Lenton Brown
Lenton Brown (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 9. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lenton Brown was born in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Brown served in the United States Navy from 1982 to 1991. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and a minor in psychology from East Carolina University in 1979. Brown studied real estate at J.Y. Monk and became a licensed broker and realtor. His professional experience includes working at United Real Estate East Carolina. Brown has been associated with the National Association of Realtors, the North Carolina Association of Realtors, the Greenville Pitt Area Association of Realtors, and the Realtors Political Action Committee.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Timothy Reeder defeated Claire Kempner in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Timothy Reeder (R) | 55.9 | 26,888 | |
| Claire Kempner (D) | 44.1 | 21,173 | ||
| Total votes: 48,061 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9
Claire Kempner defeated Lenton Brown in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Claire Kempner | 70.9 | 3,624 | |
| Lenton Brown | 29.1 | 1,484 | ||
| Total votes: 5,108 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Timothy Reeder defeated Tony Moore in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Timothy Reeder | 78.7 | 6,919 | |
| Tony Moore | 21.3 | 1,873 | ||
| Total votes: 8,792 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Brown in this election.
2022
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 5
Kandie Smith defeated Karen Kozel in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kandie Smith (D) | 52.2 | 36,557 | |
| Karen Kozel (R) | 47.8 | 33,432 | ||
| Total votes: 69,989 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Angelene Mitchell (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 5
Kandie Smith defeated Lenton Brown in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 5 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kandie Smith | 86.6 | 13,604 | |
| Lenton Brown | 13.4 | 2,109 | ||
| Total votes: 15,713 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Karen Kozel advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 5.
Campaign finance
2020
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 12
Incumbent Chris Humphrey defeated Virginia Cox-Daugherty in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 12 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chris Humphrey (R) | 54.6 | 19,732 | |
| Virginia Cox-Daugherty (D) | 45.4 | 16,383 | ||
| Total votes: 36,115 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 12
Virginia Cox-Daugherty defeated Deonko Brewer and Lenton Brown in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 12 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Virginia Cox-Daugherty | 51.5 | 3,973 | |
| Deonko Brewer | 37.1 | 2,863 | ||
| Lenton Brown | 11.3 | 874 | ||
| Total votes: 7,710 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Chris Humphrey advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 12.
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lenton Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brown's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Lenton Brown is the son of sharecroppers and the great grandson of slaves. His father had only a fifth-grade education and was taken out of school to work in the fields as a child.
Lenton Brown has during his entire life sought to conjugate two verbs- to have and to become.
Lenton excelled in school and in the fifth grade announced to his family that he would be attending college. He began teaching himself music in the seventh grade and by the 10th grade had started playing music for choruses at Bertie Senior High. He took advanced courses like Greek Mythology, French, Physics, Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology, and Music. He was an Honor Graduate at Bertie Senior High School. His biography was published in Who’s Who Among American High School Students: 73-74 & 74-75 and The Society of Distinguished High School Students. Brown was inducted into the National Beta Club.
He matriculated to Shaw University where he studied music and received an award for Academic Excellence. He earned his degree from East Carolina in Political Science with a minor in Psychology. He is a licensed Broker/Realtor. Brown is the legitimate candidate in the race! - I will introduce legislation to use a portion of the state's billion-dollar surplus to provide free tuition at all the state's community colleges and four-year institutions for families earning less than $100,000 per year. I oppose all increases in homeowners, renters, and vehicle insurance.
. I am running to turn North Carolina Blue.
I will introduce legislation Assembly to limit the North Carolina Division of Health Benefits ("DHB") Health Management Systems (HMS) from taking the homes and assets of Medicaid recipients which forces patients to choose between getting the health care they need and leaving a roof over their children's head.I will always support a woman's right to choose. - I am running to bring integrity back to the North Carolina Board of Elections. I am running to end the unprovoked brutal beatings and alleged hangings of black inmates in the North Carolina's Prison System. I am running to end the framing and wrongful terminations of black officers using false evidence for reporting excessive use of force incidents by their white counterparts. I pledge complete and total support for the second amendment. I will personally introduce a bill legalizing permitless concealed and open carry in the State. It is time to raise the minimum wage in North Carolina to a living wage of approximately $15.00 per hour and indexed to the cost of living. The last time the minimum wage was increased was 2008.
- I will work to ensure energy independence for the United States by developing our own natural resources in this country. I will introduce legislation to encourage investment in historically economically disadvantaged areas in Pitt County such as West Greenville. It is time we valued all our hardworking state employees by giving them a significant pay increase. We need to provide incentives to bring back the film industry to North Carolina. When lawyers intentionally betray the trust of their clients; they need to be immediately and permanently disbarred from the practice of law and they need to serve time in a state or federal prison. I will introduce legislation to criminalize this behavior. I strongly support Term Limits.
I will personally introduce legislation to end the abominable process by which the State takes the family homes of poor people who die after receiving state aid and kicks their children out of the home at age 18.
Dave Davis allegedly committed a violation of G.S. 163-278.32 in that Claire Kempner had not pay her fee and/ or file by 12 p.m. on December 15, 2023 in order to be eligible to be placed on the ballot for N.C. House District 9.
The Notice of Candidacy for Claire Kemper was not filed prior to 12 p.m. on December 15, 2023 because the Committee Name, Committee Address, Committee Address CSZ, and the Committee Phone were never filled out on the Pitt County Candidates' Website.
The Statement of Organization for Claire Kempner shows that the Committee to Elect Claire Kempner was not organized until 12/17/23, two days after the deadline for filing and was not filed with the Pitt County Board of Elections until December 18, 2023.
The Certification of Threshold which would have been signed the date that Claire Kempner would have signed her Certificate of Candidacy is dated December 18, 2023 three days after the deadline. The Candidate Designation of Committee Funds which would have been signed the day that Claire Kempner signed her Notice of Candidacy is dated December 18, 2023.Knowing that she did not pay her fees or sign the paperwork in time to qualify to be on the ballot, Claire Kempner has allegedly defrauded voters.
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2022
Lenton Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brown's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Awarded The Southwest Asia Service Medal with Bronze Star, Awarded Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Second Award), Awarded Good Conduct Medal (Second Award), Awarded Sea Service Deployment Medal (Fifth Award), Awarded Battle “E” Ribbon (Second Award), Honorable Golden Shellback, and Ship's Self-Defense Force Member. Brown was associated with Pi Sigma Alpha, East Carolina's Student Government Association, and E.C.U.'s Entertainment Committee, Shaw University's Choral Society. His biography was published in Who's Who Among American High School Students: 73-74 & 74-75 and The Society of Distinguished High School Students. Brown was inducted into The National Beta Club.
- I will personally introduce legislation in the General Assembly to use a portion of the state's billion dollar surplus to provide free tuition at all the state's community colleges and four year institutions for families earning less than $100,000 per year.
- I will personally introduce a bill legalizing permitless concealed and open carry in the State of North Carolina.
- We must expand Medicaid for the residents of the State of North Carolina allowing 500,000 North Carolinians to qualify for health care and saving billions in state and federal dollars.
I am running to end the unprovoked brutal beatings of black
inmates in North Carolina's Prison System.
I am running to end the framing and wrongful terminations
of black officers using false evidence for reporting excessive use
and debated respectfully.
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2020
Lenton Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brown's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Mr. Brown studied Real Estate at J. Y. Monk and completed Post Licensing studies at Howard Perry and Walston Real Estate School, Pitt Community College, and J.Y. Monk. Mr. Brown is a licensed Broker/Realtor. Mr. Brown is a member of the National Association of Realtors, the North Carolina Association of Realtors, the Greenville Pitt Area Association of Realtors, and the Realtors Political Action Committee.
Mr. Brown is a veteran who was: Awarded the National Defense Medal (Second Award), Awarded The Southwest Asia Service Medal with Bronze Star, Awarded Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Second Award), Awarded Good Conduct Medal (Second Award), Awarded Sea Service Deployment Medal (Fifth Award), Awarded Battle "E" Ribbon (Second Award), Awarded a Letter of Appreciation for Outstanding Performance As 40MM Gunner During Arabian Gulf Operations. He was a member of the Ship's Self-Defense Force Member, ASROC Team, and an Honorable Golden Shellback.- Criminal Justice Reform
- Increase Minimumm Wage to $10.00 per hour/Meaningful pay increase for all state employees; especially, law enforcement, first responders, and teachers.
- We need to make education more affordable by offering free tuition to first generation college students whose parents earn below $35,000 annually.
relationships with other legislators is the only way to end the gridlock in Washington and Raleigh.
Captain Gray, Christian Thomas Russell, and others continued to allegedly criminally assault the inmate even after he was handcuffed and had quit resisting in Violation of State Policy.
She allegedly saw Christian Thomas Russell lift the inmate up and slam him to the floor. Once on the floor, multiple individuals allegedly kicked and stomped the inmate simultaneously.
White personnel were allowed to beat the hell out of the inmate in the middle of Red Unit while on camera with the inmates looking on; while, black officers and staff were told to leave the area and to not come back.
Mr. Daniels allegedly forced a friend of Yolanda Harrison to write a false statement accusing Yolanda Harrison of having sex with an inmate. The friend was told that she would be fired if she failed to write the statement. The inmate after being transferred from Maury Correctional says "nothing happened".
Mrs. Yolanda Harrison was told if she didn't sign a false confession that they would set her bail so high that she would not be able to afford bail and would not be able to return home and see her children.
Mrs. Harrison has lost her job and is facing years in prison when she committed no crime.Like Yolanda Harrison, hundreds of black officers at Maury Correctional have been framed and fired for simply witnessing or reporting excessive use of force incident by white officers.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 25, 2020
