Dan Blue, candidate for NC Senate District 14
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Candidates for NC Senate District 14
Republican Chris Baker is running against Democratic incumbent Dan Blue. Libertarian Matthew Laszacs is also running. District 14 covers Wake County. Get to know the candidates with our NC 2022 Voter Guide.
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Name: Dan Blue
Political party: Democrat
Age as of Nov. 8, 2022: 73
Campaign website: Danblueforsenate.org
Occupation: Attorney
Education: NCCU — undergrad; Duke University — JD
Have you run for elected office before? State House, state Senate, U.S. Senate
Please list highlights of your civic involvement: Past Chair of the Duke University Board of Trustees; Elder at Davie Street Presbyterian Church
What are the three issues that you see as most important to your district and what will you do to address them?
Medicaid expansion, workforce training, affordable housing. These issues require strong investments in our communities, and we need to push for state funding in the General Assembly to make this a reality.
At a time when costs are rising, state government has a surplus. How should it be used?
We need to first meet our constitutional obligations to provide every student with a sound basic education, reform our unemployment insurance system, and reinvest in the Housing Trust Fund.
Will you vote for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina?
Yes.
What has the legislature gotten right, and what has it gotten wrong, about public education in North Carolina?
The current majority in the legislature hasn’t gotten a lot right with regards to public education over the past 10 years. Diverting funds from public education to private, for-profit schools; removing TAs from the classrooms; failure to keep up with the state education infrastructure needs; paltry educator raises; waging culture wars within our schools — we’re moving in the wrong direction.
Should North Carolina change its abortion laws? How?
There should be fewer restrictions on abortion after 20 weeks.
Please add anything else voters should know about your position on the legality or availability of abortion in North Carolina.
This is a complicated, deeply personal medical issue. Abortion should be between a woman and their doctor. To restrict abortion access is to put women in acute medical harm, and it’s not the government’s place to intervene.
Should medical marijuana be legalized in North Carolina?
Yes.
What, if anything, should the legislature do to shape curriculum dealing with topics of race, sexuality and gender?
These issues shouldn’t be avoided in schools. They need to be taught and discussed in a respectful, compassionate manner.
Do you accept the results of the 2020 presidential election?
Yes.
