Roy Carter

As we head into the final days of the primary election Roy Carter is working hard to bring his message to the people in the 5th district, and one thing has never been more clear- Roy Carter is the exactly what we need in Washington.

This evening at 7:00 p.m. we will be joined by Roy Carter, Candidate for Congress in North Carolina's 5th CD for a live-blog chat. This may be our final live-blog prior to the May 6 primary. Please leave your questions for Roy on this thread if you won't be able to join us this evening.

From the Winston-Salem Journal this morning:

DAN BESSE

A lawyer, Besse spent a number of years lobbying in Raleigh on issues related to the environment, poverty and health-care access, so he knows the legislative process.

Besse also has a good mix of state and local government experience. For 20 years, he served on important state commissions that oversee, among other things, environmental and coastal regulation, and he’s now in his seventh year on the Winston-Salem City Council. He’s a hardworking, accessible councilman known for his reasoned responses to issues. He can use the lieutenant governor’s office as a bully pulpit for the issues about which he has been most passionate in his career of public service - the environment and access to health-insurance coverage for North Carolinians.

Join us for a live-blog chat with Roy Carter, candidate for congress in North Carolina's 5th Congressional District

I grew up in the majestic mountains of Western North Carolina and I raised my children to love and respect our environmental heritage. Mountains have always held a special meaning for my family and for the people of the fifth district.

Foxx replied as she often does, throwing numbers into an equation attempting to validate her stances and to justify her voting record.

Frontpaged, though the title might be better phrased "Foxx on Not Health Care." Thanks for staying up late to write this.

The House narrowly approved a new ethics rule to create an independent office that would consider ethics complaints against House members.

Rep. Virginia Foxx voted No.

Roy Carter for Congress

After a long week of campaigning three (awesome) candidates wrap it up in Winston Salem. Roy Carter, Jim Neal and Dan Besse converged at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum to drop the puck for Ice Wars, the 9th annual charity hockey game organized to raise funds for the Special Olympics.

I took along my boys, Nathan and Alex, who were happy to help me campaign for Coach Carter (gotta raise them right!). They are good little politicians and especially had fun chucking ducks at Jim Neal.

Here are some photos from the event!

Doug Massengill, newly elected President of the NC Federation of College Democrats