Keith Kidwell
Keith Kidwell (Republican Party) is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 79. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.
Kidwell (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 79. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. The Republican primary for this office on March 5, 2024, was canceled.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Kidwell was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture Committee
- Banking Committee
- Environment Committee
- House Finance Committee, Senior Chair
- Judiciary III Committee
- Marine Resources and Aqua Culture Committee
- Regulatory Reform Committee
2021-2022
Kidwell was assigned to the following committees:
- Banking Committee, Chair
- Commerce Committee
- Environment Committee
- House Finance Committee, Chair
- Judiciary IV Committee
- Marine Resources and Aqua Culture Committee
- Regulatory Reform Committee
- Agriculture Committee
2019-2020
Kidwell was assigned to the following committees:
- Commerce Committee
- House Finance Committee
- Environment Committee
- Regulatory Reform Committee
- Pensions and Retirement Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Keith Kidwell and Mary Beedle are running in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on November 5, 2024.
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Mary Beedle advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Keith Kidwell advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79.
Campaign finance
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2022
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Keith Kidwell won election in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Kidwell (R) | 100.0 | 26,309 |
| Total votes: 26,309 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Keith Kidwell defeated Edwin Hege in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Kidwell | 83.3 | 8,721 |
 | Edwin Hege | 16.7 | 1,749 | |
| Total votes: 10,470 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Keith Kidwell defeated Nick Blount in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Kidwell (R) | 63.8 | 25,290 |
| Nick Blount (D) | 36.2 | 14,330 | |
| Total votes: 39,620 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Nick Blount advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Keith Kidwell advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79.
Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Keith Kidwell defeated Jerry Langley in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Kidwell (R) | 60.6 | 17,247 |
| Jerry Langley (D) | 39.4 | 11,220 | |
| Total votes: 28,467 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Jerry Langley defeated Bryson Jones in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jerry Langley | 69.6 | 3,321 |
 | Bryson Jones | 30.4 | 1,450 | |
| Total votes: 4,771 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Keith Kidwell defeated James Chesnutt in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Kidwell | 78.1 | 4,176 |
| James Chesnutt | 21.9 | 1,174 | |
| Total votes: 5,350 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2016 Republican National Convention
Kidwell was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Carolina.[1] In the North Carolina Republican primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 29 delegates, Ted Cruz won 27 delegates, John Kasich won nine, and Marco Rubio won six. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Kidwell was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how North Carolina’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email [email protected].[2]
Delegate rules
Delegates from North Carolina to the Republican National Convention were elected at congressional district conventions and the state convention in May. Delegates from North Carolina were required by state party rules to declare themselves in public "as a representative of a Candidate on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot" prior to their election as a delegate. At-large delegates were required to list their top three presidential candidates in order of preference and indicate whether they would be willing to commit to a candidate whom they do not personally favor.
North Carolina primary results
| North Carolina Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
40.2% | 462,413 | 29 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.8% | 422,621 | 27 | |
| John Kasich | 12.7% | 145,659 | 9 | |
| Marco Rubio | 7.7% | 88,907 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 1% | 11,019 | 1 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 3,893 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 3,071 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,753 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,256 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 929 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 663 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 265 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.5% | 6,081 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,149,530 | 72 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and North Carolina Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
North Carolina had 72 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 39 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 13 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally according to the statewide vote.[3][4]
Of the remaining 33 delegates, 30 served at large. North Carolina's at-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis according to the statewide primary vote. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[3][4]
Scorecards
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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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2020
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In 2020, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from April 28 to September 3. The legislature was in recess from July 8 to September 1 and then reconvened September 2 to September 3.
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2019
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In 2019, the General Assembly of North Carolina was in session from January 9 through August 27.
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Noteworthy events
Resignation from deputy whip position (2023)
In May 2023, Kidwell resigned as a deputy whip in the North Carolina House of Representatives following remarks made about fellow Representative Diamond Staton-Williams. [5]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 |
Officeholder North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ NC GOP, "ICYMI: NCGOP 2016 State Convention Recap," accessed June 16, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email [email protected].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ ‘'News From The States, "Two NC House Republicans resign leadership positions in the wake of derogatory remarks," May 25, 2023
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| Preceded by Julia Howard (R) |
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79 2019-Present |
Succeeded by - |
