Former Member, Agriculture Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Commerce and Job Development Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Co-Chair, Environmental Review Commission, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Environment Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Ethics Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Judiciary II Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary Subcommittee A, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Matters, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Rules, Calendar and Operations Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Select Committee on Disaster Relief, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Universities, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Wildlife Resources Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Agriculture Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Commerce and Job Development Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Ethics Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Judiciary II Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary Subcommittee A, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Rules, Calendar and Operations Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Universities, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Former Member, Wildlife Resources Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives
Member, Agriculture Committee
Chair, Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee
Chair, Appropriations Committee
Member, Education, Universities
Vice Chair, Environment
Co-Chair, Environmental Review Commission
Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources
Member, Judiciary
Member, Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil matters
Member, Select Committee on Disaster Relief
Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources
Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Transportation
1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
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2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
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3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- No Answer
4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- No Answer
5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No Answer
6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No Answer
7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- No Answer
8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No Answer
9. Other or expanded principles
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1. Education (higher)
- No Answer
2. Education (K-12)
- No Answer
3. Environment
- No Answer
4. Health care
- No Answer
5. Law enforcement
- No Answer
6. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- No Answer
7. Welfare
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- No Answer
2. Cigarette taxes
- No Answer
3. Corporate taxes
- No Answer
4. Gasoline taxes
- No Answer
5. Property taxes
- No Answer
6. Sales taxes
- No Answer
7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- No Answer
8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- No Answer
9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- No Answer
10. Other or expanded categories
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1. Tapping into North Carolina's "rainy day" fund
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2. Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders
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3. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
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4. Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees
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5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No Answer
6. Privatizing certain government services
- No Answer
7. Other or expanded principles
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1. Individual
- Yes
2. Political Action Committee
- Yes
3. Corporate
- No
4. Political Party
- Yes
5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes
6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes
2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes
3. Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized?
- Yes
4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No
5. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
- Yes
6. Do you support increased inspection and oversight of dog breeding facilities?
- Yes
7. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- No Answer
2. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- No Answer
3. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No Answer
4. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- No Answer
5. Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- No Answer
6. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No Answer
7. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support national education standards?
- No Answer
2. Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams?
- No Answer
3. Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers?
- No Answer
4. Do you support a statewide ban on corporal punishment in public schools?
- No Answer
5. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No Answer
6. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- No Answer
7. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from North Carolina high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
- No Answer
2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No Answer
3. Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops?
- No Answer
4. Do you support state funding for improvements to North Carolina's energy infrastructure?
- No Answer
5. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- No Answer
6. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- No Answer
7. Do you support the development of wind farms in coastal areas?
- No Answer
8. Do you support the development of wind farms along mountain ridges?
- No Answer
9. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No Answer
2. Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No Answer
3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- No Answer
4. Do you support requiring a license for gun possession?
- No Answer
5. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- No Answer
2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes
3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- Yes
4. Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance?
- No Answer
5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- Yes
6. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in North Carolina?
- No Answer
7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
- Yes
2. Should North Carolina allow same-sex couples to form civil unions?
- Yes
3. Do you support state funding for stem cell research?
- No
4. Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- No
5. Do you support the state's use of affirmative action?
- No Answer
6. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws?
- No
7. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws?
- No
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- My primary legislative priority will be addressing the serious budgetary issues facing the State. With the loss of federal stimulus monies, the State will have to find a way to live within its means. Some tax reform may be necessary, but the State must also cut its expenditures. My other priorities will be transportation (specifically identifying ways to fund transportation infrastructure) and environmental protection.
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