Andy Bowline

Andy Bowline earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a graduate degree from Wake Forest University.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm Andy Bowline. Stay-at-home dad. Former health tech CEO. Current builder of questionable projects. My website is andycantwin.com.

I live in Winston-Salem with my family. I have two kids in NC public schools who are, frankly, more politically aware than I was at their age. Before the stay-at-home dad chapter, I co-founded a health tech company, worked as a software developer and nonprofit consultant, and got an MBA from Wake Forest.

District 31 is about 30 points Republican. I am not going to win this race. But I want to, because the alternative is that nobody shows up, the incumbent faces zero accountability, and voters in this district keep getting representation they never had to agree to.

I care about public schools, healthcare access, corporate accountability, and fair maps. I don't have a PAC or consultants. I have a laptop, a campaign slogan that doubles as a confession, and a family that deserves to see me try.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Show up anyway. District 31 is R+30. The map was drawn to guarantee the outcome before a single vote was cast. But when nobody runs, nobody's accountable. I'm here to make sure voters have a choice and my opponent has to earn it.Your money, your receipts. We're handing billions in tax breaks to corporations with no clawbacks, no audits, and no follow-up. Did the jobs show up? Did wages go up? Nobody's asking. I will.Fund what actually works. We're dead last in per-student spending. Voucher money overwhelmingly goes to kids already in private school. Medicaid expansion covered 700,000 people and it's working. Stop defunding the things that help real people to pay for tax cuts that don't.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Public education. I have two kids in NC public schools. I've watched the legislature drain funding into vouchers that mostly subsidize families already in private school. Our teachers deserve better. Our kids deserve better.

Healthcare. 700,000 North Carolinians got coverage through Medicaid expansion. A third are in rural communities. It's working. Protect it.

Corporate accountability. We're eliminating the corporate income tax entirely by 2030. Two billion a year, gone, while we can't fund schools. When we hand out tax breaks, someone should check if the jobs actually showed up. Right now, nobody does.