FLIPPABLE: Allen Wellons for NC-SD11
Allen Wellons, 70, born and raised in Smithfield, NC; where he has made a career as a family farm manager and practicing law. Allen has a proven record of his leadership, for six years he served in the North Carolina Senate where he supported public education, workforce training, and agriculture policies that helped boost exports and strengthen North Carolina farm communities.
Today, Allen is running for the North Carolina Senate in the newly drawn 11th District representing Johnston and Nash counties. Allen knows in Raleigh we need leaders who will focus on our local issues and will work to get things done to help our citizens here at home.
Allen will focus on critical issues facing our district:
• Investing in our public schools
• Expanding workforce training programs
• Recruiting new high-wage jobs
• Supporting common-sense reform for Medicaid
• Building roads, bridges, and broadband internet in rural NC
• Practical tax policies that invest in our people and our state
Allen is married with three adult children. He is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and holds a Juris Doctorate from NC Central University School of Law. He previously served in the North Carolina Senate from 1996 until 2002.
Allen is a member of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Smithfield, NC. He has served his community as a former Scout Master, member of the Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce, co-chairman of the Johnston YMCA and served on the boards of the Children’s Hospital at UNC-Chapel Hill; the Foodbank of North Carolina and Habitat for Humanity. He is a former member of the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors and served on the NC Board of Community Colleges.
https://wellonsfornc.com/
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