Government should work for the people it serves.

North Carolina's greatest strength is its people—working families, educators, healthcare workers, first responders, farmers, small-business owners, seniors, veterans, and young people preparing to inherit the future we build today.

Responsible investment in our communities will have my support, along with fiscal accountability, strong essential services, and policies that expand opportunity while protecting the dignity of the people we serve.

Every major decision I make will begin with a simple question:

Will this improve the lives of the people we were elected to serve?

Public office is not about power.

It is about public service.

Growing together. Governing together.

House District 26 is growing and changing. Our responsibility is to ensure that growth strengthens our communities rather than overwhelming them.

I will advocate for infrastructure and roads that keep pace with development, strong public safety and first responders, thoughtful and responsible growth, thriving local businesses, and communities where residents have a meaningful voice in decisions affecting their future.

Growth must be something we prepare for—not something that happens around us.

Whether your family has called this community home for generations or you recently chose HD26 as home:

You are our neighbor. Your voice matters. Moreover, you deserve representation that listens.

Every child deserves an excellent beginning.

I believe in public education, and I will fight to protect and strengthen North Carolina's public schools.

North Carolina ranks 48th in the nation in per-student spending when adjusted for regional cost differences—nearly $5,000 below the national average. The state also ranks 49th in funding effort, according to the Public School Forum of North Carolina.

Source: Public School Forum of North Carolina — Top Education Issues

Those numbers represent more than rankings. They challenge us to decide what value we place on our children, our educators, our classrooms, and North Carolina's future.

I will advocate for:

• Strong and adequately supported public schools.

• Competitive compensation and meaningful support for teachers and school personnel.

• Safe, modern learning environments and facilities.

• Career and technical education that connects students with real opportunities.

• Strong community colleges and workforce-development pathways.

• Educational opportunities that prepare students for college, careers, entrepreneurship, and life.

A child's ZIP code or family's income should never determine the quality of education available to them.

Public education is not simply an expense. It is an investment in our children, our workforce, our communities, and North Carolina's future. We must protect it.

Healthcare should protect life, preserve dignity, and be within reach.

A medical emergency should not become a financial emergency.

An unexpected diagnosis, hospitalization, prescription, or chronic illness can disrupt a family's finances and threaten everything they have worked to build. No family should be forced to choose between protecting its health and maintaining basic financial stability.

I will advocate for:

• Accessible and affordable healthcare.

• Prevention and early intervention.

• Strong maternal and women's healthcare.

• Greater access to mental and behavioral healthcare.

• A strong healthcare workforce.

• Greater access to providers and services in rural and underserved communities.

• Policies that help families obtain care before a manageable health condition becomes a crisis.

North Carolina's Office of Rural Health exists specifically to help address healthcare-provider shortages and improve access in rural and underserved areas of our state.

Source: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services — Office of Rural Health

I believe women deserve meaningful access to comprehensive healthcare and the ability to make deeply personal healthcare decisions with appropriate medical guidance and without unnecessary barriers to care.

Where someone lives should not determine how long they wait, how far they must travel, or whether they can obtain the healthcare they need.

Healthcare should not be a privilege determined by income, geography, or circumstance. Healthy people build healthy families, and healthy families build stronger communities.

Working hard should still allow you to live well.

Families do not experience the economy through statistics alone.

They experience it when they walk through the grocery store.

When the electric bill arrives.

When childcare is due.

When the car needs gas.

When a prescription needs to be filled.

And when the rent or mortgage must be paid.

For too many working families, the question is no longer, "How much do I earn?"

It is:

"How much is left after I pay for everything my family needs?"

I will support policies that reduce unnecessary financial burdens, strengthen good-paying jobs, support small businesses, expand economic opportunity, and help families build lasting financial stability.

I believe economic policy must consider the people who feel its consequences around their kitchen tables.

Economic growth means little if the people doing the work cannot afford to share in the prosperity they helped create.

Working people deserve more than the ability to survive. They deserve the opportunity to build, save, prosper, and leave something for the next generation.

Growth should never price people out of home.

Housing and affordability are inseparable.

As communities grow and housing costs rise, renters, first-time homebuyers, seniors on fixed incomes, and working families can become increasingly vulnerable to being priced out of the communities they call home.

In Johnston County, the median value of owner-occupied housing was $305,600, and median gross rent was $1,146 per month for 2020–2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau — Johnston County QuickFacts

The pressure is also reflected in demand for housing assistance. Johnston County's Housing Assistance Payments Program states that applicants can remain on its general waiting list for two years or more before receiving a voucher, and as of May 2026, the waiting list was closed.

Source: Johnston County — Housing Assistance Payments Program

Source: Johnston County HAPP — Waiting List

I will support:

• Responsible development that considers the people already living here.

• Attainable pathways to homeownership.

• A healthy supply of rental housing.

• Housing opportunities for working families and young adults.

• Options that allow seniors to remain safely in their communities.

• Growth policies that strengthen communities without unnecessarily displacing residents.

Teachers, nurses, first responders, service workers, young families, and retirees should have a fair opportunity to live in the communities they serve.

Growth should create opportunity without creating displacement.

A house may be property, but a home represents something greater:

Stability. Security. Dignity. Belonging.

Home should not become a luxury.

Different experiences. Shared community. Shared future.

We will not agree on everything.

We do not have to.

However, disagreement does not make us enemies, and division cannot become our method of governing.

Unity does not require uniformity. It requires enough respect for one another to listen, enough courage to find common ground, and enough commitment to put our community's well-being ahead of the politics that divide us.

I will listen across differences, seek common ground without abandoning principle, and work with anyone genuinely committed to improving the lives of the people of House District 26.

This campaign is bigger than one candidate, one party, or one election.

It is about building a North Carolina where growth creates opportunity, public education opens doors, healthcare protects life, work provides dignity, families can afford to live in the communities they help build, and every neighbor knows that their voice matters.

That is the North Carolina I believe in.

That is the House District 26 I will work for.

And that is the public servant I intend to be.

UNITED WE STAND.

UNITED WE RISE.

UNITED WE CHANGE.

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