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Executive Profile
Wise Counsel
Getting other people elected is George Little's hobby,
a sideline that's made him legendary in Moore County
By Phil Kirk
In a 1969 bid for a seat on the Southern Pines Town Council, George Little lost by a mere seven votes at his first and only foray into politics as a candidate.
After the election, when he counted more than enough non-voting supporters to have made a difference had they gone to the polls, he learned a painful albeit valuable lesson: “Identify your voters. Turn 'em out and make sure they're counted.”
Since then, his “hobby” of getting other people elected to office has made him legendary in Moore County.
Even in today's political campaigns — which emphasize polling, advertising and the use of the Internet — Little still heeds that lesson.
The Southern Pines businessman, whose philosophy (“If I see enough, I'll sell enough”) has guided his highly prosperous career in the insurance