Michele Morrow is from Nashua, New Hampshire. She has a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina. She and her husband have five children.

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Michele is a public education advocate and a leader of statewide groups that oppose Critical Race Theory in schools. She previously ran for North Carolina's superintendent of public instruction and served as a senior advisor for the U.S. Department of Education under President Donald Trump.

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Michele previously worked as a nurse and educator. 

Michele's campaign for North Carolina U.S. senator is her first time running for public office. She previously ran for a seat on the Wake County Board of Education in 2022 but did not win. In 2023, she won the Republican primary for North Carolina state superintendent of public instruction but lost in the general election.

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Michele previously ran for a seat on the Wake County Board of Education in 2022 and North Carolina state superintendent of public instruction in 2023, but did not win. 

Wants to reduce regulations that limit small businesses and "job creators."

Supports reducing taxes for working families and businesses.

Wants to audit federal programs to eliminate fraud and redirect funds towards infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, and internet, in North Carolina.

Supports policies aimed at "strengthening families," including tax incentives for marriage, child-rearing, and homeschooling, and limits on explicit content in media and schools.

Supports protecting Medicare and Social Security for seniors while reducing fraud and maintaining program sustainability without raising taxes.

- Wants to reduce regulations that limit small businesses and "job creators."
- Supports reducing taxes for working families and businesses.
- Wants to audit federal programs to eliminate fraud and redirect funds towards infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, and internet, in North Carolina.
- Supports policies aimed at "strengthening families," including tax incentives for marriage, child-rearing, and homeschooling, and limits on explicit content in media and schools.
- Supports protecting Medicare and Social Security for seniors while reducing fraud and maintaining program sustainability without raising taxes.

Economy

Supports increased funding for law enforcement and first responders and opposes reductions in police funding.

Supports tougher sentencing for repeat offenders, drug traffickers, and gang members, and opposes no-bail policies.

- Opposes gun control policies.
- Supports increased funding for law enforcement and first responders and opposes reductions in police funding.
- Supports tougher sentencing for repeat offenders, drug traffickers, and gang members, and opposes no-bail policies.

Public Safety

Supports restricting abortion access, including heartbeat laws, defunding Planned Parenthood, and expanding adoption and support services for pregnant individuals.

Opposes the Affordable Care Act and supports replacing it with market-based healthcare reforms, including expanded Health Savings Accounts and allowing insurance sales across state lines.

Supports addressing the opioid crisis through border security, expanded treatment options, and accountability for pharmaceutical companies.

Supports telemedicine and rural healthcare initiatives to improve access to care, especially in underserved and disaster-affected areas.

Supports integrating mental health reforms into public safety efforts to prevent violent incidents.

- Supports restricting abortion access, including heartbeat laws, defunding Planned Parenthood, and expanding adoption and support services for pregnant individuals.
- Opposes the Affordable Care Act and supports replacing it with market-based healthcare reforms, including expanded Health Savings Accounts and allowing insurance sales across state lines.
- Supports addressing the opioid crisis through border security, expanded treatment options, and accountability for pharmaceutical companies.
- Supports telemedicine and rural healthcare initiatives to improve access to care, especially in underserved and disaster-affected areas.
- Supports integrating mental health reforms into public safety efforts to prevent violent incidents.

Healthcare

Opposes "critical race theory and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in public schools."

Opposes teaching about diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.

Opposes education that argues racism is ingrained into society as a whole, particularly through policies, laws, institutions, and structures.

Supported the Parents’ Bill of Rights, which mandates informing parents if their child requests to use different pronouns or a different name at school.

Supports school voucher programs that allow qualifying families to use public money to pay for charter or private schools.

Supports "armed resource officers, strict discipline policies, and background checks for all staff" in schools.

Supports policies defining participation in women’s sports based on biological sex, not gender identity.

- Opposes teaching about diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
- Opposes education that argues racism is ingrained into society as a whole, particularly through policies, laws, institutions, and structures.
- Supported the Parents’ Bill of Rights, which mandates informing parents if their child requests to use different pronouns or a different name at school.
- Supports school voucher programs that allow qualifying families to use public money to pay for charter or private schools.
- Supports "armed resource officers, strict discipline policies, and background checks for all staff" in schools.
- Supports policies defining participation in women’s sports based on biological sex, not gender identity.

Education

Supports energy independence, which is a country's ability to produce all the energy it needs without relying on foreign imports, believing it will lower costs.

Supports building resilient infrastructure like flood controls, power grids, and emergency systems to protect against future storms.

- Supports energy independence, which is a country's ability to produce all the energy it needs without relying on foreign imports, believing it will lower costs.
- Supports building resilient infrastructure like flood controls, power grids, and emergency systems to protect against future storms.

Energy & the Environment

Supports finishing the border wall and funding technology, personnel, and other resources to reduce undocumented immigration.

Opposes sanctuary city laws, which ban local police officers from working with immigration enforcement officers.

Supports  prioritizing "skilled workers who benefit America" for legal immigration.

Supports "President Trump's mass deportation efforts to remove threats and restore order, while fighting for resources to combat the gangs and cartels infiltrating our communities."

Supports funding federal disaster relief and accountability for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rather than sending foreign aid.

- Supports finishing the border wall and funding technology, personnel, and other resources to reduce undocumented immigration.
- Opposes sanctuary city laws, which ban local police officers from working with immigration enforcement officers.
- Supports  prioritizing "skilled workers who benefit America" for legal immigration.
- Supports "President Trump's mass deportation efforts to remove threats and restore order, while fighting for resources to combat the gangs and cartels infiltrating our communities."
- Supports funding federal disaster relief and accountability for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rather than sending foreign aid.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports restricting mail-in voting to "those that actually need it."

Wants to reduce early voting to five days, including one Saturday to "save millions of dollars."

- Supports restricting mail-in voting to "those that actually need it."
- Wants to reduce early voting to five days, including one Saturday to "save millions of dollars."

Voting & Elections

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

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Opposes teaching about race, racism, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.

- Opposes teaching about race, racism, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
- Supported the Parents’ Bill of Rights, which mandates informing parents if their child requests to use different pronouns or a different name at school.
- Supports school voucher programs that allow qualifying families to use public money to pay for charter or private schools.
- Supports "armed resource officers, strict discipline policies, and background checks for all staff" in schools.
- Supports policies defining participation in women’s sports based on biological sex, not gender identity.

- The U.S. senator is a member of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. There are a total of 100 U.S. senators. North Carolina, like every other US state, has two senators. 
- U.S. senators have a great deal of power when it comes to bringing the concerns of their state to the national arena. U.S. senators can author, sponsor, amend, debate, and vote on bills that may become national law. 
- U.S. senators have an important role in deciding who runs the federal government. They hold confirmation hearings for most presidential appointees, including new Supreme Court justices and presidential cabinet members.
- Senators can be appointed to committees that focus on particular issues. Examples include the Appropriations Committee, which handles budget planning, or the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is a diplomatic body that welcomes foreign delegations.
- Senators are elected to six-year terms in statewide elections. U.S. senators are paid a salary of $174,000/year.