North Carolina News

HOUSE. ALL RIGHT. NOW AT 4:00 TODAY, NORTH CAROLINA TREASURER AND WINSTON-SALEM RESIDENT DALE FALWELL SPOKE ABOUT HIS FUTURE AND WHETHER HELL SUPPORT HIS PARTYS NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR. BILL ONEILL HAS OUR STORY. AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN POLITICS, DALE FALWELL LOST HIS PARTYS NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR LAST MONTH, LEAVING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR. WE WANTED TO KNOW, DOES THAT FUTURE INCLUDE POLITICS? DURING A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH REPORTERS FROM AROUND THE STATE, WE ASKED THE TREASURER ABOUT HIS OWN FUTURE. I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD SHARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. DO THEY INCLUDE ANYTHING INVOLVING POLITICS? I HAVE NO PLANS TO, UH, RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE. UH, GOING FORWARD. UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT COULD CHANGE. UH, BUT I DO KNOW THAT I LOVE FIXING AND I LOVE SAVING. AND THERES A LOT OF THINGS, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED AND SAVED AROUND THIS STATE AND AROUND THIS COUNTRY. FALWELLS FUTURE BECAME UNCERTAIN WHEN HE LOST HIS PARTYS NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR TO MARK ROBINSON LAST MONTH. THE WINSTON-SALEM REPUBLICAN HAD BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF ROBINSON DURING THE CAMPAIGN. WE CANNOT HAVE A REPUBLICAN PARTY THATS BASED ON HATE, IT NEEDS TO BE BASED ON HOPE. DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO SUPPORT IN ANY WAY THE GOP NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR? ILL SAY WHAT IVE SAID BEFORE. IM NOT GOING TO WASTE MY VOTE GOING FORWARD IN MY LIFE ON ANYONE. ITS UP TO THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, UH, TO PROVE, UH, TO THE VOTERS. WHY INCLUDING ME? WHY? HES THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU WOULD WOULD SUPPORT ACTIVELY, EITHER FINANCIALLY OR EVEN STUMPING THE, UH, THE TRAIL FOR THE NOMINEE FOR YOUR PARTY FOR GOVERNOR? YEAH. I DONT I DONT THINK IM GOING TO BE ASKED TO DO THAT. MARK ROBINSON FACES JOSH STEIN IN THE GOVERNORS RACE COME NOVEMBER. MR. FALWELL SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO RUN FOR OFFICE, BUT HE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN, SAYING THAT COULD CHANGE IN GREENSBORO. IM BI