WNC for Change has officially endorsed Patsy Keever for the Democratic nomination in the NC House District 115 race.

An online poll of the WNC for Change membership revealed that 90 percent of respondents supported endorsing Patsy Keever in this race. Members indicated that they believe Patsy represents real change for our community and that her progressive values and positions are closely aligned with those of WNC for Change.

Early voting in the Democratic primary voting has now begun, and if you live in District 115, we encourage you to vote for Patsy at your earliest convenience. Find voting locations, voter registration info and more at the Buncombe County Election Services website. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Election/

Regardless of where you live, you can volunteer to work for Patsy at the polls, make phone calls or knock on doors during the next few weeks. Find out more at www.patsykeever.com. And while you’re there, feel free to make a contribution to her campaign.

Members responding to the WNC for Change poll stated some of their reasons for supporting Keever:

• Keever’s values and positions are most aligned with those of WNC for Change.
• She is more in tune with the people of our area.
• She takes a stand for the environment and wants to prevent more steep slopes tragedies.
• The primary is an opportunity to vote for real change in leadership, a choice between a truly progressive candidate and a member of the old guard of the party.
• Patsy sees a broader vision of equality for all, and she advocates for strong environmental controls, better education for our children and the right ideas to revitalize our economy.
• She is not a developer nor a person willing to build away our mountains, but rather preserve them.
• Patsy doesn’t take the big money in running her campaigns and her progressive positions on education , environment, green jobs, etc. are more in line with the change we all worked for in 2008.
• She’s a hard-working, ethical progressive.
• I especially like that she was a teacher, mom and grandmother. . . . I wholeheartedly think we need more women in government.  They bring a built in tendency to nurture and “take care of”, whether it’s children or constituents.
• She is clearly the candidate that represents the core values of the Democratic Party. She is particularly better on environmental issues than Goforth. It is particularly important that we demonstrate that grass roots efforts can defeat the hardball tactics being used by the house leadership in Raleigh.
• Progressive, environmentalist, social liberal, voted for Obama and I have strong doubts on that score per Goforth.
• I wholeheartedly support Patsy Keever, due to her definite progressive values and courage to stand up for what she believes in.  I feel she would make a truly honest and independently minded member of the NC House.

If you’d like to add your thoughts regarding this race, please do so in the comments section of this post. Thanks!