Policy Positions
Positions as of June 6, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(7)
Supports modernization and increased use of nuclear power, and advocates for public universities to educate students about nuclear energy as part of climate solutions.
"The modernization and use of nuclear power is especially important to discuss with students... Inform the public the reassuring facts about modern nuclear power."
Supports giving individuals the right to sue polluters who damage air and water quality.
"People need the power to sue polluters who poison our air and water."
Supports narrow, minimal environmental regulations focused on pollution and endangered species, but opposes broad government mandates, preferring individual freedom and civil action over forced compliance.
"Pollution can be stopped by strong legal action and clearly-defined regulation so that they are fully held responsible. Pressure for holdouts to reduce, reuse, and recycle can be applied through civil liberties and grassroots activism."
Acknowledges climate change is real and harmful but favors individual action and minimal government intervention over mandated compliance to reduce emissions.
"If left unchecked, climate change will cause serious harm; over one hundred years of close observation have revealed this. The biomes, animals, plants, and even people have experienced manmade change at a pace some life cannot adapt to."
Supports global collaboration to stabilize temperatures and weather patterns, suggesting openness to international climate commitments.
"Stabilize temperatures and weather through global and local collaborations."
Mentions nonrenewable energy sources in the context of university research but does not take an explicit stance on oil, gas, or coal policy.
"it is in our best interest if our public universities set aside funding for research and development into climate, including potential solutions involving nonrenewable energy sources."
Raises the question of cost-effective conservation in response to climate change, but does not state a specific policy position.
"How should we conserve the places, weather, and lives under the influence of climate change?"
Criminal Justice(6)
Supports repealing laws criminalizing victimless acts and pardoning all individuals convicted solely on nonviolent drug charges.
"Repeal all laws creating a crime with no specific victim or property damage identified. Pardon all individuals convicted solely on nonviolent drug charges."
Opposes warrantless searches, police militarization, and civil asset forfeiture.
"End warrantless searches, reject the militarization of police forces and cease all civil asset forfeiture actions."
Supports ending qualified immunity and holding all public officials fully accountable for illegal actions, including investigating all incidents where police cause harm.
"End qualified immunity. Hold all public officials fully accountable and liable for illegal actions even when acting in pursuance of their official duties. Investigate all incidents involving a police officer where anyone is harmed, and subject the officer to the same consequences any non-officer would face."
Supports decriminalizing medical cannabis, citing modern research showing it alleviates pain, nausea, and symptoms of debilitating medical conditions.
"Decriminalize medical cannabis. Modern medical research indicates that this natural substance effectively alleviates pain, nausea, and other symptoms associated with several debilitating medical conditions."
Supports reorienting the criminal justice system from punishment toward restitution, including allowing victims to reach private settlements with or even pardon offenders.
"Reorient the focus of our criminal justice system from punishment to restitution. Recognize the right of the victim to come to a private settlement with, or even pardon, the criminal."
Supports reforming the criminal justice system to restore equal justice, described as 'restorative justice.'
"How can we rebalance our broken criminal justice system to restore equal justice for all?"
Economy(5)
Supports reducing the federal deficit through cutting government spending while retaining essential services, with savings used to reduce taxes and debt.
"The savings will reduce taxes, and the deficit. Our grandchildren will thank us!"
Supports limiting regulations that hinder local businesses.
"limiting regulations that hinder local businesses"
Supports reducing taxes as a result of government spending cuts and efficiency improvements.
"The savings will reduce taxes, and the deficit."
Supports substantially reducing government and military operations to shrink their footprint, implying a preference for smaller, less costly government.
"Reduce the operations of the government and military substantially so that each have a smaller footprint."
Supports enabling environmental innovators and entrepreneurs through rewards and university-backed entrepreneurship programs rather than government mandates.
"Those universities should encourage entrepreneurship to develop students' ability to innovate, bring about important solutions, and generate prosperity. For those residents who do innovate, a medal and big cash prize should be awarded."
Education(10)
Supports expanding and fully funding the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship program to give all families, including lower-income ones, greater access to private school enrollment.
"Expand and fully fund the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship program, allowing greater access for all families, including those who lack the financial means to enroll their students in a private school."
Supports expanding open enrollment within and between public school districts so families can choose the best school fit without needing permission from their home district.
"Expand open enrollment within and between public-school districts, allowing families to find the best school fit within the public-school system without obtaining permission from their home district."
Strongly supports expanding school choice including charter schools, private schools, and alternative learning centers, arguing that political and bureaucratic systems fail to meet individual student needs.
"Choice can create a dynamic, future-oriented education system... North Carolina can promote a dynamic, future-oriented educational system based on choice. Students and families need choices among diverse, robust approaches."
Strongly supports expanding school choice programs including Education Savings Accounts, open enrollment, and opportunity scholarships to give families more options beyond traditional public schools.
"Expand North Carolina's state-funded Education Savings Account program to cover more students, allowing better education options for all students, especially students with special learning needs and families with financial hardships."
Supports redirecting public education funding to follow the student rather than institutions, advocating that tax dollars should go to whichever school a student attends, including private alternatives.
"Refocus education funding by having tax dollars follow the student. Parents should not pay taxes for public schools while sending their children to alternative schools."
Supports school choice to expand education opportunities for parents and children.
"school choice for maximum education opportunities"
Skeptical that increased education spending improves outcomes; advocates for independent oversight to cut waste while retaining essential services.
"Increased spending on education, medicine, and the military has not made us smarter or stronger or safer. Each Department needs independent Inspectors General empowered to find where the money goes, so legislators can cut budgets while retaining essential services."
Supports rewarding engaged and innovative teachers through a choice-based education system rather than bureaucratic or politically-driven school policy.
"It includes the freedom to reward engaged teachers and develop innovative instruction."
Supports empowering parents to make school choices for their children.
"How can we help responsible and empowered parents make better school choices for their children?"
References public universities in the context of climate research and entrepreneurship funding but does not address college affordability directly.
"Because universities fund academic research, it is in our best interest if our public universities set aside funding for research and development into climate."
Healthcare(4)
Supports transitioning Medicaid from a direct payment model to a state-funded health savings account to give recipients more flexibility in healthcare choices.
"Transition the current Medicaid direct payment model to a state-funded health savings account, giving people more flexibility in defining the healthcare options that best serve their individual circumstances."
Implicitly opposes mandates related to healthcare, medications, and vaccinations, advocating for repeal of laws that mandate or prohibit any type of medical care.
"Repeal laws and regulations that mandate or prohibit any type of healthcare, medication, vaccination, or medical care or treatment."
Opposes government-driven healthcare programs and bureaucratic regulation, favoring market-based, patient-centered choice over politically directed healthcare systems.
"Politicized government programs and bureaucratic regulation inhibit patients and providers from making optimal healthcare decisions. Healthcare innovation has been hindered by incentives that do not align with delivering better outcomes."
Opposes increased government spending on medicine in favor of a market-driven healthcare model similar to Singapore's.
"We can emulate Singapore's market-driven health care system and stop feeding Big Pharma, and making millionaires out of fraudsters."
Immigration(1)
Supports passing the Lankford Border Bill as a bipartisan compromise on border policy.
"Let's end polarized mudslinging, and respect peaceful compromise by passing the Lankford Border Bill!"