Allen Buansi is from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a law degree from the University of North Carolina. He and his wife, Sarah, have three children.

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Allen Buansi- House District 56

Allen is an attorney. He is currently an assistant city attorney for the City of Chapel Hill. He previously served as an assistant city attorney for the City of Greensboro. He also worked as an attorney for the North Carolina Department of Justice, where he provided support for the Attorney General's initiatives responding to the opioid abuse crisis. He later worked at the UNC Center for Civil Rights as an attorney and deputy director, advocating for communities fighting for their public schools and for clean water and air. Allen also serves as an of counsel attorney at Poyner Spruill LLP, where he focuses on government-related issues.

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Allen is currently a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives representing District 56. He was first elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. He previously served on the Chapel Hill Town Council.

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Supports legalizing medical marijuana, citing its effectiveness for chronic pain and chemotherapy-induced vomiting, and notes that it could reduce racially disproportionate arrests and create jobs in North Carolina.

Supports increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

Wants to reexamine the tax revaluation process to ensure equity and fairness in property taxes.

- Supports legalizing medical marijuana, citing its effectiveness for chronic pain and chemotherapy-induced vomiting, and notes that it could reduce racially disproportionate arrests and create jobs in North Carolina.
- Supports increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
- Wants to reexamine the tax revaluation process to ensure equity and fairness in property taxes.

Economy

Supports the growth of solar and wind energy.

Supports enhancing Governor Cooper’s Executive Order 246, which directs state agencies to include environmental justice in their work.

Supports improving public transit statewide, particularly in rural areas.

Supports clean energy and environmental justice.

- Supports the growth of solar and wind energy.
- Supports enhancing Governor Cooper’s Executive Order 246, which directs state agencies to include environmental justice in their work.
- Supports improving public transit statewide, particularly in rural areas.
- Supports clean energy and environmental justice.

Energy & the Environment

Wants to reduce maternal mortality rates and improve care for mothers.

Supports having at least one full-time nurse in every public school across North Carolina.

Wants to increase funding for local public health services, which have seen funding reductions over the past decade.

- Supports Medicaid expansion.
- Wants to reduce maternal mortality rates and improve care for mothers.
- Supports having at least one full-time nurse in every public school across North Carolina.
- Wants to increase funding for local public health services, which have seen funding reductions over the past decade.

Healthcare

Supports the creation of an independent nonpartisan redistricting commission.

Supports enhancing election security, voter registration, and nonpartisan redistricting.

- Supports the creation of an independent nonpartisan redistricting commission.
- Supports enhancing election security, voter registration, and nonpartisan redistricting.

Voting & Elections

Supports community-based policing and involving community leaders in law enforcement.

Supported legislation to reform criminal justice debt by allowing courts to assess the ability to pay, reducing certain fees, and preventing license revocation for non-payment.

Supports gun control and has cosponsored legislation to create a "red flag" law that would temporarily restrict access to guns if a judge determines a person poses a risk of harm to themselves or others.

- Supports community-based policing and involving community leaders in law enforcement.
- Supported legislation to reform criminal justice debt by allowing courts to assess the ability to pay, reducing certain fees, and preventing license revocation for non-payment.
- Supports gun control and has cosponsored legislation to create a "red flag" law that would temporarily restrict access to guns if a judge determines a person poses a risk of harm to themselves or others.

Public Safety

Supports expanding access to quality education statewide, from pre-kindergarten to post-secondary education and training.

Wants to "commit state resources to close the achievement gap and properly fund school infrastructure, in dire need of repair."

Supports expanding the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program to create a sustainable pipeline of teachers.

- Supports expanding access to quality education statewide, from pre-kindergarten to post-secondary education and training.
- Supports increasing teacher pay.
- Wants to "commit state resources to close the achievement gap and properly fund school infrastructure, in dire need of repair."
- Supports expanding the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program to create a sustainable pipeline of teachers.

Education

As of January 5, 2026, Allen Buansi’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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