Video of candidates for the NC Legislature | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

   We have video from the Candidates' Forum sponsored Tuesday night (4-3-12) by the Beaufort Patriot TEA Party, the Beaufort Observer and the County Compass. The forum was held at Beaufort County Community College as a service to the community.
NC Rep. Bill Cook never misses an opportunity to address the public to tell them exactly where he is coming from. This is what a well functioning Republic needs - candidates with a measure of courage and real integrity: Above.     photo by Stan Deatherage
    We will report the video in a series of articles. The first includes the opening comments by Buzz Cayton, the Chair of the Beaufort Patriot TEA Party. In the first segment he explains the procedures to be used. In Round 1 each candidate was given two minutes to introduce themselves. The state candidates went first, followed by the candidates for Beaufort County Commissioner. After the introductory round, each candidate was then allowed three minutes to address the issues and their positions on those issues.

   The first video clip is the welcome and ground rules:



   The second clip is the introductory round for the candidates in Senate District 1, House District 3 and House District 6. Bill Cook was the only candidate in attendance running for Senate 1 and goes first.



   Michael Speciale, Clayton Tripp, Robert Cayton and Wayne Langston were the candidates for House District 3 in Round 1 in the third clip followed by Jeremy Adams and Mattie Lawson in House District 6:



   The last clip in this installment was the second round in House 6 with Jeremy Adams and Mattie Lawson:



   The second installment in this series will feature the candidates for County Commissioner. Check back later for those.