Pamlico County Democrats

Ten years ago, I was a working mom who went to Raleigh because I thought the state needed a voice like mine. I’m still that same person, but my children are grown and I’m no longer car-pooling them to soccer practice while talking to the Governor on my cell phone.

But I am still concerned that the world their children, my grandchildren, will inherit will be in worse shape than the world I inherited from my mom, Jeanette and my father, Joe.

t’s NOT all doom and gloom, and our best days are NOT behind us, so long as we get started turning this around right this minute. We just need new leadership, new ideas, and a new way of doing business – for North Carolina families, NOT the fat cats in Washington.

The inauguration of Beverly Eaves Perdue as the 73rd Governor of North Carolina – and our state’s first woman governor – follows a distinguished tenure in public service focused on creating 21st century jobs, fighting for world-class public schools, and improving the health of our people.
Before entering public service, Perdue worked as a public school teacher, as director of geriatric services at a community hospital in her hometown of New Bern, and earned a Ph.D. in Education Administration. Prior to her election as Governor, Perdue established herself one of the most active
and accomplished Lieutenant Governors in North Carolina history.

21st
Century Jobs

Transforming
Public Education

Improving
Health Care, Lowering Costs

As Chair of the Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission, Perdue helped create Senior Care, a prescription drug program for low-income seniors called the best in the nation by NC AARP. And under Perdue’s leadership, the state targeted teen tobacco use for the first time – an effort that resulted
in all 115 school systems becoming 100% tobacco free.

Prior to being elected Lt. Governor, Perdue served two terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and five terms in the state Senate,
where she became the first woman to serve as a Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. She was part of several landmark initiatives, including raising teacher salaries from 43rd to 21st in the nation, starting the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and creating the Clean Water Management Trust Fund.

Alice Underhill grew up in politics and state government attending events and activities with her father, the late Jim Graham, the Commissioner of Agriculture for 36 years. “I was the son my father never had. From an early age, I went with him to all sorts of political and government events. It was a tremendous learning experience for me as I grew up.”