Ballotpedia, Todd Helm

Todd attended Wake Forest University. He is married to Karen Reinert and has 3 children. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 

Todd worked as a high school math teacher and coach in Forsyth and Yadkin counties. He is the founder and CEO of a non-profit organization, Agricultural Development Initiatives.

Todd Helm's campaign for US Representative in Congressional District 10 is his 1st run for public office. 

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Believes national debt is the most important issue in the nation today.

Believes a balanced budget is essential for national strength, saying, "Some people say it can’t be done. I refuse to accept that."

Believes a "balanced budget" is essential for national strength, saying, "Some people say it can’t be done. I refuse to accept that."

Believes that no low-income American should face a benefit cut.

Opposes benefit reductions for low-income populations. 

Believes healthcare sector reform can reduce U.S. government spending.

Believes changes in the healthcare sector can help reduce U.S. government spending.

- Believes national debt is the most important issue in the nation today.
- Believes a "balanced budget" is essential for national strength, saying, "Some people say it can’t be done. I refuse to accept that."
- Supports funding Social Security.
- Opposes benefit reductions for low-income populations. 
- Believes changes in the healthcare sector can help reduce U.S. government spending.

Economy

Believes in protecting the environment by encouraging families to recycle and use alternatives to fossil fuels.

Supports environmental conservation and believes families must recycle and use energy sources that are not fossil fuels.

- Supports environmental conservation and believes families must recycle and use energy sources that are not fossil fuels.

Energy & the Environment

Believes that increasing competition in the healthcare system will lower costs and reduce the need for government subsidies.

Believes a more competitive healthcare system will lower costs and reduce the need for government subsidies.

Opposes abortion and taxpayer funding of abortion.

Opposes using taxpayer funds for abortions.

Believes abortion should not be used as "a means of birth control" but supports abortion in cases where the mother will die or the child will not survive.

Opposes access to abortion except if the mother is endangered or the fetus will survive. 

Supports transparency in healthcare pricing, believing that having a menu that describes the good or service that is requested and the cost of that good or service is a normal part of free enterprise.

Supports transparency in describing and pricing for goods and services. 

- Believes a more competitive healthcare system will lower costs and reduce the need for government subsidies.
- Opposes using taxpayer funds for abortions.
- Opposes access to abortion except if the mother is endangered or the fetus will survive. 
- Supports transparency in describing and pricing for goods and services. 

Healthcare

Believes the two-party system hinders true representation and opposes prioritizing party interests over community needs.

As of August 15, 2024, Todd Helm’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Said "Protecting human life and correctly defining family are essential matters. MARRIAGE MEANS ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN, ONE LIFELONG UNION."

Believes "Homosexuality is wrong. The LBGTQ agenda is morally bankrupt. It is not a human rights issue – it is sin.

Opposes gun control, believing owning guns is a constitutional right and supports keeping weapons from dangerous people.

Opposes legislation promoting homosexuality as grounds for anti-discrimination lawsuits and supports reversing such legislation.

Opposes legislation that promotes homosexuality, serving as grounds for anti-discrimination lawsuits.

Believes that "respect for the law and the people who enforce the law makes every American safer."

- Said "Protecting human life and correctly defining family are essential matters. MARRIAGE MEANS ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN, ONE LIFELONG UNION."
- Believes "Homosexuality is wrong. The LBGTQ agenda is morally bankrupt. It is not a human rights issue – it is sin.
- Opposes gun control.
- Opposes legislation that promotes homosexuality, serving as grounds for anti-discrimination lawsuits.
- Believes that "respect for the law and the people who enforce the law makes every American safer."

Public Safety

Believes parents should have control over their children's education.

Supports parental involvement in their children's education.

Supports six years of elementary school as a right, six years of secondary and technical school as a privilege, and additional education at a reasonable price.

- Supports parental involvement in their children's education.
- Supports six years of elementary school as a right, six years of secondary and technical school as a privilege, and additional education at a reasonable price.

Education

Believes all asylum claims should be adjudicated at U.S. embassies abroad and wants to require passports and visas for entry.

Opposes accepting asylum claims at the southern border and believes all asylum claims should be adjudicated at U.S. embassies abroad. 

Supports providing respect and support for veterans transitioning to civilian life.

Supports providing support for veterans to help them transition to civilian life.

Believes the U.S. should prioritize having "the most efficient, effective and powerful military in the world."

Believes that "one to two years of mandatory national service in the military or in the community can help to heal America’s divide."

Believes "one to two years of mandatory national service in the military or in the community can help to heal America’s divide."

- Opposes accepting asylum claims at the southern border and believes all asylum claims should be adjudicated at U.S. embassies abroad. 
- Opposes undocumented immigration.
- Supports providing support for veterans to help them transition to civilian life.
- Believes the U.S. should prioritize having "the most efficient, effective and powerful military in the world."
- Believes "one to two years of mandatory national service in the military or in the community can help to heal America’s divide."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Todd Helm

Todd lives in Winston Salem. He attended Wake Forest University. He is married to Karen Reinert and has three adult children.

Todd Helm has worked as a high school math teacher and coach in Forsyth and Yadkin counties. He is the founder and CEO of a non-profit organization, Agricultural Development Initiatives.

As of August 26, 2024, Todd Helm’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Believes no retirees should face changes to their benefits.

Believes Congress should not spend more than the government revenue to prevent debt for future generations.

Believes Congress should prepare a balanced budget every year.

Believes balancing the federal budget is achievable.

Believes in applying agricultural principles of sowing and reaping to economic growth.

Believes in the importance of work and tax contribution.

Believes the deficit is due to Trump adding $8 trillion to the debt and Republicans blaming it on the lack of a line item veto.

Opposes benefit cuts for low income people.

Believes in addressing the national debt.

- Believes a balanced budget is essential for national strength, saying, "Some people say it can’t be done. I refuse to accept that."
- Supports funding Social Security.
- Opposes benefit cuts for low income people.
- Supports addressing the national debt.
- Believes healthcare sector reform can reduce U.S. government spending.

Believes an "all of the above energy strategy" is the best way forward.

- Believes in protecting the environment by encouraging families to recycle and use alternatives to fossil fuels.

Opposes abortion and using taxpayer dollars for abortion-related purposes. Supports unconditional care for individuals regardless of their abortion views.

Believes "every abortion kills a baby" and supports the right to life as an inalienable human right.

Believes Republicans "vary" in their views on abortion.

Believes many Republicans are Pro-Life and support various abortion restrictions.

Believes the U.S. healthcare system needs revisions, starting with requiring transparent prices.

Supports access to abortion for medical emergencies.

Believes in the importance of clean air and public health, drawing a parallel between past smoking habits in offices and the need for regulations to protect against secondhand smoke.

Believes in the importance of clean air and public health and supports regulations to protect against secondhand smoke.

Supports transparency in healthcare pricing.

- Believes that increasing competition in the healthcare system will lower costs and reduce the need for government subsidies.
- Opposes taxpayer funding of abortion.
- Supports access to abortion for medical emergencies.
- Believes in the importance of clean air and public health and supports regulations to protect against secondhand smoke.
- Supports transparency in healthcare pricing.

Believes third party candidates face challenges in being elected in North Carolina.

Believes individual candidates should collect signatures for ballot access.

Supports allowing unaffiliated candidates to run for office without a party affiliation.

Supports voting rights and fair elections.

Believes in not spending state resources to validate insufficient evidence.

Believes the signature requirement for statewide races is too high, as evidenced by his decision to turn in the 83,000 signatures needed for his gubernatorial run a day late.

Believes in thorough investigations for party qualifications and supports delaying decisions until all facts are reviewed.

Believes in validating signatures for political party registration, as demonstrated by the State Board of Education's (SBOE) work in June 2024 to validate the signatures submitted by the Constitution Party.

Believes in upholding the integrity of the electoral process and ensuring that all eligible voters have the right to vote.

Supports allowing the Constitution Party to be on the ballot, as evidenced by the SBOE's approval of the party on July 9, 2024.

Believes in fair voting practices and supports the decision of the State Board of Elections (SBOE) to deny the Constitution Party's designation in a 3 to 2 vote on June 26, 2024.

Believes in maintaining accurate voter registration.

Believes in fair and transparent elections.

Believes in traditional voting methods, advocating for paper signatures over electronic substitutes, and seeks a payment processor allowing agreements signed with pen and paper.

Believes that "complying with laws and those who enforce the law is the right thing to do."

Believes in supporting reintegration of former prisoners into society to enhance public safety.

Believes in the importance of good sportsmanship and trust in voters, saying, "I look forward to witnessing a handshake between the candidate who wins and the candidate who loses at every level."

Believes Christians should actively engage in citizenship and cultural impact, supporting a diverse coalition to address national dysfunction.

Believes in protecting religious freedoms, citing instances of Christians being jailed for their faith.

Believes people of faith should engage in government, asserting that Christian, Jewish, and Muslim values are vital to American culture. Opposes secularism's influence on public life, advocating for a Biblical worldview in managing family, church, and state.

Opposes legislation promoting homosexuality as grounds for anti-discrimination lawsuits.

- Opposes legislation promoting homosexuality as grounds for anti-discrimination lawsuits.
- Opposes gun control.
- Believes that "respect for the law and the people who enforce the law makes every American safer."

Believes children need "a mother and a father" and supports teaching youth to finish school, get a job, get married, and then have children.

Believes children suffer from unstable and fatherless or motherless homes.

Supports quality education and has served as a high school math teacher and coach in Forsyth and Yadkin counties.

Believes in being "thankful for Youth and for Education."

Believes in traditional marriage as "one man, one wife, one life" and supports stable family structures.

Believes stable families are crucial for child development, saying, "Every child needs a father and a mother."

Believes secular culture distorts good ideas and desires to reclaim arts and media.

Believes in diverse educational approaches, having taught in public schools and homeschooled his children.

Supports controlling the border with a "big wall" and a "narrow door" for legal immigration, requiring passports and visas.

Believes in strict immigration policies requiring assimilation and allegiance to American culture and laws.

Believes in enforcing immigration law nationwide.

Believes a world led by America is safer than one led by Russia or China.

Believes Republicans are unwilling to address immigration issues, saying "Republicans refused to discuss legislation to change the immigration invasion in the spring of 2024."

Believes asylum claims should only be accepted at U.S. embassies and supports 100% legal, orderly immigration.

Believes Democrats have opened up border and immigration policy by placing key administrators in cabinet positions.

Believes in the need for legal immigration and stable families, saying "These are not all legislative goals. These are goals for our society. These are goals for our culture."

Supports providing support for veterans transitioning to civilian life.

Said that "one to two years of mandatory national service in the military or in the community can help to heal America’s divide."

- Believes all asylum claims should be adjudicated at U.S. embassies abroad and wants to require passports and visas for entry.
- Opposes undocumented immigration.
- Supports providing support for veterans transitioning to civilian life.
- Believes the U.S. should prioritize having "the most efficient, effective and powerful military in the world."
- Said that "one to two years of mandatory national service in the military or in the community can help to heal America’s divide."

Todd Helm lives in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He attended Wake Forest University. He is married to Karen Reinert and has three adult children.

Todd Helm has served as a high school math teacher and coach in Forsyth and Yadkin counties. He is the founder and CEO of a non-profit organization, Agricultural Development Initiatives, established in 2001.

As of August 21, 2024, Todd Helm’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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