I got a card in the mail from the Ashley Woolard campaign. Woolard is apparently the Republican challenger to G.K. Butterfield. What’s the scoop on Woolard? He’s young. Is he Tea Party or establishment?
At this point, who cares? The right question to ask is "Is he CONSERVATIVE or not"? There are "establishment" politicians who are solid conservatives, btw, the Tea Parties don't have a lock on that by any means.
I have not received anything from him and until my husband read about him in the NRA magazine today we did not even know Butterfield had a challenger. We live in the district and are active in the county GOP. No signs, not anything.
Woolard is a solid conservative, from everything I’ve read. I don’t know if he’s an organizer, but I seem to recall seeing his name as a speaker.
Sorry, I did not see your comment until I logged in again this morning.
Yes, he is Butterfield’s challenger. He is indeed young (maybe 5 yrs younger than me?). I have met him a few times. He is the VP of an insurance agency down in Little Washington.
Like so many GOP candidates lately, he has his feet in both camps. I know that the Wilson Tea Party has endorsed him and that he has spoken at several Tea Party events. However, I have been present at some 1st District GOP events where he is present as well.
He did well a recent debate vs. Butterfield. I can tell you that he has my vote, for sure.
Ashely is a true Christian conservative, a family man, a small business man, that believes in defending the Constitution, supporting small business and limited government. He intends to go to Washington as a citizen legislator, do the job and come home. His opponent has voted with Nancy Pelosi 97% of the time. Eastern Northern Carolina deserves a representative like Ashley that believes in serving all the people. Check out his website at http://www.woolardforcongress.com/.