilkins Incumbent |
42.61% | 991 |
| Sal Leone | 7.27% | 169 |
| Tanner Lucas | 4.30% | 100 |
| Total Votes | 2,326 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "10/10/2017 Official Primary Election Results - Guilford," accessed October 27, 2017 | ||
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2015The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary took place on October 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 7, 2015.[4] In the mayoral race, incumbent Nancy B. Vaughan and Devin R. King advanced past Sal Leone in the primary election.[5][6] Vaughan defeated King in the general election.[7]
2014Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Incumbent John M. Blust was unopposed in the Republican primary, while Sal Leone was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Leone was defeated by Blust in the general election.[8][9][10][11]
2012Leone ran in the 2012 election for North Carolina State Senate District 27. He lost to Trudy Wade in the Republican primary on May 8. Incumbent Donald Vaughan (D) did not run for re-election. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[12][13][14]
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sal Leone did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Leone's campaign website highlighted the following issues. Click "show" on the boxes below for more information about his positions.
| POLICE ISSUES |
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| "Well its no shock we have police issues in the City and to be honest we had them for years but yet council ignores them. I want to restore trust with police and citizen. The first thing I like to do if possible is merge the Greensboro Police Department with the Sheriff office, this will save millions and give power back to the people. The plan if I cant merge departments. |
| JOBS |
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| "We need to have a better plan then to just give out incentives for jobs, that plan failed and anyone remember American Express. We need to bring business to Greensboro but we need provide an atmosphere of friendly business and not pay to play. I want to develop small businesses and have many sectors of jobs and not depend on one industry. I don't think the mega site will work but we need to sell our city and get corporations that want to come here for what we have and not what we give."[16] |
| CRIME |
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| "Well I been saying it for years, we have high crime and more is coming but who listens. We have police officers leaving the force and crime going up, who wants to guess where crime goes, up is right. I want new tactical patrol forces to move into crime areas by using compstat data. I want overtime allowed for special operations in these areas, more license checks, more police being see and criminals moving on. I want to work with the DA office to put away repeat offenders. I want police to police and if a few criminals get their feelings hurt well too bad."[17] |
See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Greensboro City Council
- Campaign website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Social media
Footnotes
- ↑ Twitter, "Sal Leone," accessed October 6, 2017
- ↑ Greensboro News & Record, "District 5: Sal Leone," August 10, 2017
- ↑ Guilford County, NC, "Municipal General Candidates 2017," accessed July 21, 2017
- ↑ Guilford County Elections, "2014-15 Election Schedule," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ Guilford County Elections, "Official candidate list," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "NC SBE Election Results", accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results For 2014," accessed June 12, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "General Election Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed June 12, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "05/06/2014 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina Board of Elections, "Candidate lists," accessed March 12, 2012
- ↑ North Carolina Elections, "Primary Results, 2012," accessed April 15, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed June 18, 2012
- ↑ Leone for District 5 Greensboro City Council, "Police Issues," accessed October 6, 2017
- ↑ Leone for District 5 Greensboro City Council, "Jobs," accessed October 6, 2017
- ↑ Leone for District 5 Greensboro City Council, "Crime," accessed October 6, 2017
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