Asheville Citizen Times

by Jordan Schrader

ASHEVILLE - U.S. Senate candidate Jim Neal planned today to finish up a three-day trip to Asheville, where he met with potential supporters of his bid to take on Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

The Chapel Hill financial adviser is a newcomer to politics, something he says is well-received by the people he is meeting from the WNC business community.

“They want fresh faces,” he said. “What I’m hearing overwhelmingly is they’re tired of politicians, professional politicians.”

He faces a better-known opponent in the Democratic primary, state Sen. Kay Hagan, a budget chairwoman in the General Assembly.

In an interview, Neal spoke about his campaign, health care, the war in Iraq and other topics:

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