OBAMA NATION? 

SEE CANDIDATE RECOMMENDATIONS

IN SELECTED RACES

 Special note: Remember that straight party votes DO NOT include the president or judicial races, each of which must be voted separately.

 

CONTENTS :

·         Vote early, vote often: Take friends to the polls by NOVEMBER 1

·         Obama Nation? Your chance to make a difference in a pivotal state

·         GRNC-PVF candidate recommendations for selected races

·         Late surveys: More candidates speak out on guns

·         Your donation at work: What GRNC has done in this election

 

‘Same-Day Registration:’

VOTE EARLY

If you, a friend or family member missed the deadline to register to vote, it is not too late! “Same-Day Registration” enables you to register and vote in a single day *provided* you vote early at one of your county’s early voting centers. You may do so up to November 1.

 Do you have friends or family members who are ambivalent, or “just didn’t have time” to register and vote? Put a “Remember in November” voter guide into their hands and take them to the polls.

 OBAMA NATION?

IT’S UP TO YOU!

 

From GRNC President Paul Valone:

 

I am acutely aware that gun owners are, at best, ambivalent about John McCain. Among his transgressions, he subscribed to the thinly disguised anti-gun agenda promoted by billionaire Andrew McKelvey and his little project called “Americans for Gun Safety,” supporting, among other things, restrictions on gun shows.

 Unlike the NRA, GRNC and its PAC, the GRNC Political Victory Fund, will never endorse John McCain. He has far too often opposed the interests of Second Amendment voters.

 That said, even Bill Clinton didn’t represent the threat to gun rights that Barack Obama does. We can debate forever whether we should adopt the “lesser of all evils” approach, in which one supports McCain, or the “purist” approach, in which one might vote for Libertarian Bob Barr, or perhaps no one at all.

 Yet gun owners are forced to contemplate the possibility of not only an Obama presidency; not only of a liberal-run Congress directed by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid; but also a Democrat super-majority in the Senate (which could include the loss of Elizabeth Dole, by the way). The latter would mean Democrats could over-run any Republican attempt to filibuster anti-gun legislation. Translation: With sufficient willpower on the part of anti-gun Democrats, there would be no anti-gun legislation we could stop.

 For the first time in recent memory, North Carolina is a swing state in the presidential race. But beyond even the national race, if North Carolina goes to Obama, liberals such as Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight (GRNC *) will consider it a mandate to go after your rights.

 

Get this right:

IF OBAMA WINS, YOU WILL EAT GUN CONTROL…

… and probably lots of it.

 So personally, I am throwing my support behind McCain. They have asked us to help their “72 hour program” by manning call centers. In the interest of keeping my country intact long enough to effect the changes we need…

 …I will reluctantly support McCain.

 CAN YOU HELP by staffing one of 18 call centers around the state?

·         *You* will have editorial control over what you say

·         How many hours you devote is up to you

 

If you can help, please contact me at: president@GRNC.org

 

Armatissimi e liberissimi,

F. Paul Valone

President, Grass Roots North Carolina

 

GRNC-PVF CANDIDATE RECOMMENDATIONS

As a rule, GRNC-PVF does not make blanket “endorsements” of candidates, preferring instead more limited “recommendations for effective voting strategies.” Since GRNC-PVF only focuses ONLY on contested races in which gun voters can make a difference, the lack of a recommendation should not reflect negatively on candidates in other races. For example PHIL BERGER, R-Guilford/Rockingham, ****, is the most consistent gun rights supporter in the Senate, but is uncontested and is therefore not listed below.

 GRNC RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES

(GRNC star evaluation included in parentheses):

 

STATEWIDE RACES:

US Senate: ELIZABETH DOLE (****)

Governor: PAT McCRORY (***)

Lt. Governor: ROBERT PITTENGER (****)

Attorney General: BOB CRUMLEY (****)

 

US HOUSE:

D-1: DEAN STEPHENS (***)

D-2: DAN MANSELL (****)

D-3: WALTER JONES (****)

D-4: WILLIAM LAWSON (****)

D-5: VIRGINIA FOXX (****)

D-6: HOWARD COBLE (****)

D-7: MIKE McINTYRE (***)

D-8: ROBIN HAYES (****)

D-9: SUE MYRICK (****)

D-10: PATRICK McHENRY (****)

D-11: CARL MUMPOWER (****)

D-13: HUGH WEBSTER (****)

 

NC SENATE:

D-2 (Cart/Crav/Pam): JEAN PRESTON (****)

D-5 (Greene/Pitt/Wayne): LOUIS PATE (****)

D-14 (Wake): DOUG BERGER (****)

D-15 (Wake): NEAL HUNT (****)

D-20 (Durham): KEN CHANDLER (****)

D-22 (Harnett): HARRIS BLAKE (****)

D-29 (Mont/Rand): JERRY TILLMAN (****)

D-34 (Dav/Row): ANDREW BROCK (****)

D-36 (Cabarrus): FLETCHER HARTSELL (****)

D-37 (Meck): VINCE COSCIA (****)

D-40 (Meck): ED MULHEREN (****)

D-43 (Gaston): KATHY HARRINGTON (****)

D-44 (Burk/Cald): JIM JACUMIN (****)

D-46 (Clev/Ruth): DEB CLARY (****)

D-47 (Av/Hay/Mad/McD/Mit/Yan): KEITH PRESNELL (****)

 

NC HOUSE:

D-2 (Chow/Dar/Hid/Wash): TIM SPEAR (****)

D-3 (Crav/Pam): NORMAN SANDERSON (****)

D-10 (Green/Len/Wayn): STEPHEN LaROQUE (****)

D-11 (Wayn): EFTON SAGER (****)

D-13 (Cart, Jones): PATRICIA McELRAFT (****)

D-17 (Bruns): BONNER STILLER (***)

D-18 (New Han/Pend): GEORGE SWART (***)

D-26 (Johnst): LEO DAUGHTRY (****)

D-33 (Wake): PAUL TERRELL (****)

D-34 (Wake): JOE ROSS (****)

D-35 (Wake): ERIC WEAVER (****)

D-36 (Wake): NELSON DOLLAR (***)

D-37 (Wake): PAUL STAM (****)

D-49 (Frank/Hal/Nash): KEITH SHEARON (****)

D-51 (Harn/Lee): LINDA SHOOK (****)

D-53 (Harnett): DAVID LEWIS (****)

D-64 (Alaman): CARY ALLRED (****)

D-68 (Union): CURTIS BLACKWOOD (****)

D-69 (Anson/Union): PRYOR GIBSON (***)

D-70 (Rand): PAT HURLEY (****)

D-75 (Forsyth): BILL McGEE (***)

D-83 (Cabarr): LINDA JOHNSON (****)

D-85 (Burke/McDow): MITCH GILLESPIE (****)

D-88 (Cata/Alex): MARK HOLLO (****)

D-91 (Rock/Stokes): BRYAN HOLLOWAY (****)

D-93 (Ashe/Wat): DAN SOUCEK (****)

D-94 (Wilkes): SHIRLEY RANDLEMAN (****)

D-103 (Meck): JIM GULLEY (****)

D-107 (Meck): GARY HARDEE (****)

D-108 (Gaston): WIL NEUMANN (****)

D-115 (Bunc): PAUL PERDUE (****)

D-116 (Bunc): TIM MOFFITT (****)

D-117 (Hend): CAROLYN JUSTUS (***)

 

LATE SURVEYS

GRNC makes every attempt to include candidates who submitted candidate surveys too late to be included in the “Remember in November” voter guide. Listing includes:

·         Name

·         Seat, D-number and party (e.g. NCH-38L would be NC House D-38, Libertarian; NCS-50R would be NC Senate D-50, Republican)

·         Survey score

·         GRNC evaluation from 0 to 4 stars (i.e. 0, *, **, ***, or ****)

 

SUSAN PONS (NCS-50R), 98%, (****)

DAN SOUCEK (NCH-93, 95%, (****)

 

YOUR DONATION AT WORK:

WHAT GRNC HAS DONE IN THIS ELECTION

·         Distributed 96,000 “Remember in November” voter guides, including 80,000 mailed directly to gun owners and the rest distributed via gun shops, gun shows and civic groups

·         Mailed 120,000 educational postcards introducing ROBERT PITTENGER (****) in the race for Lt. Governor

·         Mailed GRNC-PVF election alert postcards into 6 NC House districts, 1 NC Senate district, and 2 US House Districts – a total of 15,000 postcards

·         Produced and now airing 70 radio spots in NC House D-88

 

NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP: Please help “recharge the batteries” by making a contribution at: https://www.completecampaigns.com/FR/contribute.asp?campaignid=GRNCPVF

 

CRITICAL DEADLINES & INFO:

·         October 28: Deadline by which absentee ballots must be *received*

·         November 1: Deadline for walk-in early voting

·         November 4: VOTE between 6:30 AM and 7:30 PM

 

To find your polling place: http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/PrecinctFinder.aspx

To find early voting locations (you may use any one in your county), find your county board of elections website at: http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/content.aspx?id=13 

 

This critical election alert was  authorized and paid for solely by the

Grass Roots North Carolina Political Victory Fund.