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Gale is from Virginia. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from Eastern Carolina University and a master's degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Cary with her husband, Kevin. She is Episcopal. 

Gale currently works as a chief health officer at SAS Institute. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, East Carolina University, Wake Forest University, and Case Western Reserve University. She previously worked as a nurse practitioner.

Gale Adcock currently serves as a state senator in District 16. She was elected to this position in 2022 and is serving her first term. She previously served as a state representative in District 41. She was elected to that position in 2014 and served for 4 terms. She also served as a member of the Cary Town Council. She is a former president of the North Carolina Nurses Association and former chair of the North Carolina Center for Nursing.

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Believes growing the economy requires investing in education, supporting small businesses, and recruiting new companies. Supports preparing citizens for good-paying jobs by building on North Carolina's leadership in innovation and research.

Wants to foster economic growth by investing in the workforce through education, supporting small businesses, and recruiting new companies. 

- Wants to foster economic growth by investing in the workforce through education, supporting small businesses, and recruiting new companies. 

Economy

Supports conservation tax credits and increased funding for environmental programs to preserve open spaces and protect natural resources.

Supports protecting open spaces, believing it will enhance well-being, minimize stormwater runoff, provide more recreational opportunities, and preserve rural heritage and fragile ecosystems. 

Believes prevention is more effective and less costly than treatment. Supports strong environmental regulations and effective oversight to protect drinking water from toxins and runoff.

Believes prevention is more effective and cheaper than treatment. 

Believes every citizen deserves access to clean air, clean water, and open spaces. Supports legislative stewardship to protect these resources for future generations.

Supports citizen access to open spaces and clean air and water. 

- Supports protecting open spaces, believing it will enhance well-being, minimize stormwater runoff, provide more recreational opportunities, and preserve rural heritage and fragile ecosystems. 
- Believes prevention is more effective and cheaper than treatment. 
- Supports citizen access to open spaces and clean air and water. 

Energy & the Environment

Believes everyone deserves access to health care, emphasizing the need for insurance coverage and a sufficient supply of health care providers.

Believes Medicaid expansion is crucial for providing healthcare coverage to uninsured working adults and supporting hospitals as economic centers. As a legislator, voted for Medicaid expansion in early 2023.

Believes expanding health insurance coverage benefits everyone by reducing ER overcrowding and financial strain on hospitals.

Wants to expand health insurance coverage benefits for all. 

Believes restrictive state laws prevent full utilization of licensed health care professionals, impacting medically underserved areas. Supports repealing outdated regulations to maximize the health care workforce's capacity.

Wants to expand the healthcare workforce to meet the needs of citizens.

- Supports healthcare access.
- Supports Medicaid expansion. 
- Wants to expand health insurance coverage benefits for all. 
- Wants to expand the healthcare workforce to meet the needs of citizens.

Healthcare

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

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Public Safety

Believes education is essential for prosperity and economic growth. Supports investing in all education levels, recruiting top teachers, updating school infrastructure, and making higher education affordable.

Wants to invest in all education levels. 

Supports teacher recruitment and retention.

Supports ensuring higher education is affordable.

Supports ensuring schools have modern infrastructure and technology.

- Wants to invest in all education levels. 
- Supports teacher recruitment and retention.
- Supports ensuring higher education is affordable.
- Supports ensuring schools have modern infrastructure and technology.

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Gale Adcock

Gale is from Virginia. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from Eastern Carolina University and a master's degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lived in Cary with her husband, Kevin. She is Episcopal. 

Gale currently works as a chief health officer at SAS Institute. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, East Carolina University, Wake Forest University, and Case Western Reserve University. She previously worked as a nurse practitioner. adjunct faculty member. 

Believes North Carolina's economy has shifted from manufacturing and agriculture to financial services, health care, technology, and pharmaceuticals due to intentional investments in education, infrastructure, and public-private partnerships.

Believes that quality education, diverse housing, and infrastructure investments attract new businesses and stimulate innovation. As a Cary Town Council member, emphasized the importance of "quality of life" factors for business relocation decisions.

Gale Adcock was raised in a small town in southwestern Virginia, attended local public schools, and played flute in the high school band. She earned a nursing diploma from Virginia Baptist Hospital, a Bachelor's degree in nursing from ECU, and a Master of Science in Nursing from UNC-Chapel Hill. Gale and her husband Kevin reside in Cary, North Carolina. Information about the church Gale attends or details about her family, other than her husband, are not provided.

Gale Adcock is a nurse practitioner who has been in the profession since 1987 and served as Chief Health Officer at SAS Institute for over 26 years before retiring in October 2020. She has also been an adjunct faculty member at Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, East Carolina, Wake Forest University, and Case Western Reserve University. Additionally, Gale has held leadership roles in various nursing and health organizations, including president of the North Carolina Nurses Association and chair of the North Carolina Center for Nursing.

Gale Adcock served on the Cary Town Council from 2007-2014, including a stint as mayor pro tem, and was elected to the NC House for four terms before joining the NC Senate in 2023. She has been appointed to the State Health Coordinating Council and has served on various committees, including the Legislative Study Commission on Access to Health Insurance and the Blue-Ribbon Task Force on the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.

Believes health insurance enables access to primary and specialty care.

Believes every child deserves a sound basic public education and supports more accessible pre-K programs, well-resourced K-12 schools, outstanding community colleges, and a world-class public university system.

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