The National Federation of Independent Business, North Carolina’s leading small business association, today said it has endorsed candidates in 67 state legislative general election races. The endorsements were made by NFIB North Carolina SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust, which is comprised exclusively of NFIB members. The general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8.
“NFIB stands firmly with candidates who support small business,” said Gregg Thompson, state director of NFIB. “These candidates have consistently voted or have pledged to support small businesses on the issues that affect their ability to own, operate and grow their enterprises.”
NFIB’s endorsement is critical to these campaigns. Small business owners and their employees vote in large numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB has pledged it will activate its grassroots network on behalf of these campaigns. NFIB’s political support is based on an incumbent’s most recent NFIB voting record and a challenger’s responses on the NFIB candidate questionnaire.
NFIB is North Carolina’s leading small-business association, representing a cross-section of the state’s economy. To learn more, visit www.NFIB.com/NC and follow @NFIB_NC on Twitter.
ENDORSEMENTS
Senate (candidate, district)
Bill Cook 1
Norman Sanderson 2
Harry Brown 6
Louis Pate 7
Brent Jackson 10
Ronald Rabin 12
John Alexander 15
Tamara Barringer 17
Chad Barefoot 18
Rick Gunn 24
Tom McInnis 25
Phil Berger 26
Trudy Wade 27
Jerry Tillman 29
Shirley Randleman 30
Joyce Krawiec 31
Andrew Brock 34
Paul Newton 36
Dan Bishop 39
Andy Wells 42
Kathy Harrington 43
David Curtis 44
Deanna Ballard 45
Ralph Hise 47
Chuck Edwards 48
Jim Davis 50
House
Bob Steinburg 1
Larry Yarborough 2
Michael Speciale 3
Jimmy Dixon 4
John Bell 10
Ray Martin 11
Pat McElraft 13
George Cleveland 14
Chris Millis 16
Frank Iler 17
Jerry Benton 18
Holly Grange 20
Jeff Collins 25
Larry Strickland 28
Nelson Dollar 36
John Szoka 45
Brenden Jones 46
John Sauls 51
John Faircloth 61
John Blust 62
Dennis Riddell 64
Justin Burr 67
Lee Zachary 73
Carl Ford 76
Julia Howard 79
Larry Potts 81
Larry Pittman 82
Josh Dobson 85
Hugh Blackwell 86
Rob Bryan 88
Mitchell Setzer 89
Sarah Stevens 90
Jonathan Jordan 93
Jeffrey Elmore 94
William Brawley 103
Scott Stone 105
Kelly Hastings 110
Tim Moore 111
Cody Henson 113
Mike Clampitt 119
Kevin Corbin 120
