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Ken Romley
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

May 8, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Cornell University

Graduate

Cornell University

Contact

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Ken Romley (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2018.

Biography

Ken Romley lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in computer science from Cornell University. Romley’s career experience includes working as a management consultant. He founded the Marathon Group, an internet consulting company, SmartPath, and Zift Solutions.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District election, 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
✔
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George E.B. Holding (R)
 
51.3
 
170,072
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Linda Coleman (D)
 
45.8
 
151,977
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Jeff Matemu (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.9
 
9,655

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 331,704
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
✔
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Linda Coleman
 
56.0
 
18,650
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Ken Romley
 
32.3
 
10,742
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Wendy May
 
11.7
 
3,895

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 33,287
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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
✔
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George E.B. Holding
 
76.2
 
17,979
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Allen Chesser II
 
23.8
 
5,612

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

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
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Jeff Matemu Candidate Connection

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Campaign themes

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Ken participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Ken's responses follow below.[2]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

“ 1) Fixing our broken healthcare system to expand affordable access to all Americans

2) Driving out the corrupting influence of big monied special interests
3) Creating good paying jobs to lift Americans out of poverty into financial security to help build their futures[3][4]

”

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

“ Affordable and Accessible Healthcare, Public Education, Economic Development / Job Growth, and Using Technology to improve lives.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4] ”


Recent news

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ken Romley for Congress 2018, "My Story," accessed April 21, 2018
  2. ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
  3. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Ken's responses," April 6, 2018
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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