{{Short description|American politician}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2010}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = J Nelson Dollar.jpg | image_size = 180px | name = Nelson Dollar | caption = | state_house = North Carolina | state = North Carolina | district = 36th | term_start = January 1, 2005 | term_end = January 1, 2019 | preceded = David Miner | succeeded = Julie von Haefen | constituency = | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|5}} | birth_place = Burlington, North Carolina | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | alma_mater = Appalachian State University | occupation = media consultant | website = }}
'''Joseph Nelson Dollar''' (born June 5, 1961) is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the State's 36th House district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/3873/2011-2012-report-for-rep-nelson-dollar |title=NCCPPR {{!}} North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research |website=www.nccppr.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422195507/http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/3873/2011-2012-report-for-rep-nelson-dollar |archive-date=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?nUserID=489&sChamber=H |title=N.C. Legislature Profile Page |access-date=2012-07-13 |archive-date=2018-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209212657/https://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?nUserID=489&sChamber=H |url-status=dead }}</ref> The district includes constituents from the towns of Cary, Apex and Swift Creek in Wake county. In 2006 WRAL reported on Rep. Dollar's first reelection campaign.<ref>[http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1088210/ WRAL: Cary State House Race Turns Testy]</ref>
A media and public relations consultant, Dollar has been active with the Boy Scouts, C.L.U.B. Ministries, and Camp Oak Hill. Dollar served as a Presidential Elector in 1996.
==Healthcare== Nelson Dollar voted not to expand Medicaid with a procedural vote in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |title=Speaker Tim Moore blocks Medicaid expansion, but allows a small step in that direction |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article213022914.html |website=News & Observer |accessdate=18 October 2018}}</ref> In 2013, Dollar voted for a tax reform bill that eliminated some special tax credits while lowering tax rates.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Carolina General Assembly |url=https://www2.ncleg.net/BillLookUp/2013/h998 |accessdate=18 October 2018}}</ref>
==Education== Dollar voted to pass the 2016 budget, which raised teacher pay by 4.7%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Teacher Pay Facts |url=https://www.ncteacherraise.com/ |accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref> Dollar also voted to spend $388 million annually to reduce public school class sizes.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Carolina General Assembly |url=https://www2.ncleg.net/BillLookUp/2017/hb13 |accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref> By passing the 2017 budget, Dollar voted to reduce income and corporate tax rates, increase educator salaries, and provide funds to attract new jobs to North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Carolina General Assembly |url=https://www2.ncleg.net/BillLookUp/2017/s257 |accessdate=5 June 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108091247/https://www2.ncleg.net/BillLookup/2017/s257 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Triange Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2017/06/28/the-budget-bill-provision-that-could-lure.html |accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Richard D. Levy}} {{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for North Carolina Commissioner of Labor|years=1992}} {{s-aft|after=R. Tracy Walker}} {{s-par|us-nc-hs}} {{s-bef|before=David Miner}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives <br/> from the 36th district|years=2005-2019}} {{s-aft|after=Julie von Haefen}} {{s-end}}
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