Incumbent N.C. Sen. Warren Daniel announced over the weekend he is seeking re-election, running for the North Carolina Senate in District 46, representing Burke and Cleveland counties.
“I have been proud to represent the values of Western North Carolina in Raleigh and stand firm on my record as state senator,” said Daniel.
Daniel, a Republican, currently represents Senate District 44.
The General Assembly redrew maps last summer, moving Burke out of Senate District 44, which included Caldwell County.
Burke joins Cleveland County to form District 46. Sen. Wes Westmoreland, R, was appointed to represent the district after Sen. Debbie Clary, R, resigned Jan. 10.
Daniel believes that smaller government and lower taxes provide more freedom for all North Carolinians.
“Personal freedom is the engine of economic opportunity that will grow our economy and preserve the American dream for our children and generations to come,” he said in a news release. “It has been an honor to serve the people of this district in the North Carolina Senate, and I look forward to talking with voters about my record and the good things to come for our great state.”
Daniel, who is an attorney in Morganton, said the values he learned as an Eagle Scout and while he was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point has helped him when he has had to make difficult choices in the North Carolina senate.
He said, “I learned during my years at West Point that integrity matters, and it isn’t enough when we are in a tough economy to pass difficult choices on to the next generation. That’s what has been happening in Raleigh for the past decade.”
In a press release announcing his re-election bid, Daniels touted his “solid, conservative voting record” and the General Assembly’s timely and balanced budget.
He said, “For the first time in decades, counties, municipalities and school systems had a state budget returned to them by the end of June — with plenty of time for them to complete their own budgets. Instead of getting an annual tax increase, my constituents had money come back to their own wallets when I voted to end a temporary sales tax. For the first time in 40 years our state government is being reorganized to make it more efficient and less wasteful.”
“We’ve all felt the pinch of the difficult economy,” Daniel continued, “but with careful planning and hard work, the General Assembly this year balanced a state budget with a projected $2 billion dollar deficit, and at the same time fully funded the state retirement fund and provided small businesses with a tax cut.”
A father of three, Sen. Daniel and his wife, Lydia, are both natives of Burke County.
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