Zelda Briarwood - Ballotpedia

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Zelda Briarwood has a bachelor's degree in psychology and outdoor recreation from the University of South Carolina. She is married.

Zelda works as a mental health professional.

Zelda Briarwood's campaign for North Carolina US Representative, District 11, is her first time running for public office.

Zelda's campaign for the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina's 11th District is her first run for public office.

Supports providing tax incentives and grants for small businesses that hire locally and offer competitive wages.

Wants to invest in research that creates new job opportunities.

Plans to invest in research that creates new job opportunities.

For Candidate Zelda Briarwood on Issue economy:  
Supports holding companies accountable for price gouging.

Supports "holding companies accountable for price gouging."

For Candidate Zelda Briarwood on Issue economy: Supports expanding USDA programs to prioritize farmers, provide resources for competitive pricing, and assist them in adapting to challenges.

Believes expanding U.S. Department of Agriculture programs to prioritize farmers, provide resources for competitive pricing, and assist them in adapting to challenges.

Supports reducing taxes for the working class, raising the federal minimum wage to at least $17, cutting unnecessary corporate tax breaks, and investing in small businesses.

Supports reducing taxes for the working class.

Plans to "ban private equity from purchasing residential housing."

Wants to "strengthen Social Security by closing tax loopholes for the ultra wealthy, ensuring long-term program stability."

Promises to introduce a bill that restores full funding and staffing to pre-Department of Government Efficiency requirements.

Wants to raise the federal minimum wage to at least $20.

- Supports providing tax incentives and grants for small businesses that hire locally and offer competitive wages.
- Plans to invest in research that creates new job opportunities.
- Supports "holding companies accountable for price gouging."
- Believes expanding U.S. Department of Agriculture programs to prioritize farmers, provide resources for competitive pricing, and assist them in adapting to challenges.
- Supports reducing taxes for the working class.
- Plans to "ban private equity from purchasing residential housing."
- Wants to "strengthen Social Security by closing tax loopholes for the ultra wealthy, ensuring long-term program stability."
- Promises to introduce a bill that restores full funding and staffing to pre-Department of Government Efficiency requirements.
- Wants to raise the federal minimum wage to at least $20.

Economy

As of January 2, 2026, Zelda Briarwood’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Supports increasing funding for rural healthcare, emphasizing that access to quality care is a necessity.

Believes in increasing funding for rural healthcare.

Supports restoring funding and expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing.

Wants to restore funding and expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing.

Supports lowering prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices and capping out-of-pocket expenses for seniors and working families.

Supports expanding hospitals and clinics, including those for Veterans in rural areas, to protect community healthcare.

Aims to expand hospitals and clinics, including those for Veterans in rural areas.

Supports ensuring safe staffing levels for nurses to provide everyone access to quality healthcare.

Commits to ensuring "safe staffing levels" for nurses to help provide everyone access to quality healthcare.

Plans to introduce legislation that "enshrines the right to Privacy and Bodily Autonomy."

- Believes in increasing funding for rural healthcare.
- Wants to restore funding and expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing.
- Supports lowering prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices and capping out-of-pocket expenses for seniors and working families.
- Aims to expand hospitals and clinics, including those for Veterans in rural areas.
- Commits to ensuring "safe staffing levels" for nurses to help provide everyone access to quality healthcare.
- Wants to prohibit for-profit healthcare.
- Plans to introduce legislation that "enshrines the right to Privacy and Bodily Autonomy."

Healthcare

Supports raising teacher pay and providing free school meals to all students.

Seeks to raise teacher pay and provide free school meals to all students.

Supports expanding access to vocational and technical training to provide students with career pathways.

Supports fully funding special education and mental health services to ensure every child has access to the tools they need to succeed.

Wants to fully fund special education and mental health services to ensure every child has access to "every tool they need to succeed."

Supports prohibiting for-profit education.

Aims to provide free school meals to all students.

Plans to introduce legislation that provides for free Community College for all.

- Seeks to raise teacher pay and provide free school meals to all students.
- Supports expanding access to vocational and technical training to provide students with career pathways.
- Wants to fully fund special education and mental health services to ensure every child has access to "every tool they need to succeed."
- Supports prohibiting for-profit education.
- Aims to provide free school meals to all students.
- Plans to introduce legislation that provides for free Community College for all.

Education

Energy & the Environment

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Believes the Immigration and Custom Enforcement operations in Minnesota is really about "terrorizing" political opposition.

- Believes the Immigration and Custom Enforcement operations in Minnesota is really about "terrorizing" political opposition.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Wants to overturn the Citizens United case, which allows corporations to spend unlimited money on elections.

- Wants to overturn the Citizens United case, which allows corporations to spend unlimited money on elections.

Voting & Elections

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Zelda Briarwood

For Candidate Zelda Briarwood on Issue economy: Supports cutting company tax breaks to resuscitate the economy.

Supports expanding Medicaid to cover more individuals in need.

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