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Explore the major candidates running for the Presidential election in 2024. Dive into their political ideologies, campaign promises, and key issues they aim to address.

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Research and understand the Senate candidates for the 2024 elections. Learn about their political backgrounds, policy priorities, and how they plan to represent their states.

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Air force, former teacher, and central region teacher.

Views on school safety

"We must be proactive in our approach to school safety. We need to practice drills often, and train everyone."

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Jeff Jackson is a Democrat. He is running for NC Attorney General. He is a former US soldier. He plans to represnt NC with honesty and decency. Jeff Jackson fought against gerrymandering. He also supported investments in early childhood education and raising teachers pay.

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Experience

Attorney

Degree from UNC

Views on

Climate/ Protection of workers

Views

Saftey of workers

Workers are safe at work every day

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Democrat

His experience includes legislator and economic consultant. He wants to manage the health pension plan to keep it strong for our economy and the workers, or retired workers. He wants clear communication so he can be an advocate and a voice to keep people's retirement safe.

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Christine is the emergency manager for the North Carolina Judicial branch, she is a former law enforcement officer.

Views

"I also know that we need strong leadership to refocus education away from liberal critical race theory doctrines, lower taxes to ensure the quality of life for our families, and protection of our constitutional liberties and freedoms that protect the democracy of America."

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NC Commissioner of Insurance: What do they do? 

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NC Commissioner of Insurance: What do they do? 

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The NC Commissioner of Insurance regulates the insurance industry in the state, licenses insurance professionals, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles other customer complaints.

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Democrat

Has 25 years of experience in management and in the associate administrator position in the U.S. small bussiness association.

Plans to fight for the poeple of NC to have a voice through our spending.

Has a focus on ensuring the stability of the pension fund.

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A citizen public servant, business executive, retired health plan CEO. Views on biggest issue in North Carolina. " We don't have a zero percent state income tax yet, nor term limits for secretary. "

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Superintendent, general counsel, Meekleburys schools executive director

Most important responsibility?

Develop subject and course content taught.

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Kenon has extensive experience in the educational sector. He began his career as a teacher, where he developed a strong foundation in development and student engagement. His time in the classroom gave him firsthand insights into the challenges and opportunities in education.

Views: Kenon is known for his forward-thinking approach, advocating for technology in education

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A former professional baseball player. He is a life long conservative. Views on Pro life VS pro choice. "I believe human life begins at conception, this should be protected and respected."

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Republican.

Has experience as the owner and manager of a service company and with overseeing budgets and spending of companies.

Plans to cooperate with the NC house and senate to enact cost-saving measures.

Supports the organization Habitat for Humanity.

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Michele Morrow is a republican, registered nurse, educator, advocate and grassroots activist. When asked what is not working well in the public school system, Michele said, " Classrooms are filled with drugs, violence, mental health issues and schools are experiencing teacher shortages. (As superinterdent) I would order an external audit DPI"

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David Wheeler is a paralegal, he has supplied mental health services to children in schools, and started an NC non- profit.

Views on biggest concerns in NC:

Holding down insurance rates

Holding insurance companies accountable

Views on staff vacancies:

Hire leaders that can lead DOI

Let managers hire them own employees

Views on Insurance rate increases:

Make NC an open market to provide consumers with more choices

Lower prices

Recommendations to the General Assembly

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experience- NC House of Insurance Committee

views on biggest concerns in NC- have the Department of Insurance provide better service to the public

views on staff vacancies- better training for peoples jobs

views on insurance rate- wants balanced rates

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NC Commissioner of Labor - What do they do?

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NC Commissioner of Labor - What do they do?

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The NC Commissioner of Labor is in charge of keeping the workplace safe and setting workplace safety laws. They also define the safety inspections and rules for those inspections.

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Experience

Serving as the Majority Whip for the NC House of Representatives

20 years of experience in the private sector

Views on

Workforce development

Views

The safety of workers

Maintain status as a right-to-work state

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Republican.

Has experience with financial planning and investing.

Believes he is uniquely qualified in investing and plans to exapnds NC's entire financial system. Improve performance of pension plans.

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The Asheville City Council is composed of a mayor and six council members who are elected at-large for four-year, staggered terms. The mayor, who is chosen on a separate ballot, presides over City Council meetings and serves as the ceremonial head of government. The mayor does not have the power to veto council action.

City Council determines the needs to be addressed and the degree of service to be provided by the administrative branch of city government.

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Catherine Truitt is a republican from and is North Carolinas current Superintendent of Sublic Instruction, she is also a former teacher and the Chancellor of Western Government Univeristy. Catherine Truitt says that her main priority is "the students, ensuring that the students have the opportunity to receive the best education possible."

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Natasha Marcus is a 5 year elected representative of the General Assembly.

Views on biggest concerns in NC:

Need of affordable insurance

Doubling rates

Views on staff vacancies:

Higher pay rates

Views on insurance rate increases:

Reject the excessive rate of increase

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Republican

With experience in business having an education at UNC and being raised on a dairy farm, she wants to make jobs in North Carolina more available to the people who need them and to make the wage liveable and people not fighting for food from paycheck to paycheck. She has no negative past ties like some candidates would with Wall Street or shady business.

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Tim Dunn is a Democrat. He was a USMC officer for 33 years. He is running for NC Attorney General.

Views on:

Protect Constitutional Rights.

Reduce gun violence and crimes.

Make everyone responsible for their illegal actions.

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Experience

Construction

Volunteered Firefighter

Views on

Business relationship safety

Views

Relations between Large/Small companies

Safety of workers

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experience- former insurance regulator

biggest concerns in nc- lower interest rates

views on staff vacancies- early career opportunities

views on insurance rate increase- hold more meeting about it and bring transparency to the office

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The NC State Auditor creates financial statement audits for the State of North Carolina, NC state agencies, universities, community colleges, and other parts of the state government. A financial statement audit is supposed to determine whether an agency's financial statements are fairly presented.

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Experience

Former technician

Janitor

Groceries Stocker

Current member of the Union County Historical Preservation Commission

Views on

Safety inspection

Free Marketing

Views

The safety of all workers will be checked

Large businesses Can't control marketing

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The NC treasurer is the lead asset manager, banker, and financier of the state, in addition to that they serve as a chairperson on many state authorities. The state treasurer also manages the state's pension and healthcare plans, accounts and reports on "all funds that are deposited, invested, and disbursed through the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer."

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Experience: NC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and prosecuting attorney.

Views on:

Wants to ensure our money is not wasted. We have 5 billion dollars for infrastructure projects, which doesn't show. "The NCDOT has a budget of over 5 billion dollars, yet from the mountains to the coast we see more traffic cones than potholes being filled."

Wants to perform audits on schools. "Who pays for billboards and radio ads for the education lottery? Isn't this lottery money supposed to go to schools?"

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Satana Deberry is a Democrat. She served as a criminal defense attorney in NC, General counsel for NC DHHS, and executive director of the nonprofit NC Housing Coalition.

Prioritize Safety.

Improve Victim Services.

Restore Trust and Integrity in the District Attorney's office.

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Experience: Congressional District 13 chairman and 1st vice-chairman of Wake County GOP.

Views on:

Wants to create more farmers and urban farms

Increase Agriculture educational research

Wants return on student investments

Increase teacher pay

Increase school security

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Dave Boliek is a Republican who received a bachelor's degree from the University of NC. He formerly worked as an attorney at law.

The biggest issue according to him is that their conservative principles are being used to keep the NC government accountable for the people.

Something that isn't working well in NC according to him is that tax dollars aren't being regularly audited.

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Jeff Tarte has served as in the NC senate for 3 terms and was mayor for another 3 terms. Jeff has decided to focus primarily on:

Misused state funds.

Directing funds to healthcare and public infrastructure.

Reducing business waste and fraud. "As your State Auditor, if the OSA finds financial mismanagement, waste, or fraud, I will report without apology"

Increasing transparency in business income.

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NC Superindentent of Public Instruction Role

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NC Superindentent of Public Instruction Role

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The NC Superindentent of Public Instruction role is to oversee the public school systems in North Carolina.

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The NC attoryney general protects NC people from crime and consumer fraud by proposting legislation.

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Anthony Wayne is the owner of a small construction business and served on the brunswick soil and water board. He considers himself a regular working citizen and says he can listen to the state. He also is working to improve public understanding of auditors and the clerk of the court office. In his words "All citizens will at some point in their life have business to conduct at the Clerk of Courts Office." and he says he will be there the whole way guiding those who have business there.

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Protects, maintains, and improves the ability of agriculture to produce and adequate supply of food and fiber in NC. Also enforces regulations to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of all the citizens of NC.

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The NC secretary of state works with prvate and public sectors to strengthen North Carolina's economy. They are responsible for overseeing land records, chartering coporations, and administering some comercial regulations.

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experience- more then 25 year in the insurance agncy, army veteran served as a military police

biggest concerns in NC- fight driver fraud, make the office more user friendly

views on vacancies- lower health curve

views on insurance rate- make commissioners office more accessible to help the public

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(Republican)

The incumbent since 2005

Famer, producing wheat, vegetables and soybeans.

He is the President of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.|

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Jack Clark is a republican who received his bachelors degree from Duke University and a graduate degree from The University of NC. He worked as a public accountant and auditor.

His views on important responsibilities of an auditor are finding the objective truth on how much taxpayer money is being used.

His plan to work with the legislature to determine the available resources to him included becoming an auditor early so that he would have experience working as one for NC.

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Dr. Sarah Taber, a Democrat, crop scientist, and ex-farmworker believes that the NC agriculture system could be expanded to bring in three times more money from farms. She wants to improve the entire agriculture system to help support the NC economy.

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A North Carolina native running for Commissioner of Agriculture. Raised with conservative values on a family farm." I bring a deep understanding of agriculture and a commitment to food security, producers, and family farms." Views on SHOULD MARIJUANA BE LEGALIZED FOR MEDICINAL USE? "I strongly advocate for legalizing medical-grade marijuana in North Carolina. From personal experience, I’ve seen its benefits. (CBD) significantly aided my own children’s autism symptoms"

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(Democrat)

Experience: Local lawyer, war veteran, and vocal moderate.

Views on:

He will make sure that all concerns are heard in order to improve the city for its residents and their families.

Essential city services like public safety, clean water, and well-maintained infrastructure.

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Democrat

Bo Hess is "a licensed clinical social worker, business owner, co-founder of a successful non-profit, adjunct professor, and community advocate." He has masters degrees from WCU and UNC. Wants to make stability a given not a luxury by ensuring that nutritious food, reliable shelter, personal safety, and a living wage are accessible to everyone. He wants to "actively enhance the green sanctuaries and greenways that define our city."

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Republican

Experience - Bachelors degree at Furman, served in the air force and as a volunteer firefighter.

Views - Upholding the constitution, following the law to the book, and to be fair, transparent, respectful, accountable, and to stand on the promises I've made throughout my campaign.

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Sage Turner is rerunning for Asheville City Council, she was first elected in 2020. She was the chair of the Housing & Community Development committee and a part of the Planning & Economic Development Council Committee and Equity & Engagement Council Committee. Turner wants to improve civil rights and social actions, poverty alleviation, human rights, education and more.

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"I’m committed to advancing: Affordability, Public Safety, and Climate & Neighborhood Resiliency"

She is making affordable housing a priority along with reducing homeless population, demanding water rate parity for residents, and continuing to grow the funds for youth advocacy groups.

Her work for Asheville includes, demanding action on our stated climate emergency, accountability for the tourism industry, leading courageously to diversify our public safety response, and advancing an Open Meetings Policy.

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Meredith Pressley Stone has a strong focus on community engagement, particularly in increasing awareness of the criminal justice system and reducing failures to appear in court. She also emphasizes her goals of reducing unnecessary jail time, which she believes harms families and wastes tax dollars. Additionally, Stone is actively involved in managing eCourts technology submissions, demonstrating her readiness to lead in the transition to electronic systems within the District Attorney's Office.

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Experience. Judge Cubbage began her career as a district attorney prosecuting cases for the State of North Carolina. She next served as an Assistant Attorney General. Judge Cubbage was appointed to the Superior Court by Governor Roy Cooper in March of 2018, then elected later that year

what Lora Cubbage stands for. Ms Cubbage stands for justice in which serves her community first hand, she wants to help cure the imperfections of the supreme court by being a non bias experienced judge to help the injustice state of the system

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experience- 14 years as a civil rights attorney

why are they running- wants to help with racial and social justice, and environmental justice for communities at a disadvantage

greatest obstacles in justice- stop the unfair system to black people and

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Experience

small business owner

community volunteer

20 years of experience in a courtroom

Views

Having Mental Health Courts ( Wellness courts )

Why she wants to run for judge

She said that Buncombe deserves judges who experience trauma and other complicated matters

Someone who knows the law and rules of the court

She understands how personal people's issues are

she said, "Experience is the most reliable way to protect citizens and families who find themselves in our court system."

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Todd is a seasoned attorney who is a native of Asheville. He is a proud alumnus of Mars Hill University and received his juris Doctorate from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2001. He lives in East Asheville and has practiced law in Buncombe County, as well as most counties in Western North Carolina, since 2001 where he has worked as a lawyer representing clients in court every day in all fields of law that are overseen in District Court. Todd also has an extensive history of practicing in State Superior Court as well as Federal Court. He says that he will act in a fair and impartial manner listening to what is presented and applying the appropriate law.

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CJ has not held any office but he has overseen many locations in asheville such as parking lots and garages. In his words he has "spent more time on the ground cleaning up the waste and garbage of the unhoused crisis than any other candidate." He is for affordable housing and knows first hand how affordable housing affects Asheville. He also thinks we need more bike lanes for those who cannot afford cars and for those who are staying away from carbon emissions.

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Hunter Murphy was born in Arizona and moved to Waynesville NC. He attended the University of North Carolina for Economics and Religious Studies. As well as 2003 Law University of the Pacific, and McGeorge School of Law, 2006. He is on the current NC Court of Appeals. He has been censured due to his insane executive assistant and his terrible behavior. He was outed to harass female co-workers, and have dramatic outbursts one of which set off a panic alarm.

I couldn't find any info on what he stands for or his opinions.

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She is the Owner of Miss P's Cateringz and Delicious Dogz and was previously a contract bookkeeper (didn't say where).

Views

Housing:

Should set a high standard for developers wanting to build

Basically thinks it shouldn't be as easy to buy land if you are wanting to build

Public Saftey

Community policing by community members and APD

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Kevan Frazier is a non-partisan candidate who currently is the owner of Well Played Games. His plan is to reinforce the safety of Asheville by insuring a well trained and adequately staffed police department. He also wants to fix the problem of homelessness by pursuing partnerships that provide more shelters and permanent housing for homeless people.

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Robin Merrel is running as the Buncombe County District Judge for the Democratic Primary. She has worked at Pisgah Legal Services as an attorney and has a long record of public accountability.

Views

Housing laws:

represents low-income and homeless families

wants to raise awareness and help survivors of domestic violence

Immigration laws:

help seek protection for minor non-citizens whose parents are detained/ deported

help people seek legal immigration statuses

Veterans law:

represents disabled and homeless veterans

helped low-income veterans use this law in order to overcome service-related issues