Harry Warren | |
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Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 1, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Lorene Coates (77th) Carl Ford (76th) |
Constituency | 77th District (2011-2019) 76th District (2019-Present) |
Personal details | |
Born | Harry Joseph Warren May 31,1950 East Liverpool,Ohio |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Beverly Rizer Catherine Warren |
Children | 6 |
Residence | Salisbury,North Carolina |
Alma mater | Kent State University (BA) |
Occupation | Human resource specialist |
Website | www |
Harry Joseph Warren (born May 31,1950,in East Liverpool,Ohio) [1] is a Human Resource Specialist and Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 76th district (and the preceding 77th district) (including constituents in Rowan County) since 2011. [2] [3]
Warren graduated from Kent State University in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. In 1969,he married the former Beverly Rizer. They were married for 20 years and had 4 children together. [4] He is currently married to Catherine Warren. He has six children total. [1]
Before election to the NC House of Representatives,Warren worked as a Human Resources Specialist for Tar Heel Capital Corp.,one of the largest Wendy's restaurant franchises. He is a member of First United Methodist Church in Salisbury,North Carolina. [5]
Warren was Chairman of the House Select Committee on the State's Role in Immigration Policy and Vice-Chairman of the Government committee. [6]
In 2013 Warren and Carl Ford proposed a bill that could have seen North Carolina Establish an Official Religion for the State. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Warren (incumbent) | 25,479 | 61.06% | |
Democratic | Al Heggins | 16,250 | 38.94% | |
Total votes | 41,729 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Warren (incumbent) | 16,718 | 61.25% | |
Democratic | Joe Fowler | 10,578 | 38.75% | |
Total votes | 27,296 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ted Budd | 6,340 | 20.00% | |
Republican | John Blust | 3,308 | 10.43% | |
Republican | Hank Henning | 3,289 | 10.37% | |
Republican | Julia Craven Howard | 3,254 | 10.26% | |
Republican | Matthew J. McCall | 2,872 | 9.06% | |
Republican | Andrew Brock | 2,803 | 8.84% | |
Republican | Jason A. Walser | 2,319 | 7.31% | |
Republican | Dan Barrett | 2,296 | 7.24% | |
Republican | Harry Warren | 1,266 | 3.99% | |
Republican | Vernon Robinson | 970 | 3.06% | |
Republican | Kay Daly | 889 | 2.80% | |
Republican | George Rouco | 773 | 2.44% | |
Republican | Jim Snyder | 436 | 1.38% | |
Republican | Farren K. Shoaf | 404 | 1.27% | |
Republican | Chad A. Gant | 198 | 0.62% | |
Republican | David W. Thompson | 147 | 0.46% | |
Republican | Kathy Feather | 142 | 0.45% | |
Total votes | 31,706 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Warren (incumbent) | 7,350 | 71.44% | |
Republican | Andrew H. Poston | 2,939 | 28.56% | |
Total votes | 10,289 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Warren (incumbent) | 27,699 | 100% | |
Total votes | 27,699 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Warren (incumbent) | 4,746 | 63.91% | |
Republican | Chad Mitchell | 2,680 | 36.09% | |
Total votes | 7,426 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Warren (incumbent) | 16,888 | 100% | |
Total votes | 16,888 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Warren faced no primary challenge. He went on to meet retired minister Bill Battermann [19] (who also was unopposed in Democratic primary) in the general election. [20] Warren defeated Battermann 61% to 38%. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Warren | 21,463 | 61.87% | |
Democratic | William H. Battermann | 13,226 | 38.13% | |
Total votes | 34,689 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
In 2010,Harry Warren defeated school teacher Lauren Raper in the Republican primary. [23] He then faced incumbent Democratic incumbent Lorene Coates in the general election. Less than 200 votes separated the candidates on election day. Because of this,losing candidate Lorene Coates asked for a recount. After the recount,Harry Warren was confirmed the victor. [24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Warren | 2,305 | 65.88% | |
Republican | Lauren Raper | 1,194 | 34.12% | |
Total votes | 3,499 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harry Warren | 9,117 | 50.46% | |
Democratic | Lorene Coates (incumbent) | 8,951 | 49.54% | |
Total votes | 18,068 | 100% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
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