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Sue Googe
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Last election

November 8, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Sue Googe was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of North Carolina.[1]

Biography

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Googe was born in China, and she lived in poverty throughout her childhood on Hainan Island. She attended boarding school beginning at age 11 to pursue her education. When she turned 20, she moved to mainland China to work as an accountant. In 1998, she moved to the United States on a student visa to study Computer Science at Wake Tech Community College until 2000. Starting in 2001, Googe worked as a software engineering contractor, while she continued her education at UNC-Chapel Hill. She studied information and library science from 2001-2005. She became an American citizen in 2005. In 2010, she founded a real estate investment company in Cary, North Carolina, while continuing to work in the IT industry.[2]

Googe and her husband live in Wake County, North Carolina.[2]

Elections

2016

See also: North Carolina's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent David Price (D) ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. He defeated Sue Googe, the winner of the Republican primary, in the general election. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016. The general election took place on November 8, 2016.[3]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 4 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Price Incumbent 68.2% 279,380
     Republican Sue Googe 31.8% 130,161
Total Votes 409,541
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections


U.S. House, North Carolina District 4 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSue Googe 71.3% 10,947
Teiji Kimball 28.7% 4,399
Total Votes 15,346
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections


Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Googe's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • Education: We live in a global environment and our education system should be forward thinking and focused on teaching students the skills they will need compete for jobs on a global scale. Every child is unique and parents should have the right to choose the educational opportunity that is best for their child. I oppose one-size-fits-all education standards like No Child Left Behind and Common Core. Schools should be locally managed and held accountable.
  • Jobs & the Economy: America’s lethargic economy is due to out-of-control spending, corporate welfare, a burdensome tax code, undeclared and expensive wars, an unsustainable trade deficit, and policies that punish success. Healthy and sustainable economic growth are the foundation of prosperity. It is impossible to borrow and spend our way to prosperity.
  • Energy: Energy independence is critical to America’s national security and should be a top priority. As your representative, I will support legislation that encourages renewable and sustainable energy produced on our American soil, that is competitive in the free market.
  • Environment: It is our responsibility to be good stewards of the earth by properly balancing the need for economic growth with the needs of a health environment. As your representative, I will support common-sense environmental protection that will preserve our environment for future generations.
  • National Defense: The most important responsibility of the federal government is national defense. The U.S. Constitution is very clear, our nation should only go to war when the President has received Congressional approval. America should have the strongest military on the planet, but that does not mean we should be the policemen of the world. The United States has a leadership role to play in the world but that does not always mean military action or intervention.

[4]

”
—Sue Googe's campaign website, http://www.suegooge.com/issues

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with Sue Googe," November 16, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sue Googe, U.S. Congress, "Meet Sue," accessed November 16, 2015
  3. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "June Primary Candidates," accessed March 27, 2016
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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