Reflector - Claire Kempner: Budd has done nothing to fight inflation

Supports decreased costs for housing and childcare.

- Supports decreased costs for housing and childcare.
- Plans to decrease inflation.

Economy

As of May 28, 2025, Claire Kempner’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Promises to "defend reproductive freedom."

- Promises to "defend reproductive freedom."

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Public Safety

Promises to "protect & fully fund education."

- Promises to "protect & fully fund education."

Education

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Claire Kempner

Said "I oppose all increases in homeowners, renters, and vehicle insurance."

Said "I will introduce legislation to encourage investment in historically economically disadvantaged areas in Pitt County and Edgecombe such as West Greenville."

Said "It is time that we raised the minimum wage in North Carolina to a living wage of approximately $15.00 per hour and indexed to the cost of living," adding that this should include state employees.

Said "We need to provide incentives to bring back the film industry to North Carolina."

- Said "I oppose all increases in homeowners, renters, and vehicle insurance."
- Said "I will introduce legislation to encourage investment in historically economically disadvantaged areas in Pitt County and Edgecombe such as West Greenville."
- Said "It is time that we raised the minimum wage in North Carolina to a living wage of approximately $15.00 per hour and indexed to the cost of living," adding that this should include state employees.
- Said "We need to provide incentives to bring back the film industry to North Carolina."

Said "I will work to ensure energy independence for the United States by developing our own natural resources in this country."

- Said "I will work to ensure energy independence for the United States by developing our own natural resources in this country."

Said "I will personally introduce legislation in the General Assembly to
limit the North Carolina Division of Health Benefits ("DHB") Health Management Systems (HMS) from taking the homes and assets of Medicaid recipients which forces patients to choose between getting the health care they need and leaving a roof over their children's head."

Said "I will always support a woman's right to choose."

- Said "I will personally introduce legislation in the General Assembly to
limit the North Carolina Division of Health Benefits ("DHB") Health Management Systems (HMS) from taking the homes and assets of Medicaid recipients which forces patients to choose between getting the health care they need and leaving a roof over their children's head."
- Said "I will always support a woman's right to choose."

Said "I am running to bring integrity back to the North Carolina Board of Elections."

- Said "I am running to bring integrity back to the North Carolina Board of Elections."
- Said "I strongly support Term Limits."

Said "I favor the death penalty for drug dealers."

Said "I am running to end the unprovoked brutal beatings and alleged hangings of black inmates in the North Carolina's Prison System."

Said "I am running to end the framing and wrongful terminations
 of black officers using false evidence for reporting excessive use of force incidents by their white counterparts. "

Said "I pledge complete and total support for the second amendment."

Said "I will personally introduce a bill legalizing permitless concealed and open carry in the State of North Carolina."

Said "When lawyers intentionally betray the trust of their clients; they need to be immediately and permanently disbarred from the practice of law and they need to serve time in a state or federal prison.  I will introduce legislation to criminalize this behavior."

- Said "I favor the death penalty for drug dealers."
- Said "I am running to end the unprovoked brutal beatings and alleged hangings of black inmates in the North Carolina's Prison System."
- Said "I am running to end the framing and wrongful terminations
 of black officers using false evidence for reporting excessive use of force incidents by their white counterparts. "
- Said "I pledge complete and total support for the second amendment."
- Said "I will personally introduce a bill legalizing permitless concealed and open carry in the State of North Carolina."
- Said "When lawyers intentionally betray the trust of their clients; they need to be immediately and permanently disbarred from the practice of law and they need to serve time in a state or federal prison.  I will introduce legislation to criminalize this behavior."

Said "I will personally introduce legislation to use a portion of the state's billion-dollar surplus to provide free tuition at all the state's community colleges and four-year institutions for families earning less than $100,000 per year."

- Said "I will personally introduce legislation to use a portion of the state's billion-dollar surplus to provide free tuition at all the state's community colleges and four-year institutions for families earning less than $100,000 per year."

Said "The situations in Ukraine and Israel as tragic as they are, are simply a dress rehearsal for World War III.  I have actually visited Communist China.  Russia, China, and North Korea have every intention of launching a nuclear attack on the United States.  If we cannot come together as one nation, the war is lost before it ever begins!!!"

- Said "The situations in Ukraine and Israel as tragic as they are, are simply a dress rehearsal for World War III.  I have actually visited Communist China.  Russia, China, and North Korea have every intention of launching a nuclear attack on the United States.  If we cannot come together as one nation, the war is lost before it ever begins!!!"

Lenton Brown

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