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Mary Dawson

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Mary Dawson

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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.

Campaign themes

Dawson's website highlighted 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."

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.[1][2]

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

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ North Carolina official primary results
  2. ↑ Official North Carolina General Election Results


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