Patsy Keever to Challenge Bruce Goforth in 2010

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by Scrutiny Hooligans
on Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Bruce Goforth has served four terms as the NC representative for House district 115. His record on the environment and other issues have been less than stellar. When a recent poll showed that 80% of Watauga County residents want more landslide regulation and warnings for people buying homes in landslide prone areas, Goforth said, "I have about as much confidence in that poll as me being able to get to the moon," he said. "I don't think 85 percent of people believe in anything."

Patsy Keever is a beloved former Buncombe County Commissioner and Congressional candidate in 2004. She says, "He's much more conservative than I am ... particularly on the environment," Keever said. With the natural resources of the mountains, she added: "How can we possible have somebody that's not a champion of the environment?"

The two Democrats will square off in a primary next year that will test the leadership of the Buncombe County Democratic Party.

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