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Wendy May
Wendy May (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 28. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
May completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
May was a 2013 Democratic candidate for District 30 of the New Jersey General Assembly.[1]
Biography
May lives in Selma, North Carolina. May was born in Neptune City, New Jersey. May served in the U.S. Army in 1980 and graduated from the International Bible School and Seminary in 1983. May's career experience includes working as a chief safety instructor. May as been affiliated with the NAACP, NRA, and USCCA,SAG/AFTRA.[2][3]
Elections
2022
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Larry Strickland defeated Wendy May in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 28 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Larry Strickland (R) | 71.9 | 18,838 |
 | Wendy May (D)  | 28.1 | 7,349 | |
| Total votes: 26,187 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Wendy May advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 28.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Larry Strickland defeated Jim Davenport in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 28 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Strickland | 83.5 | 6,482 |
| Jim Davenport | 16.5 | 1,284 | ||
| Total votes: 7,766 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Incumbent George E.B. Holding defeated Linda Coleman and Jeff Matemu in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | George E.B. Holding (R) | 51.3 | 170,072 |
 | Linda Coleman (D) | 45.8 | 151,977 | |
 | Jeff Matemu (L) | 2.9 | 9,655 | |
| Total votes: 331,704 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Timmy Strickland (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Linda Coleman defeated Ken Romley and Wendy May in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Coleman | 56.0 | 18,650 |
 | Ken Romley | 32.3 | 10,742 | |
| Wendy May | 11.7 | 3,895 | |
| Total votes: 33,287 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sam Searcy (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Incumbent George E.B. Holding defeated Allen Chesser II in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | George E.B. Holding | 76.2 | 17,979 |
 | Allen Chesser II | 23.8 | 5,612 | |
| Total votes: 23,591 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2
Jeff Matemu advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Matemu |
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2013
May filed to run in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30, but did not appear on the primary election ballot.
Campaign themes
2022
Video for Ballotpedia
| Video submitted to Ballotpedia Released February 8, 2022 |
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Wendy May completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by May's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Truth in Government
- Fair and Livable Wages
- American Dream
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Wendy Ella May participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Wendy Ella May's responses follow below.[4]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Equity |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | The 4 E's Equity, Education,Economy and Environment. I am personally passionate about so many issues including all of the issues which I signed a contract about. Which are found in the CFAR2018 contract Raising the minimum wage, Infrastructure repair, Addressing climate change, Ending the war in Afghanistan, Making the rich pay their fair share, Making corporations pay their fair share, Protecting and expanding Social Security, Protecting Medicare and initiating universal health care, Protecting jobs by eliminating bad trade agreements, Overturning Citizens United, and Tuition-free public colleges and universities.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[6]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Wendy Ella May answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | The early leaders in the New Deal Movement, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[6] | ” |
| “ | Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1932-1940 [William E. Leuchtenburg] and The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, : Kirstin Downey:[6] | ” |
| “ | Well-Calibrated Moral Compass[6] | ” |
| “ | A set of values and objectives that guide me with regard to ethical behavior and decision-making.[6] | ” |
| “ | To be a balanced voice for all people. To be available to the residences of my district, to hear their needs and to act for the betterment of all.[6] | ” |
| “ | "When your life is over, everything you did will be represented by a single dash between two dates―what will that dash mean for the people you have known and loved?" That my time on Earth was filled with Truth, Understanding, Actions, and Rewards for the time I have spent in the act of freedom., and my pursue of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. As well as my responsiblity to Support and defend the Constitution.[6] | ” |
| “ | The death of President John F. Kennedy on Friday November 22, 1963, it was lunch time and I was 2 years old I remember my family having lunch together and I was in my special chair by the TV and the news flashed that the president was shot and killed in Texas. My great grandmother fell to the floor and started crying and would not stop.[6] | ” |
| “ | At the age of 14 I had my first real paying job working for Congressmember James(Jim) Howard in his local and DC office when I was not in school.[6] | ” |
| “ | I was born a Vanishing Twin survivor which I found out at the age of 13 when after a long and very hard fight with doctors who were untrainned in Vanishing Twin Syndrome that I had parts of my sister which made me what is now called Gender Fluid is a gender identity best described as a dynamic mix of boy and girl. A person who is Gender Fluid may always feel like a mix of the two traditional genders, but may feel more boy some days, and more girl other days.Being Gender Fluid has nothing to do with which set of genitalia one has, nor their sexual orientation.[6] | ” |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Carolina House of Representatives District 28 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 Primary Candidates," accessed April 15, 2013
- ↑ Wendy May, "About Me." Retrieved May 9, 2013
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 8, 2022
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Wendy Ella May's responses," March 27, 2018
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
