# Nelson Dollar

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{{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](/source/North_Carolina's_36th_House_district)
| term_start   = January 1, 2005
| term_end     = January 1, 2019
| preceded     = [David Miner](/source/David_M._Miner)
| succeeded    = [Julie von Haefen](/source/Julie_von_Haefen)
| constituency = 
| party        = [Republican](/source/United_States_Republican_Party)
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1961|6|5}}
| birth_place  = [Burlington, North Carolina](/source/Burlington%2C_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](/source/United_States_Republican_Party) member of the [North Carolina General Assembly](/source/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](/source/Cary%2C_North_Carolina), [Apex](/source/Apex%2C_North_Carolina) and Swift Creek in [Wake](/source/Wake_County%2C_North_Carolina) 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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Category:Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Category:Living people
Category:1961 births
Category:21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly

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