Daniel Kent McCready (born July 18, 1983) is an American veteran, entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and former political candidate from Charlotte, North Carolina.

McCready was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina's 9th congressional district in the 2018 election.

[6] He left the company in 2013 to cofound Double Time Capital, a solar-focused clean energy fund, with partner Rye Barcott.

[10] In 2014, McCready founded This Land, an online store for American crafts that highlighted the work of skilled craftspeople from economically depressed areas who otherwise do not have the means to market their products to broad audiences.

On November 30, the election board of the district decided to hear evidence about "claims of numerous irregularities and concerted fraudulent activities" at a meeting to be held by December 21, which was subsequently delayed to January 10, 2019, after the new Congress was scheduled to be seated.

[25] In February 2019, the bipartisan election board unanimously determined they would not certify the results because of ballot fraud by Republican operatives.

[26] A newly passed law by the North Carolina General Assembly requires such a do-over to include the holding of new preceding primaries for the parties.

[31] During the election, President Donald Trump claimed that McCready "wants to take away your guns", "raise your taxes", "likes open borders", and "really admires socialism.