5/7/13 UPDATE:  SHE’S OUT! 

At the NC GOP election held in Charlotte on June 8, 2013, Republican delegates will be casting their vote for state party leadership.  Mattie Lawson has jumped into the race.   Here is some of the first information I’ve posted about her.

NCGOP Chairman candidate

Mattie Lawson

• official website –
• facebook –
• twitter @mattieSigma
• ENC TEA Party bio http://encteaparty.com/enctp/mattie-lawson/ This woman is extraordinary.  Her career was Principal Systems Engineer at Raytheon Corp.  She has been a long time member of the GOP. “I started the TEA Party movement in the Outer Banks.  Our first TEA Party was held in April 2009 at the Wright Brothers Monument.”
• Info from her 2012 run for NC House on Ballotopedia http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Mattie_Lawson
• Outer Banks Voice article, 10/2012: http://outerbanksvoice.com/2012/10/22/hopefuls-for-legislature-meet-at-realtorbuilder-forum/
• Announcement article, 5/5/2013: http://dailyhaymaker.com/?p=5344

For the full list of candidates and the offices they are seeking click here.