Jim Hunt

Former Gov. Hunt honored for education efforts

PORT☆CITY☆UNDERGROUND (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

Former Gov. Jim Hunt is being honored for driving school reform in North Carolina, and he plans to ...

Hunt talks educational policy for Obama

PORT☆CITY☆UNDERGROUND (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008

Former Gov. Jim Hunt is being honored for his longtime dedication to education ...

Hunt won't be U.S. secretary of education

NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008

Former Gov. Jim Hunt says you can take him off the list of potential education secretaries in Barack Obama's administration.

Hunt as education secretary

Random Mumblings (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

Former N.C. Gov. Jim Hunt is being mentioned among a handful of others as a possible education secretary in the Obama administration. He would be a good choice. ...

Hunt mentioned as education secretary

NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

Former Gov. Jim Hunt, who campaigned vigorously here for Barack Obama, is mentioned today by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a possible education secretary in Obama's cabinet.

Labor's sweat in N.C. campaigns paid big dividends

NewsObserver.com - Politics (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

... NEA. When he went to Washington, he thought he would be working with President Al Gore and with Jim Hunt as his education secretary. He remains close to Hunt, Gov. Mike Easley and with Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue. He maintains a home in Southwest Raleigh, which he visits monthly and where he plans to retire.

First Read's Speculation list.

Alyson Love (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

First Read offers up this list for consumption. I have my own list going, but this has way more on it in the speculation department (after all I'm not a reporter or anything, lol)-- If a serious name has been floated, they are likely on this list. If not, let us know. OUR OBAMA CABINET SPECULATION LIST: -- Agriculture: Tom Vilsack, Tom Buis (Natl Farmers Union), Charlie Stenholm, Jim Leach,

Newsweek: Who will be Obama's education secretary?

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

... of education at Stanford who acted as a surrogate for Obama during the campaign or former Gov. Jim Hunt of North Carolina, both reformers who have a long history of working respectfully with the unions on issues like increased teacher professionalism. There’s even talk of Obama choosing one of their own, like Randi Weingarten, the savvy new president of the American Federation of Teachers....

Ex-NC gov. talks educational policy for Obama

Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008

(The Associated Press) Former Gov. Jim Hunt is being honored for his longtime dedication to education in North Carolina while also being discussed as a possible U.S. education secretary. North Carolina State University will honor the four-term governor during the College of Education's annual award ceremony Nov. 19. Hunt has served on the federal Commission on the Future of High Education....

Tom Vander Ark: A Secretary Who Matters

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008

... for Democrat governors to make educational progress, but Mike Easley has done a good job following Jim Hunt's lead in North Carolina. Former Maine Governor Angus King was a great leader on technology and Roy Barnes was a courageous leader against tenure in Georgia. Duval Patrick, Massachusetts, looks promising -- maybe second term. Secretary of Education would be a great place to cross the...

The making of Dole's 'godless' ad

Raw Story (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008

... ad in 1990, which said that his black opponent, Harvey Gantt, favored racial quotas. Or the 1984 Jim Hunt ad featuring gun shots and photographs of dead bodies, which tied Helms to right-wing death squads in El Salvador. at newsobserver.com

Dole's 'godless' ad held as last resort

News & Observer (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008

... ad in 1990, which said that his black opponent, Harvey Gantt, favored racial quotas. Or the 1984 Jim Hunt ad featuring gun shots and photographs of dead bodies, which tied Helms to right-wing death squads in El Salvador.In postelection interviews, Dole campaign advisers said the genesis of the commercial occurred when a Dole campaign researcher spotted a posting on a liberal fundraising...

Profiles of new US senators

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

Hagan worked in the banking industry before her three children were born and entered politics as a county manager for former Gov. Jim Hunt's campaigns in the 1990s. She won a seat in the state Senate a decade ago — beating a Republican incumbent — and quickly rose through the ranks to become a chief budget writer.

Hagan's change of heart has her Washington-bound

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

Hagan worked in the banking industry before her three children were born, and entered politics as a county manager for former Gov. Jim Hunt's campaigns in the 1990s. She won a seat in the state Senate a decade ago -- beating a Republican incumbent -- and quickly rose through the ranks to become a chief budget writer.

Hagan's change of heart has her Washington-bound

Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

Hagan worked in the banking industry before her three children were born, and entered politics as a county manager for former Gov. Jim Hunt's campaigns in the 1990s. She won a seat in the state Senate a decade ago - beating a Republican incumbent - and quickly rose through the ranks to become a chief budget writer.

• Hagan's change of heart has her Washington-bound - San Fransisco Chronicle
• Sen. Elizabeth Dole dumped in N.C. - NYDailyNews
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