2012 General Election Voter Guide

NC State Senate District 18 — Doug Berger (D)

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[media-credit name=”Doug Berger” align=”alignright” width=”214″][/media-credit]Doug Berger — NC State Senate District 18
Political Party: Democrat
Age:
Occupation: Attorney, educator
Campaign website: http://www.bergerfornc.com/



The economy is at the top of voters’ minds in this year’s election. What do you think elected officials can do to address it? At the state level, I think we need to keep North Carolina attractive for business investment. I believe that having a well-trained workforce is one of the critical specters when companies make a visit to invest, and I think that’s something North Carolina has been on the cutting edge historically, particularly relative to rest of the South. Unfortunately, over the past few years, we’ve reduced the emphasis on making sure there’s adequate funding for education at all levels.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

U.S. House District 4 — David Price (D)

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[media-credit name=”David Price” align=”alignright” width=”150″][/media-credit]David Price — U.S. House District 4
Political Party: Democrat
Age: 72
Occupation: Former Political science and public policy professor at Duke University
Campaign website: http://www.priceforcongress.com/

The economy is at the top of voters’ minds in this year’s election. What do you think elected officials can do to address it? Three things: I think our approach to the economy should have three basic aspects. One is the continuing recovery efforts — what economists call counter-cyclical economic measures to create jobs and stimulate economic activity in the near term. Secondly, develop a comprehensive plan for achieving fiscal balance in the future that includes the tax code as well as all categories of spending.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

U.S. House District 2 — Stephen Wilkins (D)

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[media-credit name=”Stephen Wilkins” align=”alignright” width=”150″][/media-credit]Stephen Wilkins ― U.S. House District 2
Political Party: Democrat
Age: 52
Occupation: Business Development at Boeing, Retired Army Officer
Campaign website: wilkinsforcongress.org


The economy is at the top of voters’ minds in this year’s election. What do you think elected officials can do to address it? First of all, I believe that on economic matters in particular that it’s important for U.S. Congressional members to be really closely in the loop and closely coordinating with state and local officials in their districts. I used to work for a nonprofit that dealt with economic development, so I got to learn firsthand what all of our local economic developers do and what towns and municipalities do to promote economic development. One of the things that I’ll do as a member of Congress is stay in close contact with those folks at the state and local level to find out not only what they’re doing, but find out what their concerns are.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

U.S. House District 2 – Brian Irving (L)

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[media-credit name=”Brian Irving” align=”alignright” width=”210″][/media-credit]Brian Irving — U.S. House 2 – LIB
How long in district:
Age: 63
Occupation: 
Retired military and freelance journalist
Campaign website: libertypoint.org


The economy is at the top of voters’ minds in this year’s election. What do you think elected officials can do to address it?

The major problem with our economy at the federal level is our debt. Our country is $16 trillion in debt. Very few congressmen — I can probably number them on the fingers of one hand — understand that or are willing to make the sacrifices or take the action necessary to get us out of debt. The simplest way to get out of debt is to stop spending.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

U.S. House District 13 — George Holding (R)

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[media-credit name=”George Holding” align=”alignright” width=”150″][/media-credit]George Holding — U.S. House District 13
Political Party: Republican
How long in district:
Age: 44
Occupation: Lawyer. Former U.S. Attorney for Eastern North Carolina
Campaign website: http://www.georgeholdingforcongress.com/

The economy is at the top of voters’ minds in this year’s election. What do you think elected officials can do to address it?

There are a lot of things impacting the economy and I think to turn the economy around we need more jobs. We need more people working and making income. We need those people spending that income.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

U.S. House District 13 — Charles Malone (D)

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[media-credit name=”Charles Malone” align=”alignright” width=”107″][/media-credit]
Charles Malone — U.S. House District 13
Political Party: Democrat
Age: 64
Occupation: 
Equal Employment Opportunity Officer with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Campaign website: malone4congress.com

The economy is at the top of voters’ minds in this year’s election. What do you think elected officials can do to address it? I think that we need to take an approach that involves initiatives for the private sector as well as the public sector. We need to prime the pump and invest in our teachers, firefighters and law enforcement. Plus, invest in our infrastructure so that we can repair roads and bridges and ports.