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Susan Hogarth
Susan Hogarth (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 13. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Hogarth completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 13
Incumbent Lisa Grafstein defeated Scott Lassiter and Susan Hogarth in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 13 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Grafstein (D) | 50.2 | 64,074 |
 | Scott Lassiter (R)  | 46.9 | 59,829 | |
 | Susan Hogarth (L) | 2.9 | 3,700 | |
| Total votes: 127,603 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lisa Grafstein advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 13.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 13
Scott Lassiter defeated Vicki Harry in the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 13 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Lassiter | 52.9 | 11,636 |
| Vicki Harry | 47.1 | 10,345 | ||
| Total votes: 21,981 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Susan Hogarth advanced from the Libertarian primary for North Carolina State Senate District 13.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hogarth in this election.
2016
Elections for the North Carolina State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.[1] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.[2]
Incumbent Tamara Barringer defeated Susan Evans and Susan Hogarth in the North Carolina State Senate District 17 general election.[3][4]
| North Carolina State Senate, District 17 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Tamara Barringer Incumbent |
48.30% | 59,105 | |
| Democratic | Susan Evans | 47.45% | 58,063 | |
| Libertarian | Susan Hogarth | 4.24% | 5,191 | |
| Total Votes | 122,359 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections | ||||
Susan Evans ran unopposed in the North Carolina State Senate District 17 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| North Carolina State Senate, District 17 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Susan Evans (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Tamara Barringer ran unopposed in the North Carolina State Senate District 17 Republican primary.[7][8]
| North Carolina State Senate, District 17 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Tamara Barringer Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Susan Hogarth completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hogarth's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We need to reduce government spending immediately and without arguing about who gets to keep more of your money. This is why I will seek support for an across-the-board spending cut that applies to all government agencies.
- The government needs to respect civil liberties of all people in North Carolina. We need to end asset forfeiture and qualified immunity and take victimless crimes off the books so that we can have some possibility of fulfilling the obligation for a ‘speedy trial’ to those accused of real crimes.
- Bureaucratic constraints on doing business - from home businesses to large corporations - need to be lifted so that North Carolina becomes a free market leader in the United States.
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Campaign finance summary
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Noteworthy cases
Lawsuit against North Carolina ballot selfie laws (2024)
On August 22, 2024, Susan Hogarth (L) filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections challenging the state's ban on ballot selfies. After voting in March 2024, Hogarth posted a photo of herself with her completed ballot to social media. She later received a letter from the Board of Elections stating that sharing a ballot selfie is a Class 1 misdemeanor in North Carolina, and requesting she take the photo down or risk facing prosecution. [9]
Hogarth contends that the ban is an infringement on First Amendment rights, while state election officials maintain that the photos be used in vote-buying schemes or voter intimidation.[10]
In October 2024, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman agreed to an injunction that she would not prosecute Hogarth for sharing photos of Hogarth's own ballots. On March 28, 2025, Judge Louise Flanagan denied motions to dismiss the case.[11][12]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The primary for U.S. congressional elections was rescheduled to June 7, 2016, following legal challenges to North Carolina's district maps. State races were unaffected.
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 Candidate Filing," archived January 19, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election results lookup," accessd December 21, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
- ↑ MSN, "NC candidate sues state elections board over 'ballot selfie' ban," August 22, 2024
- ↑ The Carolina Journal, "Judge orders no prosecution of Libertarian challenging NC ballot selfie ban," October 22, 2024
- ↑ Carolina Journal, "Wake DA agrees to ‘limited’ injunction in Libertarian’s NC ballot selfie lawsuit", October 7, 2024
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "North Carolina ballot selfie suit survives dismissal attempt", March 28, 2025
