Allen Smith
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Allen Smith (Green Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. Smith lost in the special general election on September 10, 2019.
Smith was a candidate for District 6 representative on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education in North Carolina. Smith was defeated in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2019
See also: North Carolina's 9th Congressional District special election, 2019
General election
Special general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9
Dan Bishop defeated Dan McCready, Jeff Scott, and Allen Smith in the special general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on September 10, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dan Bishop (R) | 50.7 | 96,573 |
 | Dan McCready (D) | 48.7 | 92,785 | |
 | Jeff Scott (L) | 0.4 | 773 | |
 | Allen Smith (G) | 0.2 | 375 | |
| Total votes: 190,506 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Dan McCready advanced from the special Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on May 14, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Bishop | 47.7 | 14,405 |
 | Stony Rushing | 19.5 | 5,882 | |
 | Matthew Ridenhour | 17.1 | 5,166 | |
 | Leigh Thomas Brown | 8.8 | 2,672 | |
 | Stevie Rivenbark | 3.0 | 906 | |
 | Fern Shubert | 1.4 | 438 | |
 | Chris Anglin | 1.3 | 382 | |
 | Kathie Day | 0.6 | 193 | |
 | Gary M. Dunn | 0.3 | 105 | |
 | Albert Wiley Jr. | 0.2 | 62 | |
| Total votes: 30,211 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Green primary election
The Green primary election was canceled. Allen Smith advanced from the special Green primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Jeff Scott advanced from the special Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.
2017
Six of the nine seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education in North Carolina were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. A total of 20 candidates filed for the seats.
District 1 saw board member Rhonda Lennon defeat challengers Annette Albright, Amy Hallman, and Jess Miller. In District 2, incumbent Thelma Byers-Bailey filed for re-election and defeated newcomer Lenora Shipp. District 3 board member Ruby Jones defeated former candidate Janeen Bryant, Emmitt Butts, former candidate Levester Flowers, Blanche Penn, and Olivia Scott in the race for the seat. In District 4, Carol Sawyer defeated Queen Thompson and Stephanie Sneed in the race for the open spot on the board. District 5 saw Margaret Marshall defeat Jim Peterson and former candidate Jeremy Stephenson in the race for the open seat, and District 6 saw Sean Strain defeat Allen Smith in the race for the open seat.[1]
Results
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sean Strain |
56.68% | 11,528 |
| Allen Smith | 42.38% | 8,619 |
| Write-in votes | 0.93% | 190 |
| Total Votes | 20,337 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement, "11/07/2017 Unofficial General Election Results - Mecklenburg," accessed November 7, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Allen Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
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Heathcare is a human right The United States is the richest, most powerful country on earth. And yet we are the only industrialized country without a national health program. We pay more for treatment and medicine. The out-of-pocket costs of medical care have a huge financial impact on millions of people, even those who have insurance. Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in our country. Nearly half of all Americans say they would have a difficult time paying an unexpected $500 medical bill. Access to affordable health insurance is simply not enough. Meanwhile, the insurance companies, big pharmaceutical companies, and for-profit hospital systems are raking in more profits than ever. It is time to give the people the care we all deserve. It’s time to stop throwing around words like “access” and “affordable” as qualifiers just to keep big businesses happy. Leading the way on big challenges is embedded in the fabric of our country’s history. We need to put that same caliber of leadership into a true universal, single-payer healthcare system. We can show everyone what it looks like when the most powerful country in the world puts the health and well-being of people above the pursuit of profits. Things I'll be fighting for
Protecting our planet Climate change is the most important social, economic, and environmental crisis that humanity has ever faced. You can see its effects in the news every day. Droughts are deeper, storms are stronger, wildfires burn for weeks on end, and that’s just a sampling of what we see every day. Climate change is destroying homes, eliminating people’s jobs and, too often, taking their lives too. The rapid acceleration of climate change over the past 50 years is due to unchecked industrialization and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions that our fossil-fuel economy has pumped into the atmosphere. The industries and practices that so many of us rely on to keep our daily lives running normally are the same ones that have set our planet on a catastrophic trajectory. Of course, they are not out to destroy the planet; they’re simply operating the way that our capitalist systems require them to operate. Not only do they provide many of the luxuries we often take for granted; they also employ entire communities, and the predictability of their profits helps maintain short-term stability in our economy. With such positive short-term benefits, it’s easy for us to overlook the significant negative impact these industries and their practices have on our environment, our economy, and the state of the world. And that is fundamentally the issue that has set us on a collision course with a global environmental collapse. We need to disrupt the broken systems that force us to destroy our planet for short-term financial gain. And we need to take action now. Not in a few years. Today. We need a real Green New Deal that will not only turn the tide on climate change, but which will revive the economy and make wars for oil obsolete. Things I'll be fighting for
Putting people over profits Corporations wield a disproportionate amount of power in our country. They have become too big and too influential over our laws, which have increasingly allowed them to exploit our people and destroy our environment, all with the primary goals of endless economic growth and generating larger and larger profits. Our governments use hefty tax breaks to sell out our communities to big businesses, touting wealthy executives as job creators and economic saviors. But jobs are only a means to an end for those of us who work for a living. More than jobs, we want financial stability and a feeling of fulfillment. We value not just material wealth, but the things which truly make life worth living — our time, our health, our relationships, our communities, and our environment. No human being should live for work or need to work to live. We are better than that. All business has a social contract with society and the environment. To create a just and enduring society, we need to create a system of commerce where every act is sustainable and restorable. We must change the fundamental design of corporations so that they generate profits, but not at the expense of the environment, human rights, public health, workers, or the communities in which the corporation operates. Our planet cannot afford business as usual any longer. Things I'll be fighting for
Creating a pro-worker economy Businesses and their leaders wield an increasingly dangerous amount of power in our economy. They dangle jobs in front of struggling communities and the politicians who represent them. They use the promise of job creation to justify bringing harmful industries to rural communities. They put workers in a position where they must choose between having a job and doing what is best for their community; and they force millions of citizens into doing work that is unfulfilling, socially harmful, or detrimental to the environment. We need measures in place to rebalance power between businesses and the workers who generate their profits. We need a variety of democratically-run small businesses and organizations. But a pro-worker economy isn’t just about commerce. There is plenty of work to do that enriches our communities without jeopardizing our future or widening the gap between the richest and poorest among us. We need to change the conversation from being about providing “jobs” to providing financial security, well-being, and meaningful livelihoods to everyone who is able to contribute. We all deserve a say in how things run. And we all deserve to benefit from the abundant resources in our society. Things I'll be fighting for
Rebuilding public education Our public education system has been the victim of a systematic dismantling. Because of tax cuts for the wealthy that have gutted huge amounts of funding, and because of privatization schemes that funnel money out of our public school system, many of our schools lack basic necessities, let alone the funding to give students what they need to succeed. We have painted ourselves into a corner by buying into the high-stakes testing industry, relying on outdated ways of measuring school performance, and trying to run our schools like businesses. Our overworked, underpaid teachers are marching in the streets for our kids, tirelessly advocating for their future. More students than ever come from low-income families, and our public schools can serve as a powerful lever of upward mobility if they can provide students the resources and support they need to thrive — inside and outside of their classrooms. Education is a lifelong journey. It’s not about reaching a destination. It’s about building momentum. It starts with high-quality early-childhood programs and continues through adulthood. Its goal shouldn’t be to mold young people into subservient consumers or employees but rather to arm them with the skills, knowledge, and spirit of inquiry they need to create the future they want for themselves. We shouldn’t treat higher education like a personal financial investment. Anyone who wants to go to a public college or vocational school shouldn’t have to pay for it themselves. That means it’s also time to cancel the huge debt owed to the federal government and predatory finance industry by student and parent borrowers. Things I'll be fighting for
Supporting our troops Our brave service members, who are required to carry out military policies, often with great hardship to themselves, their families, and even the risk of their lives, deserve our respect and our commitment to adequate compensation and benefits. The dangerous burden of fighting unnecessary, unending wars is disproportionately borne by families of lesser means and some of our most vulnerable citizens and residents. It is critical that we stop grooming high-schoolers for war. We must stop asking kids as young as 17 to be prepared to take the lives of people they’ll never know and live with the weight of it. Our first priority in foreign policy considerations is to create a future where war needs no workforce. We must ensure future generations not face the separations and sacrifices of war that we have. We must also take better care of those who have served and those who are currently serving. Things I'll be fighting for
Empowering women Democracy cannot work without equality for women. That means equal participation and equal representation. Women make up 51% of our population but only 24% of our federal legislators. It is critical that we disrupt the system of male domination, also known as the patriarchy, in all its forms, both subtle and overt. This includes oppression, inequality, and discrimination, as well as all forms of violence and exploitation against women and girls. The change the world is crying for cannot occur unless women's voices are heard. So many of the challenges we face with women’s policies stem from the fact that a bunch of men are trying to craft laws without any guidance or input from folks whose lives those laws impact. If we can create an environment where we elevate and empower women, where we turn their input into action, we can cut through the harmful rhetoric and make real progress on these important issues. Things I'll be fighting for
Re-engineering our justice system The United States has the highest incarceration and recidivism rates of industrialized countries. To put that in perspective, we have less than five percent of the world's population, but we lock up nearly a quarter of the world's prisoners. Mass incarceration in our country is an epidemic. It destroys lives and communities. Our justice system is too often inhumane, ineffective, and prohibitively expensive. It disproportionately affects people of color and assigns long prison terms to hundreds of thousands of perpetrators of victimless crimes, such as selling marijuana. Meanwhile, corporate, white collar, and environmental crime too often goes unpunished. We must take steps to prevent violent crime and address the legitimate needs of victims, while addressing the socio-economic root causes of crime and practicing policies that prevent recidivism. We need to divest ourselves from the private prison industry and instead invest in measures for rehabilitation and positive alternatives to mass incarceration. We need to end the failed war on drugs, and help rebuild the communities that it has destroyed. Things I'll be fighting for
Making government work Everyone deserves the opportunity to influence the government decisions that affect them. But our country suffers from a corrupt campaign finance system that enables corporate and wealthy elites to purchase political outcomes and an abundance of anti-democratic electoral, ballot access and debate rules designed to minimize participation and choice. Incumbent politicians and establishment candidates often talk about reforming our broken systems, but they fail to take meaningful action because they exploit these broken systems to get elected and maintain their positions of power. It’s time to get big money out of our elections. To do that, we need to fundamentally change the way our elections are financed and conducted. We also need to enact laws that end corruption and gerrymandering, open up our primaries, allow ranked-choice voting, and put an end to the legalized systems of bribery that corporate lobbying laws allow. Things I'll be fighting for
Humanizing our immigration system Our country needs a complete overhaul of its immigration laws. Our broken immigration system, combined with our trade policies and our destabilizing military activity around the world has created extreme social injustice. Millions of people are living and working in the U.S. with no legal status, making them subject to extreme exploitation and abuse. Immigration raids are terrorizing the immigrant community. Families are being broken up. Employer abuses of undocumented workers are rampant. In order to fix our system, we must implement immediate and long-term solutions that are practical, fair, and most importantly, humane. That includes a pathway to citizenship for current residents, domestic and foreign economic policies that protect people from exploitation and family destabilization, and measures that allow us to protect ourselves by verifying the identities of those who want to enter our country. Things I'll be fighting for
Taking care of each other Our constitution protects the freedoms and rights we have as citizens. It is the contract that empowers us to enjoy our liberty. For freedom and power to be sustainable, it’s imperative that we all exercise our rights responsibly. We have a duty to take care of each other. It balances our freedom to do as we please and also checks our power to trample the rights of others. Rest assured, the second amendment is not under attack. But the powerful, corrupt gun lobby is pouring money and influence into campaigns to mislead us and trick us into believing that any kind of reform to our gun laws is an outright ambush on our constitution. Reports show that nearly 40,000 people lose their lives to a firearm in our country every year. To put that number in perspective, it’s about one person every 13 minutes. It’s important to unpack this epidemic to better understand what is happening and how to prevent it. We need to implement a holistic approach that includes gun laws that nurture responsible gun ownership, resources and support to combat the social conditions that increase gun violence, and measures to keep guns out of the hands of those most likely to harm themselves or others with them. Things I'll be fighting for
Revolutionizing our infrastructure Our infrastructure is long overdue for improvements. In order to create a sustainable long-term future for our kids and their kids, we have to make a concerted effort to revolutionize the way we build our cities, roads, sidewalks, buildings, factories, parks, railways, and energy systems. This includes transitioning away from an automobile-centric design of our cities, neighborhoods, and roads. It also includes transitioning to 100% clean energy by 2030 with the help of a Green New Deal that will not only update our energy systems and infrastructure, but which will help provide financial stability to 20 million individuals and their families through stable, green jobs. Things I'll be fighting for
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| —Allen Smith[3] | ||
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed July 24, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Allen Smith's 2019 campaign website, "Issues," accessed July 5, 2019
