Gloria Harrington OvercashInternet & Social Media Review

July 8, 2020

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ContentsGLORIA HARRINGTON OVERCASH 3

Summary of Findings from Internet & Social Media 3

Social Media: 5

Facebook: 5

Campaign Website: 10

Anson Record: 14

Anson honors one of their own (3/5/2020) 14

Peachland native eyes State House seat(3/10/2020) 15

Project Vote Smart: 18

Bio (Undated) 18

Funding (Undated) 18

Other Internet Hits: 20

Ballotpedia: Gloria Overcash (Undated) 20

Legacy.com: John Harrington Sr. (10/2009) 21

Public Schools First NC: NC House Candidates (2020) 22

NC Institute of Political Leadership: NCIOPL 2017-2018 Individual Donors (2018) 23

Blue NC: NC House races that need Democratic candidates (12/14/2019) 23

Peachland United Methodist Church: Leadership (2020) 24

Union County Weekly: Breaking down the 2020 ballot (1/10/2020) 25

WECT: NC-Winners (2/24/2020) 26

North Carolina School Boards Association: NC House/Senate Candidates to Watch in 2020 (3/2020) 26

JS Supra: NCGA Week in Review - March 2020 #1 (3/9/2020) 26

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GLORIA HARRINGTON OVERCASHSummary of Findings from Internet & Social Media

The following is a summary of findings based on a review of Gloria Harrington Overcash, Democrat candidate for North Carolina House District 55:

Claims to be 2nd Amendment Advocate: Unlike many of Overcash's colleagues running for the legislature, Overcash claims she is an "advocate for the 2nd Amendment." It would be interesting to get her on the record to see what, if any, gun control measures she would support.1

Biggest Goal is to Expand Medicaid: According to a news report, Overcash has said her biggest goal for the county is to expand Medicaid, as permitted under Obamacare. She blames the shuttering of rural hospitals across the state on the failure of the state to expand the state-federal health program.2

Endorsed by Big Labor: On her campaign Facebook page in June, Overcash announced that she was "honored" to have been endorsed by the North Carolina chapter of the AFL-CIO labor union.3

Few Specifics on What She Hopes to Achieve: On her campaign website's issues sections, Overcash does not take any stances on hot-button issues, but states rather generic goals such as job creation, improved infrastructure, retaining veteran teachers, and supporting family farms over factory forms.4

Wants Return of Non-Partisan Judicial Elections: Overcash's website says she will work "tirelessly to restore non-partisan judicial elections."5

Wants Greater Volunteer Firefighter Input on Standards: Overcash's husband is a volunteer fireman. She has said she will work to ensure that volunteer fire departments "have a stronger voice in setting standards and training hours" as mandated by the state.6

1 https://www.gloriaovercash.com/ 2 https://ansonrecord.com/news/9567/peachland-native-eyes-state-house-seat 3 See "Social Media" section of this report for relevant screenshots.4 https://www.gloriaovercash.com/ 5 https://www.gloriaovercash.com/ 6 https://www.gloriaovercash.com/

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Slow Fundraising: According to Project Vote Smart, Overcash has only raised just over $2,200 - however it is unclear when Project Vote Smart's numbers were updated. Most of that money was contributed by her husband Dan ($1,262.84) and herself ($140).7

Former Democratic Activist, Recruited by Governor: Overcash is the former chair of the Anson County Democratic Party and served two terms in the 1990s and early 2000s. She has stated she was also active on the district and state level. Overcash also stated she was recruited to run for the race by members of the legislature "on behalf of the governor."8

Donor to Political Leadership Institute: In 2017-2018, Overcash donated to the NC Institute of Political Leadership, which provides "nonpartisan leadership training programs for public servants, both elected and appointed."9

Active in her Church: Overcash appears to be heavily involved with her church, Peachland United Methodist Church. She serves as Chair of the Church Council, as well as on the Staff-Parish Relations Committee, the Stewardship Committee, and serves as the lay member to the UMC's annual conference. Her husband serves on the Finance Committee and is chair of the Building Committee.10

Father Passed in 2009: Overcash's father, John Wesley Harrington, Sr., passed away in October 2009.11

7 https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/campaign-finance/188927/gloria-overcash 8 https://ansonrecord.com/news/9567/peachland-native-eyes-state-house-seat 9 https://iopl.org/nciopl-2017-individual-donors/ 10 http://peachlandumc.org/sample-page/ 11 https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/john-harrington-obituary?pid=134009295

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Social Media:

Facebook:Personal Page:

https://www.facebook.com/gloria.harringtonovercash.5

Harrington has a personal page, but she appears to rarely use it or has restricted who may view her posts. Of the little content that is available to review, nothing appeared to be problematic or controversial.

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Campaign Page:

https://www.facebook.com/GloriaOvercashforNCHouse55/?ref=py_c

Overcash’s campaign page hasn’t been extremely active either, but there were a few posts of note:

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She has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO:

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She supports Medicaid expansion:

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Campaign Website:https://www.gloriaovercash.com/

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About: https://www.gloriaovercash.com/about

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Anson Record: Anson honors one of their own (3/5/2020)https://ansonrecord.com/news/9488/anson-honors-one-of-their-own

Religious, political, and community leaders from across Anson County met at South Piedmont Community College’s Lockhart-Taylor Center on Thursday, February 27 to celebrate one of their own: Grammy-award winning composer and Anson County educator, Richard Lewis Spencer. The event was the culmination of events throughout late January and February planned and coordinated by the Anson County MLK, Jr./Black History Month committee.

The event was presided over by Rev. Anthony Hall and Min. Christine Hall. Special guests walked the red carpet before approaching the stage. Attendants of all races were encouraged to dress in African attire and many wore garments emblazoned with vibrant colors and featuring elaborate patterns and designs. Richard Spencer was unable to attend due to health issues so his brother, Joey Spencer, accepted awards in his sibling’s honor.

“We’re here to honor a great man and I want you all to really get into the program,” said Min. Hall, who added, “We’re here to have a good evening, okay? So, we’re not here to just be sitting still, we’re here to enjoy the festivities in honoring Mr. Richard Spencer, alright? We’re here to celebrate! And as a celebration, we have fun!”

The festivities included live music performed by Mr. Spencer’s siblings, Joey, Rodney, and Sherrie Spencer with keyboard accompaniment by Mitchel Patton. Kenya Miles from the HOLLA Organization’s production of The Lion King, Jr. gave a thunderous rendition of The Circle of Life from the play. Sylvia Pratt gave a live reading of Langston Hughes’s poem Mother and Son. Betty Huntley choreographed an interpretive dance piece. There were also lip-syncing performances of hits by Tina Turner and The Emotions.

Richard Spencer received awards honoring his achievements in music, writing, education, and ministry. Leon Gatewood, of the HOLLA! Organization, and NC House candidate Gloria Harrington Overcash presented a replica of the Grammy Spencer received in 1970 as bandleader of the R & B group The Winstons for their song Color Him Father. In addition to the Grammy, Spencer received awards for his book The Molasses Tree and his tenure teaching at Anson High School.

“I was doing pretty good until Color Him Father came out,” said Joey jokingly, “That record deprived me of the right to live in poverty like the rest of my friends. You

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know, it’s because of that record that I was deprived of the privilege of cutting firewood. What kind of brother wakes his six-year-old sibling at 3 o’clock in the morning? Who does that? And next thing I know I’m on a 747 jet on the way to Washington D.C. And when I got to this mansion, there was a Christmas tree, it was so tall I thought it was growing through the floor. I remember my brother, Richard, coming down the stairs saying, Joey, no, you don’t climb that.”

Brenda Broadway and Cornelia Liles presented Joey with Richard’s Lifetime Achievement Award. “Let’s go back to the 1970s. In 1970, we were in the throes of the Vietnam War. Richard Nixon was president. This building we’re in now was a fully-functional textile mill. A 16 oz coke was 25 cents and so were cigarettes and a gallon of gas. There were no cell phones. The source of music in your car was the radio unless you were lucky and someone installed an 8-track in your dash,” said Liles,

“One of the favorite activities in Wadesboro at that time was cruising around Salisbury Street. Despite all this, word had spread around Wadesboro real good that one of our homeboys was coming out with a song and that it would be released on Father’s Day. We couldn’t wait to hear it. After that release, cruising had a new meaning. We turned our radios up a notch whenever that song came on. Years later a seasoned young man returned to Wadesboro and taught at the high school in the Social Studies department,” said Liles. That man was, of course, Richard Spencer, and all of Anson County is proud to call him one of their own.

Peachland native eyes State House seat(3/10/2020)https://ansonrecord.com/news/9567/peachland-native-eyes-state-house-seat

PEACHLAND- Anson County’s own Gloria Harrington Overcash is running for Anson’s NC House Seat District 55 this November. Overcash is a native of

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Peachland and was raised on a small farm. Her biggest goal for Anson County is expanding Medicaid.

“After the current legislature failed to pass Medicaid expansion, we’ve had many rural hospitals that have closed their doors,” explained Overcash. Education is also a top concern for Overcash, “One of the ways to recruit new industry and to have a job-ready workforce is to have a strong community college and public school system.”

Overcash is herself a product of the Anson County public school system and graduated from Bowman Senior High School. Following her graduation from Bowman, Overcash would attend college at Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina and received a degree in communications.

Shortly following her graduation from Wingate, Overcash went to work for the state of North Carolina in the District Attorney’s office. She worked in the victim’s advocacy program there. Overcash says she gave victims and witnesses a voice during her time at the DA’s office.

“We explained to victims and witnesses’ the court process and what would happen as their case evolved through the court system. From the beginning, when someone was arrested, contact was made with the victim or witness letting them know what they could expect, what would be happening with their case throughout its process in the court system,” said Overcash.

Overcash spent eight years at the District Attorney’s office. “When I started that program,” explained Overcash, “I was assigned in Anson and Union County. I did that for eight years and then went to work for the Senior Residence Superior Court Judge Jim Webb as his trial court coordinator.

Judge Webb was the superior court judge for Anson, Richmond, and Moore counties. Overcash retired from there a little over two years ago, in 2017, after 30 years with the judicial system. “I am quite aware and understand the duties and responsibilities of a legislature and some of my job with Judge Webb involved the tracking of bills as they evolved in the legislature.”

In addition to her work in the judicial system, Overcash is the former chair of the Anson County Democratic Party and served two terms in the 90s and early 2000s. “I have been active in the democratic party on the county, district, and state level,” said Overcash.

“Some of the members of the legislature reached out to me on behalf of the governor asking me to run. That was in December,” explained Overcash. Overcash believes her

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experience in both the judicial system and in the democratic party, have prepared her for a seat in the NC House.

“One of the things I do want to address is that I feel like, since I am from Peachland and have spent a lifetime helping people in Anson County, that this is just the next step in being able to help the citizens of Anson County, regardless of what party I’m affiliated with. This is not a party thing, this is an Anson County thing,” said Overcash.

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Project Vote Smart: Bio (Undated)https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/188927/gloria-overcash

Funding (Undated)https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/campaign-finance/188927/gloria-overcash

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Other Internet Hits:

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Ballotpedia: Gloria Overcash (Undated)https://ballotpedia.org/Gloria_Overcash

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Legacy.com: John Harrington Sr. (10/2009)https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/john-harrington-obituary?pid=134009295

John Wesley Harrington Sr.

PEACHLAND -- Mr. Harrington, 83, passed away on October 3rd, 2009 at Presbyterian Hospital in Matthews. Mr. Harrington was born January 20, 1926 and was the son of the late Carl Derome and Henrietta Phillips Harrington.

Memorial Services will be on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. at Peachland United Methodist Church. Visitation will follow the service.

Mr. Harrington was married to Frances Webster Harrington after they met at Love's Boarding House in Petersburg, Virginia, which was fitting as they shared a love for each other for over 60 years. John was a graduate of Peachland High School as well as the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Technical School and attended the Richmond Professional Institute which is now known as Virginia Commonwealth University. He was employed as a Signal Maintainer, Engineer and Draftsman for Seaboard Air Line, Coast Line and CSX for 44 continuous years serving all over the southeast. John was also a State Legislative Representative for the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen and a member of the Abbeville City Council.

John was also very faithful to the Methodist Church. He joined Peachland United Methodist church as teenager but transferred to other Methodist churches as his employment led him to many different locations. His service in many capacities included Administrative Council Member, Church Trustee, Chairman of Membership and Evangelism Committee and Pastor-Parish Relations Committee Member. John

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returned to membership at his home church in Peachland after his retirement. John was also a member of the Beaver Dam Masonic Lodge #276 in Marshville, where he was found to be faithful in his attendance and friendship.

In addition to his wife Frances, he is survived by his son, Rev. John W. Harrington Jr. and wife Betsy of Leesburg, Florida; two daughters, Mrs. Janice Harrington Clark and husband Max of Versailles, Kentucky and Mrs. Gloria Harrington Overcash and husband Dan of Peachland; sister, Mrs. Ann Harrington Stone of Liverpool, New York. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Dr. Amanda Harrington of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, John Clark and his wife Dr. Monica Clark of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Dr. Phil Harrington of Birmingham, Alabama; step-grandchildren, Daniel Overcash, Michael Overcash, Katie Gurley and Alex Gurley.

The family has requested that memorials be made to the following: The Peachland Cemetery Association, 1642 Upper White Store Rd., Peachland, NC 28133; Peachland United Methodist Church, P.O. Bx. 330, Peachland, NC 28133, or the American Diabetes Association, 222 South Church St., Suite 336-M, Charlotte, NC 28202.

Morgan & Son Funeral Home of Marshville is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.morganandsonfuneralhome.com.

Public Schools First NC: NC House Candidates (2020)https://www.publicschoolsfirstnc.org/engage/education-position-questionnaire/nc-house-candidates/

The following table lists the NC State House candidates and their responses to our Education Position Questionnaire.

These candidates are asking for YOUR support and YOUR vote. Before you give them power to represent you, you should ask them for answers to these questions on education policy. And you should also consider whether they have actually demonstrated their stated convictions in any prior service. It’s your support, and your vote, for our communities’ children and future, and you have a right – and even a responsibility – to ask for real answers!

2020 Responses...

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NC Institute of Political Leadership: NCIOPL 2017-2018 Individual Donors (2018)https://iopl.org/nciopl-2017-individual-donors/

Blue NC: NC House races that need Democratic candidates (12/14/2019)http://bluenc.com/content/nc-house-races-need-democratic-candidates

District# Dem candidate filed

01 *Emily Nicholson

03 *Cynthia Deporter

04 *Christopher Schulte

06 *Tommy Fulcher

07 *Phillip Stover

10 *Carl Martin

(many more below the fold)

12 *Lenton Brown

13 *Buck Bayliff

15 *Carolyn Gomaa

16 *Deborah Fintak

26 *Linda Bennett

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46 *Timothy Heath

51 *Jason Cain

53 *Sally Benson and John Fitzpatrick

55 *Gloria Overcash....

Peachland United Methodist Church: Leadership (2020)http://peachlandumc.org/sample-page/

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Union County Weekly: Breaking down the 2020 ballot (1/10/2020)https://unioncountyweekly.com/news/2020/01/breaking-down-the-2020-ballot/

N.C. Rep. Mark Brody considered running for lieutenant governor last year, but he’s opting for a fifth term in the House of Representatives. Paul Nielsen/UCW photo

Aside from races like governor or President, Union County voters can elect school board members, county commissioners and state legislators in the 2020 election. Here’s a look at who has entered local and state legislative races.

...N.C. House

• District 55: Gloria Overcash (Dem) & Mark Brody (Rep)

Mark Brody has served four terms. He’ll face Gloria Overcash, of Peachland.

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WECT: NC-Winners (2/24/2020)https://www.wect.com/2020/02/24/nc-winners/

State House - District 55

Gloria Overcash, Dem

State House - District 55

Mark Brody (i), GOP

North Carolina School Boards Association: NC House/Senate Candidates to Watch in 2020 (3/2020)https://www.ncsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020ElectionRaces-to-Watch-Revised-03172020.pdf

JS Supra: NCGA Week in Review - March 2020 #1 (3/9/2020)https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ncga-week-in-review-march-2020-1-15679/

It was big week in politics throughout the country as Super Tuesday primary results came in and the threat of the Coronavirus spread from coast to coast. In North Carolina, this week began with public officeholder hopefuls and incumbents making their final pleas to voters all over the state as they made their way to the polls to cast their first ballots of the 2020 election. Many of those same candidates ended their week back in Raleigh as a handful of interim study and oversight committees met to

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hear presentations from several state agencies. During this week's Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology, Tracy Doaks, the new state Secretary of the Department of Information Technology, made her first official introduction to lawmakers in her new role, and laid out her plans for the agency.

General Election Contests

With Super Tuesday now in North Carolina's rear-view mirror, it is full speed ahead to November for candidates who survived their primary contests. Some primary races were determined by just a handful of votes while others won by landslides. Below, we lay out the candidates you can expect to see on the ballot in North Carolina this November, from US President to the North Carolina General Assembly.

....House District 55: Current Rep. Mark Brody (R-Union) against Gloria Harrington Overcash (D) in the general.