Position/philosophy statement
I believe government should work for the people it serves, not special interests. Leadership starts with listening, telling the truth, and being accountable to the community every day, not just during an election. Public policy should be guided by ev
Current Occupation
Healthcare Consultant
Campaign Phone
704-550-1900
I bring over 20 years of experience as a healthcare advocate, nonprofit leader, and health equity consultant working directly with communities impacted by policy decisions. I founded HerHealth Consulting to address healthcare disparities facing Black and Brown women, particularly in reproductive and preventive care. I have worked with legislators across NC & SC, served in Democratic Party leadership, and led statewide advocacy efforts in HIV care and prevention. I understand how policy affects real lives, including women veterans navigating healthcare systems, families facing rising costs, and communities seeking dignity, safety, and stability.
My top priority is ensuring people can live safely and affordably in their own communities. Wages have not kept pace with the cost of living. The federal minimum wage has been stagnant for years, while housing, food, healthcare, and energy costs continue to rise. North Carolina families are working harder and falling further behind. I support raising wages to at least $20 an hour, protecting access to healthcare and bodily autonomy, stabilizing housing, and lowering energy costs. In a fast growing and diverse district, growth must support families, not displace them. Government should work for the people it serves.
North Carolina consistently ranks near the bottom nationally in public education funding and outcomes, effectively 51st when compared to other states and DC. That is unacceptable. We must fully fund public schools, pay teachers as the professionals they are, and create conditions that keep educators in the classroom instead of forcing them to work multiple jobs to survive. With UNC Charlotte in District 99, we must strengthen the full education pipeline from K-12 through higher education, ensuring students can learn, graduate, and stay in North Carolina with opportunity and stability. Education investment is essential to our workforce, economy, and community health.
Tax policy should be fair, responsible, and focused on investing in people and communities. While economic growth is important, tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthiest residents weaken our ability to fund education, healthcare, and infrastructure. I believe tax policy should support working families, small businesses, and essential public services while ensuring accountability and long-term fiscal stability for North Carolina.
Improving community safety requires the right response for the right situation. Law enforcement should not be the default answer for every call. I support expanding specialized support services, including mental health professionals, case managers, and crisis response teams, who can be on call to assist or lead responses when individuals are experiencing mental health or behavioral health crises. This approach improves outcomes, protects officers, and connects people to care instead of the criminal justice system when appropriate. Investing in prevention, housing stability, and access to healthcare makes communities safer and reduces repeat crises.
My work has always centered humanity, dignity, and community safety for everyone who calls North Carolina home. That includes protecting immigrant communities in Charlotte, where fear of ICE activity and racial profiling creates real harm and instability. Black and Brown people are often swept into systems based on appearance alone. I know this personally. My own son is an American citizen, yet I live with the reality that profiling could place him in danger simply for existing. Community safety means protecting civil rights, ensuring due process, and investing in care over fear. I believe leadership must be guided by compassion, evidence, and respect for all people. Our communities are strongest when no one is treated as disposable and everyone is afforded dignity, grace, and protection under the law.
Position/philosophy statement
I'm a four-term member of the NC House, District #99. Like you, I want to play an active role in making our community and state a safer place to raise our children, run our businesses, forging a future filled with unlimited promise,
Current Occupation
Businessman
Campaign Phone
7049651153
I am the best candidate for this position because I have served on the local level with distinction and delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in services to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Charlotte. I am the best candidate because I understand the local needs and how to communicate across the aisle to secure the funding for Charlotte Mecklenburg. I am the best candidate because I have worked diligently to build relationships that will enable me to secure more funding for our transportation, judiciary and affordable housing needs. I am the best candidate because I am experienced and stand on a firm/proven record of accomplishments for the people of Charlotte Mecklenburg and North Carolina.
Fully funding Medicaid Expansion. After an extended legislative process, we were able to provide 600,000 North Carolinians with health care. Now with federal cuts, we have to find a way to keep them on the roles.
First of all, I don't think we should spend $500 million dollars of our taxpayers' dollars to fund private school vouchers. I think we should stop the decrease of corporate taxes and consider increasing that tax to meet our public-school funding crisis and raise teacher pay to the national average.
I think we should continue to utilize our economic incentives to attract new industry. I serve on the House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform where we are investigating ways to lower the tax burden on our senior citizens and !00% Disabled Veterans.
We need to fund our police officers to the extent that they can better work in the community to provide a safe environment to the citizens of North Carolina. Public safety is a demanding job, and we could help our public safety officers by adding more crises intervention specialist to assist in our communities.
Our legislature is facing challenging fiscal problems that will require change. If we want to realize progress for all North Carolinians and meet the education and economic challenges that lie ahead, we have to be bold and change the trajectory on our collision course with reality. In the 90's we were known nationwide as the education state. Now, teachers are leaving the classroom and migrating to neighboring states because they can't live off the salaries they are paid. Too many of our teachers are frustrated with overcrowded classrooms and a lack of classroom decorum. This is a dangerous scenario because, we are not preparing our students to meet the needs all of the industries that are coming into North Carolina, and as a result, they will go to other states who are job ready and this will lead us into further economic decline. If we work together with sincerity, we can change the course of history and again become the "Education State."
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