ONE of these candidates will work for YOU!

David Rouzer, Current Congressional District 7 Representative (Republican)

Dr. Kimberly Hardy, Congressional District 7 Democratic Candidate

• Mom, social worker, professor, and community advocate.

• Raised in a family dedicated to public service, including a Marine Corps veteran father and a federal investigator mother.

• Earned a Bachelor of Social Work and Ph.D. from Morgan State University and a Master of Social Work from The Ohio State University.

• Worked as a school social worker, helping students and families access resources and opportunities for success.

• Associate Professor of Social Work at Fayetteville State University since 2016.

• Nationally recognized researcher focused on social work, public health, spirituality, and the role of Black churches in supporting communities.

• Former Democratic candidate for North Carolina House District 43.

• Elected Second Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party in 2023.

• Led a 30-county listening tour across Eastern North Carolina to hear directly from residents about local challenges and priorities.

• Advocates for affordable healthcare, strong public schools, voting rights, economic opportunity, and policies that help working families.

• Active in numerous community organizations, including food drives, school supply drives, and civic engagement initiatives.

• Running for Congress to bring greater attention to the needs of southeastern and rural North Carolina communities.

• SIX TIMES submitted a bill to eliminate the Department of Education, which would remove millions in critical public school funding to four of the poorest counties in his district.

• Former businessman who scored the highest stock market portfolio in all of Congress in 2024, all while representing a district with a 30% poverty rate.

• 2020 election denier who signed with 125 other members of Congress to overturn the 2020 election.

• Climate change denier, even though three of his eight counties are along the Atlantic coastline.

• Votes to restrict regulations on clean water, even though his entire district is plagued with PFAS in the drinking water.

• Strong supporter of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that cut Medicaid funding, funding that is crucial to rural hospitals (six of his eight counties are considered rural).

• Consistently votes against funds for improving infrastructure, even though those funds would pay to expand broadband into rural areas.

• Votes against infrastructure also hamper Brunswick County's ability to widen roads so the increasing population can evacuate in an emergency.

• Consistently votes against healthcare and SNAP benefits, even though a significant number of his constituents depend on those benefits.

• Justified the billions of tax dollars for Trump's ballroom by comparing it to Obama's basketball court (Obama painted lines on an existing tennis court and installed portable basketball hoops at a cost of around $2,000)

• Hasn't held a Town Hall or constituent meeting since 2018. Do you really think he cares about YOU?