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The candidate's website says, "Housing: Adequate and affordable housing is a concern. Rent prices are high. Some of the available housing is not safe for children and families to live in, but these are the properties they can afford."

Said "Rent prices are high. Some of the available housing is not safe for children and families to live in, but these are the properties they can afford."

- Said "Rent prices are high. Some of the available housing is not safe for children and families to live in, but these are the properties they can afford."

Economy

Said, "Citizen Action of New York contacted me concerning their advocacy and organizing... They were working on environmental... issues at that time..."

As of January 31, 2024, Ronda Mays’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

The candidate's website says, "Health Care: Medicaid expansion provides the opportunity for more North Carolinians to have health care coverage... There is a need for improved access to medical and mental health services..."

Supports Medicaid expansion and calls for improved access to medical and mental health services.

- Supports Medicaid expansion and calls for improved access to medical and mental health services.

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Public Safety

The candidate's website says, "Education: Every student deserves to have equitable access to a quality education...including qualified educators, books, and the current technology."

Believes every student deserves to have equitable access to a quality education, "including qualified educators, books, and the current technology. The availability of high-speed internet in all communities is important to the success of children attending school."

- Believes every student deserves to have equitable access to a quality education, "including qualified educators, books, and the current technology. The availability of high-speed internet in all communities is important to the success of children attending school."

Education

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Ronda Mays

The candidate's website says, "Laurelyn also believes that we need to be investing in bringing sustainable jobs... And she’ll push to give our workers an overdue pay raise by increasing the minimum wage..."

Plans to address the lack of affordable houses.

- Plans to increase the minimum wage.
- Plans to address the lack of affordable houses.

The candidate's website says, "Laurelyn knows that what makes our part of North Carolina special isn’t just its people... It’s the clean air, the lakes and rivers, the rolling hills and open spaces. Laurelyn is committed to protecting our natural heritage... it’s good for our families, our health, and it’s good for businesses too..."

Committed to protecting our natural heritage.

The candidate's website says, "Laurelyn... holding big polluters accountable... helping family farms make the kind of affordable, common-sense changes... And she’ll help us deal with the growing impacts of climate change, before fire, flood and drought become a way of life..."

Said she will hold "big polluters accountable, while helping family farms make the kind of affordable, common-sense changes that are good for all of us. And ... deal with the growing impacts of climate change, before fire, flood and drought become a way of life instead of a once-in-a-lifetime incident."

- Committed to protecting our natural heritage.
- Said she will hold "big polluters accountable, while helping family farms make the kind of affordable, common-sense changes that are good for all of us. And ... deal with the growing impacts of climate change, before fire, flood and drought become a way of life instead of a once-in-a-lifetime incident."

The candidate's website says, "Laurelyn will help North Carolina stand up for its people again, by holding big insurance companies accountable for providing the care they promise, and standing up to drug companies who gouge families and seniors on life-changing medications."

Plans to hold big insurance companies accountable for providing the care they promise. 

The candidate's website says, "Laurelyn believes every North Carolinian should have a family doctor, and none should have to choose between care and paying their bills... acting as the sole care provider in the final years of her own mother’s life."

Believes "every North Carolinian should have a family doctor, and none should have to choose between care and paying their bills... acting as the sole care provider in the final years of her own mother’s life."

The candidate's website says, "Laurelyn believes the government has no role in dictating health care decisions for pregnant North Carolinians... She’ll work to restore reproductive rights that have been stripped away... and put women and their doctors back in charge of decisions."

Plans to to restore reproductive rights that have been "stripped away by Republicans in Raleigh."

- Plans to hold big insurance companies accountable for providing the care they promise. 
- Believes "every North Carolinian should have a family doctor, and none should have to choose between care and paying their bills... acting as the sole care provider in the final years of her own mother’s life."
- Plans to to restore reproductive rights that have been "stripped away by Republicans in Raleigh."

As of January 31, 2024, Laurelyn Dossett’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Believes in strengthening local schools for community health; opposes North Carolina's school voucher system; plans to raise teacher pay, improve broadband access in schools, and expand apprenticeships to prepare students for college or careers.

- Believes in strengthening local schools for community health; opposes North Carolina's school voucher system; plans to raise teacher pay, improve broadband access in schools, and expand apprenticeships to prepare students for college or careers.

Laurelyn Dossett

- Your State Senator participates in the legislative process at the state level. They are one of 50 members of the North Carolina Senate. The North Carolina Senate is the upper house of the North Carolina General Assembly (the state's lawmaking body).
- Your State Senator drafts laws, approves budgets, has oversight of the state executive branch, and debates and votes on proposed laws.
- In addition to drafting and voting on bills, your State Senator can serve on committees. This is important because many bills can be stalled in committee, preventing them making it to a vote.
- Your State Senator is responsible for representing your interests. They also are responsible for helping you navigate the state's services and bringing back resources to your district.
- The State Senator is elected to a 2-year term. There is no term limit.