|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Veteran [Dunn] files to challenge [Rep] Hayes in [NC] 8th Congressional District
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Race
|
| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 25, 2005 02:03pm |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | News |
| News Date | Thursday, August 25, 2005 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By TIM WHITMIRE, Associated Press Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tim Dunn, a trial lawyer and military veteran from Fayetteville who served recently in Iraq, announced his intention Wednesday to challenge four-term Republican U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes for his seat in Congress.
Dunn, a Democrat, cited Hayes' July vote switch on the Central American Free Trade Agreement as a key motivation for his campaign. Hayes had said repeatedly he opposed CAFTA, then changed his vote at the last moment to ensure passage of the agreement.
"He broke his promise to the people of the 8th Congressional District," Dunn said in a telephone interview. "With NAFTA, fast-track and now with CAFTA, those are things that ... will severely hurt our jobs here."
Hayes was not a member of Congress in 1993, when NAFTA - the North American Free Trade Agreement - was approved.
Dunn, 45, is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Last year, he helped a special tribunal in Iraq prepare for the prosecutions of Saddam Hussein and other senior government leaders in that nation's former regime.
Dunn also served in the 1990-91 Gulf War and in Kosovo and said he is worried that soldiers and Marines in Iraq have not gotten sufficient support from Washington. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
