Sandy Smith (North Carolina)

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Sandy Smith

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

East Carolina University, 2017

Personal

Religion

Christian

Profession

Business executive

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Sandy Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 1st Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.

Biography

Sandy Smith earned a bachelor's degree from East Carolina University in 2017. Smith's career experience includes working as a business executive, entrepreneur, and real estate investor.

Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 1

Incumbent Donald Davis defeated Laurie Buckhout and Tom Bailey in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Davis (D)	49.5	186,341
		Laurie Buckhout (R)	47.8	180,034
		Tom Bailey (L)	2.6	9,949

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 376,324
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Schaffer (Independent)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Donald Davis advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brian Moutoux (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1

Laurie Buckhout defeated Sandy Smith in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laurie Buckhout	53.5	33,893
		Sandy Smith	46.5	29,471

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,364
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christine Villaverde (R)
• Fred Von Canon (R)

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Tom Bailey advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1.

Endorsements

Smith received the following endorsements.

• U.S. Rep. Bob Good (R)
• Veterans for America First

Pledges

Smith signed the following pledges.

• Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform

2022

See also: North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)

North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 1

Donald Davis defeated Sandy Smith in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Davis (D)	52.4	134,996
		Sandy Smith (R)	47.6	122,780

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 257,776
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Eshan Patel (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1

Donald Davis defeated Erica Smith, Jason Spriggs, and Jullian Bishop Sr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Davis	63.2	42,693
		Erica Smith	31.1	21,012
		Jason Spriggs	3.1	2,123
		Jullian Bishop Sr.	2.6	1,752

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,580
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sandy Smith	31.4	13,621
		Sandy Roberson	26.7	11,603
		Billy Strickland	13.9	6,050
		Brent Roberson	13.8	5,992
		Brad Murphy	9.5	4,128
		Will Aiken	3.0	1,285
		Ernest Reeves	1.2	523
	Submit photo	Henry Williams	0.5	202

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,404
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2020

U.S. House

See also: North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

North Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 1

Incumbent G.K. Butterfield defeated Sandy Smith in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		G.K. Butterfield (D)	54.2	188,870
		Sandy Smith (R)	45.8	159,748

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 348,618
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent G.K. Butterfield advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Deandre Carter (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1

Sandy Smith defeated Michele Nix, James Glisson (Unofficially withdrew), and Ethan Baca in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 1 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sandy Smith	77.3	31,490
		Michele Nix	9.9	4,030
	Submit photo	James Glisson (Unofficially withdrew)	7.4	3,031
		Ethan Baca	5.4	2,206

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,757
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U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020

United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate North Carolina

Incumbent Thom Tillis defeated Cal Cunningham, Shannon Bray, and Kevin E. Hayes in the general election for U.S. Senate North Carolina on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thom Tillis (R)	48.7	2,665,598
		Cal Cunningham (D)	46.9	2,569,965
		Shannon Bray (L)	3.1	171,571
		Kevin E. Hayes (Constitution Party)	1.2	67,818

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,474,952
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeremy Thomas (Independence Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina

Cal Cunningham defeated Erica Smith, Trevor Fuller, Steve Swenson, and Atul Goel in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cal Cunningham	56.9	717,941
		Erica Smith	34.8	438,969
	Submit photo	Trevor Fuller	3.8	48,168
	Submit photo	Steve Swenson	2.7	33,741
		Atul Goel	1.8	22,226

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,261,045
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Williams (D)
• Eva Lee (D)
• Eric Mansfield (D)
• Katherine Bell-Moore (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina

Incumbent Thom Tillis defeated Paul Wright, Larry Holmquist, and Sharon Hudson in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thom Tillis	78.1	608,943
		Paul Wright	7.6	58,908
		Larry Holmquist	7.4	57,356
		Sharon Hudson	7.0	54,651

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 779,858
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sandy Smith (R)
• Garland Tucker III (R)

Constitution primary election

The Constitution primary election was canceled. Kevin E. Hayes advanced from the Constitution primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Shannon Bray advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina.

Endorsements

Smith was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Mark Walker (R) and Bishop E.W. Jackson.

Smith was endorsed by the National Association for Gun Rights.

2019

See also: North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District special election, 2019

General election

Special general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 3

Gregory Murphy defeated Allen Thomas, Greg Holt, and Tim Harris in the special general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 3 on September 10, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gregory Murphy (R)	61.7	70,407
		Allen Thomas (D)	37.5	42,738
		Greg Holt (Constitution Party)	0.4	507
		Tim Harris (L)	0.3	394

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 114,046 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary runoff election

Special Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 3

Gregory Murphy defeated Joan Perry in the special Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 3 on July 9, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gregory Murphy	59.7	21,481
		Joan Perry	40.3	14,530

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,011
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3 on April 30, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allen Thomas	50.0	12,933
		Richard Bew	25.2	6,532
	Submit photo	Dana Outlaw	12.6	3,268
		Isaiah Johnson	6.9	1,774
		Gregory Humphrey	2.7	695
		Ernest Reeves	2.6	683

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,885
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ollie Nelson (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3 on April 30, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gregory Murphy	22.5	9,530
✔		Joan Perry	15.4	6,536
		Phillip Shepard	12.1	5,101
		Michael Speciale	9.5	4,022
		Phil Law	8.7	3,690
	Submit photo	Eric Rouse	7.7	3,258
	Submit photo	Jeff Moore	5.4	2,280
		Francis De Luca	3.9	1,670
		Celeste Cairns	3.5	1,467
	Submit photo	Chimer Davis Clark Jr.	2.6	1,092
		Michele Nix	2.2	915
	Submit photo	Graham Boyd	2.1	897
		Paul Beaumont	1.9	805
		Mike Payment	1.3	537
		Don Cox	0.6	251
		Kevin Baiko	0.4	171
		Gary Ceres	0.3	108

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,330
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sandy Smith (R)

Libertarian primary election

Special Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3

Tim Harris defeated Shannon Bray in the special Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 3 on April 30, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Harris	56.0	75
		Shannon Bray	44.0	59

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 134
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign website

Smith’s campaign website stated the following:

“	LIFE I believe that life begins at conception. As your Congresswoman, I will fight every day to protect and defend the sanctity of life, including the unborn. GUNS As our founders declared, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I am a proud gun owner with a North Carolina concealed carry permit. I believe that the right to self-defense is a basic human right, and will work tirelessly to defend our 2nd Amendment rights. ELECTION INTEGRITY Governance by the people depends on our elections. We must restore confidence by making voter ID mandatory. Eliminate all universal mail in ballots, and limit absentee ballots to active military members deployed or stationed overseas and senior citizens. Require annual cleaning and auditing of our voter rolls. Eliminate extended voting periods and require all absentee votes be received the day before the election. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION We need to stop the Democrat lawlessness and secure our country. I support President Trump’s Border Wall and strong border security policy. We need to finish the wall, end chain migration, and fix the crisis on the southern border. ENERGY Energy independence is critical to safeguarding our national security. Closing the Keystone pipeline killed thousands of good paying jobs and weakened the United States of America’s energy standing in the world. Socialist dreams like the “Green New Deal” will put America Last. LAW & ORDER All Americans deserve to live in a community that is safe and secure. No American should ever have to wonder if the police will come when they need help. As Americans, we must reject the anti-Police rhetoric of the radical left. Calling to defunding the police is reckless and dangerous. I stand with our law enforcement, and support all of our men and women in blue. BUDGET You have my commitment to pursue fiscally-responsible budgetary policy. America cannot continue its path of uncontrolled taxing and spending. I believe that deep budget and tax cuts are required to bring America back to fiscal sanity. EDUCATION I support School Choice as every child should have the opportunity to have a quality education and it shouldn’t be based on their zip code or their family’s financial situation. Parents should be the ultimate decision maker when it comes to their child’s education not the government. OUR CONSTITUTION I will stand up and protect our Constitution as it is written and not how the Left feels it should be written. I will stand up for free speech, our liberties and push back on radical Left’s “Cancel Culture”. FIGHTING FOR SMALL BUSINESS I believe we should allow all businesses to open. The current government overreach has done nothing but kill thousands of small business and jobs. We need to allow all businesses the opportunity to succeed, especially small businesses as they are the lifeblood of America. HEALTHCARE Healthcare must be focused on the patient, and based on a free and open market. I strongly support efforts to open up competition across state lines, which will lower healthcare costs for North Carolinians and encourage new providers to open in our small towns. I proudly support medical freedom. No more mandates, period. Your healthcare choices are for you and your doctor to make, not the government. OUR MILITARY We must always stand up and fight for our men and women who put on a uniform and protect our freedoms and defend our nation. We have to support our military service members, on and off the battlefield. Our veterans deserve the very best in care and I will fight tirelessly for them.	”
—Sandy Smith’s campaign website (2024)

2022

Sandy Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Smith's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Sandy is a successful business executive who has started businesses, created jobs, and worked her way up the hard way. The high energy, can-do attitude Sandy brings is exactly what’s needed in D.C. to drain the swamp and make Congress work for the people of North Carolina. “My pledge to the people of North Carolina is this: I will go to work for you every single day – putting you first and fighting to protect our constitution, our freedom and our conservative values. I will always stand and put America first.”– Sandy Smith

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Fighting for Forensic Audits & Election Integrity
• Pro-Life & Parents Rights
• Supports the 2nd Amendment, Border Security and stopping illegal immigration and a Strong Military.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

LIFE

I believe that life begins at conception. As your Congresswoman, I will fight every day to protect and defend the sanctity of life, including the unborn.

GUNS
As our founders declared, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I am a proud gun owner with a North Carolina concealed carry permit. I believe that the right to self-defense is a basic human right, and will work tirelessly to defend our 2nd Amendment rights.

ELECTION INTEGRITY
Governance by the people depends on our elections. We must restore confidence by making voter ID mandatory. Eliminate all universal mail in ballots, and limit absentee ballots to active military members deployed or stationed overseas and senior citizens. Require annual cleaning and auditing of our voter rolls. Eliminate extended voting periods and require all absentee votes be received the day before the election.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
We need to stop the Democrat lawlessness and secure our country. I support President Trump’s Border Wall and strong border security policy. We need to finish the wall, end chain migration, and fix the crisis on the southern border.

EDUCATION

I support School Choice as every child should have the opportunity to have a quality education and it shouldn’t be based on their zip code or their family’s financial situation. Parents should be the ultimate decision-maker when it comes to their child’s education, not the government.

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Campaign website

Smith's campaign website stated the following:

“	LIFE I believe that life begins at conception. As your Congresswoman, I will fight every day to protect and defend the sanctity of life, including the unborn. GUNS As our founders declared, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I am a proud gun owner with a North Carolina concealed carry permit. I believe that the right to self-defense is a basic human right, and will work tirelessly to defend our 2nd Amendment rights. ELECTION INTEGRITY Governance by the people depends on our elections. We must restore confidence by making voter ID mandatory. Eliminate all universal mail in ballots, and limit absentee ballots to active military members deployed or stationed overseas and senior citizens. Require annual cleaning and auditing of our voter rolls. Eliminate extended voting periods and require all absentee votes be received the day before the election. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION We need to stop the Democrat lawlessness and secure our country. I support President Trump’s Border Wall and strong border security policy. We need to finish the wall, end chain migration, and fix the crisis on the southern border. ENERGY Energy independence is critical to safeguarding our national security. Closing the Keystone pipeline killed thousands of good paying jobs and weakened the United States of America’s energy standing in the world. Socialist dreams like the “Green New Deal” will put America Last. LAW & ORDER All Americans deserve to live in a community that is safe and secure. No American should ever have to wonder if the police will come when they need help. As Americans, we must reject the anti-Police rhetoric of the radical left. Calling to defunding the police is reckless and dangerous. I stand with our law enforcement, and support all of our men and women in blue. BUDGET You have my commitment to pursue fiscally-responsible budgetary policy. America cannot continue its path of uncontrolled taxing and spending. I believe that deep budget and tax cuts are required to bring America back to fiscal sanity. EDUCATION I support School Choice as every child should have the opportunity to have a quality education and it shouldn’t be based on their zip code or their family’s financial situation. Parents should be the ultimate decision maker when it comes to their child’s education not the government. OUR CONSTITUTION I will stand up and protect our Constitution as it is written and not how the Left feels it should be written. I will stand up for free speech, our liberties and push back on radical Left’s “Cancel Culture”. FIGHTING FOR SMALL BUSINESS I believe we should allow all businesses to open. The current government overreach has done nothing but kill thousands of small business and jobs. We need to allow all businesses the opportunity to succeed, especially small businesses as they are the lifeblood of America. HEALTHCARE Healthcare must be focused on the patient, and based on a free and open market. I strongly support efforts to open up competition across state lines, which will lower healthcare costs for North Carolinians and encourage new providers to open in our small towns. I proudly support medical freedom. No more mandates, period. Your healthcare choices are for you and your doctor to make, not the government. OUR MILITARY We must always stand up and fight for our men and women who put on a uniform and protect our freedoms and defend our nation. We have to support our military service members, on and off the battlefield. Our veterans deserve the very best in care and I will fight tirelessly for them.	”
—Sandy Smith's campaign website (2022)

2020

U.S. House

Sandy Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Smith's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm not a career politician. I am a business owner and entrepreneur and real estate investor. I'm happily married and live in Winterville, NC. and my husband and I share four adult children. We have two beautiful farms in Pitt County where we embrace the farming and agricultural life, raising honey bees and a rare species of free-range pig from New Zealand. I come from a very strong military family as my father was in the Air Force, my daughter is a United States Marine and my husband and his family served in the Army. I graduated with honors from East Carolina University with a Bachelor's in Business and Technology. I'm a real estate investor and have multiple residential, commercial and agricultural properties. I have an extensive business background with a focus in accounting and finance, marketing and international trade. I've held the title of CFO of a material handling company and a construction firm. I'm a woman faith and view myself as a strong Conservative Republican that truly loves American and is proud to embraces all of its greatness.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Pro-America & Pro-Trump
• Pro 2nd Amendment
• Build the Wall and Defend our Borders

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

LIFE

I believe that life begins with conception. As your Congresswoman, I will fight every day to protect and defend the sanctity of life, including the unborn. I believe that late and so-called "fourth term" abortions must be prohibited without exception. As we continue to fight for every life, we also need to look at reforming adoption policies and costs so more orphaned children can live their dream of having a family of their own.

2nd AMENDMENT
As our founders declared, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. I am a proud gun owner with a North Carolina concealed carry permit. I believe that the right to self-defense is a basic human right, and will work tirelessly to defend our 2nd Amendment rights.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
We need to stop the Democrat lawlessness and secure our country. There are too many angel moms. I support President Trump's Border Wall and strong border security, and will work with Trump to finish the wall, end chain migration, and fix the crisis on the border.

OUR MILITARY

We have to do better supporting our military service members, on and off the battlefield. I will fight for the best care for our veterans. As a military wife and mother of a Marine, I've seen first-hand what's wrong and will work every day to fix it.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Strong bold women like Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Nikki Haley, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Kellyanne Conway.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The Space Shuttle Challenger accident. We were watching it live at school when it happened.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I spent many summers babysitting and tutoring children in my neighborhood, as well as helping my brother build a lawn mowing business. I started my first business at thirteen selling homemade salsa at the corner store.

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U.S. Senate

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Campaign finance summary

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Sandy Smith campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House North Carolina District 1	Lost primary	$948,027	$960,673
2022	U.S. House North Carolina District 1	Lost general	$2,187,047	$2,194,827
2020	U.S. House North Carolina District 1	Lost general	$1,703,669	$1,683,099
2020	U.S. Senate North Carolina	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$4,838,743	$4,838,598
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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North Carolina's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ted Budd (R)

Thom Tillis (R)

Representatives

District 1

Donald Davis (D)

District 2

Deborah Ross (D)

District 3

Gregory Murphy (R)

District 4

Valerie Foushee (D)

District 5

Virginia Foxx (R)

District 6

Addison McDowell (R)

District 7

David Rouzer (R)

District 8

Mark Harris (R)

District 9

Richard Hudson (R)

District 10

Pat Harrigan (R)

District 11

Chuck Edwards (R)

District 12

Alma Adams (D)

District 13

Brad Knott (R)

District 14

Timothy Moore (R)

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Democratic Party (4)