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Gale Adcock

NC State Senate
District 16

Gale Adcock - NC State Senate District 16

Candidate Statement:

It has been my pleasure to represent Senate District 16 since 2023 (following 8 years in the House and 7 years on the Cary Town Council). I am a family nurse practitioner of 37 years (employed at SAS until late 2020) and a healthcare expert. I have a record of support for public education funding, women’s reproductive freedom, environmental protection, and local government control. I am running unopposed for the first time and appreciate the support of SD16 voters in November.

Importance of this Race:

Republicans gained a supermajority in the General Assembly in 2022, empowering them to override Governor Cooper’s vetoes of bad legislation. Since then, MAGA Republicans have rolled back gun safety laws, passed an extreme abortion ban, funneled a shocking amount of resources away from our public schools, and are in the process of reducing the corporate income tax to 0%. Before we can make progress in NC, we first must break the GOP supermajority by electing more Democrats to the State House and Senate.

Office Responsibilities:

  • The NC General Assembly is the legislative branch of government and makes laws for NC.
  • The Senate and the House of Representatives are collectively known as the General Assembly.
  • The NCGA meets biennially and all members are elected for two-year terms.
  • The Senate consists of 50 members, and the Lt. Governor is President of the Senate. In his absence, the presiding officer is known as the President Pro Tempore.

Issue(s):

Preserving Public Education:

Education is the key to individual, family and business prosperity. It is core to a booming state economy. To ensure innovation and opportunity in the future we must never lose sight of the need to invest today in all levels of education: pre-K, K-12, the community college system and the university system. This means recruiting and retaining the best possible teachers, keeping schools structurally and technologically up-to-date, and making higher education affordable.

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