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Carolina">North Carolina</a>'s <span data-sort-value="North Carolina09 !"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 9th congressional district">9th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sue_Myrick" title="Sue Myrick">Sue Myrick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Bishop" title="Dan Bishop">Dan Bishop</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 2003 – May 27, 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fountain_Odom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fountain Odom (page does not exist)">T. L. "Fountain" Odom</a> (40th, Redistricting) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Rucho" title="Bob Rucho">Bob Rucho</a> (39th)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Rucho" title="Bob Rucho">Bob Rucho</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_40th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 40th Senate district">40th</a> District (2003-2005) <br /> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_39th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 39th Senate district">39th</a> District (2005-2008)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Robert Miller Pittenger</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-08-15</span>) </span>August 15, 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 76)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Suzanne Bahakel</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1978)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas, Austin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.PI-SF.com">www<wbr />.pi-sf<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Miller Pittenger</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span>; born August 15, 1948) is a businessman and <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> who was the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> for <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 9th congressional district">North Carolina's 9th congressional district</a> from 2013 to 2019. The district included several outer portions of <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a> as well as many of that city's southern and eastern suburbs. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_business_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_business_career"></span>Early life, education, and business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and business career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pittenger was born in Texas and attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas">University of Texas</a>. After graduating he worked for <a href="/wiki/Campus_Crusade_for_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Campus Crusade for Christ">Campus Crusade for Christ</a> before moving to Charlotte in 1985 and becoming a real estate investor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Carolina_Senate_(2003–2007)"><span id="North_Carolina_Senate_.282003.E2.80.932007.29"></span>North Carolina Senate (2003–2007)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: North Carolina Senate (2003–2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After redistricting, Pittenger decided to run for the 40th senate district of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="North Carolina General Assembly">North Carolina General Assembly</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He defeated Democratic State Senator Fountain Odom 55%–43%.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004 he ran for the 39th senate district and defeated Libertarian nominee Andy Grum 89%–11%.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, he won reelection to a third term unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pittenger represented the state's 39th <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">Senate</a> district, which included portions of southeastern <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg County</a>. He was a lead sponsor of <a href="/wiki/Right-to-life_movement" title="Right-to-life movement">Right To Life</a> legislation and supported the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Amendment_1" title="North Carolina Amendment 1">North Carolina marriage amendment</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-aboutpage_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutpage-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although he was not in office when the amendment passed out of committee and was finally voted on by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011. </p><p>In May 2004, he proposed cutting the state's corporate tax from 6.9% to 4.9% and the income tax rate for the state's top earners from 8.25% to 7.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also proposed over $1.5 billion in spending cuts, with a focus on reducing <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> access for persons above the age of <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a> eligibility.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutpage_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutpage-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2019">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> </p><p>In February 2005, he proposed a <a href="/wiki/Medical_malpractice" title="Medical malpractice">medical malpractice</a> bill that would cap non-economic damages at $250,000 for physicians, hospitals, and long-term care facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Appropriations/Base Budget</li> <li>Commerce</li> <li>Finance</li> <li>Insurance and Civil Justice Reform</li> <li>Pensions & Retirement and Aging</li> <li>Rules and Operation<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2008_lieutenant_gubernatorial_bid">2008 lieutenant gubernatorial bid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2008 lieutenant gubernatorial bid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>Pittenger defeated three other candidates in the Republican primary on May 6, 2008, becoming his party's nominee for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina</a> with 59% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 27, 2008, he resigned from the Senate to focus on his campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lost the general election to fellow State Senator, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Walter_H._Dalton" title="Walter H. Dalton">Walter H. Dalton</a>, 51%–46%.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_(2013–2019)"><span id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_.282013.E2.80.932019.29"></span>U.S. House of Representatives (2013–2019)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives (2013–2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_2">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>2012</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina#District_9" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina § District 9</a></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Sue_Myrick" title="Sue Myrick">Sue Myrick</a> announced her retirement as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">Representative</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 9th congressional district">North Carolina's 9th congressional district</a> in early 2012, Pittenger announced that he would run to replace her.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He failed to win the primary outright on May 8, 2012, but finished first with 32% of the vote in the 11-candidate field.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the primary runoff election held on July 17, he defeated former <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County_Sheriff%27s_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office">Mecklenburg County Sheriff</a> Jim Pendergraph, 53%–47%.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pittenger won the general election on November 6, defeating Democratic Mecklenburg County Commission Chairwoman <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Roberts_(politician)" title="Jennifer Roberts (politician)">Jennifer Roberts</a>, 52%–47%.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lost the district's share of Mecklenburg County (47%), but ran up huge margins in the <a href="/wiki/Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Union County, North Carolina">Union</a> (63%) and <a href="/wiki/Iredell_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Iredell County">Iredell</a> (64%) portions of the district. It was the closest a Republican had come to losing the district since 1986. He took office in January 2013. </p><p>On December 2, 2013, Pittenger introduced the <a href="/wiki/Kilah_Davenport_Child_Protection_Act_of_2013" title="Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013">Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013</a>, which became <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/113/public/104?link-type=html">113–104 (text)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/113/public/104?link-type=pdf&.pdf">(PDF)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3627allactions_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3627allactions-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law broadens the coverage of current laws that address domestic assaults by certain repeat offenders.<sup id="cite_ref-cbo3627_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbo3627-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also requires the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> to write a report on <a href="/wiki/Child_abuse" title="Child abuse">child abuse</a> prevention laws in all U.S. states and territories, "with a particular focus on penalties for cases of severe child abuse."<sup id="cite_ref-WBTVmay20_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBTVmay20-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>2014</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina#District_9" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina">2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina § District 9</a></div> <p>Pittenger considered <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2014">running for</a> the U.S. Senate<sup id="cite_ref-berry_nj_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berry_nj-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but instead ran for reelection to the House. In the Republican primary, he defeated Michael Steinberg, a candidate for the seat <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina,_2012#District_9" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012">in 2012</a>. No Democrat filed to run for the seat, making this district the only one in the state not contested by both major parties in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-ncsbe-filings_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncsbe-filings-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was an unsuccessful write-in campaign for candidate Shawn Eckles of Iredell County.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ncsbe.gov_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncsbe.gov-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>2016</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina#District_9" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina">2016 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina § District 9</a></div> <p>The 9th was significantly redrawn after a federal court threw out the previous map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. It was pushed well to the east, stretching from southeast Charlotte all the way to <a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a> and the Sandhills. </p><p>Baptist pastor <a href="/wiki/Mark_Harris_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Mark Harris (North Carolina politician)">Mark Harris</a> challenged Pittenger in the 2016 Republican congressional primary, losing that contest by 134 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-Weigel_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weigel-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pittenger defeated Christian Cano in the general election. </p> <dl><dt>2018</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2018_North_Carolina%27s_9th_congressional_district_election" title="2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election">2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election</a></div> <p>Pittenger faced Mark Harris in a rematch of the 2016 Republican primary. On May 8, 2018, Harris defeated Pittenger<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 48.5 percent of the vote to Pittenger's 46.2 percent, although allegations were later raised about illegal activities by the Harris campaign. Pittenger was the first congressional incumbent to lose his primary election in 2018;<sup id="cite_ref-Weigel_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weigel-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the second was <a href="/wiki/Mark_Sanford" title="Mark Sanford">Mark Sanford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris was the apparent winner in the <a href="/wiki/2018_North_Carolina%27s_9th_congressional_district_election" title="2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election">November 2018 general election</a>, but the result was not certified due to credible allegations of electoral fraud and he was never seated in Congress. As a result, a new <a href="/wiki/2019_North_Carolina%27s_9th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2019 North Carolina's 9th congressional district special election">special election</a> was called. Pittenger (and also Harris) declined to run in the special election.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments_2">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Committee on Financial Services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Financial_Services_Subcommittee_on_Financial_Institutions_and_Consumer_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit">Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Financial_Services_Subcommittee_on_Monetary_Policy_and_Trade" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade">Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_International_Conservation_Caucus" title="United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus">United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S.-Japan_Caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.-Japan Caucus">U.S.-Japan Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a> gave him a lifetime Congressional evaluation of 90%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pittenger rejects the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change" title="Scientific consensus on climate change">scientific consensus on climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, he sent a book called <i><a href="/wiki/The_Skeptical_Environmentalist" title="The Skeptical Environmentalist">The Skeptical Environmentalist</a></i>, published in 1998, to his colleagues in the North Carolina Senate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care">Health care</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pittenger supported the <a href="/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017" title="American Health Care Act of 2017">American Health Care Act of 2017</a> (AHCA), which would repeal the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> (ACA), also known as Obamacare. On May 2, 2017, Pittenger defended a provision of AHCA that allowed states to end requirements that insurers cannot discriminate against individuals with <a href="/wiki/Pre-existing_condition" title="Pre-existing condition">pre-existing conditions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pittenger said that Americans who have or develop pre-existing conditions "should just move" to a state without the waiver.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_defense">National defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: National defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pittenger voted for the two-year budget plan that became law on February 9, 2018, citing the lack of options to increase military spending to provide for required training and maintenance.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conflict_of_interest">Conflict of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Conflict of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pittenger has been accused of using his position as a state senator to benefit himself in a series of land deals.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racist_remarks">Racist remarks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Racist remarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 22, 2016, in the wake of protests over the <a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Keith_Lamont_Scott" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott">shooting of Keith Lamont Scott</a>, Pittenger said that the violence in Charlotte stemmed from protesters who "hate white people because white people are successful and they're not." The remark drew immediate international condemnation as racist. Fellow North Carolina congressman <a href="/wiki/G._K._Butterfield" title="G. K. Butterfield">G. K. Butterfield</a> called the remark "devastatingly ignorant and divisive."<sup id="cite_ref-newsobserver.com_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newsobserver.com-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pittenger apologized, saying that his "intent was to discuss the lack of economic mobility for African Americans because of failed policies."<sup id="cite_ref-newsobserver.com_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newsobserver.com-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-2012primaryresults_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012primaryresults-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Robert Pittenger </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>29,999 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>32.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jim Pendergraph </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,401 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>25.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edwin B. Peacock III </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,336 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ric Killian </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,691 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dan Barry </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,515 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Andy Dulin </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,526 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mike Steinberg </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,297 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jon Gauthier </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,056 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ken Leonczyk </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,047 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Lynch </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,000 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Shaffer (withdrew) </td> <td style="text-align:right">579 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>92,447 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary runoff results<sup id="cite_ref-2012primaryresults_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012primaryresults-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Robert Pittenger </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>18,982 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jim Pendergraph </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,902 </td> <td style="text-align:right">47.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>35,884 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>North Carolina's 9th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-NCSBE_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCSBE-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Robert Pittenger </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>194,537 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jennifer Roberts </td> <td style="text-align:right">171,503 </td> <td style="text-align:right">45.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Curtis Campbell </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,650 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>375,690 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Robert Pittenger (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>29,505 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Steinberg </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,146 </td> <td style="text-align:right">32.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>43,651 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>North Carolina's 9th congressional district, 2014<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Robert Pittenger (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>163,080 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>93.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDDD;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/N/a" class="mw-redirect" title="N/a">n/a</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-ins </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,219 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Shawn Eckles (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,369 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>173,668 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Robert Pittenger (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,299 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>35.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Harris </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,165 </td> <td style="text-align:right">34.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Todd Johnson </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,142 </td> <td style="text-align:right">30.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>26,606 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>North Carolina's 9th congressional district, 2016 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Robert Pittenger (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>193,452 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Christian Cano </td> <td style="text-align:right">139,041 </td> <td style="text-align:right">41.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>332,493 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Harris_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Mark Harris (North Carolina politician)">Mark Harris</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,302 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Pittenger (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,474 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clarence Goins </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,867 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>35,643 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pittenger lives in South Charlotte. He is married to Suzanne Pittenger. He has four children.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Pittenger&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pittenger.house.gov/about/full-biography">"Biography"</a>. 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of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a> <br /> from the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_40th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 40th Senate district">40th</a> district </b><br />2003–2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Graham_(politician)" title="Malcolm Graham (politician)">Malcolm Graham</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Rucho" title="Bob Rucho">Bob Rucho</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a> <br /> from the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_39th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 39th Senate district">39th</a> district </b><br />2005–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Rucho" title="Bob Rucho">Bob Rucho</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Snyder_Jr." title="James Snyder Jr.">James Snyder</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">2008</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Forest" title="Dan Forest">Dan Forest</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sue_Myrick" title="Sue Myrick">Sue Myrick</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from North Carolina">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="North Carolina09 !"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 9th congressional district">North Carolina's 9th congressional district</a></span> </b><br 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Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burr" title="Richard Burr">R. Burr</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Hagan" title="Kay Hagan">K. Hagan</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from North Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_Coble" title="Howard Coble">H. Coble</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Price_(American_politician)" title="David Price (American politician)">D. Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mel_Watt" title="Mel Watt"><i>M. Watt</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_B._Jones_Jr." title="Walter B. Jones Jr.">W. Jones Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_McIntyre" title="Mike McIntyre">M. McIntyre</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/G._K._Butterfield" title="G. K. Butterfield">G. K. Butterfield</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Foxx" title="Virginia Foxx">V. Foxx</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McHenry" title="Patrick McHenry">P. McHenry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Renee_Ellmers" title="Renee Ellmers">R. Ellmers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Holding" title="George Holding">G. Holding</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hudson_(American_politician)" title="Richard Hudson (American politician)">R. Hudson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Meadows" title="Mark Meadows">M. Meadows</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Pittenger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alma_Adams" title="Alma Adams"><i>A. Adams</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burr" title="Richard Burr">R. Burr</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">T. Tillis</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from North Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Price_(American_politician)" title="David Price (American politician)">D. Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_B._Jones_Jr." title="Walter B. Jones Jr.">W. Jones Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/G._K._Butterfield" title="G. K. Butterfield">G. K. Butterfield</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Foxx" title="Virginia Foxx">V. Foxx</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McHenry" title="Patrick McHenry">P. McHenry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Renee_Ellmers" title="Renee Ellmers">R. Ellmers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Holding" title="George Holding">G. Holding</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hudson_(American_politician)" title="Richard Hudson (American politician)">R. Hudson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Meadows" title="Mark Meadows">M. Meadows</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Pittenger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alma_Adams" title="Alma Adams">A. Adams</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Rouzer" title="David Rouzer">D. Rouzer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Walker_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Mark Walker (North Carolina politician)">M. Walker</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burr" title="Richard Burr">R. Burr</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">T. Tillis</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States representatives from North Carolina">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Price_(American_politician)" title="David Price (American politician)">D. Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_B._Jones_Jr." title="Walter B. Jones Jr.">W. Jones Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/G._K._Butterfield" title="G. K. Butterfield">G. K. Butterfield</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Foxx" title="Virginia Foxx">V. 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