Joseph Osborne
Joseph Osborne (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 11th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Osborne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: North Carolina's 11th Congressional District election, 2020
North Carolina's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
North Carolina's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 11
Madison Cawthorn defeated Morris Davis, Tracey DeBruhl, and Tamara Zwinak in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 11 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Madison Cawthorn (R) | 54.5 | 245,351 | |
Morris Davis (D) | 42.3 | 190,609 | ||
Tracey DeBruhl (L) | 1.9 | 8,682 | ||
Tamara Zwinak (G) | 1.2 | 5,503 |
Total votes: 450,145 | ||||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 11
Madison Cawthorn defeated Lynda Bennett in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 11 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Madison Cawthorn | 65.8 | 30,636 | |
Lynda Bennett | 34.2 | 15,905 |
Total votes: 46,541 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 11
Morris Davis defeated Gina Collias, Phillip Price, Michael O'Shea, and Steve Woodsmall in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 11 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Morris Davis | 47.3 | 52,983 | |
Gina Collias | 22.7 | 25,387 | ||
Phillip Price | 11.3 | 12,620 | ||
Michael O'Shea | 11.2 | 12,523 | ||
Steve Woodsmall | 7.5 | 8,439 |
Total votes: 111,952 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 11
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 11 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Lynda Bennett | 22.7 | 20,606 | |
✔ | Madison Cawthorn | 20.4 | 18,481 | |
Jim Davis | 19.3 | 17,465 | ||
Chuck Archerd | 9.1 | 8,272 | ||
Wayne King | 8.7 | 7,876 | ||
Daniel Driscoll | 8.6 | 7,803 | ||
Joseph Osborne | 7.1 | 6,470 | ||
Vance Patterson | 2.5 | 2,242 | ||
Matthew Burril (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.6 | 523 | ||
Albert Wiley Jr. | 0.4 | 393 | ||
Dillon Gentry | 0.4 | 390 | ||
Steven Fekete | 0.2 | 175 |
Total votes: 90,696 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Meadows (R)
Green primary election
The Green primary election was canceled. Tamara Zwinak advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 11.
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Tracey DeBruhl advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 11.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joseph Osborne completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Osborne's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|Joey Osborne is a life-long conservative, active in Republican politics for more than 45 years. He is a businessman whose companies employee more than 600 Americans and have served more than two million customers. Joey believes in smaller government, lower taxes and less regulation. He's dedicated to bringing more, better paying jobs to western NC. Like President Trump, Joey's more than 40 years of business experience bring to Washington exceptional budget skills. Just like he does everyday for his own companies, Joey is dedicated to cutting and balancing the U.S. budget. Joey feels that for far too long the Washington elite have been squandering away Americas' hard-earned prosperity and he is committed to bringing control of government spending back to the people. Joey is pro-life, pro-gun and pro-constitution.
Joey Osborne is committed to a balanced budget for America.
Joey Osborne believes there are far too many growth-stifling regulations in government and will support Donald Trump in his effort to reduce them.
- As a member of Congress Joey Osborne will support Donald Trump in advocating for lower taxes and replacing Obama care.
Joey Osborne is passionate about reducing the size of government. He feels that private sector solutions to America's needs are nearly always better than government managed solutions. Joey is for lower taxes and the repeal of Obama care.
Joey especially looks up to his grandparents who were hard working, church going community supporting Americans. Joey follows the example set by his step-father who was a career Army, Vietnam war veteran who never complained and cared more for others than for himself.
Wisdom, honesty, dedication, work ethic, creativity.
The core responsibilities of Representatives is to support and abide by the constitution of the United States while representing the wishes of his/her constituency.
The first major historical event to impact Joey Osborne was the resignation of Richard Nixon. Joey was 14 years old at the time.
Joey Osborne's first job started in 1972 when he was 12 years old. He worked during the summer months at a gas station when he was out of school. He was paid $8 per day and bought a new bike after his second week on the job.
Power of Intention. The book teaches that with positively directed intention anything can be achieved.
By design the US House of Rep. is to be the direct voice of the people.
The present state of dysfunction in Congress is indicative of the fact that we do not need more experienced politicians in government.
Continued growth of movement toward socialism.
One of my major emphasis is to remove needless regulation and reduce the size of government. I will seek to serve on committees that serve that purpose.
I believe the framers of the constitution built a perfectly adequate and well-thought system for term limits by having elections every two years.
President Calvin Coolidge and Senator Pat Toomey
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See also
2020 Elections
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