Duane Cutlip is a businessman, husband, and proud father. He has been active in Wake County grassroots politics for several years. He is an active member of Heritage Baptist Church in Zebulon, NC. He and his wife, Angie, have two wonderful daughters, Abigail and Amelia. They live just outside of Wendell in Wake County.

Duane was born into a family with loving, supportive parents, but they were poor. The house he lived in when he was born had no running water or indoor plumbing. Despite their financial challenges, his parents taught him that anything was possible in America as long as you were honest, had good character, never sacrificed your principles, and worked hard. He learned the value and reward of hard work at an early age and worked his way through High School and College.

Upon graduation, he worked two full-time jobs to pay back school debt. Since then, he has been successful in business as one of the youngest Branch Managers in a multi-regional company, and later as a Vice-President for a $30 million+/year company that provided nearly 100 jobs to North Carolinians. He has also experienced the trials and successes of starting a business.

Through his life experiences, Duane knows well the struggles that most of our citizens face every day. He also knows the hope we have in waking up every day in America, and the great state of North Carolina. Likewise, he knows the disappointment we all feel when our government levies excessive taxes against us because they've mishandled our money with pork barrel spending, slush funds, earmarks, and under-the-table deals.

It's time to stop the abuse by sending a real representative of the people to the General Assembly who is not a rubber stamp for the corrupt leadership and beholden to special interests.

Vote DUANE CUTLIP on November 4, 2008!