December 15th is the candidate filing deadline for the following positions:

City council, county Commissioners, Asheville school board, and Register of Deeds. We are excited about several candidates running and will announce more after the filing date.

Please contact our Candidate Committee Liaison if you are interested or know of a strong candidate: Cindy (828) 301-4738.

Our Data Team pulled together a targeted list of Republican households to reach new potential recruits for candidates. We now have two additional candidates! Stay tuned. This was fully funded through donations. Thank you donors!

New districts are in place in Buncombe County for the 2024 elections:

• District 114 (South and SE county areas)

• District 115 (North and West county areas)

• District 116 (Primarily the city of Asheville) 

The State House and the County Commissioner districts are the same. The significance of the new districts is that District 116, which primarily consists of the city of Asheville, will now have its own Commissioner and NC House representatives and Districts 115 and 114 will be more representative of their county populations. 

Better district lines = better voter representation 

We don't have to outnumber Democrats; Republicans just need to show up to vote. 

Less than 20% of Republicans voted in this November's Woodfin and Weaverville elections. If 55% had voted, a more conservative candidate could have won.

March '24 primaries are coming. Are you ready to vote by mail or take 5 minutes to vote at an early voting site? We'll inform you how to get your ballots or where to vote early.   

Join us! Call now to be part of our GOTV - Get Out The Vote -  efforts to phone/text voters or to drop off door hangers to Republicans in your neighborhood. Call Bob, our GOTV lead at (703) 472-7959.

Did you know that approximately 40% of church goers are NOT registered to vote?

Would you be willing help by doing a Voter Registration Drive at your church? 

Please call the BCGOP HQ to find out more at (828) 253-5800. 

Our Precinct Team and Marketing Team are putting together door knob hangers and yard signs to support our big push to GET REPUBLICANS OUT TO VOTE !  

Our Office Team will be busy contacting 100's of recently registered young Republicans over the holiday season. Look for an update in January.  

“We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” Thomas Jefferson

 Go to www.buncombegop.com and click the Volunteer button or click here: VOLUNTEER 

Thank you!  

Dec. 8th - Congressman Chuck Edward's Town Hall, 5:00-7:00pm at Blue Ridge

Community College 180 W Campus Drive, Flat Rock, NC 28731

Chuck Edwards speaks about budgets, state and federal news, legislation and more. This is a free event.

Dec. 10th - Asheville Freedom Group, 2:00 - 5:30 pm at Ferguson Auditorium, AB Tech Campus, 19 Tech Drive, Asheville, 28801

Meet State Auditor candidate Charles Dingee and other interesting speakers.

See additional events on our website: SEE EVENTS

Recent Wins for the Citizens of WNC

• Appointment to the Powerful House Appropriations Committee - Considered to be one of the most influential committees in the House. The House Appropriations Committee is widely considered one of the most influential committees in the House of Representatives, as it holds the power of the purse and is responsible for all congressional expenditures. This unprecedented 4th committee appointment puts Edward's in a strong position in the House.

• Introduced the No Representation Without Legal Immigration Act - prohibits anyone who is not a US citizen from counting toward the population totals that determine the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Buncombe Friends,

Before you launch into 2024 and all the election excitement it could bring, clarity for the future helps create peace of mind. May peace be with you in 2024.  

As John Keating said, “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” And “... if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” George Orwell.

Here are some terms to be alert to so that we can shine our light when needed:

Democracy – Three wolves and a lamb sitting down at a table and deciding what is for dinner. Mob rule.

Democratic Republic – Rule by laws, not rule by men (USA).

Fascism – A fascist government influences society. Government doesn’t own anything directly, but they control activities (business, commerce, social services) via taxes and regulations. A fascist government accomplishes its goals by pressuring / shutting down companies – some examples include fossil fuel production; or when schools adopt teaching materials such as the 1619 Project, or gender indoctrination books get government funding; or when states’ speed limits are set to 55 mph because the federal government says, “you must comply in order to receive highway funding” – that’s fascism.  Fascism is control without actual ownership. You can say, “it is my company” or “it is our school”, or “this is my car”, but it is the government’s desires that you obey. That is Fascism. Any of this sound familiar?

Next step…Socialism 

Socialism is when the government controls companies. Socialism lives and depends on using your money.  Socialism says, “The government should provide everything, and isn’t it great?” Socialism means free education, free health care, and affordable housing…the next thing you know, you are stuck in the mousetrap of depending on the government for your well-being.  There is no reason for an individual to excel - “Hey, if I’m going to get it anyhow, why bother working? Just get in line with everyone else; bread and cheese is on its way.” Socialism is an economic killer. Socialism leads to Communism.  

Communism – Central Planning  

Government decides what benefits will be dished out and to whom. Government decides how and where you will live, what job you will do, what you will study, what information you will be allowed to receive. Stalin’s experiment of Communism started with collective farms and caused over 8 million citizens to starve.    

Marxism

Karl Marx was a Socialist who believed everyone should own everything. Marxism is an attempt to make everything the same temperature. Marxism says, “Everyone is going to sing and dance the same.” The result is if no one can perform better or faster than the slowest, you kill initiative and excellence. Marxism’s goal is to fuse society and the individual into a collective whole to overthrow private property and free enterprise which Karl Marx coined as “capitalism.”  

“Capitalism” aka Free Enterprise

Free enterprise is Joe the plumber fixing your clogged sink with tools he owns, motivated to perform his task well to grow his customer base at a price competitive in a free and open market. Free enterprise/ private enterprise has lifted more people out of poverty than any other system.  Consider this…

In 1621 in Plymouth colony, Governor Bradford experimented with communism or communal living. The colonists’ productivity was dismal - their excuses for not working increased and they lived on the brink of starvation for two years.  Then the governor decided to assign private property to each family - mothers and children were found working in the fields, and productivity increased so much in the first year that food was exported. 

Where do you see us heading?  Is our government leading us towards independence and prosperity (how much are you paying for eggs and gas these days)? Or are we being led down the opposite of the path of prosperity… Socialism?  

Stand up and vote Republican values in 2024! There is hope when the people stand up and let their voices be heard. God bless America. 

Enjoy a Merry Christmas  – see you in 2024!

P.S. Suggested reading for the holidays: A Miracle That Changed the World – The 5000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen

Doug Brown

Buncombe County Republican Chairman

The BCGOP HQ will close for Christmas and the year end holidays on

Friday, December 22nd. We will reopen at noon on Tuesday, January 2nd.