Realtor Jerry Evans files to run for NC Senate, District 1 | Eastern North Carolina Now

A funny thing happened on the way to register for the NC House, District 6, for Realtor Jerry Evans.

ENCNow
   A funny thing happened on the way to register for the NC House, District 6, for Realtor Jerry Evans, formerly a Democrat politician, now currently registered as a Republican. Instead of filing for the NC House, District 6 seat, as promised to, and reported in, the Washington Daily News on January 13, 2012, he has instead filed to run for the NC Senate, District 6 seat, currently occupied by Dare County's Stan White, Democrat.

   Beaufort County Board of Elections Executive Director Kellie Hopkins, when queried at her residence, by BCN, the question (Did Jerry Evans file for NC Senate instead of NC House?), simply answered, "Yes he did."
Democrat Candidate Jerry Evans filing for his unsuccessful bid for Beaufort County Commissioner in February, 2010. photo by Stan Deatherage

   As a confirmed candidate for this District 1 NC Senate seat, recent Republican Jerry Evans will have a promised primary against current Republican NC House Representative Bill Cook, who has annouced that he intends to seek that same Senate seat some months before Realtor Evans made his momentous switch here today on the first day of filing.

   On January 13th, when Evans announced in the Washington Daily News his intentions to seek the NC House, District 6 seat, he stated, "I’m running to be a part of the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives. I know those guys have done a good job. I’ve kind of been watching."

    Realtor Evans is not new to politics, having run for the Beaufort County Commission in 2010 as a Democrat. In his campaign, well funded by a myriad of special interest groups, Evans eventually based his candidacy on the one theme that the sitting county commissioners should take the University Health Systems bid for Beaufort County's hospital, irrespective of all other bids, even though two of the competing bids were exceedingly more advantages to the community and the taxpayers. He was so resolute in that conviction, he prompted BCN reporter Brandia Deatherage to label the Democrat candidate as the UHS-candidate.

   In that race for the county commission, Democrat Jerry Evans received 1,877 votes in this "Limited Voting" race. The winner at the top of the ballot, a Republican incumbent, received 3,921 votes.

   Possibly, Candidate Evans believes he will fair better as a Republican in this upcoming election.
Go Back


Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published)
Enter Your Comment ( no code or urls allowed, text only please )



Comments

( February 14th, 2012 @ 12:28 am )
 
This is eerily representative of the Zeno Edwards, Jr. debacle, some decades hence.

That was truly a veritable abomination. I am not much tolerant of lies, and liars, and those who pose for one purpose or another.

I grow older, and about all I will tolerate is the truth where I can find it.
( February 14th, 2012 @ 12:14 am )
 
I'll be nice, but these folks that switch with the wind for their opportunistic political selfishness should be called to task. How can anyone that has stood with a party that has very clear, definable, differences from conservative republicans, change their affiliation and expect open arms? You just can't genuinely stand on a platform that supports abortion, gun control, redistribution of wealth, bloated federal government, etc....and just "change". I feel like he's another rino trying to mix with the herd and breed. If he didn't wholeheartedly believe on what he stood with in the past, then what are we to believe when he startes promising all the good conservative things he's going to do. And trust me, this isn't a republican wave he wants to ride next year, it's a conservative wave. He hasn't playe here before and I'd rather he had taken his board and surfed somewhere else.



2012 Elections for the Primary and General Begin Op-Ed & Politics, Bloodless Warfare: Politics Dority files for NC State Auditor Race


HbAD0

Latest Bloodless Warfare: Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, admitted that he cheated on his first wife with the couple’s babysitter after a report was published on Saturday that said the marriage ended after he got the babysitter pregnant.
A black Georgia activist became the center of attention at a rally for former president Donald Trump on Saturday when she riled the crowd in support of Trump and how his policies benefit black Americans.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris faced backlash Thursday afternoon over what they told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call.
RALEIGH: Tropical Storm Debby continues to bring heavy rain and flooding across North Carolina on Thursday.
RALEIGH: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and state leaders urged people to beware of drenching rains and flooded roads as Tropical Storm Debby begins to impact the state.
Kari Lake emerged victorious on Wednesday in her bid to become the GOP nominee in Arizona‘s 2024 U.S. Senate race.

HbAD1

The former lover and mentor of Kamala Harris, Willie Brown, who served as mayor of San Francisco, had an extra-marital affair with Harris, and appointed her to two positions when he was California’s Speaker of the Assembly, has advised her to keep her actual ideology fuzzy
The Kamala Harris campaign reportedly blocked reporters from speaking to voters at an event on Monday featuring Democratic governors Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who was reportedly under consideration to run with Vice President Kamala Harris on the Democratic presidential ticket, said on Monday that it “wasn’t the right time” for him to “potentially” run for vice president.
Fox News contributor Guy Benson warned on Tuesday that legacy media was likely to aid the Kamala Harris campaign, turning the last 100 days before the 2024 presidential election into a “three-month honeymoon.”
President Joe Biden called for term limits for Supreme Court justices on Monday after weeks of attacking previous court decisions on presidential immunity and abortion.
Former President Donald Trump said during an interview this week with Fox News host Laura Ingraham that he believes someone convinced Vice President Kamala Harris to get rid of her “crazy laugh” because of how it makes her look to voters.

HbAD2

The Biden-Harris administration is seeking to severely limit Israel’s retaliatory response toward Hezbollah after the Iranian-backed Islamic terrorist group killed 12 children on Saturday in northern Israel.

HbAD3

 
Back to Top