Friends,

Twice I ran for the Court of Appeals – in 1998 and 2000. Each time it was a squeaker.

The primary on March 3rd is only 19 days away. Early voting has already started.

Michael has 20+ times more relevant experience for a potential Judge of the Court of Appeals than the other candidate. For the last six years he has been a Judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings. His decisions are reviewed by the Court of Appeals where he is 9-0 having his judgements upheld. Before that he had decades of litigation experience appearing before the Court of Appeals with many significant victories.

Primaries are very important as we pick our best candidate for November.

Michael Byrne will be electable in the November election. He has already been endorsed by the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association and the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police. He also has the endorsement from the National Association of Police Organizations. This may be its first judicial primary endorsement in North Carolina history. Over 240,000 sworn officers and 1,000 police units nationwide are represented. It is highly likely that after the primary Michael will be endorsed by SEANC.

Why these endorsements? Much of Michael’s private practice for decades was defending law enforcement officers and state employees ni court.

I hope you will consider voting for Michael Byrne.

Cordially,

Paul Stam