Elected 1990 Born: Jan. 23, 1941, Brevard Home: Brevard Education: Wake Forest U., B.A. 1963, J.D. 1966 Religion: Baptist Marital Status: married (Elizabeth)

Career:

• Elected Office: NC House of Reps., 1966-72, Minority Ldr., 1968-72; NC Senate, 1972-74, Minority Ldr., 1972-74.
• Professional: Tree farmer.

DC Office: 231 CHOB 20515, 202-225-6401; Web site: www.house.gov/charlestaylor

State Offices: Asheville, 828-251-1988; Hendersonville,828-697-8539; Murphy,828-837-3249; Rutherfordton,828-286-8750; Waynesville,828-456-7559.

Committees:

• Appropriations (11th of 35 R): Commerce, Justice & State; Interior; The Legislative Branch (Chmn.).

Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	5	21	16	0	13	71	63	72	92	82	100
1999	5	--	0	6	46	--	60	78	100	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	0%	--	84%		0%	--	94%
Social	0%	--	96%		0%	--	79%
Foreign	15%	--	81%		12%	--	78%

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 N 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World N 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo N

Election Results
2000 general	Charles H. Taylor (R)	146,677	(55%)
	Sam Neill (D)	112,234	(42%)
	Other	7,466	(3%)
2000 primary	Charles H. Taylor (R)	unopposed
1998 general	Charles H. Taylor (R)	112,908	(57%)
	David Young (D)	84,256	(42%)
	Other	2,259	(1%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Charles H. Taylor (R)	$1,162,737	$171,600	$1,555,039
Sam Neill (D)	$937,056	$230,954	$851,434