NC REALTORS® Voted! And It Made a Difference

As the dust settles from Tuesday’s Primary Elections, one thing is clear: NC REALTORS® voted and it showed.

Thanks to your support, 97.7% of REALTOR®-supported candidates for state and federal office won their respective elections. That includes candidates running for Council of State offices and seats in the North Carolina General Assembly supported through NC REALTORS® PAC. NAR also supports candidates for federal races in North Carolina (US Senate and US House of Representatives) through the federal REALTORS® Political Action Committee.

In each election, NC REALTORS® PAC supports candidates who support REALTOR® issues. Your investments make this support possible so the Trustees strive to be good stewards of the trust you place in them. Under the REALTOR® Party banner, we support candidates in a nonpartisan manner, looking at their stance on issues we care about, not their political affiliation. As one of the largest political action committees in the state, we have been successful in multiple election cycles, and this year is no different.

U.S. Senate and Congress

At the federal level, NAR supported a candidate in one U.S. Senate race—Thom Tillis—who won the Republican primary—and 10 congressional races through the REALTOR® Political Action Committee (RPAC).

All 10 REALTOR®-supported Congressional candidates now move on to the general election (100% success rate).

GK Butterfield—District 1
Gregory Murphy—District 3
David Price—District 4
Virginia Foxx—District 5
David Rouzer—District 7
Richard Hudson—District 8
Dan Bishop—District 9
Patrick McHenry—District 10
Alma Adams—District 12
Ted Budd—District 13

Council of State

At the state level, in addition to legislative races, NC REALTORS® PAC considers support for those seeking Council of State offices every four years. During the primary, both NC REALTORS® PAC-supported candidates were successful in their elections.

Roy Cooper (D)—Governor (Funding approved by 2019 NC REALTORS PAC Trustees)
Josh Dobson (R)—Commissioner of Labor

NC Senate

For NC Senate races, NC REALTORS® PAC supported 30 candidates for office and all of them will be moving on to the general election (100% success rate). In our effort to maintain a bipartisan distribution of our support, we mirrored the partisan breakdown of the chamber (60% Republican, 40% Democrat) in our candidates.

Toby Fitch (D)—District 4
Don Davis (D)—District 5
Jim Perry (R)—District 7
Bill Rabon (R)—District 8
Michael Lee (R)—District 9
Brent Jackson (R)—District 10
Lisa Barnes (R)—District 11
Jim Burgin (R)—District 12
Danny Britt (R)—District 13
Dan Blue (D)—District 14
Jay Chaudhuri (D)—District 15
Sam Searcy (D)—District 17
Natalie Murdock (D)—District 20
Ben Clark (D)—District 21
Mike Woodard (D)—District 22
Valerie Foushee (D)—District 23
Tom McInnis (R)—District 25
Jerry Tillman (R)—District 26
Michael Garrett (D)—District 27
Phil Berger (R)—District 30
Joyce Krawiec (R)—District 31
Paul Lowe (D)—District 32
Paul Newton (R)—District 36
Joyce Waddell (D)—District 40
Kathy Harrington (R)—District 43
Ted Alexander (R)—District 44
Deanna Ballard (R)—District 45
Ralph Hise (R)—District 47
Chuck Edwards (R)—District  48
Kevin Corbin (R)—District 50

NC House of Representative

For NC House of Representatives races, NC REALTORS® PAC supported 53 candidates for office and all but two of them will be moving on to the general election (96% success rate). Like in the Senate, in an effort to maintain a bipartisan distribution of our support, we mirrored the partisan breakdown of the chamber (55% Republican, 45% Democrat) in our candidates.

Steve Tyson (R)—District 3 [NC REALTOR®]
Howard Hunter (D)—District 5
Bobby Hanig (R)—District 6
John Bell (R)—District 10
Chris Humphrey (R)—District 12
Pat McElraft (R)—District 13
George Cleveland (R)—District 14
Phil Shepard (R)—District 15
Frank Iler (R)—District 17
Ted Davis (R)—District 20
Jean Farmer-Butterfield (D)—District 24
Donna White (R)—District 26
Michael Wray (D)—District 27
Zack Hawkins (D)—District 31
Terry Garrison (D)—District 32 [NC REALTOR®]
Rosa Gill (D)—District 33
Darren Jackson (D)—District 39
Marvin Lucas (D)—District 42
Billy Richardson (D)—District 44
John Szoka (R)—District 45
Garland Pierce (D)—District 48
Graig Meyer (D)—District 50
Jaime Boles (R)—District 52
David Lewis (R)—District 53
Robert Reives (D)—District 54
Mark Brody (R)—District 55
Ashton Clemmons (D)—District 57
Jon Hardister (R)—District 59
Cecil Brockman (D)—District 60
John Faircloth (R)—District 62 [NC REALTOR®]
Stephen Ross (R)—District 63
Scott Brewer (R)—District 66
Dean Arp (R)—District 69
Evelyn Terry (D)—District 71
Donny Lambeth (R)—District 75
Julia Howard (R)—District 77 [NC REALTOR®]
Mitchell Setzer (R)—District 89
Sarah Stevens (R)—District 90
Kyle Hall (R)—District 91 [NC REALTOR®]
Ray Russell (D)—District 93
Jason Saine (R)—District 97
Nasif Majeed (D)—District 99
Becky Carney (D)—District 102
Wesley Harris (D)—District 105
Dana Bumgardner (R)—District 109
Kelly Hastings (R)—District 110
Tim Moore (R)—District 111
Jake Johnson (R)—District 113 [NC REALTOR®]
Brian Turner (D)—District 116 [NC REALTOR®]
Tim Moffitt (R)—District 117 [NC REALTOR®]
Joe Sam Queen (D)—District 119

**Persons listed in BOLD are NC REALTORS® members

North Carolina Property Rights Fund

The NC Property Rights Fund (PRF) supports candidates for public office who will protect the rights of property owners and consumers in North Carolina. The NC PRF promotes a common-sense legislative agenda supported by both sides of the political aisle. Through its independent expenditures, NC PRF supported 11 candidates for state office, 10 of which were successful in their elections (91% success rate).

NC Senate

Jim Perry (R)—District 7
Lisa Barnes (R)—District 11
Natalie Murdock (D)—District 20

NC House of Representatives

Steve Tyson (R)—District 3 [NC REALTOR®]
Howard Hunter (D)—District 5
Bobby Hanig (R)—District 6
Phil Shepard (R)—District 15
Donna White (R)—District 26
Michael Wray (D)—District 27
Jon Hardister (R)—District 59
Tim Moffitt (R)—District 117 [NC REALTOR®]

**Persons listed in BOLD are NC REALTORS® members


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