Brad Hessel
What this job does: Your district's vote in the N.C. Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve some of the governor's appointments, and can override the governor's veto with three-fifths of the vote. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Knowledge management consultant (Intelledgement, LLC)
- Lives in
- Raleigh
Background
- Co-founder of Seer Technologies; earlier a game designer and product manager at Simulations Publications. source: indyweek.com
- Has run a knowledge management consulting practice for more than 25 years. source: indyweek.com
- Moved to North Carolina from Brooklyn in 1992. source: lpnc.org
- Appointed executive director of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina in 2014; ran for N.C. Senate in 2016 and 2018. source: lpnc.org
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- Affordability: health care, housing and occupational licensing reform source: indyweek.com
- Independent redistricting source: indyweek.com
- Instant-runoff voting and fairer ballot access for independents source: indyweek.com
- School choice and expanded education savings accounts source: indyweek.com
- Cannabis legalization source: lpnc.org
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