SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS:

CANDIDATE EVALUATIONS

 

 

~ One correction has been made after yesterday's Candidate Evaluations email. The name of the District 9 candidate previously listed as 'Hull' has been updated to 'Rivenbark Hull.' Candidate Rivenbark Hull scored 88 on GRNC's survey, so she is a GRNC three-star (***) candidate. Click here to jump directly to Candidate Evaluations.
Grass Roots North Carolina is proud to release its "Remember in November" Candidate Evaluations for the US House District 3 and District 9 Special Election Primaries...

Introduction
Unlike the candidate evaluations done by other gun rights organizations, GRNC prides itself on its "no compromise" approach. We don't make backroom deals, we don't alter ratings based on promises, and we don't sweep a candidate's prior actions under the rug.

Also, watch for the Candidate Recommendations (analysis and suggestions for strategic voting), which will be out soon.
 
ThE guide below estimates where candidates stand on gun issues by comparing their views with those of a control group of gun owners. As noted below, a "4-STAR" candidate agrees with pro-gun voters on at least 90% of gun issues, a 3-STAR agrees on least 80%, a 2-STAR on at least 70%, a 1-STAR on at least 60%, and a 0-STAR candidate agrees on less than 60% of gun issues.
 
Getting Voter Information
Within the “Voting Options” menu on the NCSBE home page at http://www.ncsbe.gov/ you will find links to look up your one-stop voting site(s), election day polling place and provisional ballot. For early voting hours in your county, you may call your Board of Elections.

Register and Vote on the Same Day (Early Voting Only)
If you’re not yet registered to vote in your county, you may register at one-stop sites (early voting sites) during the early voting period. Upon completion of registration, the newly-registered voter can immediately vote at that same one-stop site. This process is known as same-day registration. CLICK HERE to read more.
 
Important Deadlines for Special Primary Elections
 
For the 3rd Congressional District Primary
April 10: One-stop Early voting begins (any early voting site in your county)
April 26: One-stop Early voting ends
April 30: Primary Election Day (6:30 AM to 7:30 PM – your Election Day polling place only)

For the 9th Congressional District Primary
April 25: One-stop Early voting begins (any early voting site in your county)
May 9: One-stop Early voting ends
May 14: Primary Election Day (6:30 AM to 7:30 PM – your Election Day polling place only)

 
Making Your Vote Count
  • Inform yourself: This guide presents only part of the picture. 
  • Vote early if possible at your county’s one-stop voting sites. (Locations, dates and times will vary. Click here to look up that information); or
  • Vote on Election Day at your designated polling place between 6:30 AM and 7:30 PM.
 
 
What Candidate Listings Mean
GRNC's "Remember in November" project estimates candidates' views on "assault weapons," concealed handguns, gun storage laws, gun rationing, other gun control and the Second Amendment.  THE EVALUATIONS HEREIN ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS.  We issued surveys first to a control group of gun owners and then to candidates. Next, we measured how closely each candidate's views and voting record (if available) agree with the control group.  Pay more attention to voting records than survey results unless, of course, you believe politicians never lie.
 

 

Sample Listing:
Name Par/Dis Survey
Vote
Other
Eval
Smith  J R-15 95 92 95 ****
 

        

 

 

“PAR/DIS”: Candidate’s party and district. “D”=Democrat, “L”=Libertarian, “R”=Republican. Number is district number. Example: “J Smith,” above is a Republican from the 15th District.
"SURVEY": The percentages listed depict agreement between a given candidate and our control group (e.g. an "80" under the "Survey" section means 80% of the candidate's answers agreed with the Conservative Gun Owners).  “NR” means the candidate failed to return the survey.
"VOTE": Votes are more accurate than surveys and should be given more attention in determining candidate stance. Where available, this column indicates how often candidates' votes agree with the control group of gun owners (e.g. a "90" under "Voting Record" indicates candidate's voting record agrees 90% of the time with what was desired by control group).
"OTHER": Derived from evaluations by other gun groups, bill sponsorship, etc.
"STAR EVAL": The evaluation is not a rating. It estimates percentage of time candidate is expected to agree with the Conservative Gun Owners.  The maximum **** candidate tends to agree with conservative gun owners at least 90% of the time.
**** Expected to agree with conservative gun owners on at least 90% of gun issues
*** Expected to agree with conservative gun owners on at least 80% of gun issues
** Expected to agree with conservative gun owners on at least 70% of gun issues
* Expected to agree with conservative gun owners on at least 60% of gun issues
0 Expected to agree with conservative gun owners on less than 60% of gun issues or else candidate failed to return survey & insufficient information exists to make evaluation.  Is he or she hiding something?

 

CANDIDATE EVALUATIONS!

 

US HOUSE DISTRICT 3

Last Name

District

Initial

Par/Dis

Survey

Vote

Other

Star Eval

BAIKO

USH03

K

R-03

 

 

 

0

BEAUMONT

USH03

P

R-03

100

 

 

****

BOYD

USH03

G

R-03

 

 

 

0

CAIRNS

USH03

C

R-03

100

 

 

****

CERES

USH03

G

R-03

92

 

 

****

CLARK

USH03

C

R-03

 

 

 

0

COX

USH03

D

R-03

83

 

 

***

DE LUCA

USH03

F

R-03

96

 

 

****

LAW

USH03

P

R-03

100

 

 

****

MOORE

USH03

J

R-03

 

 

 

0

MURPHY

USH03

G

R-03

94

88

 

****

NIX

USH03

M

R-03

100

 

 

****

PAYMENT

USH03

M

R-03

94

 

 

****

PERRY

USH03

J

R-03

 

 

 

0

ROUSE

USH03

E

R-03

 

 

 

0

SHEPARD

USH03

P

R-03

96

93

100

****

SPECIALE

USH03

M

R-03

100

84

100

****

BRAY

USH03

S

L-03

 

 

 

0

HARRIS

USH03

T

L-03

89

 

 

***

BEW

USH03

R

D-03

 

 

 

0

HUMPHREY

USH03

G

D-03

 

 

 

0

JOHNSON

USH03

I

D-03

 

 

 

0

OUTLAW

USH03

D

D-03

 

 

 

0

REEVES

USH03

E

D-03

 

 

 

0

THOMAS

USH03

A

D-03

 

 

 

0

HOLT

USH03

G

C-03

 

 

 

0

 

 

US HOUSE DISTRICT 9

Last Name

District

Initial

Par/Dis

Survey

Vote

Other

Star Eval

ANGLIN

USH09

C

R-09

 

 

 

0

BISHOP

USH09

D

R-09

88

94

 

****

BROWN

USH09

L

R-09

100

 

 

****

DAY

USH09

K

R-09

 

 

 

0

DUNN

USH09

G

R-09

87

 

 

***

RIVENBARK HULL

USH09

S

R-09

88

 

 

***

RIDENHOUR

USH09

M

R-09

99

 

 

****

RUSHING

USH09

S

R-09

100

 

 

****

SHUBERT

USH09

F

R-09

98

 

 

****

WILEY

USH09

A

R-09

88

 

 

***

SCOTT

USH09

J

L-09

 

 

 

0

SMITH

USH09

A

G-09

 

 

 

0

MCCREADY

USH09

D

D-09

 

 

 

0

~ Correction made to Rivenbark Hull's record, above.

 



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