Candidate Biography (submitted by campaign):

Family: Born in Thomasville, NC and raised in Raleigh. Parents were Dr. Walter S. and Miriam H. Hunt. He and with Dr. Tom Dameron were co-founders of the Raleigh Orthopedic Clinic. Wife, Frances (Duden), and two grown children, Eleanor and Kemp.

Education: Raleigh Public Schools including Fred Olds, Sherwood Bates and Daniels Jr. High School. High School: Virginia Episcopal School

College: BS from Hampden-Sydney College
Graduate School: MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Professional Career: My companies developed over 4000 multifamily dwellings in the southeastern US (from Richmond to Savannah). After graduate school and prior to real estate development career I was employed by Wachovia Bank's Mortgage Division as regional head of the commercial real estate lending division in Winston Salem and later in Raleigh.

Civic Involvement: City of Raleigh Planning Commission (Chairman for 3 years); Board member of Raleigh Rescue Mission (treasurer), Camp Oak Hill (president), & Friends of Lake Johnson. Currently advisory board member of these organizations. Vice Chair Wake County Open Space Committee (late 90's); Prior bank board member of Triangle Bank and First Union Bank (local board); Friends of NC Museum of Science Board (currently). Vestry Member at Holy Trinity Church; former Raleigh City League basketball and football coach.

Elected Offices:

At Large Member Raleigh City Council 2001

At Large Member Raleigh City Council 2003

North Carolina Senate -- District 15, 2004. Committees: Finance, Appropriations -- Transportation, Appropriations -- Base Budget, Transportation, Ways and Means.

North Carolina Senate -- District 15, 2006: Finance, Commerce and Small Business, Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee, Ways and Means, Appropriations General Government & Information Technology, Education Higher Education

Goals:

Fiscal Responsibility: US Constitution says "promote" the general welfare; not "provide" the general welfare!

Lower taxes: when taxes get too high, North Carolina becomes less competitive in southeastern and national markets and the United States becomes less competitive in world markets.

Education: Basically to improve performance by reducing drop out rates; providing needed funding for on-line education to keep students' interest as well as to provide additional education options; providing needed funding for a broader vocational education path to graduation; expanding basic finance (economics) courses; and providing "merit" pay to motivate the best teachers to stay in the profession.

Transportation: Redirect "equity formula" funding to congested urban areas; cease transfers from the Highway Trust Fund to the General Fund; provide gap funding for urgently needed urban area highway improvements.

Environment: Protect our rivers and streams and coastal waters by limiting runoff from agricultural and newreal estate developments. As a developer, I know this can be done. Also we should not allow close to shoreline drag net commercial fishing activities.

Energy: Promote nuclear energy as the cleanest and most environmentally friendly source of energy. Also promote a change in national regulations to allow recycling of nuclear material.

Ethics Reform: Prohibit legislator involvement in any non profit seeking tax payer funding; prohibiting unlimited donations to political parties; identification of all donors giving to political parties or 527's and have them identified by legislators if they receive party or 527 donations.