As a proud fourth-generation North Carolinian with family roots in Montgomery County, April Cook has called Concord home for over 30 years. She raised her family in Cabarrus County and has spent her life grounded by faith, community, and service.

From volunteering at local churches to leading mission trips in Guatemala and Haiti, April’s dedication to service has always extended beyond herself. Recognized with honors like the Charlotte Business Journal’s Excellence in Healthcare Award and Business Today’s Top Women in Business, she’s proven what compassionate, hands-on leadership looks like.

April Cook is a fourth-generation North Carolinian with family roots in Montgomery County. She has volunteered at local churches and led mission trips in Guatemala and Haiti. She raised her family in Cabarrus County.

April Cook is a fourth-generation North Carolinian. She raised her family in Cabarrus County.

For more than two decades, April has put those values into action as Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Lake Norman Community Health Clinic, where she helped thousands of uninsured North Carolinians access affordable, quality care. While leading the clinic she co-founded, April also served on the Board of the NC Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NCAFCC) for 10 years, including two as Board Chair.

In 2022, April was named CEO of the NCAFCC, where she now represents and advocates for all free and charitable clinics across North Carolina—continuing her lifelong mission to ensure that no one goes without care.

April currently works as chief executive officer of the North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. She previously co-founded and served as executive director of the Lake Norman Community Health Clinic.

2026 North Carolina General Election

WHAT I'LL FOCUS ON:

* Addressing the root drivers of cost, not just short-term fixes

* Supporting policies that promote housing stability and predictability

* Making sure public systems work so families are not forced to pay privately to fill gaps

* Protecting working families from unnecessary financial strain created by poor planning

People should be able to afford to live in the communities they serve and help sustain.

Platform | April Cook for NC Senate 34

Supports policies that promote housing stability and predictability.

- Supports policies that promote housing stability and predictability.

Economy

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

Public Safety

WHAT I'LL FOCUS ON:

* Strengthening and expanding community-based clinics that provide primary and preventative care

* Supporting policies that help people access care earlier, before problems become crises

* Reducing cost shifting that pushes medical debt onto families and hospitals

* Investing in healthcare solutions that lower long-term costs instead of creating new ones

Healthcare should relieve pressure on families, not create financial ruin.

Some healthcare decisions are deeply personal. They are complex, often difficult, and cannot be reduced to one-size-fits-all laws.

Women deserve privacy, trust, and respect when making healthcare decisions. Those decisions belong with women, their doctors, and the people they trust.

WHAT I'LL FOCUS ON:

* Protecting medical decision-making from political interference

* Preserving access to timely and safe healthcare

* Respecting the complexity of real medical situations

* Keeping government out of decisions it cannot fully understand

Trusting women isn't extreme. It's responsible.

Plans to reduce cost shifting that creates medical debt for families and hospitals.

Plans to reduce cost-shifting that creates medical debt for families and hospitals.

Plans to strengthen and expand community-based clinics that provide primary and preventive care.

Supports policies to help people access healthcare earlier, before medical problems become crises.

Plans to invest in healthcare solutions that lower long-term costs.

Supports protecting women's medical decision-making from political interference and preserving timely, safe healthcare access.

- Plans to reduce cost-shifting that creates medical debt for families and hospitals.
- Plans to strengthen and expand community-based clinics that provide primary and preventive care.
- Supports policies to help people access healthcare earlier, before medical problems become crises.
- Plans to invest in healthcare solutions that lower long-term costs.
- Supports protecting women's medical decision-making from political interference and preserving timely, safe healthcare access.

Healthcare

WHAT I'LL FOCUS ON:

* Making public school funding a clear priority

* Ensuring education policy recognizes the realities public schools face

* Paying teachers competitively and protecting long-term benefits and retirement security

* Supporting and rewarding schools that are delivering results with limited resources

Supporting teachers and public schools is one of the most effective ways to strengthen communities -- and ensure success for our future generations.

Plans to support and reward public schools delivering results with limited resources.

Plans to make public-school funding a clear priority.

Plans to pay teachers competitively and protect their long-term benefits and retirement security.

- Plans to support and reward public schools delivering results with limited resources.
- Plans to make public-school funding a clear priority.
- Plans to pay teachers competitively and protect their long-term benefits and retirement security.

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Energy & the Environment

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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April Cook

- Plans to strengthen and expand community-based clinics that provide primary and preventive care.
- Supports policies to help people access healthcare earlier, before medical problems become crises.
- Plans to invest in healthcare solutions that lower long-term costs.
- Supports protecting women's medical decision-making from political interference and preserving timely, safe healthcare access.

- Plans to make public-school funding a clear priority.
- Plans to pay teachers competitively and protect their long-term benefits and retirement security.

April is the chief executive officer of the North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. She has held this role since 2022. She previously co-founded the Lake Norman Community Health Clinic and served as its executive director for more than two decades.

April Cook's campaign for North Carolina State Senate District 34 is her first entry into politics.

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