MOORESVILLE - Scott Keadle, a candidate for Congress in the 10th District, pledged Wednesday not to accept any pay raises as a member of Congress and opened his campaign with an attack on Republican incumbent Patrick McHenry.
Keadle contends that stance puts him at odds with his opponent, incumbent Patrick McHenry, who accepted a $4,700 pay raise last year to take his pay to $174,000 according to a news release sent by Keadle's campaign on Wednesday. According to the Congressional Record however, McHenry voted against raising Congress’ pay last year.
Josh Kahn, a spokesman for McHenry, said the attacks simply aren’t accurate. “He has never voted for a pay raise. Patrick is focused on improving our economy, creating jobs and fighting the government take over of health care,” he said.
Keadle, a Mooresville dentist and frequent candidate for office who serves as an Iredell County commissioner, has also pledged to serve no more than three terms in Congress because he believes that the Founding Fathers intended Congress to be composed of citizen-legislators. McHenry is running for a fourth term.
Keadle, who served one year on the commission before launching is campaign, noted that he and his fellow commissioners ordered a 10 percent decrease in commissioners’ compensation in last year’s budget, and that a pay increase for elected officials would have been “unthinkable as far as we were concerned, and not a very good example to set for our taxpayers and government employees, who were dealing with budget cuts and a horrible economy."
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