Mike Causey
Mike Causey | |
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11th Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina | |
Assumed office January 1, 2017 | |
Governor | Roy Cooper |
Preceded by | Wayne Goodwin |
Personal details | |
Born | Guilford County, North Carolina, U.S. | September 11, 1950
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of North Carolina, Charlotte High Point University (BA) |
John Michael Causey (born September 11, 1950) is an American politician who has served as the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance since 2017.[1][2]
John Michael Causey, a North Carolina Republican, has run for state Insurance Commissioner five times between 1992 and 2016, losing each of the first four times in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2012. In his 2016 campaign, his fifth campaign for the same office, he knocked off incumbent Wayne Goodwin in what was considered to be an upset, given his previous track record and Goodwin's incumbency. In addition to losing all of those statewide races for the same office, Causey has run and lost races for Congress and the state legislature. He's been described as the "Harold Stassen of North Carolina" regarding his continuous statewide losses for the same Council of State office.
Starting in 2017, Causey began cooperating with the FBI in the investigation of political corruption charges related to Greg Lindberg.[3] After his conviction, Lindberg filed a lawsuit alleging Causey made materially false representations to the State Ethics Board of North Carolina, to the FBI and under oath in federal court.[4] U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles later dismissed the suit with prejudice.[5]
Electoral history[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | James E. Long (incumbent) | 1,388,894 | 56.74 | ||
Republican | Mike Causey | 1,010,782 | 40.93 | ||
Libertarian | Sean Haugh | 26,258 | 1.07 | ||
Natural Law | 21,939 | 0.90 | |||
Turnout | 2,447,873 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James E. Long (incumbent) | 1,590,139 | 56.53 | –0.20 | |
Republican | Mike Causey | 1,222,527 | 43.47 | +2.17 | |
Turnout | 2,812,666 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Wayne Goodwin | 2,226,344 | 51.86 | ||
Republican | Mike Causey | 2,066,601 | 48.14 | ||
Total votes | 4,292,945 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Phil Berger, Jr. | 15,127 | 34.3 | |
Republican | Mark Walker | 11,123 | 25.2 | |
Republican | Bruce VonCannon | 5,055 | 11.4 | |
Republican | Zack Matheny | 5,043 | 11.4 | |
Republican | Jeff Phillips | 3,494 | 7.9 | |
Republican | Don Webb | 1,899 | 4.3 | |
Republican | Mike Causey | 1,427 | 3.2 | |
Republican | Kenn Kopf | 510 | 1.2 | |
Republican | Charlie Sutherland | 458 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 44,136 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mike Causey | 2,270,841 | 50.40% | +2.26% | |
Democratic | Wayne Goodwin (incumbent) | 2,234,953 | 49.60% | -2.26% | |
Total votes | 4,505,794 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mike Causey (incumbent) | 2,775,488 | 51.76% | +1.36% | |
Democratic | Wayne Goodwin | 2,586,464 | 48.24% | -1.36% | |
Total votes | 5,361,952 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
References[]
- ^ "Mike Causey, new NC insurance commission, wants to revamp regulatory system". Newsobserver.com. 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
- ^ "Causey puts customer service at top of Insurance Department agenda". Carolina Journal. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
- ^ Hilton, John (March 24, 2020). "Insurance Commissioner Set Me Up, Greg Lindberg Claims In Lawsuit". InsuranceNewsNet. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ Ohnesorge, Lauren (March 18, 2020). "Convicted billionaire Lindberg sues NCDOI commissioner". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ Ohnesorge, Lauren (January 14, 2021). "Judge dumps convicted billionaire Lindberg's 'implausible' case against NCDOI commissioner". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Commissioner of Insurance". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 26 November 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ "Commissioner of Insurance". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 28 November 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ State Board of Elections: General election results
- ^ "NC State Board of Elections website". Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ NC State Board of Elections Unofficial General Election Results
- ^ "State Composite Abstract Report - Contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- 1950 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American politicians
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