Mary Dawson

Mary Dawson
Candidate for North Carolina State House, District 18
Political party	Republican
Website	campaign website

Mary Dawson was a Republican candidate for District 18 of the North Carolina House of Representatives. The primary election was on May 4, 2010 and the general election was on November 2.

Elections

2010

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2010

Dawson was defeated in the November 2, 2010 general election. Her opponent in the November 2 general election was Susan Hamilton (D). Dawson defeated Joseph Hutson in the May 4 Republican primary by a margin of 1,360-1,192.

North Carolina House of Representatives May 4 Primary, District 18, 2010
Candidates		Votes
Mary Dawson (R)		1,360
Joseph Hutson (R)		1,192

Campaign themes

Dawson's website talks about the following issues:

• Jobs

Excerpt: "Beth Dawson understands that the best economic incentive is to lower taxes and reduce burdensome government regulations that weigh our small businesses and entrepreneurs down."

• Education

Excerpt: "Beth understands that a high-quality education is delivered by teachers in classrooms, not in administrative offices. As your State Representative, Beth Dawson will fight to cut the administrative bureaucracy and put our education resources where they belong: in the classroom."

• Healthcare

Excerpt: "Beth Dawson believes that healthcare decisions should be made between you and your doctor. Beth also believes that the federal mandate in the recent healthcare reform law requiring all citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional."

• Spending

Excerpt: "Beth supports a Taxpayer Protection Act to limit the growth of state government spending. Beth also supports Zero-Based Budgeting, which requires that the existence of every government program be justified in each budget, as opposed to simply basing budgeting decisions on a previous funding level."

• Taxes

Excerpt: "As your State Representative, Beth Dawson will work to reduce taxes on our hard-working families and small business owners."

• Forced Annexation

Excerpt: "As your State Representative, Beth Dawson will fight to reform our state’s antiquated annexation laws by pushing to give those being annexed a voice in the process."

• Eminent Domain Reform

Excerpt: "As your State Representative, Beth Dawson will work to pass eminent domain reform that offers meaningful protection to our citizens’ private property rights."

External links

• Mary Dawson's official campaign website
• North Carolina Department of Elections
• Official Project Vote Smart Bio

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