Renee Ellmers is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 9, 1964 in Ironwood, Michigan, United States. After the passage of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (which she opposed), Ellmers got involved in politics. After the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Ellmers became involved in Republican politics. She joined Americans for Prosperity (a free-market advocacy group). She ran for the Republican Party nomination in North Carolina’s 2nd congressional District. The seat was held at that time by Bob Etheridge, a seven-term incumbent. In the Republican primary on May 4, 2010, she faced Todd Gailas, a car dealer, and Frank Deatrich, a retired businessman. She spent and raised more money than her rivals. With 55% of the vote, she won the Republican primary. She also won every county except Franklin.
In September 2011, Ellmers told students at Campbell University that she opposed a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions because it was too broad. A spokesman said “Congresswoman Ellmers has always believed that marriage is a sacred institution and is defined as the union between one man and one woman…As a voter, she would vote against a piece of legislation that would add a ban on civil unions to the protection of marriage since they are two different issues and should be dealt with separately.”
Three Republicans decided to challenge her in the primary, but all of them were first-time candidates. She won the May 8 primary with 56% of the vote. In the November general election, Ellmers defeated Democratic nominee Steve Wilkins, a retired US Army officer and Moore County businessman, 56%–41%.
Ellmers was declared winner on election day, November 2, 2010. A recount was conducted November 17-18 to confirm that Ellmers defeated Bob Etheridge by 0.8% or 1,483 vote.
In 2010, the Republicans also won control of the General Assembly. They used redistricting to make the 2nd district more friendly for Ellmers. They moved the district to the west in order to capture some Republican territory between Raleigh, Greensboro. These two sections were linked by a narrow tendril that ran from Fayetteville through Ellmers’ home in Dunn to Raleigh. Barack Obama won the 2nd place with 52 percent of votes, one of few districts in the south with majority-white voters. John McCain would have been the winner with 57 percent.
She supported the Budget Control Act of 2011 saying “It’s not 100 percent of what many of our very conservative colleagues want, but it is about 70-75 percent. This is not about who’s the most conservative. This is about common sense.”
