AAUW-Brevard Voter Guide Questionnaire

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NC Lieutenant Governor
Primary, 2008
Information provided by Candidates to AAUW
Brevard, NC Branch

Duties: Lieutenant Governor
Serve as president of Senate and as ex officio member of State Board of Education, Legislative Building Governing Commission, and NC Commission on Interstate Co-Operation; represent Governor on some occasions.

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Candidates:

Democrat: Dan Bessee www.danbesse2008.org

Walter H. Dalton www.walterdalton.org

Hampton Dellinger www.hd08.com

Pat Smathers www.patsmathers2008.com

Republican: Timothy Cook

Greg Dority

Robert Pittenger

Jim Snyder

NR, indicating No Response to a particular question, will appear until a response is received.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. What are your strongest qualifications for this position?

Besse (D) Dalton (D) Dellinger (D) Smathers (D)

Extensive hands-on experience in dealing with the challenges of growth at the local, regional, and state levels.
--Two-term elected Winston-Salem City Council Member.
--Leader on regional organizations for economic development and environmental quality.
--20+ years on state policy-making boards, including Environmental Management, Coastal Resources, Climate Change.
--Attorney, educator.

I am best qualified because of the knowledge and experience I have from my 12 years of public service in the Senate, especially in education. As Co-Chair of Education, I raised teacher pay and lowered class sizes. We have made progress, but there is more to do. I will build on this foundation to improve education and prepare our students for 21st Century jobs and continue moving our state forward.

My strongest qualification is my experience as a top public official in the Department of Justice (Deputy Attorney General) and the Governor's Office (Chief Legal Counsel), where I helped promote economic development in WNC and protect the region's scenic beauty. I care deeply about, and have close ties to, WNC. My wonderful wife Jolynn was raised in Brevard and we were married in Asheville.

The lieutenant governor's office is not a law-making, executive or think tank position: It is a leadership position. I am a proven leader, who has demonstrated the vision, courage and compassion
needed to lead as a school board attorney, lieutenant colonel in the National Guard and mayor of Canton, the mountain mill town my family has called home for eight generations.

Cook (R)	Dority (R)	Pittenger (R)	Snyder (R)
NR	NR	NR	NR

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Besse (D)	Dalton (D)	Dellinger (D)	Smathers (D)
Extensive hands-on experience in dealing with the challenges of growth at the local, regional, and state levels. --Two-term elected Winston-Salem City Council Member. --Leader on regional organizations for economic development and environmental quality. --20+ years on state policy-making boards, including Environmental Management, Coastal Resources, Climate Change. --Attorney, educator.	I am best qualified because of the knowledge and experience I have from my 12 years of public service in the Senate, especially in education. As Co-Chair of Education, I raised teacher pay and lowered class sizes. We have made progress, but there is more to do. I will build on this foundation to improve education and prepare our students for 21st Century jobs and continue moving our state forward.	My strongest qualification is my experience as a top public official in the Department of Justice (Deputy Attorney General) and the Governor's Office (Chief Legal Counsel), where I helped promote economic development in WNC and protect the region's scenic beauty. I care deeply about, and have close ties to, WNC. My wonderful wife Jolynn was raised in Brevard and we were married in Asheville.	The lieutenant governor's office is not a law-making, executive or think tank position: It is a leadership position. I am a proven leader, who has demonstrated the vision, courage and compassion needed to lead as a school board attorney, lieutenant colonel in the National Guard and mayor of Canton, the mountain mill town my family has called home for eight generations.