Ben Clark, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 9 in NC
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North Carolina candidates for US House District 9
In a newly redrawn district, incumbent Republican Richard Hudson is running against Democrat Ben Clark.
Name: Ben Clark
Political party: Democrat
Age as of Nov. 8, 2022: 62
Campaign website: www.BenClarkNC.com
Occupation: Manager
Education: N.C. A&T State University
Have you run for elected office before?: Five-term NC senator
Please list highlights of your civic involvement: Served five terms in the NC Senate representing Hoke and Cumberland counties.
What are the three issues that you see as most important to your constituents and what will you do to address them?
1. Protecting Social Security and Medicare from Republican attempts to eliminate or cut the retirement benefits that folks have worked their whole lives for.
2. Restoring and expanding women’s rights.
3. Protecting democracy from threats at home and abroad.
What action by Congress would you support to help reduce inflation?
The Federal Reserve is the appropriate agency to combat inflation. Congress should not politicize the issue and “root” for the current administration to fail. We’re one country and if President Biden fails, we all get hurt.
What federal legislation would you support on abortion?
Codify Roe v. Wade.
Should members of Congress be banned from owning and trading individual stocks?
Yes.
What changes in U.S. immigration enforcement and restrictions would you support?
I support comprehensive immigration reform and an expedited pathway to citizenship for dreamers.
What legislation would you support to make Americans safer from crime? What legislation would you support to make mass shootings less likely?
In Congress, I will support legislation that makes it easier and quicker for federal law enforcement to investigate, charge, and secure convictions against individuals who plan, organize, and fund insurrections against our government. As a retired Air Force officer, I’m outraged that nearly all the Americans who participated in a coup, fake elector schemes, and election tampering are still free to commit more crimes. We must pass stronger laws to stop crimes against our democracy.
What, if anything, does Congress need to investigate?
N/A
Do you accept the results of the 2020 presidential election?
Yes.
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This story was originally published October 13, 2022 at 1:27 PM.
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