The Weatherman Way
Hal Weatherman has a reputation for being a get-er-done kinda guy. 
The young fellow has been entrusted with running some aspects of former congresswoman Sue Myrick’s campaigns. He ran both of Dan Forest’s successful runs for lieutenant governor, and served as Forest’s chief of staff. Weatherman also ran Dan’s disastrous 2020 gubernatorial run, as well as Madison Cawthorn’s disastrous 2022 reelection effort. (He’s also credited / blamed for getting Forest tied into scandal-ridden donor Eric Lindberg.) The young fellow is now seeking to take that record into his very own race for North Carolina lieutenant governor.
Those last three suggest a real problem with handling important responsibilities. Unfortunately for Hal, and a lot of 11th congressional district voters, there’s another disaster to add to the list.
Weatherman served as district director for former congressman Cawthorn. For those who don’t know, one of the chief responsibilities of a congressional district director is overseeing constituent casework services. It’s being reported that the Cawthorn team neglected to turn over any of its casework files, outstanding or otherwise, to the district’s new congressional representative.
That may sound like a great way to screw the other side at the end of a heated, vicious election campaign. Granted, this does create a hassle for the new representative and his team. But, in reality, you’re only screwing all of those 11th district residents who Team Cawthorn pledged to help.
Considering the way Cawthorn left office, it might have been a better move to civilly and gentlemanly turn those files over to Cawthorn’s successor.
It would have been a classy move for a guy – Cawthorn – who’s dealt with more than his fair share of bad publicity.
Know facts before you throw eggs, they might end up on your face.
Weatherman left Cawthorns office in advance of the transition and was not involved in the process.
I was notified ahead of the NC11 office closure that casework was being returned to constituents and Senator Tillis office contact was given to continue cases. This was like mid November.
Also recent revelations are showing the Edwards did not do his diligence and is scrambling to lay blame by posting text messages to an no longer used number by Cawthorn.
It is well known that members of Edwards team bear grudges against Cawthorn and are trying to kick a man while he is down.
I’m surprised at Edwards for being petty over this. All he has to do is be open for business and let the constituents call him with the cases, at least that’s how I got my casework handled.
Remember Lisa Wiggins, the gal who ran to David Wheeler, a failed democrat candidate and known muckraker, about all kind of lies against Cawthorn because she was doing bad stuff and got fired and probably violated her NDA. Yeah that girl!
She worked on Edwards campaign and I wouldn’t be surprised if she now works in his office.
It is sad when you have people who continue to gloat and blame their problems even after they won a seat in Congress. I hope he doesn’t to continue to blame his deficiencies for the next two years on Cawthorn.
I would only like to comment on the Hal Weatherman I know. He is hard-working, decent, Christian and politically astute. I am marginally acquainted with him as Chief of Staff for Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. He is quite familiar with the operations of the office. I believe he also served Rep. Sue Myrick in Congress for a number of years. His experience runs much deeper than running campaigns. I can’t speak to any recent activity. I’ll let ConcernedCitizenforVeracity speak to that. I think he is worth watching and listening to if he runs for Lt. Gov.
Allen Mashburn for Lt. Governor! Not fond of a Weatherman who can’t accurately forecast wins for clients.
I am an unabashed fan and supporter of Hal Weatherman in whatever he decides to do to serve the citizens of the state he loves, North Carolina. Watching him at a breakfast meeting this morning enhanced my impression of him being knowledgeable about both statewide campaigns and the operation of the Office of Lt. Governor, his modest way of presenting himself, the success of his Voter Integrity project, in concert with Major Dave Goetz, and his persona should add to his support among thinking people. As he travels to our 100 counties I urge you to seek him out, listen to him and ask him questions about himself, the office which he seeks and the why. At this time in the election cycle it is time to carefully vet those who are running so we have the very best, winnable candidates for all elective offices come Primaries and the November 2024 elections.
Correction: As the founder of Voter Integrity Project, I need to correct the inaccurate information in Carl’s comment above. Neither Hal nor Dave have ever worked with VIP, but they did form a competing organization along with a few other former Lt Gov Forest staffers.
I stand corrected, I believe both groups have the same objective and that is to root out errors and corruption in our voting system and to offer solutions. Thanks for the correction, Jay.
Watched closely the Bo Hines campaign. This did not leave a favorable impression of Mr Weatherman in my view.