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Kathy was born in Farmville, Virginia. She holds a bachelor's degree in health and physician education and fitness from the University of Florida. Kathy is married to her husband. She is Christian. 

Kathy currently works as a swim coach. She previously worked as an FBI Special Agent. She served in the U.S. Army for 11 years. 

Kathy Batt's campaign for state senator in District 24 is her first run for public office. 

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Believes in reducing the pay disparity between corporate executives and workers. Supports joining unions, voting for candidates who oppose government contracts for companies not paying prevailing wages, and organizing at workplaces.

Believes disparities between corporate executives and workers have "skyrocketed."

Supports worker unions as a means of ensuring fair wages and safe working conditions.

Wants to create jobs and increase employee salaries.

- Believes disparities between corporate executives and workers have "skyrocketed."
- Supports worker unions as a means of ensuring fair wages and safe working conditions.
- Wants to create jobs and increase employee salaries.

Economy

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

Energy & the Environment

Supports abortion access and women's rights.

Believes Republicans are seeking to end Medicare and Medicaid, which are vital for vulnerable populations. Said, "Abortion is a health care and should only be between a woman and her doctor."

Believes "Republicans are seeking to end Medicare and Medicaid..."

Believes District 24 have "the worst healthcare outcomes in the state."

- Supports abortion access and women's rights.
- Believes "Republicans are seeking to end Medicare and Medicaid..."
- Believes District 24 have "the worst healthcare outcomes in the state."

Healthcare

Believes the right to vote should not be infringed and urges people to "VOTE!"

Supports voting rights and encourages citizens to vote. 

- Supports voting rights and encourages citizens to vote. 

Voting & Elections

Public Safety

Believes public education is "under attack" and plans to change school funding to support vulnerable communities.

Believes "public education is under attack" and wants to redistribute school funding so "the most vulnerable communities are not left behind."

Believes the national Republican Party is trying to end free public education.

Believes Republicans nationwide are "trying to end free public education."

- Believes "public education is under attack" and wants to redistribute school funding so "the most vulnerable communities are not left behind."
- Believes Republicans nationwide are "trying to end free public education."
- Wants to improve public education.
- Wants to fully fund public education.

Education

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Kathy Batt

As of July 8, 2024, Kathy Batt’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Kathy Batt is a former combat pilot and Maintenance company commander in the 4/501st Attack Helicopter Battalion, and she was the first woman to command a company in such a unit. After leaving the Army in 1992, she worked for a commercial helicopter service, flying long line missions in wildfire support. Kathy later joined the FBI as a Special Agent in the Criminal Investigation Division, where she served for 20 years before retiring in 2016.

Believes unions are essential for fair wages and safer workplaces. Said, "Trickle down isn't working for the average American" and supports standing up for workers' rights.

Plans to "Get Out The Vote" in North Carolina by knocking on doors in Robeson and Hoke counties.

Believes voting is the best way citizens can support their country. Urges people to vote "for the good of your family, your community, and your country."

Opposes diverting public education funds to private entities without oversight. Said, "In 2014, the Republican led Legislature began taking tax dollars out of the Public Education Fund and giving it to private entities."

Believes in maintaining the Department of Education and opposes using tax dollars for school vouchers.

Believes "our Public Schools in this District are in crisis" due to teacher resignations and building disrepair. Opposes the Republican approach to "take money away" from education.

Believes that losing public schools would leave Republicans with "no plan for educating all our children."

Believes education is the foundation of democracy and urges voting for candidates committed to quality public education.

Believes public education and labor reforms lifted people out of poverty. Supports the idea that the middle class built the country through these means.

The candidate's website says, "This started in 1996, when Bob Dole ran for President, one plank of his platform was to abolish the Department of Education. He lost."

Believes education is the foundation of democracy and urges action to save public education. Supports voting for candidates who prioritize public education.

The candidate's website says, "Kathy entered military service with those values at heart at a time when women in combat arms was the exception, not the rule. She is one of only a few women to graduate from both the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course and the US Army Rotary Wing Flight School. Kathy was later stationed at Fort Bragg and was deployed to Grenada for Operation Urgent Fury, where she became one of the first women recognized by the US Army to fly in combat. Several years later Kathy graduated from Helicopter Maintenance and Test Pilot school and became the first woman to command a company in an Attack Helicopter Battalion."

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