Hal Weatherman is a husband and father of three from North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and his Master's Degree from Wheaton College. He openly discusses his Christian faith.

Hal Weatherman is the founder and President of the Electoral Education Foundation, a non-profit organization. He has served as Chief of Staff to former North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest and former US Representative Sue Myrick. Additionally, he is a published author and has been an advisor to various Conservative candidates and campaigns.

Hal Weatherman has not held elected office but has served as Chief of Staff to former North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest and former US Representative Sue Myrick. He is currently a candidate seeking the Republican nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. 

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Said, "North Carolina is a right to work state... Low taxes (individual and corporate), a streamlined regulatory system... and access to cheap and dependable energy are all crucial to the long term economic success of our state."

Supports investing in infrastructure like ports and cold storage to transition North Carolina's agriculture from a local to a global market, leveraging its geographic advantage to meet the food demands of a growing global population.

Plans to redirect state contracts to local businesses, particularly in 75 rural counties, by scrutinizing the budget and leveraging North Carolina's purchasing power to foster economic growth in less prosperous areas.

Plans to redirect state contracts to local businesses, particularly in 75 rural counties, by trying to foster economic growth in less prosperous areas.

Plans to prioritize North Carolina's budget and surplus to bolster local businesses, aiming for economic self-sufficiency, while ensuring state pensions are fully funded.

Said, "When elected Lt. Governor, I will streamline the Apprenticeship program and work to give tax incentives to participating companies... North Carolina should be number one in Apprenticeships and I will accept nothing less."

- Said, "North Carolina is a right to work state... Low taxes (individual and corporate), a streamlined regulatory system... and access to cheap and dependable energy are all crucial to the long term economic success of our state."
- Supports investing in infrastructure like ports and cold storage to transition North Carolina's agriculture from a local to a global market, leveraging its geographic advantage to meet the food demands of a growing global population.
- Plans to redirect state contracts to local businesses, particularly in 75 rural counties, by trying to foster economic growth in less prosperous areas.
- Plans to prioritize North Carolina's budget and surplus to bolster local businesses, aiming for economic self-sufficiency, while ensuring state pensions are fully funded.
- Said, "When elected Lt. Governor, I will streamline the Apprenticeship program and work to give tax incentives to participating companies... North Carolina should be number one in Apprenticeships and I will accept nothing less."

Economy

As of January 31, 2024, Hal Weatherman’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports a "Heartbeat" bill to prohibit abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, aims to simplify adoption, advocates for adoption incentives, and endorses emergency pregnancy clinics offering compassionate care to women in crisis.

Supports a "Heartbeat" bill to prohibit abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, aims to simplify adoption, advocates for adoption incentives, and endorses emergency pregnancy clinics offering care to women in crisis.

- Supports a "Heartbeat" bill to prohibit abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, aims to simplify adoption, advocates for adoption incentives, and endorses emergency pregnancy clinics offering care to women in crisis.

Healthcare

Believes the state Supreme Court will approve voter ID laws and revert to a previously rejected congressional map, once deemed an "extreme partisan gerrymander" favoring Republicans.

Said, "I support free and fair elections... When elected Lt. Governor, I will embed an election integrity unit within my office to provide continual monitoring of the NC State Board of Elections."

The candidate's website says, "Smith said Republicans have been moving in the right direction in the 1st Congressional District... once the state Supreme Court allows the Legislature to draw the districts as it sees fit — believes she will win."

Voting & Elections

Said, "I favor armed school resource officers in each and every North Carolina elementary, middle and highschool. There is no excuse for this not currently being the case."

Said, "I support the Second Amendment and will accept no restrictions on a right that is expressly spelled out in the US Constitution."

- Said, "I favor armed school resource officers in each and every North Carolina elementary, middle and highschool. There is no excuse for this not currently being the case."
- Said, "I support the Second Amendment and will accept no restrictions on a right that is expressly spelled out in the US Constitution."

Public Safety

Plans to leverage Lt. Governor role to destigmatize trade careers, influence education and community college boards, and promote a culture valuing entrepreneurship, trades, and small business ownership.

Wants to reframe the community college image, advocating for integration with four-year universities and promoting dual associate's and bachelor's degrees to enhance practical skills in the workforce.

Said, "I'm for school choice - public, private, homeschool, parochial, charter or traditional public school... Every child deserves a great education... Education funding should follow the child to any education choice that student's parents decide for them."

Supports school choice, saying "I'm for school choice - public, private, homeschool, parochial, charter or traditional public school... Education funding should follow the child to any education choice that student's parents decide for them."

Opposes sexual content in early education, deems drag queen story hours inappropriate for schoolchildren, and prioritizes reading, writing, and arithmetic over discussions on pronouns in schools.

Opposes "sexual content" in early education, saying "drag queen story hour is never appropriate for school kids and our schools should be more concerned with the reading, writing and arithmetic skills of our children, than what pronouns they want to use."

Opposes teaching Critical Race Theory in schools, believing it labels black children as victims and white children as oppressors, contrary to the nation's foundational equality principle, and risks deep national division.

Said "Today, many schools are teaching the new radical doctrine that our black children are born victims and our white children are born oppressors. Critical Race Theory must not be allowed in our classrooms."

The candidate's website says, "In a post Covid world, we have seen a surge in homeschooling. North Carolina needs to avoid any temptation to add further government regulations on our homeschool families."

- Plans to leverage Lt. Governor role to destigmatize trade careers, influence education and community college boards, and promote a culture valuing entrepreneurship, trades, and small business ownership.
- Wants to reframe the community college image, advocating for integration with four-year universities and promoting dual associate's and bachelor's degrees to enhance practical skills in the workforce.
- Supports school choice, saying "I'm for school choice - public, private, homeschool, parochial, charter or traditional public school... Education funding should follow the child to any education choice that student's parents decide for them."
- Opposes "sexual content" in early education, saying "drag queen story hour is never appropriate for school kids and our schools should be more concerned with the reading, writing and arithmetic skills of our children, than what pronouns they want to use."
- Said "Today, many schools are teaching the new radical doctrine that our black children are born victims and our white children are born oppressors. Critical Race Theory must not be allowed in our classrooms."
- The candidate's website says, "In a post Covid world, we have seen a surge in homeschooling. North Carolina needs to avoid any temptation to add further government regulations on our homeschool families."

Education

Supports law and order, backs military and emergency personnel, advocates for veteran mental health, and plans to integrate veterans into the workforce with certifications that acknowledge military skills for education or professional qualifications.

Plans to integrate veterans into the workforce with certifications that acknowledge military skills for education or professional qualifications.

- Plans to integrate veterans into the workforce with certifications that acknowledge military skills for education or professional qualifications.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Hal Weatherman

Opposes sexual content in early education

Opposes labelling black children as victims and white children as oppressors in the classroom.

- Plans to leverage Lt. Governor role to destigmatize trade careers, influence education and community college boards, and promote a culture valuing entrepreneurship, trades, and small business ownership.
- Wants to reframe the community college image, advocating for integration with four-year universities and promoting dual associate's and bachelor's degrees to enhance practical skills in the workforce.
- Supports school choice.
- Opposes sexual content in early education
- Opposes labelling black children as victims and white children as oppressors in the classroom.
- The candidate's website says, "In a post Covid world, we have seen a surge in homeschooling. North Carolina needs to avoid any temptation to add further government regulations on our homeschool families."

The candidate's website says, "There is dignity in earning an honest day's wage for an honest day's work. Too many people are on the sidelines today, either unemployed, underemployed or frustrated in jobs that have no future of growth and advancement."

The candidate's website says, "So it’s important for the state to provide additional grant funding, Nelson said, and he added that he is confident Sanderson will be able to help with that."

The candidate's website says, "“There is dignity in work,” said Weatherman, who spoke at the Perquimans GOP Convention on Thursday. He previously spoke to Pasquotank Republicans in February."

The candidate's website says, "The Perquimans County Marine Industrial Park is going to bring good jobs to the area, Nelson said."

The candidate's website says, "Sanderson said the state Senate is currently awaiting the arrival of a budget from the House... He said the governor sent his budget a couple of weeks ago but it went where it’s always gone since Cooper took office in 2017: the bottom of Republican lawmakers’ desk drawer..."

The candidate's website says, "Dependency on China for manufactured goods is not only an economic issue but also a national security issue, he said."

The candidate's website says, "HERTFORD — GOP lieutenant governor candidate Hal Weatherman told Perquimans Republicans last week that he supports more opportunities for North Carolinians to pursue careers in the trades."

Plans to scrutinize North Carolina's budget to ensure state funds bolster small businesses, aiming to maintain jobs within the state. Formerly served as chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and Rep. Sue Myrick.

The candidate's website says, "Similarly, our apprenticeship program needs an overhaul, making it more user friendly, better advertised, with incentives to companies to drive participation."

The candidate's website says, "Smith said she’s glad to see North Carolina legislators introducing legislation to ban abortions. She said Republicans need to continue to stand for life and also for parents having a choice in their child’s education."

The candidate's website says, "Weatherman said he not only wants individuals to be self-sufficient; he believes the state should be, too... He said he got tired of hearing Cooper beg the federal government and non-governmental organizations at pandemic-related press conferences to provide more masks because North Carolina didn’t have enough."

As of January 31, 2024, Hal Weatherman’s website did not contain information on this issue and Hal Weatherman did not complete our questionnaire.

The candidate's website says, "Finally, every school throughout the state needs an armed guard on duty to protect the lives of our states' most precious asset - our children."

Said, "Our emergency management system needs an overhaul... We have watched our people in flood and hurricane zones wait years for relief and that must change... When I am elected Lt. Governor, I will launch our own Critical Needs Strategic Stockpile before emergencies happen so North Carolina is no longer dependent on any outside source for recovery."

The candidate's website says, "We need to harness technology to allow students to move at their own pace, with fast learners moving ahead in the curriculum, while other students can receive more attention from teachers. The days of one size fits all are over."

The candidate's website says, "Likewise, our high school guidance counselors need to be retrained to elevate post graduation trade work and vocational pursuits with the same intensity they are pushing a four year university option."

Said, "We need to get back to the basics and focus on developing the skills that our children need to compete in the workforce or attend college."

The candidate's website says, "Nelson also mentioned that the county has been awarded $40 million in state grant funding for construction of the new intermediate school but still needs $20 million..."

The candidate's website says, "The lieutenant governor serves on both the State Board of Education and State Board of Community Colleges... if elected, he would work with the boards 'to remove the stigma that society has put on people who work with their hands.'"

Opposes ideological litmus tests in hiring and promoting post-secondary educators, advocating for skill-based selection to uphold free speech rights and prevent discrimination.

The candidate's website says, "Our schools need to teach financial literacy: the value of homeownership, the basics of building equity, the principle of compounded interest, the basics of opening a bank account, managing debt..."

Said, "When a teacher is asked by a student a question about topics like sexuality, gender fluidity and the like, they should direct the child to go 'Ask their parents'... parents have an absolute right to know what is being taught to their children at all times."

Said, "Our schools are no longer teaching the basic values that underpin America... We no longer instruct students in the value of hard work, thrift, morals, and determination... We've replaced American Exceptionalism with a curriculum that teaches that America is the root of all evil."

Believes education prioritizes cultural agendas over essential life skills, undermining hard work, individualism, and financial prudence, leaving students ill-equipped for global competition with costly, undervalued degrees.

Hal Weatherman is a husband and father of three from North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and his Master's Degree from Wheaton College. While he openly discusses his Christian faith, specific details about the church he attends are not provided in the information given.

Hal Weatherman has not held elected office but has served as Chief of Staff to former North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest and former US Representative Sue Myrick. He is currently a candidate seeking the Republican nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. Specific appointments, committees, or past runs for elected office are not mentioned in the provided information.

- Said, "North Carolina is a right to work state... Low taxes (individual and corporate), a streamlined regulatory system... and access to cheap and dependable energy are all crucial to the long term economic success of our state."
- Supports investing in infrastructure like ports and cold storage to transition North Carolina's agriculture from a local to a global market, leveraging its geographic advantage to meet the food demands of a growing global population.
- Plans to redirect state contracts to local businesses, particularly in 75 rural counties, by scrutinizing the budget and leveraging North Carolina's purchasing power to foster economic growth in less prosperous areas.
- Plans to prioritize North Carolina's budget and surplus to bolster local businesses, aiming for economic self-sufficiency, while ensuring state pensions are fully funded.
- Said, "When elected Lt. Governor, I will streamline the Apprenticeship program and work to give tax incentives to participating companies... North Carolina should be number one in Apprenticeships and I will accept nothing less."
- The candidate's website says, "There is dignity in earning an honest day's wage for an honest day's work. Too many people are on the sidelines today, either unemployed, underemployed or frustrated in jobs that have no future of growth and advancement."
- The candidate's website says, "Similarly, our apprenticeship program needs an overhaul, making it more user friendly, better advertised, with incentives to companies to drive participation."
- Plans to scrutinize North Carolina's budget to ensure state funds bolster small businesses, aiming to maintain jobs within the state. Formerly served as chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and Rep. Sue Myrick.
- The candidate's website says, "HERTFORD — GOP lieutenant governor candidate Hal Weatherman told Perquimans Republicans last week that he supports more opportunities for North Carolinians to pursue careers in the trades."
- The candidate's website says, "Dependency on China for manufactured goods is not only an economic issue but also a national security issue, he said."
- The candidate's website says, "Sanderson said the state Senate is currently awaiting the arrival of a budget from the House... He said the governor sent his budget a couple of weeks ago but it went where it’s always gone since Cooper took office in 2017: the bottom of Republican lawmakers’ desk drawer..."
- The candidate's website says, "The Perquimans County Marine Industrial Park is going to bring good jobs to the area, Nelson said."
- The candidate's website says, "So it’s important for the state to provide additional grant funding, Nelson said, and he added that he is confident Sanderson will be able to help with that."
- The candidate's website says, "“There is dignity in work,” said Weatherman, who spoke at the Perquimans GOP Convention on Thursday. He previously spoke to Pasquotank Republicans in February."

- Supports a "Heartbeat" bill to prohibit abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, aims to simplify adoption, advocates for adoption incentives, and endorses emergency pregnancy clinics offering compassionate care to women in crisis.
- The candidate's website says, "Smith said she’s glad to see North Carolina legislators introducing legislation to ban abortions. She said Republicans need to continue to stand for life and also for parents having a choice in their child’s education."
- The candidate's website says, "Weatherman said he not only wants individuals to be self-sufficient; he believes the state should be, too... He said he got tired of hearing Cooper beg the federal government and non-governmental organizations at pandemic-related press conferences to provide more masks because North Carolina didn’t have enough."

- Believes the state Supreme Court will approve voter ID laws and revert to a previously rejected congressional map, once deemed an "extreme partisan gerrymander" favoring Republicans.
- Said, "I support free and fair elections... When elected Lt. Governor, I will embed an election integrity unit within my office to provide continual monitoring of the NC State Board of Elections."
- The candidate's website says, "Smith said Republicans have been moving in the right direction in the 1st Congressional District... once the state Supreme Court allows the Legislature to draw the districts as it sees fit — believes she will win."

- Said, "I favor armed school resource officers in each and every North Carolina elementary, middle and highschool. There is no excuse for this not currently being the case."
- The candidate's website says, "Finally, every school throughout the state needs an armed guard on duty to protect the lives of our states' most precious asset - our children."
- Said, "I support the Second Amendment and will accept no restrictions on a right that is expressly spelled out in the US Constitution."
- Said, "Our emergency management system needs an overhaul... We have watched our people in flood and hurricane zones wait years for relief and that must change... When I am elected Lt. Governor, I will launch our own Critical Needs Strategic Stockpile before emergencies happen so North Carolina is no longer dependent on any outside source for recovery."

- Believes education prioritizes cultural agendas over essential life skills, undermining hard work, individualism, and financial prudence, leaving students ill-equipped for global competition with costly, undervalued degrees.
- Plans to leverage Lt. Governor role to destigmatize trade careers, influence education and community college boards, and promote a culture valuing entrepreneurship, trades, and small business ownership.
- Said, "Our schools are no longer teaching the basic values that underpin America... We no longer instruct students in the value of hard work, thrift, morals, and determination... We've replaced American Exceptionalism with a curriculum that teaches that America is the root of all evil."
- The candidate's website says, "We need to harness technology to allow students to move at their own pace, with fast learners moving ahead in the curriculum, while other students can receive more attention from teachers. The days of one size fits all are over."
- Wants to reframe the community college image, advocating for integration with four-year universities and promoting dual associate's and bachelor's degrees to enhance practical skills in the workforce.
- The candidate's website says, "Likewise, our high school guidance counselors need to be retrained to elevate post graduation trade work and vocational pursuits with the same intensity they are pushing a four year university option."
- The candidate's website says, "Our schools need to teach financial literacy: the value of homeownership, the basics of building equity, the principle of compounded interest, the basics of opening a bank account, managing debt..."
- Said, "I'm for school choice - public, private, homeschool, parochial, charter or traditional public school... Every child deserves a great education... Education funding should follow the child to any education choice that student's parents decide for them."
- Opposes ideological litmus tests in hiring and promoting post-secondary educators, advocating for skill-based selection to uphold free speech rights and prevent discrimination.
- The candidate's website says, "The lieutenant governor serves on both the State Board of Education and State Board of Community Colleges... if elected, he would work with the boards 'to remove the stigma that society has put on people who work with their hands.'"
- The candidate's website says, "Nelson also mentioned that the county has been awarded $40 million in state grant funding for construction of the new intermediate school but still needs $20 million..."
- Opposes sexual content in early education, deems drag queen story hours inappropriate for schoolchildren, and prioritizes reading, writing, and arithmetic over discussions on pronouns in schools.
- Said, "We need to get back to the basics and focus on developing the skills that our children need to compete in the workforce or attend college."
- Opposes teaching Critical Race Theory in schools, believing it labels black children as victims and white children as oppressors, contrary to the nation's foundational equality principle, and risks deep national division.
- Said, "When a teacher is asked by a student a question about topics like sexuality, gender fluidity and the like, they should direct the child to go 'Ask their parents'... parents have an absolute right to know what is being taught to their children at all times."
- The candidate's website says, "In a post Covid world, we have seen a surge in homeschooling. North Carolina needs to avoid any temptation to add further government regulations on our homeschool families."

- Supports law and order, backs military and emergency personnel, advocates for veteran mental health, and plans to integrate veterans into the workforce with certifications that acknowledge military skills for education or professional qualifications.

- The Lieutenant Governor is the President of the North Carolina Senate, they preside over daily sessions. They can vote as a tiebreaker in the Senate if they are equally divided.
- The Lieutenant Governor serves as Vice-Chair to the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission, which compiles and maintains building records 
- The Lieutenant Governor serves on a number of important boards and commissions, including Domestic Violence Commission, Military Affairs Commission, Energy Policy Council, North Carolina Board of Education, North Carolina Capital Planning Commission, and the Board of Community Colleges.
- When the Governor cannot perform their duties, Lieutenant Governor-elect becomes Governor. Such instances may occur from the Governor's removal, resignation, or death.
- The Lieutenant Governor is elected for a four-year term, and can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms. 