Jordan Lopez Will Fight for the Issues That Matter

Economic Opportunity For All

As your State Representative I will work with my legislative colleagues to ensure that the voices of East Charlotte families, entrepreneurs, and business owners are heard in Raleigh. From our established community staples to startups that just need an extra push, North Carolina can continue to be the best state for business, without leaving working families behind. This includes:

Advocating for expanding the Child Tax Credit to support working families across East Charlotte.
Supporting public-private partnerships to create accelerator programs for our small business community.
Work with my colleagues to establish paid family leave, parental leave, and sick days; all of which are protections needed to ensure our working families are supported if, and ultimately when, life happens.

Investing in Public Education

Since taking the majority almost a decade ago, legislative Republicans have been waging an intentional and systematic attack against North Carolina’s public schools. At the beginning of the school year in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, there were over 500 teacher vacancies. That is unacceptable and a direct result of salaries that have lagged behind inflation for years. While refusing to pay our educators a sustainable wage, the NCGOP is also diverting over $600 Million dollars (that’s $13.6 Million dollars over 3 years in Mecklenburg alone) to fund private school vouchers with no eligibility requirements, instead of fully funding our public schools. My support for public education includes:

Ensure that starting teacher pay is tied to inflation (the same way political contributions are) to ensure our public educators are not just getting by, but can actually get ahead.
Advocate for restoring Master’s Pay for teachers. These professionals invest in themselves to be better educators for our students, it’s time we invest back into them.
Support funding that creates or expands programs designed to help improve student learning outcomes. From afterschool programming to in-class assistance, our students are worth the investment.

Infrastructure for Everyone

From roads, to bridges, public transit, and even clean water, Charlotte’s infrastructure needs adequate investment to ensure its efficiency, safety, and longevity. Republicans have balked at Charlotte’s transit plan, essentially saying that “we only need to focus on roads.” Traditional travel by road is and will be important for many years to come, but as the fastest growing city in the state we need to be creative about how our residents get around. I plan on working to improve our infrastructure by:

Advocating for opportunities to fund small scale mobility projects (like addressing sidewalk gaps, bike lanes, traffic studies) in East Charlotte and underserved communities across the state.
Continue to work with City and State leaders to ensure Charlotte can carry out its 2030 Transit Plan.

Protecting our Democracy

Political deception gave the NCGOP complete control of our state legislature and with it, one of the first things they did was go after people’s access to reproductive healthcare. Since then, the Republican led supermajority has upped their attacks on voting rights in this state making it harder for mail-in ballots to count, have gerrymandered our state legislative districts even more, and continue to use the GOP controlled court system to subvert our constitution. In order to make North Carolina a more fair and democratic state, we must:

Advocate for the creation of Independent Redistricting Commissions to eliminate the extreme political bias, regardless of party control, from the map drawing process.
Advocate for people to have complete control over their reproductive health in the face of the NCGOP insistence of controlling women’s bodies.
Advocate for a return to nonpartisan judicial elections where the letter beside a candidate’s name is much less important than their legal qualifications and judicial records.

Investing in our Children and Families

Advocating for the reenactment of North Carolina’s child care tax credit to support working families across East Charlotte.
Supporting investment in childcare access and affordability- both of which serve as obstacles for many families across our city in gaining full employment or affordable care for their children.