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</div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"> Harris, a former Baptist minister running for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, has faced intense scrutiny for a serious of misogynistic sermons he gave in recent years. But he has refused to back down or apologize for any of it.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;">In fact, in <a href="https://www.bpnews.net/51461/us-house-candidates-sermons-scrutinized-ridiculed" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">conversation</a> with the <em>Baptist Press</em>, Harris complained that none of the sermons "really have any bearing on electing a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives," and that his political foes are just trying to create a distraction.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;">"They won't talk about the issues, such as GDP being up 4.1 percent in the second quarter. And they won't talk about the lowest unemployment among women, I think, in some 30 years," he said.</p><div style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">SPONSORED</div><div style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 20px;" /><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;">One of Harris' 2013 <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article214403394.html" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">sermons</a> at the First Baptist Church of Charlotte, unearthed by American Bridge in July, questioned whether women who work outside the home or who value being "independent" are following "God's plan for Biblical womanhood." Another, detailed by <em>Roll Call</em>, <a href="https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/north-carolina-gop-candidate-preached-extensively-wives-submitting-husbands" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">stated</a> that "the Lord ordained" wifely submission to husbands. Harris <a href="https://www.alternet.org/mark-harris-defends-his-claim-wives-should-submit" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">insists</a> this does not mean he considers women unequal, because "[Jesus] didn't consider it wrong to submit himself to the Father." Over 40 women in faith leadership positions around the state have issued a <a href="https://shareblue.com/north-carolina-pastors-gop-candidate-mark-harris-sexist-sermon/" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">joint statement</a> condemning the sermons.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;">Harris, who <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article210238329.html" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">defeated</a> incumbent Rep. Robert Pittenger in his own primary to win the nomination and will face Democratic Marine vet and green tech investor Dan McCready this fall, was heavily involved in right-wing politics even before he ran for Congress. He was a <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/ted-cruz-advisers-north-carolina-anti-lgbt-bill/" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">driving force</a> behind the passage of North Carolina's anti-trans HB2 "bathroom bill," which prompted widespread outrage and backlash against the state Republican Party then-Gov. Pat McCrory.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;">Contrary to Harris' claim, it is entirely relevant how federal lawmakers view women. Just about every public policy decision affects women, and many policy debates — from family leave, to abortion rights, to coverage for birth control and maternity care, to the reauthorization of the <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/violence-against-women-act-expiring-september_us_5b6b0a4ae4b0de86f4a789db" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">Violence Against Women Act</a>, to the efforts to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/time-running-out-divided-congress-finish-its-metoo-legislation-n894966" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">reform</a> the congressional sexual harassment policy that let lawmakers broker <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/blake-farenthold-taxpayer-funds-sexual-harassment-274458" style="color: rgb(241, 96, 44); text-decoration-line: none;">secret settlements with taxpayer money</a> — have a profound and disproportional impact on the welfare of women.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;">To claim that it doesn't matter how a man running for an office with tremendous power over these issues views women's role in society, just because GDP growth is strong and women have low unemployment, is insulting and infantilizing.</p></div><div>
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</div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Then on Oct. 17, <b>Locke <a href="http://www.johnlocke.org/press_releases/show/312" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">released</a> what it called a <a href="http://johnlocke.org/site-docs/peerreview/index.html" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">"peer review assessment"</a> by the Boston-based <a href="http://www.beaconhill.org/" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">Beacon Hill Institute</a> -</b>- who had a representative on the September call -- claiming the Center used "seriously flawed" methods in crafting climate proposals because it did not account for the costs of regulating greenhouse emissions. Beacon Hill's assessment, however, didn't consider the costs of not regulating greenhouse gases. Nor did it disclose that among</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Beacon Hill's <a href="http://www.beaconhill.org/Clients.html" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">clients</a> are the <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=27" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">CSE Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=143" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">DCI Group</a>, <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=42" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">Heritage Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=51" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">Manhattan Institute</a>, <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=61" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">Pacific Research Institute</a> and <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=68" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">Texas Public Policy Foundation</a> -- which together have received at least $1,780,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A week after Beacon Hill's report was released,</span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> N.C. Sen. Robert Pittenger (R-Charlotte) -- a member of the </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/Committees/Committees.asp?sAction=ViewCommittee&sActionDetails=Non-Standing_6268" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image-source: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">N.C. Legislative Commission on Global Climate Change</a> --</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> co-hosted with Locke a press conference spotlighting the study</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Following the suggestion made during the Sept. 12 call to discredit the "environmental bureaucracy," Pittenger began by complaining that the commission didn't have enough hard science because it had heard from only two climatologists, <b>Dr. Robert Balling and Dr. Pat Michaels.</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 19.5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As it so happens, though, both are <a href="http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=17&pid=144919" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">prominent skeptics</a> of prevailing climate science who've taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from oil, coal and other fossil-fuel interests (for details, see <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=5" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">here</a> and <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=4" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">here</a>). Michaels -- a scholar with the Exxon-funded <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=36" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">George C. Marshall Institute</a>and <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=21" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">Cato Institute</a> and an outspoken participant in the Sept. 12 conference call -- recently <a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP/MGArticle/CDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352906917" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">left his job with Virginia's state climatology office</a> amid criticism that his industry funding and controversial views left the office too politicized. Still not satisfied,<b> Pittenger said he petitioned the commission's chairs to invite two more prominent climate-science contrarians -- <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=3" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">Dr. Sallie Baliunas</a> and <a href="http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=17" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">Dr. Richard Lindzen</a></b>.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 19.5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We've got a bunch of liberal greenies who have just enough information to be dangerous," Pittenger declared at the event. Certainly no "greenie" himself,<b> Pittenger has received $13,300 in political contributions from electric utilities and $5,200 from automotive interests i</b>n the last three election cycles, according to the <a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/index.phtml" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">National Institute on Money in State Politics</a>. A real-estate investor, he's also taken more than $45,000 in contributions from his colleagues in the real-estate industry, many of whom dislike the smart-growth development policies the Center promotes.
 </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 19.5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">* * *

So what does the John Locke Foundation feel should be done about climate change? Most of their work simply denies there's a serious problem. But they do offer a glimpse of what they think we should be worrying about instead in a February 2006 American Spectator opinion piece titled <a href="http://spectator.org/dsp_article.9446" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">"Bible Bending Propaganda"</a> by<a href="http://www.southernstudies.org/person/right/paul-chesser" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(71, 109, 151); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;"> Paul Chesser</a>, Locke's associate editor and a leading critic of the Center's work.</p></div><div>
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</div><div><table id="topContrib" class="tablesorter datadisplay tablesorter-default" role="grid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; width: 604px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody aria-live="polite" aria-relevant="all"><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$25,450</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$21,450</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$4,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Duke Energy</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$18,350</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$10,850</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$7,500</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Koch Industries</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$17,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$17,500</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">National Auto Dealers Assn</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$17,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$17,500</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$15,325</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$10,825</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$4,500</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Centerview Partners</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$15,200</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$15,200</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Every Republican is Crucial PAC</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$15,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$15,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Bank of America</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$14,150</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$1,150</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$13,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">National Assn of Realtors</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$14,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$14,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Wells Fargo</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$13,750</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$8,750</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$5,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Charlotte Pipe & Foundry</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$13,150</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$13,150</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Crawford Group</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$13,100</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$13,100</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Captive-Aire Inc</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$12,700</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$12,700</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">DP Riggins & Assoc</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$12,100</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$12,100</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Branch Banking & Trust</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$12,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$12,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">McGuireWoods LLP</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$12,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$12,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Piedmont Natural Gas</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$12,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$6,750</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$5,250</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Morgan Stanley</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$11,250</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$6,250</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$5,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Altria Group</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$11,200</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$10,200</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$1,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Coca-Cola Co</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$11,050</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$11,050</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0-</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>
</div><div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table id="summaryData" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; border: 0px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">2011 - 2014 Total Receipts:</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="150" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> $4,334,353</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">2011 - 2014 Total Spent:</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="148" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> $4,260,158</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Debts:</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="23" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> $663,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Last Report:</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Wednesday, December 31, 2014</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(152, 4, 46); clear: left;">Top 5 Contributors, 2011 - 2014</h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table id="topContrib" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><thead><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Contributor</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$25,450</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$21,450</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Duke Energy</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$18,350</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,850</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$7,500</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Koch Industries</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">National Auto Dealers Assn</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$17,500</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$15,325</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,825</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,500</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: italic; margin-right: 25px;"><a name="cont" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00034416&type=C" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">...view more data</a></div></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(152, 4, 46); clear: left;">Top 5 Industries, 2011 - 2014</h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><thead><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Industry</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Retired</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$220,150</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$220,150</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Real Estate</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$113,800</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$78,300</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$35,500</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Insurance</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$106,425</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$33,425</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$73,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Securities & Investment</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$101,050</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$62,050</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$39,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Commercial Banks</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$85,900</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$11,900</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$74,000</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: italic; margin-right: 25px;"><a name="cont" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00034416&type=C" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">...view more data</a></div></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(152, 4, 46); clear: left;"><a name="funds" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Source of Funds</a></h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><img class="src_img_pie" src="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/include/pie.php?type=s&data1=1033822.4&data2=702013.15&data3=2349736.54&data4=248780.93" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 10px; display: block;" /><table id="src_table" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" alt="legend" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">Individual Contributions</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">$1,033,822</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">(24%)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend2.gif" alt="legend" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">PAC Contributions</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">$702,013</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">(16%)</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend5.gif" alt="legend" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">Candidate self-financing</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">$2,349,737</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">(54%)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend4.gif" alt="legend" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">Other</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">$248,781</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">(6%)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=W06" style="text-decoration: none; background: transparent;"><font color="#ff0000">Retired</font></a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$220,150</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=F10" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Real Estate</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$113,800</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=F09" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Insurance</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$106,425</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=F07" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Securities & Investment</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$101,050</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=F03" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Commercial Banks</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$85,900</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=H01" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Health Professionals</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$66,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=K01" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Lawyers/Law Firms</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$63,275</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=Q03" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Leadership PACs</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$59,507</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=M02" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Automotive</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$44,550</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=E01" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Oil & Gas</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$44,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=F13" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Misc Finance</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$41,850</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=N14" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Steel Production</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$36,350</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=F11" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Accountants</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$36,250</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=E08" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Electric Utilities</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$33,100</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=H02" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Hospitals/Nursing Homes</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$32,559</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=N01" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Food & Beverage</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$32,550</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=C01" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">General Contractors</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$32,500</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=B12" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Computers/Internet</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$31,818</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=N03" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Retail Sales</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$30,550</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=N15" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Misc Manufacturing & Distributing</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$28,948</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h1 class="ruleAbove" style="font-size: 18pt; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; color: rgb(40, 43, 52); line-height: 36px;"><a name="sec" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Sector Totals</a></h1><div style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; width: 600px;"><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table id="topSect" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Sector</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=A" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Agribusiness</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$44,950</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$22,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$22,950</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=B" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Communications/Electronics</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$58,318</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$28,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$30,318</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=C" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Construction</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$61,850</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$12,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$49,350</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=D" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Defense</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$11,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$11,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=E" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Energy & Natural Resources</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$87,600</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$66,250</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$21,350</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=F" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Finance, Insurance & Real Estate</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$519,775</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$288,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$231,275</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=H" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Health</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$125,059</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$54,250</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$70,809</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=K" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Lawyers & Lobbyists</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$74,525</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$13,625</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$60,900</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=M" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Transportation</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$58,050</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$31,500</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$26,550</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=N" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Misc Business</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$209,948</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$82,998</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$126,950</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=Q" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Ideological/Single-Issue</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$105,690</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$75,040</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$30,650</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=All&ind=W" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Other</a></td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$231,200</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,000</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$228,200</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div></div><div>
</div><div><header class="comment-header" style="font-family: Calibri, Candara, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h3 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="comment-title" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px; font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://bluenc.com/comment/36887#comment-36887" rel="bookmark" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(63, 96, 167);">The Lockies on global warming</a></h3></header><footer class="submitted" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-family: Calibri, Candara, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="author-datetime" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 16.2000007629395px;"><span property="dc:date dc:created" content="2007-05-13T17:55:02-04:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" rel="sioc:has_creator">Submitted by <span class="username" xml:lang="" about="/dan-besse" typeof="sioc:UserAccount" property="foaf:name" datatype="" xmlns:xml="xml">Dan Besse</span> on <time datetime="2007-05-13T17:55:02Z" pubdate="pubdate"><span class="date-time">Sun, 05/13/2007 - 17:55</span></time></span></p></footer><div class="comment-content" style="font-family: Calibri, Candara, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden view-mode-full"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">Yesterday, I received the monthly Locke propaganda sheet, Carolina Journal. Normally, it goes straight from my mailbox into the recycling bin. In this case, I paused in mid-toss as I noticed its headline, "Pa. Advocacy Group Behind N.C. CO2 Push". I couldn't resist finding out the identity of the shadowy group which was pulling my strings and those of so many other legislators, conservationists, local officials, and innocent folk around our green state.
Aha! I learned that it's that sinister bunch, the Center for Climate Strategies. As a member myself of the state's Climate Action Plan Advisory Group (CAPAG), I'd been lulled into believing that the CCS folks were simply providing technical information and procedural assistance, and letting us make the decisions. Little did I realize that instead of working on contract for us at the initiative of DENR, the CCS had somehow instead started the whole show. And even now, their clever Machiavellian manipulations were fooling us into thinking that we CAPAGers were telling them what to do. My eyes have been opened.
I even learned that State Sen. Robert Pittenger was a fellow member of CAPAG (quoted as such on the first page of the article), although I've never seen him at a meeting nor seen his name on any of the DENR-provided CAPAG membership lists. No doubt that's another of the clever CCS manipulations.
After reading that article, I flipped through the inside and learned that greenway trails are really a socialist plot to abolish private property rights. I further learned from Chad Adams' "Commentary" to beware of all local govenments, since his opening question is "Why do local governments inevitably move toward socialism?" Indeed, there seems to be no end to the things that I can "learn" from the Lockies, if I can just resist that toss-into-the-bin impulse.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">Dan Besse
Democrat for Lieutenant Governor</p></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.0000019073486px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FreedomWorks PAC has endorsed for the U.S. House of Representatives so far: Andy Barr (KY-6), Mike Coffman (CO-6), Ron DeSantis ( FL-06), Ron Gould (AZ-04), Kevin Cramer (ND-At Large), Adam Hasner (FL-22), Steve King (IA-4), Jeff Landry (LA-3), Mia Love (UT-4), Thomas Massie (KY-4), Mark Meadows (NC-11), Wright McLeod (GA-12), Robert Pittenger (NC-9), Keith Rothfus (PA-12th), David Schweikert (AZ-06), Ann Wagner (MO-2), Jackie Walorski (IN-2), Joe Walsh (IL-8), Allen West (FL-18), and Martha Zoller (GA-9).</span></div><div>==</div></div></div></div></div></div>