Brandon Lofton

Lofton earned a bachelor's degree from UNC Chapel Hill in 2001 and a J.D. from NYU School of Law in 2004.[1]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have the honor of representing House District 104 in the North Carolina General Assembly. During my time in office, I have sponsored and championed several bipartisan bills to help encourage innovation and job growth in North Carolina, provide more flexibility and support for our public schools and strengthen our nonprofit sector. I've also worked to help more families afford childcare, provide support for families with children who have learning differences and restore North Carolina’s child tax credit.

I am a partner with a regional law firm, where I focus my practice in the area of public finance. I help local governments, universities and nonprofits finance capital improvements that help strengthen our communities. I began my legal career practicing with a civil rights law firm.

Prior to serving in the General Assembly, I chaired the board for the Council for Children’s Rights, chaired the city of Charlotte’s Disparity Study Advisory Committee and helped revise the city’s small business program.

I am a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and New York University School of Law. My wife Kellie and I are the proud parents of two boys, Caleb (14) and Brandon II (16).

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?

I am a problem solver. As a transactional lawyer, my job requires me to bring all sides together in order to solve problems and achieve results. I bring this same approach to legislation. I work with all sides of an issue to find practical solutions and achieve meaningful results for North Carolinians. For example, I worked across the aisle to increase innovation and competitiveness for North Carolina companiesI care deeply about our state. My life was changed by the investments made in our public school system. As a parent and as a legislator, I am committed to investing in our children and working to strengthen our public schools and promote opportunity in North Carolina.I work for you. As a representative, it is my honor to work on behalf of my constituents and the well-being of our state as a whole. I work to promote accountability and transparency in our General Assembly. I will continue to oppose measures to weaken accountability, such as gerrymandering.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The economy, schools and voting rights are critical issues facing our state. North Carolinians are facing rising costs while schools and businesses are grappling with staffing shortages. I am working to help strengthen our economy and help more North Carolinians meet rising costs by sponsoring legislation to reinstate the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit, increase childcare subsidies and help promote innovation and create jobs in the financial services and technology sector. Our children deserve a world-class education. I am working to strengthen our public schools by sponsoring legislation to help attract and keep the best educators, allow greater budget flexibility and increase the availability of nurses, counselors and psychologists. The right to vote is foundational to the functioning of our democracy. I have supported legislation to protect voting rights, end partisan gerrymandering and stand up for rights of North Carolinians.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a husband, father, lawyer and first-term representative for the people of NC House District 104. I a public finance lawyer and a former civil rights lawyer. I care deeply about fairness and am mindful of how our finances impact fairness. I was raised by a public school teacher who taught me the value of service and I have tried to honor this value through my work in the Charlotte community and my service in the NC General Assembly.

In the legislature, I have worked across the aisle to get my first bill, a bill to help nonprofits, passed unanimously by the House. I also sponsored or cosponsored legislation to end gerrymandering, increase funding for public schools and expand Medicaid. Prior to serving in the General Assembly, I chaired the board for the Council for Children's Rights, served on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Advisory Board, served on the Levine Museum of the New South's board, chaired the city of Charlotte's Disparity Study Advisory Committee and helped revise the city's small business program.

I am a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and NYU Law School, where I was a Root-Tilden Kern Scholar. My wife, Kellie, and I are the proud parents of two boys, Caleb (12) and Brandon II (14).

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?

We need to change the culture in Raleigh and end this General Assembly's history of placing politics ahead of what's best for the people of North Carolina. Last year, instead of negotiating differences in our state budget and finding a compromise regarding Medicaid expansion, the people controlling our legislature chose to pull a surprise vote with nearly half of the chamber absent. This stunt effectively denied half a million North Carolinians access to healthcare just months before the outbreak of a global pandemic. We are facing serious challenges as a state. We may disagree on the best approach to addressing these challenges. However, we should never forget we are here to serve.Fully funding our public schools must be a top priority. I am the product of North Carolina public schools and am fortunate that the North Carolina schools of my childhood were considered a national model. Other states sent delegations to learn how to replicate our success. The education I received in our public schools played a critical role in shaping my life and made our state what it is today. Now, I am the father of two public school students. They are coming of age in North Carolina public schools that haven't been adequately funded in a decade. We have a shortage of teachers and support staff. We rank near the bottom of the country in per-pupil spending. It is time to invest in our children and the future of our state. I am thankful for the heroic work by our health care professionals and frontline workers to help keep us safe, as well as the work of our teachers and school officials to safely educate our kids. I must acknowledge, however, that their work is made more difficult by years of poor policy decisions by the General Assembly. We have underfunded our schools for a decade. We failed to expand Medicaid. We created one of least generous unemployment systems in the nation. These decisions hurt North Carolinians before the pandemic and they're hurting us even more now. Moving forward will require expanding Medicaid, providing more support for our schools and fixing our unemployment system.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

We are facing serious and unprecedented challenges in North Carolina. These challenges are impacting our families, our children, our businesses and our communities. Addressing these challenges will require thoughtful leadership committed to working across the aisle to find solutions. As a legislator, my priority has been, and will continue to be, serving the people of North Carolina by putting their needs ahead of politics. I am committed to working with my colleagues to provide more support for our small businesses, better funding for our schools, increased access to affordable healthcare and an end to gerrymandered political districts. My life was changed because North Carolina leaders came together and decided to invest in the future of kids growing up in this state. I owe it to my children, and every child growing up in North Carolina, to make sure we invest in them.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Right now, our state is facing significant challenges. Our schools lack the funding they need to effectively and equitably educate our children, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians lack access to affordable healthcare, our unemployment system is the least generous in the nation and our voters are repeatedly targeted into gerrymandered districts. Our ability to address these challenges is weakened by our politics. Instead of negotiating or working through differences, our legislative leaders deploy surprise votes and other tactics. I ran for office in 2018 to help end this culture in our legislature and it remains a top priority for me. We are facing serious challenges in our state. We may disagree on the best approach to address these challenges. However, we should always govern rooted in the recognition that we are here to serve.

What process do you favor for redistricting?

North Carolina has been synonymous with gerrymandering for too long. Voters have the right to be heard and shouldn't fear that their votes will be diluted. When we redraw political maps, we should use non-partisan redistricting. I cosponsored a bill to establish an independent nonpartisan redistricting committee. I also cosponsored an alternative approach which would've amended our constitution to prohibit partisan gerrymandering. While there are multiple ways to establish nonpartisan redistricting, the principle is the same. Voters have the right to fair elections.