Gale Adcock
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.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 16 (since 2023)
- Occupation
- Family nurse practitioner
- Lives in
- Raleigh
Background
- Family nurse practitioner; former chief health officer at SAS. source: indyweek.com
- Served on the Cary Town Council 2007-2014. source: indyweek.com
- Served in the N.C. House 2015-2022 and the N.C. Senate since 2023. source: indyweek.com
- Former president of the North Carolina Nurses Association. source: indyweek.com
- Lives in west/northwest Raleigh; 48 years in the Cary/Raleigh area. source: indyweek.com
In their own words
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- Housing and health care costs source: indyweek.com
- Access to health care and providers source: indyweek.com
- Funding for public schools, Medicaid, state employee benefits and transportation source: indyweek.com
- Reviewing recent income tax cuts against revenue forecasts source: indyweek.com
- Opposing the property tax cap amendment source: indyweek.com
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