Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest is pushing his re-election campaign into a higher gear with a Thursday night fundraiser in Charlotte.Forest's fundraiser will be at the Morehead Inn. Sponsors include former lawmaker Ed McMahan, former GOP mayoral candidate Edwin Peacock and Catawba County beer distributor Dean Proctor.
Spokesman Hal Weatherman says the event is the first event in a concerted push to get ready for the 2016 campaign. Forest had just over $20,000 in his campaign account at the end of June.
"We're completely focused on running for re-election," Weatherman said.
Forest has deep Charlotte ties. He's the son of Sue Myrick, the former mayor and longtime member of Congress. He grew up in town and attended McClintock Middle School and East Mecklenburg High. As a teen, he moved to Columbia but eventually returned and studied architecture at UNC Charlotte.
His fundraiser comes the same week another Charlottean, Gov. Pat McCrory, released a video that effectively kicks off his own re-election campaign.
3 comments:
I have heard that State House Rep. Tricia Cotham is considering a run for Lt. Governor. She would be far better than "Run Forest Run".
the junior Cothan could never touch the quality of Republican Forest in a million yrs.
This is like comparing REAGAN to obama or a T-REX to a termite.
or a REPUBLICAN to a democrat.
aka CONSERVATIVE to a liberal.
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