Candidate Biography (submitted by candidate):

Rep. Nelson Dollar is a three term member of the North Carolina House serving District 36 which includes portions of Cary, Apex and the Swift Creek community.

Dollar serves on the Education Committee and is Vice Chairman of the Education Subcommittee on Universities. He is a member of the Appropriations Committee, Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Transportation, Health and University Board of Governors Nominating Committees. Dollar has been appointed by the Speaker of the House to serve on the Joint Select Committee on Work and Family Balance and the Joint Select Committee on Global Engagement.

Nelson is a public relations and media consultant. He has taught at Wake Technical Community College and is a former member of Governor Martin's administration serving in the Governor's Office and at the N.C. Department of Commerce.

Nelson Dollar has been active with the Boy Scouts of America for 38 years and is currently serving as a den leader with Cub Pack 222, Vice-Chairman of Hemlock District and with the Area 7 summer camp accreditation committee. Dollar is a member of North Carolina Diabetes Advisory Council and has served for many years with The C.L.U.B. Youth Retreat Ministries. Nelson, his wife Lorrie and their son Ian live in Cary and attend Colonial Baptist Church.

Today, North Carolina is facing an unprecedented economic and fiscal crisis.  We have seen our economy stall, the unemployment rate soar and our work force shrink with no relief in sight. Businesses and families have been suffering, yet in the depths of the worst recession in memory, the Democrats' solution was to raise $2.5 billion in job-killing taxes and fees.

Now we are saddled with the highest combined tax rates in the Southeast putting us at a competitive disadvantage and costing us jobs. Making matters worse, the State is facing a $3 billion budget deficit, one of the highest in the Nation.

Serious times require serious solutions; my highest priority will be growing businesses and attracting new investment so we can create the good paying jobs our citizens deserve. We must also control government spending, lower our debt and provide much needed tax relief for families and small businesses.

We can no longer afford to patch over our problems and simply hope things will get better down the road. It's time to take on the challenges facing our State by raising our standards of educational achievement to compete in the global economy, increasing access to affordable quality health care, lowering tax rates, streamlining regulations, and finally putting an end to the corrupt good-ole boy politics which have plagued our State.

It's been an honor to serve the citizens and families of the 36th District, I will continue to seek solutions that bring people together and move North Carolina forward. For more information on my background and issues visit my website at www.NelsonDollar.net. Please know I will appreciate your support and your vote on November 2nd. Thank you.