By Eric Klamut

A Chapel Hill businessman seeking the seat of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., campaigned Monday in Rocky Mount.

Jim Neal, 51, a Democrat, spoke to local residents at Braswell Memorial Library on a variety of issues ranging from the local economy to the Iraq war.

An investment banker by trade, Neal stressed the importance of changing leadership in North Carolina and in Washington, D.C. He is one of five Democrats seeking the party’s nod for the Senate seat in the May primary.

“I believe that this year’s election is the most important one in my life,” Neal said. “The real story is not about Jim Neal, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton; it’s about voters.

“This is the year you get to vote for what you want, not for what they tell you.”

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