George Holding
| George Holding | |||
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| Former U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District From: January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2021 | |||
| Predecessor | Renee Ellmers | ||
| Successor | Deborah Ross | ||
| Former U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 13th Congressional District From: January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | |||
| Predecessor | Brad Miller | ||
| Successor | Ted Budd | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Herriott | ||
| Religion | Baptist | ||
George Edward Bell Holding (born April 17, 1968, age 57) is a prosecutor and conservative Republican who was the U.S. representative from North Carolina's 2nd district from 2013 to 2021, having initially served in the 13th district but was redistricted in 2016. Holding was at one point the chief of staff to U.S. Senator Jesse Helms.
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U.S. House of Representatives
2012 election
Holding won election to the United States House of Representatives in 2012 with 57.1% of the vote.[1]
2014 election
Holding won re-election in the 2014 midterm elections by a margin of over 10% of the vote in defeating Democrat opponent Brenda Cleary.[2]
Obama era
Holding co-sponsored a bill to repeal Obamacare in January 2013.[3]
Holding voted in favor of the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013.[4]
A fiscal conservative, Holding voted against raising the debt limit in February 2014.[5]
Rep. Holding voted in April 2015 in favor of repealing the death tax.[6]
Holding voted in favor of the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015.[7]
Rep. Holding voted against the fiscally irresponsible Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.[8]
2016 election
Republican primary
After being redistricted from North Carolina's 13th district to the state's 2nd district in a legal fight,[9] Holding faced the Republican Abortion Betrayal[10] then-incumbent officeholder Renee Ellmers of the 2nd district, and won the three-way primary race in defeating Ellmers by 30% of the vote.[11]
General election
Holding won the general election by over 50% of the vote.[12] He also endorsed Donald Trump in the concurrent presidential election,[13] who won Holding's district by 53.2% of the vote.[14]
2018 election
Holding won re-election to a fourth term in 2018 by 51.3% of the vote.[15]
Trump era
Rep. Holding co-sponsored legislation in February 2017 to repeal the Obamacare-installed IPAB.[16]
Holding voted in June 2017 in favor of the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act.[17]
Holding voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.[18]
Rep. Holding voted in favor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in January 2018.[19]
Holding voted against the radical Equality Act.[20]
Holding voted against the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019.[21]
Rep. Holding voted against the impeachment coup that was brought about against Donald Trump.[22]
Holding voted against the No War Against Iran Act,[23] a Democrat resolution aimed at limiting President Trump's executive powers.
2020 election
After a court in North Carolina deemed a Republican redistricting proposal to be partisan gerrymandering,[24] a new map was redrawn and approved in December 2019,[25] with the latter moving the state's 2nd and 6th congressional districts from Republican strongholds[26] to Democrat-controlled areas.[27] Holding, who represented North Carolina's second district and faced nearly no chance being re-elected in 2020,[28] announced shortly after the release of the new district map that he would not be seeking election to a fifth House term in 2020.[29] He was succeeded by left-wing Democrat Deborah Ross.[30]
During the lame duck period in between the general election results and January 3, 2021, Holding was among the Republican representatives who refused to sign the amicus brief in Texas v. Pennsylvania which challenged the 2020 election fraud.[31] He later falsely blamed President Trump for the 2021 Capitol riot upon leaving office.[32]
Political positions
Holding was mostly[33] a conservative who is pro-life, pro-2nd amendment, and an opponent of Obamacare.[34]
References
- ↑ North Carolina - Election 2012
- ↑ House Election Results 2014
- ↑ HR 45 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care-Related Provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 325 - No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 - National Key Vote
- ↑ S 540 - Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 1105 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 3134 - Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 - National Key Vote
- ↑ Supreme Court won't stop North Carolina redistricting redo
- ↑ Conservative GOP Vs. ‘Liberal’ GOP Incumbents Battle in N.C. Primary
- ↑ North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District - Ballotpedia
- ↑ North Carolina U.S. House 2nd District Results: George Holding Wins
- ↑ Trump scorecard: Who in GOP votes yes, who votes no, who’s undecided
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections 2008, 2012 & 2016 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2018 elections
- ↑ North Carolina Election Results: Second House District
- ↑ HR 849 - Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 3003 - No Sanctuary for Criminals Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 4712 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 5 - Equality Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 3877 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 - National Key Vote
- ↑ H Res 755 - Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 550 - No War Against Iran Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ In partisan gerrymandering case, North Carolina judges order new maps for 2020 election
- ↑ Judges uphold North Carolina Republicans' redrawn 2020 election map
- ↑ The Atlas of Redistricting - North Carolina
- ↑ HB1029 3rd Edition
- ↑ Multiple references:
- ↑ Two references:
- ↑ Two references:
- North Carolina Election Results: Second Congressional District. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- Democrat Deborah Ross wins open US House seat in NC. Associated Press via CBS 17. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ↑ Brufke, Juliegrace (December 11, 2020). House Republicans who didn't sign onto the Texas lawsuit. The Hill. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ↑ George Holding on Twitter: "the President of the United States....". Twitter. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ↑ Rep. George Holding - GovTrack
- ↑ George Holding on the Issues
