Leonard Bryant
Leonard L. Bryant (Republican Party) is running for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 42. 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.
Biography
Leonard Bryant was born in Newberry, South Carolina. He served in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 2020. He earned a bachelor's degree from Liberty University in 2008. Bryant is a retired soldier. He is affiliated with the 82nd Airborne Division Association, the National Guard, and the US Army Reserve.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 42
Mike Colvin and Leonard L. Bryant are running in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 42 on November 5, 2024.
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 | Mike Colvin (D) | |
 | Leonard L. Bryant (R) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 42
Mike Colvin defeated Naveed Aziz, Elmer Floyd, and Courtney Banks-McLaughlin in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 42 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Colvin | 35.0 | 1,778 |
 | Naveed Aziz | 29.0 | 1,471 | |
 | Elmer Floyd | 22.6 | 1,147 | |
 | Courtney Banks-McLaughlin | 13.4 | 681 | |
| Total votes: 5,077 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Leonard L. Bryant advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 42.
Campaign finance
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2022
See also: United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate North Carolina
Ted Budd defeated Cheri Beasley, Shannon Bray, Matthew Hoh, and Michelle Lewis in the general election for U.S. Senate North Carolina on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ted Budd (R) | 50.5 | 1,905,786 |
 | Cheri Beasley (D) | 47.3 | 1,784,049 | |
 | Shannon Bray (L) | 1.4 | 51,640 | |
 | Matthew Hoh (G) | 0.8 | 29,934 | |
 | Michelle Lewis (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 137 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,378 | ||
| Total votes: 3,773,924 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michele Parks (Independent)
- Marc White (Independent)
- Charles Roberson (Independent)
- Susan Gaddy (Independent)
- Brenda Rodriguez (Independent)
- Hayden Boyette (Independent)
- Barry Caulder (Independent)
- Kimrey Rhinehardt (Independent)
- Adrien Meadows (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cheri Beasley | 81.1 | 501,766 |
 | James Carr Jr. | 3.5 | 21,903 | |
 | Alyssia Hammond | 3.4 | 21,005 | |
 | Marcus Williams | 2.8 | 17,446 | |
 | Constance Johnson | 2.0 | 12,500 | |
 | Everette Newton | 1.6 | 10,043 | |
 | Chrelle Booker | 1.6 | 9,937 | |
 | Brendan K. Maginnis | 1.1 | 7,044 | |
 | Robert Colon | 1.1 | 6,904 | |
 | Greg Antoine | 0.8 | 5,179 | |
 | Tobias LaGrone | 0.8 | 5,048 | |
| Total votes: 618,775 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jenna Hamrick (D)
- Richard Watkins (D)
- Keith Davenport (D)
- Erica Smith (D)
- Jeff Jackson (D)
- Ava Edwards (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ted Budd | 58.6 | 448,128 |
 | Pat McCrory | 24.6 | 188,135 | |
 | Mark Walker | 9.2 | 70,486 | |
 | Marjorie K. Eastman | 2.9 | 22,535 | |
 | David Flaherty | 1.0 | 7,265 | |
 | Kenneth Harper Jr. | 0.9 | 7,129 | |
 | Jennifer Banwart | 0.4 | 3,088 | |
| Charles Moss | 0.4 | 2,920 | |
| Leonard L. Bryant | 0.4 | 2,906 | |
 | Benjamin Griffiths | 0.4 | 2,870 | |
 | Debora Tshiovo | 0.4 | 2,741 | |
 | Lee Brian | 0.3 | 2,232 | |
 | Lichia Sibhatu | 0.3 | 2,191 | |
| Drew Bulecza | 0.3 | 2,022 | |
| Total votes: 764,648 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rene Borghese (R)
- James Gaghan (R)
- Carlton Ellerby (R)
- Marty Cooke (R)
- Jon Warren (R)
- Len McBride (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Shannon Bray advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina.
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
Leonard L. Bryant completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bryant'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'm a follower of The Way, a husband, a dad, and a 5 time combat veteran who has served my country for 31 years. I entered the Army National Guard on 29 NOV 1987 at FT Jackson, SC and swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the US against all enemies foreign and domestic. I later entered active duty and married in 1992. I came out of active duty in 2005 and joined the US Army Reserve the same year. I re entered active duty in 2018 and retired in 2020. My wife and I have 3 adult girls ages 28, 26, and 24. I graduated from Liberty University and I have held jobs in the NC Department of Juvenile Justice as well as for a Lowes subcontractor flooring company. I’m a conservative that believes in Divinely conferred rights to the individual as recognition by the Constitution. The Constitution is under assault by our current president and I am stepping forward again to serve. In my role as the next junior Senator from NC I will use different tools in a different location to fight against a different adversary, but the mission is still the same: Defend the Constitution.
- We Run: I am running to be the next junior Senator from NC to protect Constitutionally recognized individual liberties but that alone is not enough. Conservatives and all freedom loving peoples must seek to enter public office at every level of governance to ensure the principles of limited government and individual freedom are preserved or support those that do. We can no longer depend alone on the career politician to protect our interests. We must do it ourselves as well.
- We Fight: I am running because I want to actively stand against the enemies of individual liberty at the federal level, but again, I cannot be the only one in order to preserve our most cherished freedoms. In every arena and space where policy is being debated we enter into it and vigorously contend for freedom and liberty in mayoral races, city council elections, and school board races. We show up and stand up for liberty to let those who abhor individual freedom know that we will stand for Constitutional freedoms ...and that we will win.
- We Speak: twitter, facebook, instagram, and other legacy social media sites censor conservatives. The White House is censoring conservatives. Legacy media is censoring conservatives. We must speak out about the issues that matter, from the radical agenda to force toddlers to conform to liberal gender ideology to the left's attack on parental rights in public education, we all must speak out against their very dangerous agenda and refuse to be silenced.
We MUST defund planned parenthood. We must accept scientific discovery that states that life begins at conception. We must protect the precious lives of the unborn in the womb. We must reject a normalization of the violence of abortion as somehow good. We must regain our collective conscience as a nation and reject abortion on demand for good.
I appreciate Winston Churchill. His nation, much like Vlodomyr Zelensky,s Ukraine today, faced an incredible and existential threat in the Hitler's Germany but he rallied his nation to achieve victory against him. He was determined, unwavering, and courageous in the face of what many around the globe at that time thought was national annihilation. I believe he was one of the greatest, if not the greatest leaders in the whole of the 20th Century.
Integrity and honesty must be held in high esteem for anyone seeking public office. A desire to serve others must be held as a value of anyone really seeks to make the lives of others better.
I care about people. I think all laws should work to bring about the "more Perfect Union" that the Constitution speaks of. Every decision I would make and every law I would endorse is informed by these two qualities.
All legislators swear an oath to uphold the Constitution. This is the core responsibility of anyone who holds or seeks to hold office. The majority of members of our congress in my view have abandoned the idea that individual liberties matter.
The dignity of every individual matters. This is why I vigorously oppose abortion. This is why no individual should be told what they should believe or how they should live. I pray that my legacy will be on that rests on this simple but universal truth.
I was 10 years old when the Iranian hostage situation took place.
I worked for Ingles grocery in Saluda, SC. I had the job for roughly two years.
The Bible is my favorite book.
I don't think any fictional character is as fabulous as me so I can't say.
the "Man of Steel" soundtrack
At times I have fought against the opinions of others that look at my ability and initially appreciate it and then become threatened by it. I have dealt with this response to me more than once.
The greatest challenge we face as a nation is the growing threat of the left wing hegemony that has risen to dominance within our colleges and universities, our government, and even within our military. We must protect the Constitution, which by default protects the rights of all Americans. The Constitution is currently being maligned and attacked by a socialist mindset that is disgusted with individual achievement and liberty and if this nefarious doctrine takes hold fully will damage every institution in our country from our government to churches and religious organizations to our children. We must embrace and extoll the values conferred to us by God as recognized by our Constitution.
I would vote in favor of it for both houses in Congress even if it meant a shortening of my career as a Senator. If new leaders are not allowed to enter the Senate and the House, then no genuinely new ideas will enter either. I believe a vibrant, strong Republic must bring in new thinkers and different perspectives that can be brought to bear against some of the most difficult challenges our nation faces.
A US Senator should understand that the Constitution is the premiere governing document of our land and that each vote he or she casts should reflect a determination to vote only for laws that protect it. As any good leader understands, a US Senator should have an awareness that his or her votes can impact the entire country and not just the state he represents. He or she should always keep in view the short term and long term impacts his or her vote will have on the good of the country and all of her 320 million citizens.
Not always. There are some Senators that have used their vast experience in government to manipulate the system to work for them and their families and disregard the well being of the nation at large. If Senators place the well being of the nation above their own well being the nation as a whole prospers. If these leaders place selfish ambition and a desire to obtain and maintain wealth and power, the nation as a whole suffers. Currently our land is suffering severely. Our nation is desperate to have leaders who place the good of the nation above their own.
The filibuster must be kept in place. The genius of the filibuster is that it demands a full, unobstructed debate to be held and all of the voices of the Senate to be heard. This process prevents quick, underdeveloped, and even dangerous laws to pass through the Senate without a thorough discussion concerning the bill that is to be made law. It must be maintained as a rule in the Senate.
I utilize the only criteria that I know is prescribed by the oath of office, and that is; "Does this appointee support the principles of freedom and liberty as outlined by the Constitution?" If after careful scrutiny the answer yes then I would vote to confirm. If the answer is no then I would not.
I have served in the US Army for quite some time and I would want to be on the Armed Services Committee.
I'll pass on this one.
I believe a judge must interpret the law and not attempt to create it. I am most distressed by the Justice Kentanji Jackson Brown's appointment to the Supreme Court. Her judicial activism could damage our land and the credibility of the Court if there were a majority of left leaning Justices that would be appointed. I am running as a candidate for the US Senate to ensure that does not happen.
I would always seek to build a friendly and kind relationship with anyone I meet, whether they are a legislator or not. However, I will vigorously oppose those who dismantle our individual liberties in the name of defending them. I would be known as a leader who cares about all people but who attacks anti-Constitutional ideas, ideologies, and institutions.
I would be willing to work with any other Senator in working to pass laws that would serve the best interest of the American People. I cannot in good conscience vote for legislation that I felt undermined the principles of our Constitution.
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2024 Elections
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