Archive for NC-10 Congressional race
Patsy Keever vs. Terry Bellamy?
Posted by: | CommentsFrom Patsy Keever’s Facebook page:
Yes, I am still planning to run for Congress in the 10th District against Patrick McHenry if the redistricting maps hold and I am drawn out of my NC House district. Since Terry Bellamy announced, I’ve had so many questions from people who knew I was planning to run that I figured I better let everyone know. Her announcement doesn’t change my plans.
Terry Bellamy V. Patrick McHenry
Posted by: | CommentsAC-T:
Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy announced today that she is running for Congress in the 10th Congressional District. Bellamy has served as mayor of Asheville since 2005, and is running for Congress on her record of creating jobs, finding pragmatic solutions that increase access to affordable housing and reducing violence.
Friday Open Thread: Veterans’ Day
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Salute our veterans
Honor our veterans
Thank our veterans
City Council election
- Hunt and Pelly free and clear
- Davis and Gray still undecided
1/4 cent sales tax
Rep. Patrick McHenry comes to town
Occupy this flyer
Occupy your Facebook page
US Cellular Center
That thing that’s on your mind
They Complain? Beat Them Harder.
Posted by: | CommentsWhen Buncombe voters turned out to express their alarm and dismay regarding the newly redrawn Congressional districts, some of us held out hope that the obvious illogic of dividing our mountain county would win out, that anyone could see the injustice being done and that political pressure to do the right thing would win the day.
We were wrong.
The latest version of the Congressional district map carves even more of Buncombe County into Rep. Patrick McHenry’s 10th District.
AC-T:
The latest Republican plan would include even less of Buncombe County in the 11th Congressional District. Buncombe County has [238,318] residents. Asheville has 83,939.
July 1 plan:
[Buncombe]
• 129,646, or 54 percent in 10th
• 108,672, or 46 percent in 11th
[Asheville]
• 63,600, or 76 percent in the 10th
• 19,793, or 24 percent in the 11thJuly 19 plan:
[Buncombe]
• 150,156 or 63 percent in the 10th
• 88,162 or 37 percent in the 11th
[Asheville]
• 72,053 or 86 percent in the 10th
• 11,340 or 14 percent in the 11th
UPDATE: A 3rd version of the Congressional map (Rucho-Lewis 2A) was released last night. It has only 54% of Asheville turned over to Patrick McHenry. I haven’t been able to dig into the numbers to know which precincts, etc. I’m looking forward to hearing from the folks who have.
Mountain Xpress has more:
Against that backdrop, all eyes are turning toward Rep. McHenry of the 10th District. A deputy majority whip, the powerful four-term Republican also serves on the House Financial Services Committee. Elected to Congress at age 29 after a short stint in the Statehouse, McHenry quickly became a fair-haired boy of the modern conservative movement, hailed by the National Journal recently as the “most conservative member of Congress from North Carolina and the 17th most conservative representative in the country.”
When it comes time to cast ballots for elected representation at every level from County Commission to NC Legislator to Congress it will be our responsibility to answer this insult with electoral injury.
Redistricting Brouhaha Today
Posted by: | CommentsIf there’s one thing this community does as well as brew beer it’s brouhaha. Comment over the NCGOP’s redistricting plan to snatch Asheville’s mountains out of the 11th Congressional District and move them into the piedmont’s 10th District should be a doozy. Today is your chance to brew up a storm. This via Mountain Xpress:
The Joint House and Senate Redistricting Committee will hold a public hearing on Thursday, July 7, 2011, 3:00 – 9:00 p.m. at various locations across the state. WNC locations are listed below.
Each speaker is limited to five (5) minutes. Speakers are encouraged to submit their oral comments in writing. Persons proposing plans are encouraged to provide maps and any supporting data.
Questions about the public hearings may be directed to Erika Churchill or Kelly Quick at 919-733-2578. Persons desiring to submit written comments to be included in the public record may send those comments to:
Oh if you’re a bird, be an early bird
Posted by: | CommentsSpeaking of Republicans, the North Carolina primary is only 111 days away, and I haven’t heard much in the way of revival music coming out of the GOP’s little tent lately. This time two years ago, Carl Mumpower already had his congressional primary campaign in full swing (in fact, I think we had even cut his TV commercial by now) — but aside from a few lackluster appearances from a partial complement of candidates, there hasn’t been much to tell me that anybody is doing much on the Republican side.
There are six guys that I’m aware of who are vying for the dubious honor of taking on Heath Shuler: Dan Eichenbaum, James J. Howard, Ed Krause, Greg Newman, Scott Stump, and Kenny West. Only two have active websites (Eichenbaum and Howard) and West’s Facebook page seems to have dried up and blown away — although you can see a cached version here. From what I’m told, Greg Newman hasn’t showed up to either of the two forums held so far (which were apparently poorly attended), and when it’s not regurgitating press releases from the Tea Party folks, the Buncombe County GOP‘s website doesn’t tell me much either.
Daniel Johnson On The Teevee Tonight
Posted by: | CommentsWhile biden your time to see if the veep debate will palin comparison to the hype, you can check out Democratic candidate Daniel Johnson on UNC-TV. Johnson is the guy working hard to defeat the obsequious Pat McHenry in the neighboring 10th Congressional District.
Catch Daniel on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Now” at 7:30pm tonight. Daniel was interviewed about the current financial crisis and his ideas to improve our health care system and our public schools.
Daniel Johnson Tells The Truth About Patrick McHenry
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Daniel Johnson is running against obsequious Patty McHenry in North Carolina’s 10th District. Johnson is hitting McHenry’s empty rhetoric on energy prices by showing voters his record. From the campaign’s press release:
Patrick McHenry Votes Against Lower Gas Prices
Congressman Patrick McHenry’s office says that he will be visiting Western North Carolina this week, and his office says he wants to talk about how to lower gas prices. But up in Washington, D.C., Congressman McHenry votes “no” to every attempt to establish a comprehensive energy policy that would lower gas prices for working families.
-McHenry voted “no” to requiring oil companies to drill on the 68 million acres that they already hold leases for, which could produce 4.8 million barrels of oil and 44.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas daily (H.R. 6251, 6/26/08). Drilling on these public lands could double U.S. oil production and cut oil imports by one-third.
-McHenry voted “no” to cracking down on oil speculators that artificially inflate the price of oil (H.R. 6604, 7/30/08).
-McHenry voted “no” to releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (H.R. 6578, 7/24/08). Each time the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been tapped or deposits suspended, the price of oil has dropped by at least 19%.
-McHenry voted “no” to tax credits for investment in alternative energy (H.R. 2776, 8/4/07).
-McHenry voted “no” to cracking down on gas price gauging (H.R. 1252, 5/23/07).
-But McHenry says “yes” to $25,500 in campaign donations from oil and gas companies.
Daniel Johnson understands how skyrocketing gas prices shrink our families’ budgets and our businesses’ bottom lines. In Congress, Daniel Johnson pledges to work with both parties to establish an aggressive, comprehensive strategy for lowering prices at the pump. Daniel Johnson will vote to increase refinery capacity, to force oil companies to drill on the lands they already own, and to end tax breaks for oil companies making record profits so the U.S. can invest in alternative energy that creates jobs and brings down the price of a tank of gas.
For more about Daniel Johnson’s campaign to represent Western North Carolina from the 10th Congressional District, please visit www.danieljohnson08.com.
NC-10 Shocker: McHenry Caught Lying
Posted by: | CommentsThis little tidbit regarding the recent vote on emergency housing legislation comes from the Lenoir News-Topic:
The bill, known as the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221), passed the House on a 272-152 vote, following President Bush’s signal that he would not use his veto power to stop it. In a rare break with the Republican president, McHenry joined 148 other GOP members in voting against the bill, while 227 Democrats and 45 Republican representatives supported the act. There were three Democrats who opposed the legislation, and the McHenry campaign falsely claimed in a press release Thursday that Heath Shuler, a Democrat who represents the neighboring 11th Congressional District that includes Asheville, was among the ‘no’ votes. According to an Associated Press roll call of the vote, the Democrats who opposed the bill are Peter DeFazio of Oregon, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and Nancy Boyda of Kansas.
Shuler Campaign Manager Andrew Whalen said McHenry’s assertion is incorrect.
“My boss voted for it,” Whalen said. “If Mr. McHenry is choosing to make this false claim, it’s poor staff work. It must reflect on his leadership. I don’t know what Mr. McHenry is doing here and why he would try to hide behind us to hide his vote.”
Johnson Campaign Manager Lauren Moore said, “Congressman McHenry is dead wrong. He and his staff need to get their facts straight.”
McHenry spokesman Brock McCleary said the release was based on an incorrect Forest City Daily Courier article that said Shuler had voted against the bill. McCleary then contended that Shuler changed his vote.
“Sometimes these folks have the ability to change their vote after the fact,” McCleary said. “It was four, and now it is three (against). He changed his vote.”
Whalen disputed McCleary’s allegation.
“That’s not the case at all,” Whalen said. “They can claim anything that they want, but that is not the case. It would appear that they made a mistake, and now they are trying to cover it up.”
Whoops.
More on Patty’s cowtowing to the subprime mortgage industry @ Pat Go Bye-Bye.
