NC House District 115: John Ager (I), Democrat vs. Frank Moretz, Republican.
Democrat incumbent John Ager looks to return to Raleigh for a second term while Republican challenger Frank Moretz aims to unseat him. Read both candidates’ thoughts on HB2, job creation, district-based City Council elections and more.
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John Ager (I),
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About Dan Hesse
I grew up outside of Atlanta and moved to WNC in 2001 to attend Montreat College. After college, I worked at NewsRadio 570 WWNC as an anchor/reporter and covered Asheville City Council and the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners starting in 2004. During that time I also completed WCU's Master of Public Administration program. You can reach me at dhesse@mountainx.com.
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bsummers
By my count, something close to $60,000 of Frank Moretz’ campaign contributions come from PACs, mostly related to anesthesiology practice. Another $20,000 from MDs, many of them anesthesiologists. Almost all the rest comes from the NCGOP, and from Moretz himself, a retired anesthesiologist. http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-N0600K-C-001&OGID=31418
By my count, something close to $60,000 of Frank Moretz’ campaign contributions come from PACs, mostly related to anesthesiology practice. Another $20,000 from MDs, many of them anesthesiologists. Almost all the rest comes from the NCGOP, and from Moretz himself, a retired anesthesiologist.
http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-N0600K-C-001&OGID=31418
By comparison, while John Ager does take some PAC and party money, the vast majority of his contributions come from individuals, mostly small donations.
http://cf.ncsbe.gov/cf_rpt_search_org/cf_report_doc_results.aspx?ID=STA-Q86TP9-C-001&OGID=26706
That pretty much says it all for me.