Politics

Four GOP Candidates Seeking Auditor Post

WUNC | By Gurnal Scott

Published May 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM EDT

The top Republican candidates for State Auditor are seeking support in the final week before ballots are cast.

Gurnal Scott: There's an interesting trend among the GOP challengers seeking to unseat Democrat Beth Wood. If you believe last week's Public Policy Polling numbers, the leading contenders have the least amount of auditing experience. Wake County School Board member Debra Goldman credits her part in crafting the system's billion-dollar budget in being a fiscal watchdog. Security specialist Greg Dority says he puts little stock in number crunching to be an effective auditor. They lead former state representative Fern Shubert who says her more than 40 years as a CPA make her a natural fit to follow the money. Hickory Mayor Rudy Wright says his 11 years as a chief executive has been about watching dollars and cutting waste. Poll numbers also show fewer than 40 percent of likely Republican voters know which candidate they'll back May 8th.

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Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.

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