President of U.S. (choose 1)
John F. Kerry (D)
“A Fresh Start for America”
Issues: Cut middle-class taxes to raise incomes, building alliances in War on Terror, cut deficit in half during first four years of office.
George W. Bush (R) Incumbent
“Building a Safer World and a More Hopeful America”
Issues: Establish National Counterterrorism Center, allocate $250 million to extend state assessment of student reading and math skills, restructure U.S. military forces around the world.
Michael Badnarik (L)
Issues: Start process of bringing troops home from Iraq, supports gay marriage, end immigration restrictions for foreign individuals who want to live peacefully in the country |
U.S. Senate (Choose 1)
Erskine Bowles (D)
“North Carolina Values. North Carolina First.”
Issues: Create jobs by focusing investments on small businesses, better funding to implement No Child Left Behind, adequately equip police, firefighters and emergency response teams in the event of a terrorist attack.
Richard Burr (R)
Issues: Supports the Second amendment and believes gun banning is wrong, believes parents and local school administrators are best able to make decisions about education. Supports an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
Tom Bailey (L)
Issues: Pledges to lower taxes, bring peace, and cut back government powers and agencies
U.S. House, 5th District (Choose 1)
Jim Harrell (D)
Issues: Supports fair trade policies to bring manufacturing jobs back to this area. A former dentist, Harrell says he will work toward affordable health care and decreased prescription drug costs. Believes the government should not enforce arbitrary standards without giving schools they funding they need to achieve those standards.
Virginia Foxx (R)
Issues: Believes in the sanctity of life and has sponsored bills in the N.C. State Senate supporting parental consent, opposing partial birth abortion, and abolishing government funding for abortions.A former educator, Foxx supports choice in education and says she is an advocate for children and teachers. Believes in strong, traditional family values and has voted to deny honoring gay marriages performed in other states. |
Governor (choose 1)
Mike Easley (D) incumbent
Issues: Advocates “More at Four”, a program designed to encourage all four year olds to have some sort of schooling. The N.C. Lottery: Easley advocates the lottery to build new schools and fund education. Advocates prescription drugs for seniors.
Patrick J. Ballantine (R)
Issues: Advocates parental consent and waiting periods on abortion, also would forbid the use of state funds to pay for abortion. Wants to stop raising taxes on small businesses. Providing healthcare to seniors and others unable to care for themselves.
Barbara Howe (L)
Issues: Pledges to fund financial aid through a voluntary taxpayer scholarship program, end corporate welfare tax incentives, and limit the use of eminent domain.
Lieutenant Governor (choose 1)
Beverly Perdue (D) Incumbent
“Making a difference for the people of North Carolina”
Issues: Smaller classes, exceptional teachers. Improve health care and make medications more affordable for seniors. Bridge the economic gap between urban and rural North Carolina through job training programs, business recruitment, and infrastructure in order to bring new and better jobs to all the people of N.C.
Jim Snyder (R)
Issues: To reduce taxes by “retrenching” and reducing government.
Higher teacher pay and more school construction
Reduce corporate and manufacturer’s taxes and regulations, and provide access to capital in order to attract more jobs.
Christopher Cole (L)
“Putting people first”
Issues: None available |
NC Attorney General (choose 1)
Roy Cooper (D) Incumbent
“Working Hard to Protect North Carolina’s Greatest Asset…its people. “
Issues: To convict more violent criminals with the use of more DNA technology, protect children from predators by shielding families from unwanted solicitations and pornography and to stop explosive drug labs.
Joe Knott (R)
“The People’s Lawyer”
Issues: Pledges to protect citizens from Medicaid fraud, administer justice without political opportunism, and uphold traditional morality and the law.
Associate Justice, NC Supreme Court (choose 1)
Ronnie Ansley
Statement: Is a licensed attorney who founded his own law office. He pledges to oversee all cases with fairness and quality. “Judges must be honest, informed, fair and impartial while applying the law consistently,” Ansley said.
Rachel Lea Hunter
Issues: Supports judicial restraint and stopping “dangerous” judicial activism. Hunter plans on enforcing the U.S. Constitution on college campuses to insure students have first amendment rights. She also pledged not to take advantage of public financing for her campaign so not to use tax-payer dollars.
Howard E. Manning, Jr.
No information available.
Betsy McCrodden
No information available.
Fred Morrison, Jr.
No information available.
Paul Martin Newby
No information available.
Marvin Schiller
Statement: Schiller claims that he has “protected the rights of workers, retirees, and the disabled”, “Kept a murderer behind bars,” and “Protected 1st Amendment rights to notify supervisors about illegal conduct in the workplace.”
James Wynn
“Standing up for Families and Values.”
Issues: Ensuring that justice is not for sale. Keeping agendas out of our courtroom. Upholding North Carolina values by promoting a strong and fair judiciary of qualified judges with representative diversity. |
Board of Education (choose 3)
Steve Combs
Issues: Supports buying land near schools for athletics needs. Supports a study that showed the system would lose 100 students over the next 10 years but some schools would gain enrollment. Believes the board of education should attend job fairs to find teachers and promote on the Internet and other media sources.
Peggy Ellis
Issues: The schools should acquire new land or share more off-site athletic fields. Programs like Pioneer Academy should be increased to lower the drop out rate. Supports keeping teachers by providing better working environments.
Deborah H. Miller
Issues: Supports high schools sharing park areas with the county. Feels younger people will continue to be drawn to the area, bringing growth. Supports the need for more affordable housing to keep teachers in the system.
Toby Oliver
Issues: New athletic fields could be placed on land around schools, but more land would have to be bought. Feels the system should still be prepared to change despite declining growth. Administrators and staff should be supported and encouraged to advance by becoming administrators or principals.
Andy Reese
Issues: The programs and sports added have overextended use of the fields. Feels the number of students will remain consistent. Watauga is the ideal place to live, but housing is too expensive to keep teachers.
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Auditor (choose 1)
Ralph Campbell (D) Incumbent
“Accountability - Integrity – Reliability”
Statement: “The three most crucial issues facing North Carolina in the coming years are health care, homeland security and education. I have created a specialized team to audit health-care programs, conducted a detailed audit on homeland security funds, and continue to audit educational institutions at all levels. Our health-care team already has conducted audits of the State Health Plan, making numerous recommendations for improvements. That team also has carefully analyzed aspects of the Medicaid program and will be expanding their efforts over the next few years.”
Les Merritt (R)
“The Resources to Win. The Experience to Get the Job Done.”
Statement: “The State Auditor’s office will become a proactive organization that works to head fiscal problems off at the pass… Les Merritt will go beyond the status quo of simply releasing audit results and recommendations…, Les Merritt will ask tough questions about how our state government is spending the people’s money.”
Commissioner of Agriculture (choose 1)
Britt Cobb (D) Incumbent
“Working for North Carolina”
Issues: Cobb pledges to work on land and water conservation, expanding markets for agricultural products, and protecting the small farmer.
Steve Troxler (R)
“Breaking new ground for North Carolina”
Issues: Troxler pledges to be a strong advocate for agriculture at the state level, not engage in mudslinging, and preserve North Carolina’ s traditional agricultural industries. |
Commissioner of Insurance (choose 1)
Jim Long (D) Incumbent
“20 years of leadership with results.”
Issues: Will continue monitoring auto insurance rates to keep them as low as possible and keep North Carolina homeowners insurance rates reasonable. Intends to work closely and expand North Carolina programs like SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) and SAFE KIDS.
Robert Brawley (R)
Issues:Will address the problems that the incumbent has ignored. Focus lies in administering the Department more efficiently and providing better service. Also plans to bring better competition to the marketplace within North Carolina.
Commissioner of Labor (choose 1)
Cherri K. Berry (R) Incumbent
No slogan or issue information available
Wayne Goodwin (D)
“On the job”
Issues: Goodwin’s goals include balancing growth in rural and urban areas, raising teacher’s salaries, and bringing new types of industry to North Carolina. |
Secretary of State (choose 1)
Elaine Marshall (D) Incumbent
“Results. Reform. Protection.”
Issues: Marshall vows to create jobs by cutting the cost of doing business, protecting retailers from counterfeit products, and safeguarding citizens from financial crimes.
Jay Rao (R)
“Conservative leadership for North Carolina.”
Issues: Rao encourages cutting taxes to attract jobs to North Carolina, less regulation of business, and traditional family values
Superintendent of Public Instruction (choose 1)
June Atkinson (D)
“Experience Matters”
Issues: Challenge every student and every school. Wants to foster middle schools that engage students in learning. Boost high schools so that they offer a stronger preparation for work, college, and for life. Reach out to students at-risk so that they are motivated to stay in school.
Bill Fletcher (R)
Issues: Focus on results and hold education leaders accountable for the effective use of financial and personnel resources and the educational results of their decisions. Provide district and school leaders with greater flexibility to deploy their resources to best meet the needs of the children they serve. Increase the amount of time that teachers invest with students. |
Tresurer (choose 1)
Richard H. Moore (D)
Issues: One of his top concerns is astutely investing the state’s money in regards to public workers. Moore is very centered on creating jobs and advancing the economy in North Carolina as well. Moore also wants to improve retirement benefits of North Carolina public school teachers.
Ed Meyer (R)
Issues: Meyer will try to encourage investment in North Carolina, work to end corruption scandals, and protect pension investment funds.
State Senate, district 45 (choose 1)
Jim Cain (D)
“We don’t fear change, we embrace it. We don’t fear diversity, we honor it. We don’t yearn for yesterday, we anticipate and relish tomorrow.”
Issues: Jim Cain wants to make sure jobs are kept at home by proposing a moratorium on legislation allowing jobs to be shipped overseas. He says he is a believer in public education and is committed to providing funding for all schools and community colleges. Cain says he understands the difficulties in working with public healthcare and wants to help his constituents solve medical problems and ensure that benefits remain available. John Garwood (R)
Issues: Garwood says he has a strong support for education in public schools, community colleges and the university system. The health of the elderly and children of low-wealth families is an issue Garwood also backs. |
State House, district 93 (choose 1)
Cullie Tarleton (D)
Tarleton will work to create new jobs, and will support increased funding for community colleges for job training and the re-training of displaced workers.
He will support or introduce legislation to lower class size, raise teacher salaries (along with retired state employees), provide a safe and secure learning environment for children and recruit and retain quality teachers. Tarleton is concerned about the rising cost of prescription drugs and medical care. He will also support legislation to make healthcare available and affordable for all.
Gene Wilson (R) Incumbent
“Qualified by experience.”
Wilson supports the pursuit of real education reform and teacher pay increases. He believes in “common sense environmental protection legislation.” Wilson says that health care should be affordable for North Carolinians and that tort reform is the way to reach that goal.
Brandon Derr (L)
Derr promises to never vote for more taxes nor tax spending programs, and to find more ways to minimize the government. Derr feels that environment protection laws do more harm than good. He sees a more effective and less costly way to protect land, water and air is through private individual ownership. Derr wants to take the power away from federal and state bureaucrats, and return it to teachers, principals and local boards. He favors a voucher or tax credit program, where schools would compete for each student.
Register of Deeds (choose 1)
Joann Townsend (R)
No information available.
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County Commissioner, district 2 (choose 1)
William R. Winkler (D)
“Home-Grown Ideas, Community Solutions”
Bring new vision and a new start to county leadership. Wants to take positive steps forward for schools, for affordable housing, for local law enforcement, and for economic development that provides decent wages for all our citizens. Sees diversity the strength of Watauga County.
James Coffey (R) Incumbent
“14 years of dedicated service”
Continue the good county-wide services without raising taxes. Wants to build new schools or renovate current ones to keep them up to par. Supports growth but wants to ensure departments are expanded to support growth (Safety, Emergency Management, Fire, Ambulance)
County Commissioner, district 3 (choose 1)
Jim Deal (D)
“ Committed to education.”
Issues: Deal would like to address long-term educational needs such as academic programs, quality teachers and facility maintenance. Deal would like to see the Board of Commissioners work more closely in conjunction with law enforcement officials against the war on drugs. Deal would like to see more recreation opportunities for all ages throughout the county.
Joe Phillips (R)
“Preserving Individual Freedom”
Issues: Phillips vows to preserve individual freedoms as citizens, landowners and business owners. Claims his vote will be in the interest of the individual taxpayer and the county as a whole. Phillips states he wants to preserve a stronger, safer America. |
County Commissioner, district 5 (choose 1)
Winston Kinsey (D)
“Integrity, Independence, Initiative”
Issues: Stands solid for the local schools, local law enforcement and economic development. These are the issues most important to him and he will accommodate their needs.
Allen Trivette (R) Incumbent
“Citizen Pride First”
Issues: Supports affordable housing. He will combat legislature that threatens housing for residents. He will also support the citizen’s past votes against liquor-by-the-drink. Trivette will fight against zoning and keep it from interfering with property rights. |
