Catawba County Board of Commissioner Barbara Beatty filed for re-election last week. Beatty, a native of the Balls Creek area, will seek her third four-year term.
Here is Beatty’s news release from Friday.
Congressional candidate Lance Sigmon promises to actively assist in garnering grant funding for local agencies. He’ll be the “number one salesman in Congress for my district,” he says.
This is Sigmon’s release from Feb. 21.
We hope this venture helps inform readers and complements election coverage from our print edition.
The 2008 election offers many interesting races, beginning of course, with the presidential contest. Here, we’ll focus on the local contests.
We’ll periodically post news stories, press releases from candidates and some occasional commentary. Other features include a calendar, which lists upcoming political events. A section called ‘answers to frequently asked questions’ assists voters with topics such as registration and early voting, among others. Our election maps allow you to find out in what races you’ll be voting.
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The League of Women Voters of Catawba Valley will host its annual ‘Coffee with our Commissioners’ event Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Community Room of the Catawba County Library in Newton. Folks can meet our five commissioners in an informal setting and voice concerns. The commissioners will outline their goals for 2008.
To register to speak or for more information, call Shelby Teague at 328-3297.
By the way, commissioners Barbara Beatty and Dan Hunsucker are up for re-election this year. Other board members include chairwoman Kitty Barnes, Glenn Hunsucker and Lynn Lail.
N.C. Rep. Ray Warren filed for re-election this week for his 88th District House seat. Warren, a former Alexander County Sheriff, became one of the few Democrats from this area to win election to the General Assembly. Warren defeated Republican incumbent Mark Hollo, a Taylorsville physician’s assistant, in 2006. The contest proved to be one of that year’s closest races. This year’s rematch could be just as competitive.
The 88th District includes all of Alexander County and roughly 90 percent of Hickory.
The following is Warren’s release from Feb. 19.
Phillip Parlier thinks Catawba County is overtaxed with a major illegal immigration problem.
The two issues spurred the Mountain View Republican to file earlier this month as a candidate for the North Carolina Board of Commissioners.
Two seats are open as incumbents Dan Hunsucker and Barbara Beatty seek re-election.
Here is the news story regarding Parlier’s election filing from Feb. 14.
Hickory native Daniel Johnson officially filed for the 10th District Congressional race last week. Johnson faces another Hickory resident, Steve Ivester, for the Democratic Party nomination. While U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry and Republican challenger Lance Sigmon have sparred over the setting of a debate, the Democrat race has been clean.
Here is Johnson’s release from Feb. 15.
Democrat Daniel Johnson criticized incumbent Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry for voting against a bill that would make college more affordable in this news release from Feb. 12.
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