Little has served for years as chair of the Sandhills Community College Board of Trustees and campaigned for the successful 2000 North Carolina higher education bond measure. Little's work on the board of his local community college has been praised for being completely nonpartisan. Sandhills is considered one of the top community colleges in the country.
Little entered the race for the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent DemocraticGovernorMike Easley in 2004. He had the support of both former governors Holshouser and Martin. The only one out of a field of six challengers who had not ever held elected office, Little's largely self-financed campaign earned him four percent of the popular vote but left him in last place out of the crowded primary field.[2]
george, little, north, carolina, politician, george, little, born, march, 1942, republican, politician, from, state, north, carolina, candidate, north, carolina, governor, 2004, gubernatorial, election, born, pinehurst, north, carolina, raised, southern, pines. George W Little born March 22 1942 is a Republican politician from the U S state of North Carolina and was a candidate for North Carolina Governor in the 2004 gubernatorial election Born in Pinehurst North Carolina raised in Southern Pines and an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Little is an insurance executive He has been involved with the Republican party since the 1970s having served on the gubernatorial campaigns of Jim Holshouser and Jim Martin as well as chair of the Moore County Republican Party During Jim Holshouser s tenure as governor Little was appointed Secretary of Natural and Economic Resources 1 Little has served for years as chair of the Sandhills Community College Board of Trustees and campaigned for the successful 2000 North Carolina higher education bond measure Little s work on the board of his local community college has been praised for being completely nonpartisan Sandhills is considered one of the top community colleges in the country Little entered the race for the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Easley in 2004 He had the support of both former governors Holshouser and Martin The only one out of a field of six challengers who had not ever held elected office Little s largely self financed campaign earned him four percent of the popular vote but left him in last place out of the crowded primary field 2 In 2009 he was considered a possible candidate for chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party 3 but endorsed Tom Fetzer instead 4 References edit News amp Observer blog What does the Environment Secretary do Archived 2009 04 06 at the Wayback Machine News amp Observer blog Will Holshouser Martin endorsements help Archived 2008 10 24 at the Wayback Machine News amp Observer blog Quick Hits Archived 2012 03 04 at the Wayback Machine News amp Observer blog Little no thanks on GOP chair Archived 2009 06 05 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editGeorge W Little for Governor nbsp nbsp This article about a North Carolina politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Little North Carolina politician amp oldid 1068185531, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
