Greer Beaty and Friends

News and Observer Endorses Greer Beaty

On November 1, The News and Observer editorially endorsed Greer Beaty as the best candidate to represent Cary-Apex (the 36th District) in the General Assembly: "Beaty is a dynamo who would bring some solidly progressive positions on issues such as education and growth management. For example, she supports the notion that developers should pay higher impact fees to help fund some of the area's growth...Greer Beaty is simply the superior and progressive candidate. She'd be a terrific member of the General Assembly, and she has The N&O's endorsement."

The Independent Endorses Greer Beaty

The Independent writes about the state legislative race in District 36:

We're supporting Democratic challenger Greer Beaty, a longtime state employee who's recently gone to work as an account supervisor with an advertising and public relations firm in Raleigh. Beaty's running on a traditional, pro-education Democratic platform. She, too, is for the high-risk health insurance pool idea. She's also for letting counties charge impact fees to developers ("policies that will have growth pay for itself"). But mainly, she distinguishes herself from Dollar this way: "While my opponent was running political campaigns for conservatives, I was working across party lines on Hurricane Floyd housing recovery. I was promoting high-quality child care through Smart Start and promoting the state's tourism industry following 9-11." Beaty does indeed have a long record of public service to recommend her. Dollar doesn't.

Of Greer Beaty's opponent, Nelson Dollar, The Independent has this to say:

Media Spotlight on the Campaign

Greer Beaty is attracting statewide media coverage for her challenge to incumbent Nelson Dollar. WRAL-TV ran a report, "Cary State House Race Gets Testy," that's still available as a video clip on WRAL.com.

On the front page of The News and Observer was a piece about the "party feud" in the Republican Party that is making a number of legislators vulnerable, including Dollar. It mentions a study by NCFREE, a business-oriented group, that classified the Cary-Apex legislative district as one of the most competitive races in the state.

The Independent reports that David Miner, the Republican who held the seat prior to Dollar, is supporting Greer Beaty. Click to read.

Here's the candidate profile of Greer in The News and Observer's Voter Guide, and here's the N&O's profile of the 36th district in which Greer is running.