Ira Roberts

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Ira Roberts

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 8, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Contact

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Personal website

Personal Twitter

Ira Roberts (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 10th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 8, 2018.

Biography

Ira Roberts was born in Kentucky and lives in North Carolina. Ira Roberts served in the U.S. Army. Ira Roberts earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Roberts’s career experience includes working as an intelligence officer for the Army National Guard. He worked for the National Ground Intelligence Center and the Defense Intelligence Agency. He served on the board of the Hickory International Council.^[1]

Elections

2018

See also: North Carolina's 10th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 10

Incumbent Patrick T. McHenry defeated David Wilson Brown in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 10 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick T. McHenry (R)	59.3	164,969
		David Wilson Brown (D)	40.7	113,259

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 10

David Wilson Brown advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 10 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		David Wilson Brown

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kenneth Queen (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 10

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 10 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick T. McHenry	70.7	34,173
		Gina Collias	13.8	6,664
		Jeff Gregory	7.7	3,724
		Ira Roberts	3.5	1,701
		Seth Blankenship	3.0	1,443
		Albert Wiley Jr.	1.3	616

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 48,321
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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• North Carolina's 10th Congressional District election, 2018
• North Carolina's 10th Congressional District

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