Constitution Party Candidate Wins County in North Carolina’s Sixth Congressional Race

Independent Political Report ^ | November 19, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans

[Angelino97]

Kevin Hayes, the Constitution Party candidate for North Carolina’s sixth congressional district this year, has won one of the district’s six counties with a majority of votes cast, according to unofficial results from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Hayes, who ran against Republican Addison McDowell in a two-way race, received 104,017 votes, capturing 30.84% of the total votes cast. His performance is particularly notable because he secured a narrow majority in one of the district’s six counties. In Guilford County, which saw the second-highest number of votes cast in the district this election cycle, Hayes earned 33,877 votes, amounting to 50.66% of the total.

In addition to his notable performance in Guilford County, Hayes was the strongest-performing Constitution Party candidate running at any level of government this year. Among the 28 candidates listed by the Constitution Party as running in this election cycle, he outperformed all others in both total votes and highest vote percentage. This group included several candidates who also ran in two-way races.

[Gene Eric]

to caucus with Trump I hope.

[Angelino97]

He won a county, not the entire district.

[Gene Eric]

got it — thanks

[LeonardFMason]

Doesn’t sound like he won the seat. Just a majority in one of six counties.

[simpson96]

In other words, he lost bigly to Republican Addison McDowell.

[PermaRag]

Yes. By simply getting anti-Republican votes since no Dem ran.

Winning a county was unusual but still meaningless.

[thegagline]

McDowell, a Republican, won 69.2% of the vote.

[Gene Eric]

appreciated

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Isn't Greensboro in Guilford County?

[hinckley buzzard]

kind of a non-event.

[EnderWiggin1970]

I had a coworker who spent time down in that neck of the woods in the 90's. Said Clinton placed 4th in the election in his precinct, behind Bo Gritz, the Constitution Party candidate, and the Republican candidate in that order. Sounds like a pretty nice place.

I'm just hoping Trump is planning to put the "1/3 of congress plus 1, plus the POTUS" plan of the Constitution Party into effect. That is, veto any spending bill that provides funds to all the departments and agencies he is planning to cut in order to restore Constitutional governance. This eliminates the need to keep the RINOs happy. Just hold together 1/3+1 of congress and veto away whenever they try to spend money on stuff the DOGE highlights as waste.