N.C. House District 119 (Swain and Jackson counties, part of Haywood County) • Mike Clampitt, Republican (one-term incumbent). Occupation: Retired firefighter. Education: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, fire science and technology. Career highlights: Sergeant-at-arms in the N.C. General Assembly. Charlotte Fire Department captain. • Joe Sam Queen, Democrat. Occupation: Architect. Education:…
House District 37 (covers southern Wake County bordering Johnston, Harnett, and Chatham counties.) • John Adcock, Republican (appointed incumbent). Occupation: Attorney, small business owner. Education: Appalachian State University, double major bachelor’s degrees in community/regional planning and geography. The Catholic University of America, master’s in international affairs. Cecil C. Humphreys…
N.C. 13th U.S. Congressional District (Southwestern half of Guilford County, and parts of Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Rowan, and Iredell counties.) • Ted Budd, Republican (first-term incumbent). Education: Appalachian State University, bachelor’s degree in business management. Wake Forest University, MBA. Dallas Theological Seminary, master’s in educational leadership. Career highlights: The Budd…
N.C. House District 115 (Buncombe County). • Amy Evans. Republican. Education: Business and management degree, Connecticut College. Career highlights: Served as an ambassador for the Coast Guard for 16 years; senior executive assistant to the CEO of Berg Electronics; corporate assistant to the president of Baxter Healthcare International. Occupation:…
If we learned one thing during the devastation and recovery from Hurricanes Florence and Michael, it’s that setting aside more than $2 billion in savings for a rainy day was a very good idea. But that $2 billion didn’t just magically appear. It came from hard decisions, focused…
North Carolina has received federal approval to transition to a cost-saving, whole-health Medicaid managed care system that will take the state out of the day-to-day management of the government insurance program for the elderly, disabled, and poor. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signed…
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein has launched an investigation into Juul, a fast-growing e-cigarette company, but a consumer freedom expert warns the attempted crackdown could backfire. The attorney general’s office Oct. 15 sent to Juul a “civil…
2nd U.S. Congressional District (includes all of Franklin, Harnett, and Nash counties, and portions of Johnston, Wake, and Wilson counties.) George Holding, Republican. (one-term incumbent, served two terms in 13th Congressional District). Education: Wake Forest University degrees in classics and law. Occupation: Congressman. Career highlights: Member of House…
During the “dog days” of summer, in what was likely an opening salvo of the 2020 presidential campaign, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts introduced a proposal to alter American capitalism radically. If enacted, large firms would have to incorporate at the federal level and live by a charter that forces…
Legislators and policy advocates debated Tuesday in Gastonia over a proposed constitutional amendment which would lower the cap on state income tax rates from 10 to 7 percent. The personal income tax now sits at a flat rate of 5.499 percent.
