- See David Rouzer's sponsored bills →David RouzerRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$2.5M raised
- Kimberly HardyDemocratic✓ Verified$376K raised
- Maad Abu-GhazalahLibertarian✓ Verified$8K raised
Where they stand
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| Issue | David RouzerRepublican | Kimberly HardyDemocratic | Maad Abu-GhazalahLibertarian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Rouzer supports cutting regulations and taxes to create a business-friendly climate that fosters capital investment and job creation. Rouzer votes yea on bills supporting technology use in regulation, capital access, privacy in purchases, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention. | Hardy supports raising the federal minimum wage, closing overtime salary loopholes, eliminating taxes on tips, and helping local entrepreneurs with federally-backed loans to boost local economies. | No public position found. |
| Healthcare | Rouzer votes yea on acts reauthorizing EARLY Act, rural care improvement, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and patient support programs. | Hardy supports protecting Medicare and Medicaid, fighting for affordable health insurance, lowering prescription drug costs, addressing maternal and infant mortality, and restoring funding for cancer research and NIH pr… Hardy opposes eliminating Medicare Part D subsidies, saying the change -- which she says her opponent supports -- would make prescriptions unaffordable for seniors. | No public position found. |
| Immigration | Rouzer votes yea on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills, including Secure America Act and Stop Illegal Entry Act, but nay on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Abu-Ghazalah would require regular congressional hearings, transparency rules, and civil-rights/due-process safeguards on ICE given its funding and recent deaths of U.S. citizens in its custody. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: David Rouzer votes in favor of several immigration enforcement and security bills such as the Secure America Act and Stop Illegal Entry Act, but he voted against a national emergency resolution 1. Maad Abu-Ghazalah supports requiring regular congressional hearings, transparency rules, and civil-rights and due-process safeguards on ICE due to its funding and recent deaths of U.S. citizens in its custody 2. | |||
| Public Safety & Crime | Rouzer votes yea on bills enhancing prison staff safety, gun rights for veterans, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Abortion | Rouzer is pro-life and will fight in Congress to protect the rights of the unborn. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Rouzer supports lower taxes and reduced government spending, advocating for a balanced budget amendment and cutting wasteful spending. Rouzer votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and national security appropriations. | Hardy proposes making the first $20,000 of income tax-free for people earning under $100,000 a year. | Abu-Ghazalah proposes replacing taxes on income, stock, and inheritance with a broad-based consumption tax (VAT), exempting necessities for lower-income families. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Kimberly Hardy proposes making the first $20,000 of income tax-free for people earning under $100,000 a year 1. David Rouzer votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and national security appropriations 2. Maad Abu-Ghazalah proposes replacing taxes on income, stock, and inheritance with a broad-based consumption tax (VAT), exempting necessities for lower-income families 3. | |||
| Energy & Environment | Rouzer supports an all-of-the-above energy policy aimed at energy independence and becoming the top exporter of oil and natural gas. Rouzer votes yea on disapproving EPA rule, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, HEATS Act, and FIRE Act. | Hardy advocates for protecting Southeastern North Carolina’s environment by ensuring clean drinking water, coastal resilience infrastructure, supporting solar, wind, geothermal energy, and cleaning Brownfield and Superf… | Abu-Ghazalah supports amending the Clean Water Act to set binding national PFAS discharge limits covering corporations, government agencies, and the military. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Rouzer supports maintaining a cutting-edge military, investing in technology, and a strong alliance with Israel while opposing any loss of U.S. sovereignty. Rouzer votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon, but yea on defense authorization and veterans clinic naming bills. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Abu-Ghazalah would end U.S. military aid to Israel, Ukraine, Jordan, and Egypt and vote against the administration's $1.5 trillion defense request. |