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Justin Dues - North Carolina Health News

Justin Dues is originally from Coldwater, Ohio. He earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Justin is a father of four and lives in Concord, North Carolina.

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Justin previously worked as a senior business development executive at Thalheimer Brothers, technology commercialization counselor at the North Carolina Small Business Technology Development Center (NC SBTDC), founder and chief executive officer of Prohuman Tech, key account manager at Precision Castparts, and interim chief executive officer of Duesway Inc. He served as an infantry squad leader in the US Marine Corps from 2003 to 2012.

Justin previously ran for US House of Representatives in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District in 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary but lost in the general election.

Supports raising the minimum living wage to $30 per hour.

Supports reforming capital gains and inheritance taxes, strengthening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement for high-income earners, and implementing a wealth tax of 2% annually on fortunes over $50 million.

Supports busting monopolies and taxing Wall Street.

Believes the federal budget relies too heavily on individual earners and advocates for changes to shift the burden away from them and onto wealthy corporations.

- Supports raising the minimum living wage to $30 per hour.
- Supports reforming capital gains and inheritance taxes, strengthening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement for high-income earners, and implementing a wealth tax of 2% annually on fortunes over $50 million.
- Supports breaking up monopolies.
- Believes the federal budget relies too heavily on individual earners and advocates for changes to shift the burden away from them and onto wealthy corporations.

Economy

For Candidate Justin E. Dues on Issue public-safety:  
Supports cracking down on white-collar crime.

Supports increased prosecution of white-collar crime.

- Supports increased prosecution of white-collar crime.

Public Safety

Supports a trimester-based framework for abortion, allowing early-term access while imposing later-term restrictions based on fetal viability and development.

Supports outlawing medical bankruptcy, capping out-of-pocket costs, and ensuring universal access to treatment.

Supports outlawing medical bankruptcy, capping out-of-pocket costs, and ensuring universal access to healthcare, viewing it as a fundamental right essential for a prosperous nation.

Advocates for banning for-profit insurers from basic healthcare, allowing them only for supplemental coverage, similar to practices in many OECD nations.

For Candidate Justin E. Dues on Issue healthcare: Supports shifting healthcare spending from reactive, emergency-based care to prevention, nutrition, mental health, and chronic disease management.

Supports shifting healthcare spending from reactive, emergency-based care to prevention, nutrition, mental health, and chronic disease management.

- Supports a trimester-based framework for abortion, allowing early-term access while imposing later-term restrictions based on fetal viability and development.
- Supports outlawing medical bankruptcy, capping out-of-pocket costs, and ensuring universal access to healthcare, viewing it as a fundamental right essential for a prosperous nation.
- Advocates for banning for-profit insurers from basic healthcare, allowing them only for supplemental coverage, similar to practices in many OECD nations.
- Supports shifting healthcare spending from reactive, emergency-based care to prevention, nutrition, mental health, and chronic disease management.

Healthcare

Believes in the importance of public programs as moral victories that reflect America's commitment to caring for its citizens.

Opposes privatizing Social Security and Medicaid.

Opposes privatization of public education, viewing it as a threat to public solidarity and the social contract.

Supports protecting and expanding public programs to ensure no child goes without healthcare.

- Opposes privatizing Social Security and Medicaid.
- Opposes privatization of public education, viewing it as a threat to public solidarity and the social contract.
- Supports protecting and expanding public programs to ensure no child goes without healthcare.

Education

Believes the evidence of climate change cannot be ignored and advocates for action to support current and future generations facing its challenges.

For Candidate Justin E. Dues on Issue energy-and-environment: Supports restoring lands and waters through wetland management, fire breaks, forest management, and invasive species removal.

Supports restoring lands and waters through wetland management, fire breaks, forest management, and invasive species removal.

Supports modernizing critical infrastructure, including stormwater systems and broadband for telehealth and remote work.

- Believes the evidence of climate change cannot be ignored and advocates for action to support current and future generations facing its challenges.
- Supports restoring lands and waters through wetland management, fire breaks, forest management, and invasive species removal.
- Supports modernizing critical infrastructure, including stormwater systems and broadband for telehealth and remote work.

Energy & the Environment

Opposes "Forever Wars," Proxy Wars, and Department of Defense waste disguised as troop support.

- Opposes "Forever Wars," Proxy Wars, and Department of Defense waste disguised as troop support.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports term limits, removal of dark money and lobbying, and advocates for non-partisan primaries or ranked-choice voting options.

- Supports term limits, removal of dark money and lobbying, and advocates for non-partisan primaries or ranked-choice voting options.

Voting & Elections

Justin E. Dues

Justin previously ran for US House of Representatives in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District in 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary but lost to Mark Harris in the general election.

Believes America's privatized healthcare system is morally indefensible and economically unsustainable, and that no one should have to choose between treatment and bankruptcy.

Supports universal healthcare, viewing it as a fundamental right essential for a prosperous nation.

Supports fixing the broken foundation of the education system.

Supports a hands-off approach to education, opposing privatization efforts.

Supports increased prosecution o white-collar crime.

- Supports increased prosecution o white-collar crime.

Supports strengthening the IRS to audit and enforce tax compliance among the ultra-wealthy.

Supports taxing the rich through reforms targeting capital gains, inheritance taxes, and wealth.

Proposes a 2% annual wealth tax on fortunes over $50 million to raise revenue and ensure fairness.

- Supports raising the minimum living wage to $30 per hour.
- Supports breaking up monopolies.
- Believes the federal budget relies too heavily on individual earners and advocates for changes to shift the burden away from them and onto wealthy corporations.
- Supports reforming capital gains and inheritance taxes, strengthening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement for high-income earners, and implementing a wealth tax of 2% annually on fortunes over $50 million.

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