2012 General Election Voter Guide

NC State House District 40 — William Watt Jones (D)

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[media-credit name=”William Watt Jones” align=”alignright” width=”150″][/media-credit]William “Watt” Jones ― NC State House District 40
Political Party: Democrat
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The economy is at the top of voter’s minds in this year’s elections. What do you think elected officials can really do to address it? What I’ve been saying since the beginning of my campaign is that the first thing we need to do on a state level … is give tax breaks to small businesses over large corporations, because in North Carolina over 85 percent of our employers here are small businesses. If we can help them and get them some extra money from tax breaks or digital tax credits and put people back to work that will reinvigorate the economy. Of course at the federal level, they’re going to have to do the same thing.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

NC State House District 49 — Jim Fulghum (R)

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[media-credit name=”Jim Fulghum” align=”alignright” width=”120″][/media-credit]Jim Fulghum — NC State House District 49
Political Party: Republican
How long in district: Born in Raleigh in 1944
Occupation: Neurosurgeon and owns a chicken farm
Campaign website: http://drjimfulghum.com/

The economy is at the top of voters’ minds this year. What do you think elected officials can actually do to address it? What’s really encouraging is to see what’s been done around the country at the state levels. I’m very impressed with what’s going on with the 29 Republican governors. Twenty-one of those governors have, as we call, unified legislative groups — the lower and upper house are both Republican.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

NC State House District 49 — Keith Karlsson (D)

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[media-credit name=”Keith Karlsson” align=”alignright” width=”150″][/media-credit]Keith Karlsson — NC State House District 49
Political Party: Democrat
How long in district: 30 years
Occupation: Retired software engineer
Campaign website: http://keithkarlsson.com/

The economy is at the top of voter’s minds this year? What do you think elected officials can do to address it? Economic policy is not just North Carolina. There’s national and even international, so there’s a lot that’s out of local elected officials’ control. What we can do in North Carolina is prepare people for the jobs’ of the future.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

NC State House District 40 — Marilyn Avila (R)

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[media-credit name=”Marilyn Avila” align=”alignright” width=”150″][/media-credit]Marilyn Avila — NC State House District 40
Political Party: Republican
How long in district: Almost 30 years. Occupation: Worked in the textile industry and later as an administrator at the John Locke Foundation. Campaign website: http://www.marilynavila.com/

Obviously the economy is at the top of voter’s minds this year. What do you think elected officials can actually do to help it improve? The only thing we can do locally is in the few areas that impact business and those are taxes and regulation.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

NC State House District 35 — Chris Malone (R)

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[media-credit name=”Chris Malone” align=”alignright” width=”120″][/media-credit]Chris Malone — NC State House District 35
Political Party: Republican
How long in district: 20 years
Occupation: Works at C4S insurance investigations
Campaign website: http://malonefornchouse.com/

The economy is at the top of voter’s mind in this year’s elections. What do you think elected officials can actually do to address it? I had a guy come in here today and reiterate what I had heard myself. Often times, politicians, they hear from people that think like them but they don’t hear the other side. I know a guy who sees people from both sides in his business.

2012 General Election Voter Guide

NC State House District 35 — Lori Millberg (D)

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[media-credit name=”Lori Millberg” align=”alignright” width=”183″][/media-credit]Lori Millberg ― NC State House District 35
Political Party: Democrat
How long in district: Moved to Wendell Oct. 1985
Occupation: Former Assistant District Attorney; Manages husband’s law firm
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The economy is at the top of voter’s minds this year. What do you think elected officials can actually do to address it? I believe that jobs are our first priority. All of us know people who are out of work or who have been out of work; they’ve worked their whole lives.