North Carolina's 10th Congressional District election, 2026

Mir Yarfitz earned a bachelor's degree from Reed College and a Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2013.

Mir is a tenured professor of Latin American, Jewish, and gender and sexuality history.

Believes there should be no billionaires.

Advocates for a "progressive, simple, and fair" tax system.

Proposes a $20 minimum wage that automatically adjusts with inflation.

Believes all working people should be able to afford a home.

Supports laws to "stop out-of-state developers and billionaires from buying up properties, manipulating housing markets, and unfairly increasing rents."

Favors reform for shelter programs and an expansion of wraparound harm and reduction services.

Wants farmers to have federal support in dealing with "changing international conditions."

- Believes there should be no billionaires.
- Advocates for a "progressive, simple, and fair" tax system.
- Proposes a $20 minimum wage that automatically adjusts with inflation.
- Believes all working people should be able to afford a home.
- Supports laws to "stop out-of-state developers and billionaires from buying up properties, manipulating housing markets, and unfairly increasing rents."
- Favors reform for shelter programs and an expansion of wraparound harm and reduction services.
- Wants farmers to have federal support in dealing with "changing international conditions."

Economy

Wants body cameras to be mandatory for all law enforcement officials.

- Wants body cameras to be mandatory for all law enforcement officials.

Public Safety

Thinks mental health and addiction should be addressed through systems of care, not incarceration.

Advocates for the availability of social safety programs to all, regardless of employment.

Believes in access to gender-affirming healthcare.

- Thinks mental health and addiction should be addressed through systems of care, not incarceration.
- Advocates for the availability of social safety programs to all, regardless of employment.
- Believes in access to gender-affirming healthcare.
- Supports abortion access.

Healthcare

Wants nutrition, physical and mental health, and other wraparound services provided in schools to have further investment.

Thinks quality K-12 education, trade school, and higher education should be accessible to all.

Believes Pre-K and childcare should be universally available.

Supports free trade and vocational schools and wants more of them.

Believes all educational institutions and educators should "have the freedom to teach, and all students should be free to learn, without ideological interference."

- Wants nutrition, physical and mental health, and other wraparound services provided in schools to have further investment.
- Thinks quality K-12 education, trade school, and higher education should be accessible to all.
- Believes Pre-K and childcare should be universally available.
- Supports free trade and vocational schools and wants more of them.
- Thinks student loans should be forgiven.
- Believes all educational institutions and educators should "have the freedom to teach, and all students should be free to learn, without ideological interference."

Education

Wants the United States to "join the rest of the world" in addressing climate change.

Thinks "clean energy jobs are good for everyone, and we need to support their expansion and bring back cancelled tax incentives."

- Wants the United States to "join the rest of the world" in addressing climate change.
- Thinks "clean energy jobs are good for everyone, and we need to support their expansion and bring back cancelled tax incentives."

Energy & the Environment

Wants to stop funding the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, Customs and Border Protection, and "other out-of-control enforcers."

Believes foreign policy should leverage "our tremendous global influence" to promote peace, human rights, and representative democracy.

Wants the United States to recognize Palestinian statehood.

- Wants to stop funding the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, Customs and Border Protection, and "other out-of-control enforcers."
- Believes foreign policy should leverage "our tremendous global influence" to promote peace, human rights, and representative democracy.
- Wants the United States to recognize Palestinian statehood.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Wants to overturn Citizens United, a decision that gave corporations a greater ability to monetarily influence elections.

Seeks term limits and mandatory retirement ages from Congress.

Wants to "move away from the two-party system, and towards the multi-party coalition system that is used in most of the world."

- Wants to overturn Citizens United, a decision that gave corporations a greater ability to monetarily influence elections.
- Seeks term limits and mandatory retirement ages from Congress.
- Wants to "move away from the two-party system, and towards the multi-party coalition system that is used in most of the world."

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- Your U.S. representative represents the interests of your district in the U.S. House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. North Carolina currently has 14 U.S. representatives.
- U.S. representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become federal law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain areas of policy, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the speaker of the house or majority/minority leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms and there are no term limits. U.S. representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.
-  Representatives must be at least 25 years old, a United States citizen for seven years, and an inhabitant of the state from which he or she is elected. 