Tammy Covil
Tammy Covil was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 20 of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2016
Covil's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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Elections
2016
Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.[3] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.[4] Incumbent Rick Catlin (R) resigned from the seat on August 15, 2016. Holly Grange (R) was appointed on August 29, 2016, to replace Catlin.
Incumbent Holly Grange ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 general election.[5][6]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Holly Grange Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections | ||
Holly Grange defeated Tammy Covil in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 Republican primary.[7][8]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Holly Grange |
61.98% | 7,188 | |
| Republican | Tammy Covil | 38.02% | 4,409 | |
| Total Votes | 11,597 | |||
2016 primary
- Main article: Battleground state primaries in North Carolina, 2016
Covil questioned Grange’s connection to Sidney Blumenthal, a long-time Democratic aide to Hillary Clinton who once worked with a company headed by Grange’s husband, retired Army major general David L. Grange. Covil purchased the url name www.hollygrange.com to link Grange with Blumenthal and Clinton, who was Secretary of State during the 2011 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Covil said that Blumenthal was "actively lobbying to secure lucrative contracts" on behalf of Osprey Global Solutions, where Grange serves as community relations director.[9][10]
Calling the allegations "categorically false and misleading," Grange responded that her husband’s company worked indirectly with Blumenthal in Libya on humanitarian matters and that the company Blumenthal worked for "would have been more or less a partner" on issues such as providing medical care for Libyan citizens.[9][10]
Below were key endorsements for Covil and Grange.[11][12]
| Key endorsements | |
|---|---|
| Covil | Grange |
| State Rep. Chris Miller | State Sen. Michael Lee |
| State House Majority Leader Mike Hager | State Sen. Bill Rabon |
Recent news
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See also
- North Carolina House of Representatives
- North Carolina House of Representatives District 20
- North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016
- North Carolina State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Covil for NC House, "On the issues," accessed March 7, 2016
- ↑ 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," accessed December 22, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 wwaytv3.com, "Covil Fires First Shot in NC House Race, Linking Grange to Clinton Friend Blumenthal," November 18, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 WECT-6, "Grange responds to website paid for by Covil campaign," February 15, 2016
- ↑ Holly Grange for House, "Home page," accessed March 7, 2016
- ↑ Covil for NC House, "Home page," accessed March 7, 2016
