"Promote energy independence by expanding domestic production, lowering costs for families, and protecting our state's natural resources from extreme green agendas that kill jobs."

"Increase funding for law enforcement and first responders, opposing defund-the-police nonsense and ensuring officers have the tools to combat violent crime."

"Push for tougher sentences for repeat offenders, drug traffickers, and gang members, while ending no-bail policies that release criminals back onto our streets."

"Michele will prioritize spending on student resource officers, video surveillance, and weapons detection systems in every school based on the 2021 safety audits. Michele will advocate for criminal background checks for all school staff."

"Michele will prioritize spending on student resource officers, video surveillance, and weapons detection systems in every school based on the 2021 safety audits."

"Support federal-state partnerships to target fentanyl dealers and human traffickers, protecting vulnerable populations in NC cities and rural areas."

"Michele will hold public town halls with parents, teachers, bus drivers, principals, religious leaders, law enforcement, and juvenile justice experts. This will uncover the most effective policies for our districts."

"Support tax cuts for working families and businesses, building on President Trump's successes to bring manufacturing back home and create high-paying jobs in energy, agriculture, and innovation."

"Cut burdensome federal regulations that stifle small businesses and job creators, allowing North Carolina's entrepreneurs—from farmers in the east to tech innovators in the Triangle—to thrive without Washington interference."

"Oppose wasteful spending and demand fiscal accountability, including audits of federal programs to root out fraud and redirect funds to infrastructure like roads, bridges, and broadband in rural NC."

"Expand school choice through vouchers, charters, and tax credits, allowing families to escape failing public schools and choose options that align with their values and needs."

"Michele will end DEI and critical race theory teacher training on Day One! Teachers will be trained on evidence-based pedagogies for teaching math, science, and reading."

"Empower parents with full transparency and veto power over curricula, banning CRT, pornography, and divisive ideologies from classrooms while enforcing the NC Parents' Bill of Rights nationwide."

"Taxpayers' money will go to underfunded schools that desperately need resources and support and to the staff who work directly with our students day in and day out."

"Demand fiscal audits of education spending to eliminate waste, redirect funds to teachers' salaries, core academics, and vocational training to prepare kids for real jobs, not woke agendas."

"On day one, Michele will bring in an outside forensic accounting firm to track down every dime of missing classroom money. Taxpayers' money will go to underfunded schools that desperately need resources and support and to the staff who work directly with our students day in and day out."

"Michele will work with financial experts and legislators to streamline our spending to focus on teacher recruitment and training, student resources, and infrastructure."

"Michele will strengthen learning partnerships with community colleges and businesses in each district to provide associate-level classes and internships in every high school."

"Michele knows that North Carolina's public education system must be fueled by a fiscally conservative, free-market, and competitive environment."

"Defend the Second Amendment with no compromises, ensuring law-abiding North Carolinians can protect their families from rising crime."

"Repeal and replace Obamacare with market-driven solutions that lower premiums, expand HSAs, and allow insurance across state lines for more competition and affordability."

"Protect Medicare and Social Security for seniors while cracking down on fraud, ensuring these programs are sustainable without raising taxes on working families."

"Advocate for mental health reforms tied to public safety, ensuring dangerous individuals get help before they harm others."

"Address the opioid crisis head-on by securing borders to stop fentanyl, expanding treatment programs, and holding Big Pharma accountable for their role in the epidemic."

"Finish the border wall and deploy technology, personnel, and resources to stop illegal crossings, ending the flow of deadly fentanyl that has devastated NC families—over 3,000 overdose deaths in our state last year alone."

"End sanctuary cities in North Carolina and nationwide, ensuring local law enforcement cooperates with ICE to deport criminal aliens and keep our neighborhoods safe."

"Reform legal immigration to prioritize skilled workers who benefit America, while cracking down on visa overstays and chain migration that strains our schools, hospitals, and welfare systems."

"Our open borders under Biden-Harris and enablers like Roy Cooper have turned North Carolina into a magnet for crime, drugs, and human trafficking."

"Support federal protections for the unborn, including abolishing abortion and defunding Planned Parenthood, while promoting adoption and support for mothers in crisis."

"Protect girls' sports and private spaces by banning biological males from women's facilities and competitions, standing against the transgender madness pushed by liberals."

"I am unapologetically pro-life and will defend traditional values, religious liberty, and the nuclear family as the foundation of a strong America."

"Thanks to state and federal policies, North Carolina schools prioritize teaching children racially divisive and sexually explicit content instead of reading and math. Our current system rewards individuals who embrace these ideologies, instead of encouraging healthy competition, academic excellence, and personal responsibility."

"Thanks to state and federal policies, North Carolina schools prioritize teaching children racially divisive and sexually explicit content instead of reading and math."

"Empower parents with full transparency and veto power over curricula, banning CRT, pornography, and divisive ideologies from classrooms while enforcing the NC Parents' Bill of Rights nationwide."