Ballotpedia, Kristie Sluder

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Kristie is originally from Robbinsville, North Carolina and graduated from Oak Hill Academy. She earned a Bachelor's degree in social work from Mars Hill College and her master's degree in clinical social work.

Kristie currently works as a family counselor at Hope Counseling & Recovery Services, Inc.

Kristie Tincher Sluder previously ran for U.S Representative for North Carolina District 11 in 2022, but did not win.

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Opposes raising taxes and increasing utility rates, advocating instead to "offset current expenditures for average people."

Supports improving access to affordable housing, lowering fuel and commodity costs, attracting good employers, and raising the minimum wage.

Supports lowering fuel and commodity costs as well as raising the minimum wage.

Believes individual property owners renting to vacationers should be protected as their earnings benefit the local economy.

Believes in attracting businesses that are "generous to dependable employees" and provide growth opportunities.

Wants to attract businesses that are "generous to dependable employees" and provide growth opportunities.

Believes the cost of living should not be "oppressive to the working poor and the middle class."

Believes in attracting businesses and industries that will be "generous."

Believes people need affordable housing and opposes large investment firms buying residential housing and "thereby squeezing the local housing market."

- Opposes raising taxes and increasing utility rates, advocating instead to "offset current expenditures for average people."
- Supports lowering fuel and commodity costs as well as raising the minimum wage.
- Believes individual property owners renting to vacationers should be protected as their earnings benefit the local economy.
- Wants to attract businesses that are "generous to dependable employees" and provide growth opportunities.
- Believes the cost of living should not be "oppressive to the working poor and the middle class."
- Believes people need affordable housing and opposes large investment firms buying residential housing and "thereby squeezing the local housing market."

Economy

As of June 14, 2024, Kristie Tincher Sluder’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Believes progressive leadership has "demoralized and discouraged law enforcement" in Buncombe County. Supports fully funding, supporting, and training law enforcement, and advocates for judicial officials to impose penalties that deter repeat crime.

Supports fully funding, supporting, and training law enforcement, and advocates for judicial officials to impose penalties that deter repeat crime.

Believes "activist-driven leadership" has led to a decline in safety and harmed Asheville's reputation as a safe place to live.

Believes the progressive left "enables crime and addiction" and hinders true recovery, leading to negative outcomes. Said, "We need positive outcomes not bigger problems."

Believes "activist-driven leadership" has led to a significant decline in public safety and harmed Asheville's reputation.

Believes the justice system should protect victims and rehabilitate offenders to prevent repeat offenses.

- Supports fully funding, supporting, and training law enforcement, and advocates for judicial officials to impose penalties that deter repeat crime.
- Believes "activist-driven leadership" has led to a decline in safety and harmed Asheville's reputation as a safe place to live.

Public Safety

Believes school boards undermine parents' rights and fail to prepare students for the workforce. Supports empowering parents, strengthening families, raising educational expectations, and enhancing school choice laws.

Supports empowering parents, raising educational expectations, and enhancing school choice laws.

Believes parents are a safe place for their children. Said educators complained about having to "out the student to their parents."

Believes the parent-child relationship is a "sacred, God-given and Constitutional right" and opposes policies that portray parents as unsafe for their children.

Believes K-12 school policies should not "undermine parent-child relationships." Opposes educational policies that interfere with parental authority over children's education.

Said, "Teachers who undermine the God-given parental authority should not be educating our children."

- Supports empowering parents, raising educational expectations, and enhancing school choice laws.
- Said, "Teachers who undermine the God-given parental authority should not be educating our children."

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Kristie Tincher Sluder

Kristie Tincher Sluder is originally from Charleston, West Virginia, where her father was a trucker and her mother a waitress and homemaker. After graduating from Oak Hill Academy, she moved to Asheville in May 1988, where she has lived continuously. Kristie earned a Bachelor's degree in Social Work, concentrating on children and families, from Mars Hill College in 1997, graduating Cum Laude.

As of July 8, 2024, Kristie Tincher Sluder’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Opposes large investment firms outbidding potential homeowners and renting properties as vacation rentals, believing it burdens citizens and harms local economies.

Believes the current leadership's focus on the average citizen over "greedy investment firms" is a damaging approach by the progressive left.

Opposes biking to work and community-style housing as solutions for reducing the carbon footprint, calling them "flawed" in rugged mountainous terrain. Believes a better approach is needed to preserve natural heritage.

Believes "organic defunding" of the police by the progressive left has led to a rise in crime rates in District 49.

Believes in developing policies that reduce crime, homelessness, and addiction. Supports increasing incomes and producing stability through effective programs.

Believes in fighting against crime and supporting good people in cases against a "negligent and corrupt system." Plans to continue this advocacy if elected.

Believes community support can reduce crime, homelessness, addiction, and improve public safety. Plans to create a "safe, healthy, affordable and productive District" through collective effort.

Believes in reducing socioeconomic determinants of crime, such as poverty and addiction, through program development and service administration.

Believes children should not keep secrets from parents and opposes teachers who undermine parental authority, labeling them as "activists with hidden agendas."

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