Daniel Kent McCready (born July 18, 1983) is an American veteran, entrepreneur, and former political candidate from Charlotte, North Carolina.
He served in the United States Marine Corps, ultimately achieving the rank of captain.
McCready was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina's 9th congressional district in the 2018 election.
Initially it appeared that Republican Mark Harris won narrowly.
However, when the bipartisan state election board completed an investigation into allegations of ballot fraud by Republican operatives, it refused to certify the election and called for a special election to fill the seat.
McCready lost the special election to Dan Bishop on September 10, 2019.