Janene Ackles
Democratic · North Carolina · 2026Top priorities
- Expanding access to affordable rural healthcare and strengthening Medicaid and mental health services
- Rural economic development, including job creation and small business support
- Increasing classroom funding and teacher pay while opposing diverting public school funds to vouchers
Per the campaign site.
Biography
Ackles is a grant writer and founder of Grantastic Consulting, which has secured funding for nonprofit organizations nationwide, and author of a guide to nonprofit formation, per the campaign site. She founded the Cumberland County Community Watch Coalition and serves on the boards of the Vision Resource Center and the Jai 6 Youth Foundation, per the campaign site.
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