Apr 29 2008
3 Way Primary in District 103
Five-term incumbent N.C. Rep. Jim Gulley will square off against two challengers in the May 6 primary.
Mint Hill residents Edith “Edy” Brotherton and Larry Hale, both Republicans, want to unseat Matthews resident Gulley as the state representative for District 103.
No Democrats have filed for the office; the primary will decide the winner. Though Gulley has experience in the House, his challengers aren’t strangers to the campaign trail.
Brotherton ran for state Senate in 1994 and 1996, and Hale ran against Gulley in 2002 and 2006. He also ran for state House in 1982 and 1984.
Education, taxes and road improvements top the candidates’ list of concerns.
I don’t think Gully has much to worry about here, especially with two challengers. The two will dilute any anti-Gully vote that may be out there, propelling him to an easy reelection. To my knowledge there isn’t a lot of constituent opposition to him. You usually need a significant amount of voter dissatisfaction to take down an incumbent in a primary with multiple challengers.
