Meet Jim Neal, a Democrat in North Carolina running for his party's nomination for the United States Senate seat currently held by Republican Botox queen Elizabeth Dole. Why am I highlighting Neal? Because during a recent on-line chat with the liberal political blog BlueNC, Neal was asked if he was gay.
His answer?
"I am indeed."
Neal is 51 and a native of North Carolina. He has worked in the information technology field, including a stint as CEO of RXMarketplace.com. In 2000, he founded The Agema Group, a financial advisory firm based in Chapel Hill. He is unmarried with two sons (one lives with him at home and one works in New York City). And he seems to be running a pretty straight forward campaign.
Wish him luck.
He is, after all, running in North Carolina - home of Jesse Helms.
