Julie Mayfield
Julie Mayfield (Democratic Party) is a member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 49. She assumed office on January 1, 2021. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Mayfield (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 49. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Mayfield completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Julie Mayfield was born in Atlanta, Georgia,[1] and lives in Asheville, North Carolina.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree from Davidson College in 1989 and a law degree from Emory Law School in 1996. Mayfield's career experience includes working as vice president and general counsel of Georgia Conservancy, an attorney, and the co-director of MountainTrue.[1][2][3][4]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Mayfield was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations on Education/Higher Education Committee
- Health Care Committee
- Redistricting and Elections Committee
- Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
2021-2022
Mayfield was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations on Agriculture, Natural and Economic Resources Committee
- Senate State and Local Government Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 49
Incumbent Julie Mayfield defeated Kristie Sluder in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 49 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julie Mayfield (D) | 69.0 | 80,238 | |
| Kristie Sluder (R) | 31.0 | 36,038 | ||
| Total votes: 116,276 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Julie Mayfield advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 49.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Kristie Sluder advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 49.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 49
Incumbent Julie Mayfield defeated John Anderson in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 49 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julie Mayfield (D) | 65.7 | 56,351 | |
| John Anderson (R) | 34.3 | 29,417 | ||
| Total votes: 85,768 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 49
Incumbent Julie Mayfield defeated Sandra Kilgore and Taylon Breeden in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 49 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julie Mayfield | 68.3 | 16,055 | |
| Sandra Kilgore | 20.7 | 4,869 | ||
| Taylon Breeden | 11.0 | 2,599 | ||
| Total votes: 23,523 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. John Anderson advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 49.
Campaign finance
2020
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 49
Julie Mayfield defeated Bob Penland in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 49 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julie Mayfield (D) | 62.7 | 80,159 | |
 | Bob Penland (R) | 37.3 | 47,647 | |
| Total votes: 127,806 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 49
Julie Mayfield defeated Ben Scales and Travis Smith in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 49 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Julie Mayfield | 67.5 | 32,120 | |
| Ben Scales | 18.6 | 8,856 | |
| Travis Smith | 13.9 | 6,588 | |
| Total votes: 47,564 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Bob Penland advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 49.
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Julie Mayfield completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mayfield's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a practical progressive. I have a deeply rooted sense of justice and fairness, and an overriding desire to accomplish real change that improves lives and makes our community stronger. I have been a public interest environmental attorney and policy advocate for 25 years, and I served on Asheville City Council for five years prior to being elected to the Senate.
- We need a Green New Deal for NC. I played a leading role in the Senate in the 2021 adoption of H951, a bi-partisan bill that will lead North Carolina to a clean energy future. We are one of only a few states with a legislatively mandated goal to reach 70% carbon reduction by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. But we can do even more to address climate change by making our region more resilient to its effects, investing in better transportation options and EV infrastructure, and better protecting low-income residents who can least afford the transition to clean energy. There is also much to be done to restore protections for air and water to keep our communities healthy and safe.
- I am fighting for a new, holistic approach to health and equity—two issues that are tightly linked. Access to quality housing, sufficient food, reliable transportation, safe places to live and play, educational opportunities, healthcare, economic stability—all of these are necessary for both a healthy and an equitable community.
- We need a General Assembly that helps of gets out of the way. Raleigh holds local governments hostage when it comes to enacting Local Living Wage laws, generating new revenue, granting equal rights to the LGBTQ+ members of our community, releasing body cam video, enacting green building standards, and implementing a plastic bag ban. I have introduced multiple bills to unchain local governments from these restraints, and I will continue to do so. The General Assembly has been an obstacle to local progress for far too long.
Protecting the rights of vulnerable people - woman, minorities, LGBTQ individuals. Pushing back against the corporatization of medicine. Providing a meaningful second chance to justice-involved individuals. Expanding housing. Enacting meaningful gun control.
Lincoln, both Roosevelts, Carter, Obama to name a few. They were leaders of conviction and integrity and willingness to fight for big, important things in the face of immense challenge.
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Integrity, honesty, civility, willingness to work across the aisle,
Integrity, honesty, civility, willingness to work across the aisle, willingness to work hard for big, important things.
To serve, help, be responsive to, and be present for all of your constituents, to communicate to constituents about the work, to support party priorities, to achieve progress on your policy priorities.
That the lives of and opportunities for ordinary people, working people, and vulnerable people are easier, that they can thrive and not be irretrievably knocked down by life’s challenges and setbacks.
I remember the Watergate hearings, though I did not understand what was happening because I only six years old.
In high school, I worked as a hostess at my neighborhood Italian restaurant for a summer.
Crossing to Safety because it’s about a strong woman and strong, lifelong friendships.
I am fortunate not to have struggled financially, educationally, or professionally. That gives me the opportunity and responsibility to fight for people who are not as fortunate.
One of respect for the role and authority of the other, cooperative and collaborative for the benefit of the state where possible, respectful where there are policy differences.
Overcoming the personally harmful, fiscally irresponsible, and environmentally damaging policies adopted in 2023.
Without a doubt.
Yes. You can’t get anything done without the help and support of other legislators, regardless of party. Bills often move easier if they are bipartisan, so working across the political aisle is important. Politics is about policy but it is also about relationships.
The late Senator Paul Wellstone. His motivation was to improve people’s lives, and he was widely respected by all sides.
Not at this time.
Many of my bills come from personal stories of people needlessly harmed by existing state policy or the lack thereof. Those stories are my motivation.
Progressive women’s, labor, LGBTQ, educational and environmental organizations.
Transportation, Environment, Healthcare, Elections
Critical to have both.
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2022
Julie Mayfield did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Julie Mayfield did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2023
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In 2023, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to October 25.
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2022
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In 2022, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from May 18 to July 1.
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2021
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In 2021, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 13 to December 30.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Carolina State Senate District 49 |
Officeholder North Carolina State Senate District 49 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Julie Mayfield for NC Senate, "About," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Facebook, "Julie Mayfield for NC Senate," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Facebook, "Julie Mayfield," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 19, 2024
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| Preceded by Terry Van Duyn (D) |
North Carolina State Senate District 49 2021-Present |
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