Nelson Dollar
{{Short description|American politician from North Carolina}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2010}}
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| name =Nelson Dollar
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| state_house=North Carolina
| state=North Carolina
| district = 36th
| term_start = January 1, 2005
| term_end = January 1, 2019
| preceded = David Miner
| succeeded = Julie von Haefen
| constituency =
| party =Republican
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|5}}
| birth_place = Burlington, North Carolina
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| alma_mater = Appalachian State University
| occupation =media consultant
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Joseph Nelson Dollar (born June 5, 1961) is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the State's 36th House district.{{cite web |url=http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/3873/2011-2012-report-for-rep-nelson-dollar |title=NCCPPR {{!}} North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research |website=www.nccppr.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422195507/http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/3873/2011-2012-report-for-rep-nelson-dollar |archive-date=2013-04-22}}[http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?nUserID=489&sChamber=H N.C. Legislature Profile Page] The district includes constituents from the towns of Cary, Apex and Swift Creek in Wake county. In 2006 WRAL reported on Rep. Dollar's first reelection campaign.[http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1088210/ WRAL: Cary State House Race Turns Testy]
A media and public relations consultant, Dollar has been active with the Boy Scouts, C.L.U.B. Ministries, and Camp Oak Hill. Dollar served as a Presidential Elector in 1996.
Healthcare
Nelson Dollar voted not to expand Medicaid with a procedural vote in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |title=Speaker Tim Moore blocks Medicaid expansion, but allows a small step in that direction |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article213022914.html |website=News & Observer |accessdate=18 October 2018}} In 2013, Dollar voted for a tax reform bill that eliminated some special tax credits while lowering tax rates.{{cite web |title=North Carolina General Assembly |url=https://www2.ncleg.net/BillLookUp/2013/h998 |accessdate=18 October 2018}}
Education
Dollar voted to pass the 2016 budget, which raised teacher pay by 4.7%.{{cite web |title=Teacher Pay Facts |url=https://www.ncteacherraise.com/ |accessdate=5 June 2019}} Dollar also voted to spend $388 million annually to reduce public school class sizes.{{cite web |title=North Carolina General Assembly |url=https://www2.ncleg.net/BillLookUp/2017/hb13 |accessdate=5 June 2019}} By passing the 2017 budget, Dollar voted to reduce income and corporate tax rates, increase educator salaries, and provide funds to attract new jobs to North Carolina.{{cite web |title=North Carolina General Assembly |url=https://www2.ncleg.net/BillLookUp/2017/s257 |accessdate=5 June 2019}}{{cite web |title=Triange Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/06/28/the-budget-bill-provision-that-could-lure.html |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
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{{North Carolina House of Representatives}}
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{{s-bef|before=Richard D. Levy}}
{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for North Carolina Commissioner of Labor|years=1992}}
{{s-aft|after=R. Tracy Walker}}
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{{s-bef|before=David Miner}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 36th district|years=2005-2019}}
{{s-aft|after=Julie von Haefen}}
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Category:Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly
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