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State Representative, 7th District

Cory Thornton

Candidate for State Representative, 7th District

Republican

Background

Occupation
Business owner
Lives in
Louisburg
Campaign website
thorntonfornc.com

Marine Corps veteran who enlisted at 17 and deployed to Japan, Thailand and Iraq; business owner in construction, real estate, entertainment and recycling; trustee of Vance-Granville Community College and deacon at Cedar Rock Baptist Church.

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Documented positions

Economy & jobs

  • Supports apprenticeships to address skilled labor shortages.

    Drawn from his campaign's description of the apprenticeship partnership he built as a business owner.

    Cory Thornton for NC House

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Cory Thornton · thorntonfornc.com

    “Recognizing the critical skilled labor shortage facing our community, Thornton was among the first business leaders to build an apprenticeship partnership program”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Cory Thornton on them.

  • EducationNo documented position found.

All sources (4)

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