Randolph County woman running for Congress in next week’s GOP primary
Randolph County resident Jen Bucardo is one of four candidates running for Congress in next week’s GOP primary for the U.S. House 9th District seat.Bucardo ran for Congress two years ago as an unaffiliated candidate in the 6th District. Now, she’s running as a Republican and is one of only two candidates in the primary who live in the 9th District.”I was raised here in North Carolina,” she said. “Since I was 8 years old in Asheboro, North Carolina. I graduated from Winston-Salem State University with a Bachelor’s degree in health care management. And that’s one of the reasons that I got into politics, really.”Bucardo, who lists education as a top issue on her campaign website, said she wants to make health education part of a student’s core curriculum. “Health education teaches kids about their mental health, their physical health and their emotional health at grade-appropriate levels from kindergarten through 12th grade,” she said. “In high school, I do think that we need to teach children about sexual education and reproductive health because. I am pro-life but I also believe in preventing the need for abortions.” Bucardo said during her time at WSSU, she became more politically aware of concerns over police brutality. “I did protests downtown to lift those voices who feel like they are unheard,” she said. “I want them to know that they are heard. That we do see them and that we do see what’s going on with police officers who feel like they have the ability to treat others like that — and to take lives.”Bucardo is the only candidate in the race who said they didn’t vote for Donald Trump in the last presidential election. Then an independent, she said she voted for the Green Party.
Randolph County resident Jen Bucardo is one of four candidates running for Congress in next week’s GOP primary for the U.S. House 9th District seat.
Bucardo ran for Congress two years ago as an unaffiliated candidate in the 6th District. Now, she’s running as a Republican and is one of only two candidates in the primary who live in the 9th District.
“I was raised here in North Carolina,” she said. “Since I was 8 years old in Asheboro, North Carolina. I graduated from Winston-Salem State University with a Bachelor’s degree in health care management. And that’s one of the reasons that I got into politics, really.”
Bucardo, who lists education as a top issue on her campaign website, said she wants to make health education part of a student’s core curriculum.
“Health education teaches kids about their mental health, their physical health and their emotional health at grade-appropriate levels from kindergarten through 12th grade,” she said. “In high school, I do think that we need to teach children about sexual education and reproductive health because. I am pro-life but I also believe in preventing the need for abortions.”
Bucardo said during her time at WSSU, she became more politically aware of concerns over police brutality.
“I did protests downtown to lift those voices who feel like they are unheard,” she said. “I want them to know that they are heard. That we do see them and that we do see what’s going…
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