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Supports restoring the state’s Earned Income and Childcare Tax Credits.

Supports investing in communities to attract and retain businesses, creating good jobs.

Supports investing in communities to attract and retain businesses, and also create good jobs. 

Believes in combating inflation and ensuring working North Carolinians are paid a living wage.

Supports promoting community and economic development by helping small business owners achieve their dreams, thereby strengthening the district's economy.

Supports helping small business owners achieve their goals to strengthen the district's economy.

Supports collaboration with organizations like CSBDF to bolster the economy and promote community development.

Supports collaboration with organizations such as the Carolina Small Business Development Fund to bolster the economy and promote community development.

- Supports restoring the state’s Earned Income and Childcare Tax Credits.
- Supports investing in communities to attract and retain businesses, and also create good jobs. 
- Believes in combating inflation and ensuring working North Carolinians are paid a living wage.
- Supports helping small business owners achieve their goals to strengthen the district's economy.
- Supports collaboration with organizations such as the Carolina Small Business Development Fund to bolster the economy and promote community development.

Economy

As state senator, supported the "Clean Energy Initiative," which aims for North Carolina to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. 

- As state senator, supported the "Clean Energy Initiative," which aims for North Carolina to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. 

Energy & the Environment

Believes in expanding Medicaid to provide affordable healthcare for over 500,000 working North Carolinians. Supports creating more than 80,000 jobs through healthcare expansion.

As state senator, supported expanding Medicaid to provide affordable healthcare for  North Carolinians.

- Supports abortion rights.
- As state senator, supported expanding Medicaid to provide affordable healthcare for  North Carolinians.

Healthcare

Believes in protecting election workers, volunteers, and voters from intimidation.

Supports protecting election workers, volunteers, and voters from intimidation.

Supports restoring nonpartisan judicial and school board elections.

Believes in bipartisan cooperation to create fair and proportional district maps. Said, "Democrats and Republicans rolled up their sleeves and passed a bipartisan district map that is fair, proportional, and provides an opportunity for growth over the next decade."

Believes in bipartisan cooperation to create fair and proportional district maps. 

- Supports protecting election workers, volunteers, and voters from intimidation.
- Supports restoring nonpartisan judicial and school board elections.
- Believes in bipartisan cooperation to create fair and proportional district maps. 

Voting & Elections

Supports implementing “red flag” laws to prevent dangerous individuals from obtaining guns.

Supports "universal background checks on gun purchases" to enhance public safety.

Supports universal background checks on gun purchases.

Supports law enforcement training for handling mental health crises.

Supports training law enforcement to effectively manage mental health crises.

- Supports implementing “red flag” laws to prevent dangerous individuals from obtaining guns.
- Supports universal background checks on gun purchases.
- Supports training law enforcement to effectively manage mental health crises.

Public Safety

Believes public schools should be the state's top priority and opposes tax breaks for corporations and millionaires, advocating instead for investing in teachers and students to prepare children for the 21st-century economy.

Believes public schools should be the state's top priority, opposes tax breaks for corporations and millionaires, and advocates for investing in teachers and students to prepare children for the 21st-century economy.

Opposes House Bill 187, calling it a covert attempt to simplify North Carolina's history and exclude significant contributions to democracy and society.

Opposes House Bill (HB) 187, stating that it oversimplifies North Carolina's history and leaves out important contributions to democracy and society.

Supports increasing the number of school nurses, social workers, and psychologists.

Supports investing in community colleges and workforce training programs.

Supports investing in student and adult mental health services.

Believes child care is essential for family success. Said, “Child care is not just a convenience; it’s a foundational issue that can mean the difference between success and failure for families.”

Supports funding for child care to ensure families have access to affordable and reliable services.

- Believes public schools should be the state's top priority, opposes tax breaks for corporations and millionaires, and advocates for investing in teachers and students to prepare children for the 21st-century economy.
- Opposes House Bill (HB) 187, stating that it oversimplifies North Carolina's history and leaves out important contributions to democracy and society.
- Supports increasing the number of school nurses, social workers, and psychologists.
- Supports investing in community colleges and workforce training programs.
- Supports investing in student and adult mental health services.
- Supports funding for child care to ensure families have access to affordable and reliable services.
- Supports pay raises for educators.

Education

As of June 14, 2024, Dan Blue’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Believes government overreach in regulation and taxation benefits established interests and stifles innovation. Supports reducing bureaucratic control to allow innovative businesses to thrive.

Opposes extensive government regulations and tax mandates. 

Supports reducing state occupational licensing requirements that do not enhance public safety to open economic opportunities for millions in North Carolina.

Supports reducing or eliminating state occupational licensing requirements. 

Believes Wake County needs more housing and should eliminate ABC Boards, stating, "There is no need for government to be losing money trying to run grocery stores."

Believes corporations, small businesses, and entrepreneurs drive the economy and support better lives. Supports tax policy and business regulation that will make North Carolina a national and global economic leader.

Supports an economic landscape aimed to benefit state residents regardless of background. 

Supports lowering costs and regulations for starting new businesses to help entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Wants to reduce costs and regulations to start a business. 

Supports strengthening property owners' ability to meet housing needs through unique residential configurations, including small dwellings and affordable housing.

Supports permitting property owners to implement residential configurations that allow for small dwellings and affordable housing.

Supports the sharing economy and believes individuals should control how they use their time and property for economic benefit.

Supports providing individuals "the ability...to define the way they utilize their time and property for their own economic benefit."

Supports reducing zoning restrictions to allow for the construction of diverse housing options like duplexes, multi-family housing, and accessory dwelling units.

- Opposes extensive government regulations and tax mandates. 
- Supports reducing or eliminating state occupational licensing requirements. 
- Wants to expand housing in Wake County. 
- Supports an economic landscape aimed to benefit state residents regardless of background. 
- Wants to reduce costs and regulations to start a business. 
- Supports permitting property owners to implement residential configurations that allow for small dwellings and affordable housing.
- Supports providing individuals "the ability...to define the way they utilize their time and property for their own economic benefit."
- Wants to reduce zoning restrictions. 

As of June 14, 2024, Sammie Brooks’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Believes giving patients and families more healthcare choices promotes innovation, expands access, and controls costs.

Wants to expand healthcare accessibility with ample options. 

Supports healthcare policies centered around the patient.

Supports privatized healthcare options, such as primary care, telemedicine, and out-of-state licensed doctors providing charitable care.

- Wants to expand healthcare accessibility with ample options. 
- Supports healthcare policies centered around the patient.
- Supports privatized healthcare options, such as primary care, telemedicine, and out-of-state licensed doctors providing charitable care.

Believes conventional school policies hinder personalized learning and fail to challenge students academically. Opposes political and bureaucratic control over education, advocating for greater involvement from students and families.

Believes conventional school policies hinder personalized learning and do not challenge students academically or foster effective learning environments.

Believes school choice and competition will improve North Carolina’s education system. Said, "only competition and choice can push stodgy bureaucracies to make changes rather than just guarding entrenched special interests."

Supports school choice and competition, saying it will "push stodgy bureaucracies to make changes rather than just guarding entrenched special interests."

Supports expanding North Carolina’s state-funded Education Savings Account program to provide better education options for all students, especially those with special learning needs and financial hardships.

Supports expanding and fully funding the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship program to provide more education options for students, especially students with learning challenges and students from low-income backgrounds. 

Supports expanding open enrollment within and between public-school districts, allowing families to choose the best school without needing permission from their home district.

Wants to expand open enrollment in public school districts. 

Believes state education policy is crucial for North Carolina’s 1.8 million K-12 students and their future college and career readiness. Supports diverse educational options, including public, charter, private schools, and tech learning centers.

Supports access to high-quality public, private, and charter schools and technical learning centers. 

- Believes conventional school policies hinder personalized learning and do not challenge students academically or foster effective learning environments.
- Supports school choice and competition, saying it will "push stodgy bureaucracies to make changes rather than just guarding entrenched special interests."
- Supports expanding and fully funding the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship program to provide more education options for students, especially students with learning challenges and students from low-income backgrounds. 
- Wants to expand open enrollment in public school districts. 
- Supports access to high-quality public, private, and charter schools and technical learning centers. 

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