Deb Butler- House District 18

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Deb Butler is a North Carolina native. She studied at Wake Forest University School of Law.


Deb is a state representative. She works at the North Carolina General Assembly. She previously practiced law as an attorney.

Deb previously practiced law as an attorney.

Deb Butler is currently the State Representative for North Carolina’s 18th District. She has served four terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

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Supports raising the minimum wage in a way that helps workers out of poverty while allowing businesses to adapt, stating that having multiple jobs should be a choice, not a necessity.

Supports re-evaluating the tax structure to avoid disproportionately affecting lower-income individuals, opposes eliminating the corporate tax, and believes everyone should pay a fair share for government functions.

Supports re-evaluating the tax structure and opposes eliminating the corporate tax.

Supports supplementing affordable workforce housing for essential community workers like firefighters, teachers, and civil service employees.

Supports supplementing affordable workforce housing for essential workers.

- Supports raising the minimum wage.
- Supports re-evaluating the tax structure and opposes eliminating the corporate tax.
- Supports supplementing affordable workforce housing for essential workers.

Economy

Supports investing in renewable energy, specifically wind and solar, as essential for achieving energy independence.

For Candidate Deb Butler on Issue energy-and-environment: Supports the electrification of the governmental fleet and the expansion of public charging stations to promote electric vehicle adoption.

Supports expanding floodplain buyout dollars to facilitate retreat from areas becoming uninhabitable due to rising temperatures.

Supports expanding floodplain buyout dollars to facilitate retreat from areas becoming uninhabitable due to climate change.

Supports reimagining the discharge permitting process to ensure manufacturers prove the safety of their processes before using public resources, emphasizing the need to prevent contamination and address water quality issues related to PFAS chemicals.

Supports revising the discharge permitting process to prevent manufacturer contamination and address water quality issues related to PFAS chemicals.

- Supports investing in renewable energy.
- Supports electric vehicle manufacturing.
- Supports expanding floodplain buyout dollars to facilitate retreat from areas becoming uninhabitable due to climate change.
- Supports revising the discharge permitting process to prevent manufacturer contamination and address water quality issues related to PFAS chemicals.

Energy & the Environment

Supports the codification of Roe v. Wade and believes women should have the freedom to control their own bodies.

Supports making medical cannabis available at a doctor's discretion to ease suffering and reduce opioid dependence.

For Candidate Deb Butler on Issue healthcare: Supports decriminalizing personal use of small amounts of recreational cannabis to reduce stigmatized criminal records and improve opportunities for individuals.

Supports decriminalization of recreational cannabis in small amounts.

- Supports abortion access.
- Supports prescription medical cannabis.
- Supports decriminalization of recreational cannabis in small amounts.

Healthcare

Supports protecting voting rights and believes that undermining faith in the electoral process is dangerous.

Voting & Elections

Supports banning assault weapons to protect children and police officers, advocating for the renewal of the federal ban.

Supports banning assault weapons and the renewing the federal ban.

For Candidate Deb Butler on Issue public-safety:  
Supports common sense gun control measures, including universal background checks, safe storage, and extreme risk protective orders.

Supports gun control measures, including universal background checks, safe storage, and extreme risk protective orders.

Supports funding and training for police to improve racial bias and advocates for additional personnel to allow officers to focus on policing rather than social issues like substance use disorder and mental illness.

Supports personnel funding and racial bias training for police.

Supports ending cash bail for non-violent offenders, stating that financial status should not dictate freedom.

Supports ending cash bail for non-violent offenders.

- Supports banning assault weapons and the renewing the federal ban.
- Supports gun control measures, including universal background checks, safe storage, and extreme risk protective orders.
- Supports personnel funding and racial bias training for police.
- Supports ending cash bail for non-violent offenders.

Public Safety

Supports making community college more accessible through expanded grant, apprenticeship, and work/study programs.

Supports expanded funding for community college grant, apprenticeship, and work/study programs.

Opposes the voucher scheme favored by Republicans, stating it siphons $800 million from public schools to private schools.

- Supports expanded funding for community college grant, apprenticeship, and work/study programs.
- Opposes school voucher programs.

Education

Opposes the Trump administration's use of ICE and Border Patrol for warrantless searches and seizures of law-abiding immigrants, calling it a violation of civil rights and constitutional protections. Advocates for comprehensive immigration reform by Congress.

Advocates for comprehensive immigration reform. Opposes warrantless searches and seizures of immigrants.

- Advocates for comprehensive immigration reform. Opposes warrantless searches and seizures of immigrants.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Deb Butler

Deb Butler is a North Carolina native.  She Studied at Wake Forest University School of Law.


- Supports abortion access
- Supports prescription medical cannabis.
- Supports decriminalization of recreational cannabis in small amounts.

- Your State Representative participates in the legislative process at the state level. They are one of 129 members of the North Carolina House of Representatives. The North Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Carolina General Assembly (the state's lawmaking body).
- Your State Representative 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 Representative can serve on committees. This is important because many bills can be stalled in committee, preventing them making it to a vote.
- Your State Representative 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.
- State Representatives are elected to a 2-year term. There is no term limit.

Your representative and state lawmaker in North Carolina House of Representatives.