North Carolina Candidates for Senator
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North Carolina Candidates for Senator |
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North Carolina Senator Candidates 2014
Kay Hagan (D)
Greg Brannon (R) - Tea Party Activist
Ted Corriher (R)
Terry Embler (R)
Ted Alexander (R)
Bill Flynn (R)
Heather Grant (R)
Mark Harris (R)
Edward Kryn (R)
Aaron O'Neal (R)
Thom Tillis (R)
David Waddell (Constitution/Write-In)
Will Stewart (Independent)
North Carolina Congressional Candidates 2014 Republican and Democrat
District 1:
G.K. Butterfield (D)
District 2:
Renee Ellmers (R)
Frank Roche (R)
Clay Aiken (D)
Houston Barnes (D)
Keith Crisco (D)
District 3:
Walter Jones Jr. (R)
Scott Dacey (R)
Taylor Griffin (R)
Michael Malagisi (R)
Marshall Adame (D)
Jason Thigpen (D)
District 4:
David Price (D)
George Hutchins (R) - Tea Party Activist
District 5:
Virginia Foxx (R)
District 6:
Phil Berger Jr. (R)
Mike Causey (R)
Dan Collison (R)
Tom Manning (R)
Zack Matheny (R)
Charlie Sutherland (R)
Bruce VonCannon (R)
Bradley Walker (R)
Don Webb (R)
Bill Wright (R)
Billy Yow (R)
Danielle Adams (D)
Laura Fjeld (D)
Tony Foriest (D)
District 7:
Jonathan Barfield (D)
David Rouzer (R)
Woody White (R)
District 8:
Richard Hudson (R)
Larry Kissell (D)
District 9:
Robert Pittenger (R)
Shawn Eckles (Independent)
District 10:
Patrick McHenry (R)
Richard Lynch (R)
Terry Bellamy (D)
District 11:
Mark Meadows (R)
J.T. Ritch (Libertarian)
District 12 - SPECIAL ELECTION:
Alma Adams (D)
George Battle III (D)
Marcus Brandon (D)
Beverly Earle (D)
Malcolm Graham (D)
James Mitchell (D)
Rodney Moore (D)
Curtis Osborne (D)
District 13:
George Holding (R)
Brenda Cleary (D)
The earliest exploration of North Carolina by a European expedition is likely that of Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. An Italian from Florence, Verrazzano was hired by French merchants in order to procure a sea route to bring silk to the city of Lyon. With the tacit support of King Francis I, Verrazzano sailed west on January 1, 1524 aboard his ship La Dauphine ahead of a flotilla that numbered three ships. The expedition made landfall at Cape Fear, and Verrazzano reported of his explorations to the King of France,
"The seashore is completely covered with fine sand [15 feet] deep, which rises in the shape of small hills about fifty paces wide... Nearby we could see a stretch of country much higher than the sandy shore, with many beautiful fields and planes[sic] full of great forests, some sparse and some dense; and the trees have so many colors, and are so beautiful and delightful that they defy description."
Verrazzano continued north along the Outer Banks, making periodic explorations as he sought a route further west towards China. When he viewed the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds opposite the Outer Banks, he believed them to be the Pacific Ocean; his reports of such helped fuel the belief that the westward route to Asia was much closer than previously believed.
Just two years later, in 1526, a group of Spanish colonists from Hispaniola led by Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón landed at the mouth of a river they called the "Rio Jordan", which may have been the Cape Fear River. The party consisted of 500 men and women, their slaves, and horses. One of their ships wrecked off the shore, and valuable supplies were lost; this coupled with illness and rebellion doomed the colony. Ayllon died in October, 1526 and the 150 or so survivors of that first year abandoned the colony and attempted to return to Hispaniola. Later explorers reported finding their remains along the coast; as the dead were cast off during the return trip.
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