Candidate Biography (submitted by campaign):

Brad Miller was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1953. He attended public schools in Fayetteville and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master's degree from the London School of Economics, and a law degree from Columbia University.

Brad served four terms in the North Carolina Legislature. He wrote North Carolina's safe gun storage law, and introduced legislation to expand North Carolina's domestic violence law; to reduce air pollution from cars and trucks; to freeze new or expanded hog lagoons; to limit the influence of political patronage in state government hiring; and to protect consumers from dishonest automobile mechanics. As a Judiciary Chairman, Brad helped guide into law legislation to address "Driving While Black," or racial profiling.
 
In 2002, Brad was elected to Congress. “Not yet having served three full terms in Congress,” the Greensboro News and Record said, “N.C. Rep. Brad Miller has become a respected national figure… Miller’s concern for the common man has led him to take a leadership role in unraveling and finding remedies for the subprime mortgage crisis.” Other issues on which Brad has been a leader in Congress include:

• Shining a light on runaway CEO pay.

• Supporting basic research and protecting honest science from political interference.

• Supporting community colleges.

• Fighting for affordable prescription drugs and fighting to preserve access to affordable healthcare.

Brad has been married to Esther Hall since 1981. Brad and Esther attend the Church of the Good Shepherd in Raleigh. Brad and Esther live in Raleigh with their dog Harper, a pampered 85-pound former stray.

I'm proud to have worked on issues that matter to North
Carolina families -- prohibiting predatory lending practices, promoting
affordable health care, protecting and creating new jobs, and taking care of the veterans who protect us.

I’ve worked to protect homeowners and their ticket into the middle class. The sub-prime mortgage crisis could force 2.2 million American families to lose their home to foreclosure in the next two years. I’m fighting to pass national legislation to crack down on abusive predatory lending practices in the mortgage industry and introducing legislation to provide emergency relief to homeowners facing foreclosure. My bill would allow bankruptcy courts to modify predatory home mortgages.

Our economy isn’t working unless middle class workers share in the prosperity.  We need to protect healthcare and retirement benefits that companies promised their workers. That’s why I was a sponsor of a bill to shine a spotlight on runaway executive salaries. I’ve worked to help community colleges because, I know that working people depend on job training at community colleges when they lose a job or want a better job.

Finally, I am very proud of our men and women in the Armed Services. I regard the benefits that our nation has provided veterans as simple gratitude -- the least we could do for those who have defended our freedom at the risk of their own lives. 

I’m frustrated that scoring political points is more important in Washington than helping ordinary Americans. But I won’t stop fighting for the changes we need.