Elected 1986 Born: Dec. 6, 1926, Hickory Home: Hickory Education: U. of NC, Amherst Col., B.A. 1948 Religion: Episcopalian Marital Status: married (Donna)

Career:

• Elected Office: Catawba Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 1966-74, Chmn. 1970-74; NC House of Reps., 1974-76; NC Senate, 1976-86.
• Professional: Businessman; Pres., Hickory Paper Box Co., 1948-70; Founder & Pres., Plastic Packaging Inc., 1957-present.
• Military: Naval Air Corps, 1944-45.

DC Office: 2182 RHOB 20515, 202-225-2576; Fax: 202-225-0316; Web site: www.house.gov/ballenger

State Offices: Hickory, 828-327-6100.

Committees:

• Education & the Workforce (4th of 27 R): Employer-Employee Relations; Workforce Protections.
• International Relations (9th of 26 R): International Operations and Human Rights; Western Hemisphere (Chmn.).

Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	0	21	0	14	32	90	64	94	91	85	87
1999	5	--	0	6	44	--	59	84	80	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	0%	--	84%		6%	--	85%
Social	32%	--	66%		34%	--	65%
Foreign	27%	--	72%		0%	--	88%

Key Votes of the 106th Congress
1. Patient Bill of Rights N 2. Accelerate Min. Wage N 3. Strike Ban on Ergo. Stnd. N 4. Ovrd. Estate Tax Veto Y 5. Bar RU-486 $ for FDA Y 6. Display 10 Commandments Y		7. Gun Show Bkgrnd. Checks N  8. Ban Part.-Birth Abortion Y  9. NATO War in Serbia N 10. Perm. Trade with China Y 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World N 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo N

Election Results
2000 general	Cass Ballenger (R)	164,182	(68%)
	Delmas Parker (D)	70,877	(29%)
	Other	5,599	(2%)
2000 primary	Cass Ballenger (R)	unopposed
1998 general	Cass Ballenger (R)	118,541	(86%)
	Deborah Garrett Eddins (Lib)	19,970	(14%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Cass Ballenger (R)	$238,648	$128,201	$266,557