State Representative, 120th District · North Carolina 2026 General Election

Caleb Brown

Democratic

High school teacher and coach · Highlands

The gist

Opposes public funding for private schools.
Supports expanding NC Medicaid and the healthcare workforce.
Pledges focus on household finances and fully funded schools.

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Opposes public funding for private schools.
Issues | Caleb "Coach" Brown for NC 120
Campaign website · Caleb Brown for NC · calebbrownfornc120.com
“Public tax dollars should not fund private schools when our public school children need resources.”
Supports expanding NC Medicaid and the healthcare workforce.
Issues | Caleb "Coach" Brown for NC 120
Campaign website · Caleb Brown for NC · calebbrownfornc120.com
“We must prioritize widening our healthcare delivery systems, expanding NC Medicaid, and developing our future healthcare workforce”
Pledges focus on household finances and fully funded schools.
Meet Caleb | Caleb "Coach" Brown for NC 120
Campaign website · Caleb Brown for NC · calebbrownfornc120.com
“household finances, stability, access to healthcare, and fully funding our schools”

Karl Gillespie

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; communications contractor and farmer · Franklin

The gist

Supports expanding ReConnect and GREAT broadband grants.
Supports efficient government while keeping taxes low.
Supports school funding formulas that work for rural schools.
Sponsored requiring government employers to use E-Verify.In office
Sponsored two-business-day deadlines for local development reviews.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Supports expanding ReConnect and GREAT broadband grants.
Campaign Issues - Karl Gillespie for NC House Dist 120
Campaign website · Karl Gillespie for NC House · votekarl.com
“Programs such as the USDA "ReConnect" program and the North Carolina "GREAT" grants must be expanded.”
Supports efficient government while keeping taxes low.
Campaign Issues - Karl Gillespie for NC House Dist 120
Campaign website · Karl Gillespie for NC House · votekarl.com
“This can be done while providing the citizens all the services to which they are accustomed and keeping taxes low.”
Supports school funding formulas that work for rural schools.
Campaign Issues - Karl Gillespie for NC House Dist 120
Campaign website · Karl Gillespie for NC House · votekarl.com
“we must make sure they work for our schools in small rural communities”
Sponsored requiring government employers to use E-Verify.
Representative Karl E. Gillespie, primary-sponsored bills, 2025-2026 session
Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · HB 1214 · ncleg.gov
“Make E-Verify Great Again”
House Bill 1214, "Make E-Verify Great Again." (2025-2026 session, edition 3)
Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · ncleg.gov
“to require state and local government employers to comply with article 2 of chapter 64 of the general statutes”
Sponsored two-business-day deadlines for local development reviews.
Representative Karl E. Gillespie, primary-sponsored bills, 2025-2026 session
Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · HB 876 · ncleg.gov
“Development Application Review Time Lines”
House Bill 876, "Development Application Review Time Lines." (2025-2026 session, edition 1)
Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · ncleg.gov
“to require review of certain development approvals and building inspections by local governments within two BUSINESS days of request”