Kyah Creekmore

Kyah Creekmore was born in Lakeland, Florida. He attended Haines City International Baccalaureate Program & West Mecklenburg High School. He attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. His career experience includes working in customer service. He has been affiliated with Carolina Federation and Guilford For All.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I’m a 24-year-old Gen Z American, born in Florida and raised in North Carolina. My story began in hardship: I’m the child of a 15-year-old mother who chose courage over pressure to end her pregnancy. We grew up poor, moving from home to home and school to school. 9 schools in total before I graduated from West Mecklenburg High. Those experiences taught me resilience, adaptability, and empathy for families who live on the edge.

After high school, I attended North Carolina A&T for Industrial & Systems Engineering. College showed me I was good at learning, but my passion was people, not production lines. I explored small business, gaming, and content creation, winning $8,000 in a Call of Duty tournament, but also faced mental and financial lows that forced reflection.

Through it all, I realized how detached government feels from real life. When I saw leaders like Donald Trump rise through division and privilege, I asked myself: if people like me don’t step up, who will? I’m running because I believe everyday people — not the wealthy and connected — deserve the loudest voice in our democracy. I’d rather fight to build change than sit back and complain about the lack of it.

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?

Health Care is a Non-Negotiable Human right.

People shouldn't be choosing dinner over their doctor.

A Grandmother shouldn't debate whether to get a checkup because the medical debt in their family is too stressful.

We shouldn't have people rationing pills because Big Pharma needs a couple billion extra dollars to feed their CEO's.

Sickness shouldn't have a PROFIT INCENTIVE.We deserve housing that doesn't cost a lifetime's savings to acquire. We deserve housing that doesn't cost 50% of your paycheck and provides nothing but issues from slumlords. 30% of single family households shouldn't be owned by private equity artificially capping supply to up demand and pricing. The people are fed up and getting desperate.The workers of America deserve so much more.

They deserve a Worker's Constitution.

For over 15 years the minimum wage hasn't gone up at all.

People get fired, framed, and laid off work at unbelievable clips in every single industry.

Every corporation has more power to abuse and manipulate workers, union busting is at an all time high, unionization is at an all time LOW, corporations are raking in record profits all while there's record efficiency, record unemployment, record low jobs numbers.

We must begin to put the people first and give workers back their dignity where 1 job can afford a family , where food isn't out of reach, and home's don't cost a fortune.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Affordability (Across the board.)

Healthcare & Care incentives (from profit -->People)

Workers Right's & Unionization laws

Monopolies & trust busting

Healthier & highly regulated food/nutrition

Consumer Rights (Similar to those in the EU)

& finally:

People-first perspectives written directly into policy that force corporations to think of consequences and repercussions changing incentives for profit dramatically.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to my mom, dad, Malcom X, & Alexander Hamilton (the version of him we learn of in the play). I like to honestly follow all 4.

My mother taught me powerful emotional strength and gritty determination. She still hasn't made it out the struggle fully but from where she began being r*ped and having me at 15, being abused all her life, becoming an adult from such a young age, dealing with poverty and abusive relationships, figuring out how to pay the bills by any means necessary while raising 4 children largely without stability of homes, schools, income, relationships, any family help at all, fighting depression, she's the strongest woman I know. She's a little broken after all that hardship but I feel as though really soon I can start to take care of her like she done me and my siblings for so long and mend her back whole.

My father, though wasn't with my mother since I was 1, he would pick me up every weekend. Taught me how to have a good understanding of who and what I'm dealing with. Taught me how to play video games and sports. I asked a lot of questions and he answered a lot of questions. He was my break away from the chaos at home. He taught me how to be emotionally intelligent and has allowed me to have an excellent character and still is one of my favorite people to talk to so I'm thankful for that.

Malcom X: He's just one of the greatest black figures we'd ever had grace the USA. He was extremely intelligent and well versed in history. He was extremely clear with his ideas but also clear of mind. He was exactly what people need today and may still have if he wasn't taken out by our government.

Hamilton: While we're not the same, our stories rhyme. I see my determination, unflinching stances, and desire to actually create new systems for our nation so that we can have a more perfect union. The amount of time I spend writing proposals without a seat in congress makes me feel the symmetry.

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

Moral Clarity, Honesty, Transparency, Outspokenness on Lies & Deception & Hypocrisy, then finally true leadership.

Moral clarity: Knowing or EDUCATING yourself on history, to ensure that you're always choosing the oppressed over the oppressor. Our leaders pretend history only lasts as long as the news cycle, and that these laws don't actually affect and often destroy people's lives & that must change.

Honesty: Saying what you believe is right no matter who disagree with that and making your argument for it no matter what. Just because everyone believed racism was okay in the 1900's didn't make it right, and it took those that stood on that hill & often died for it to change the public perception as to what's right & what's wrong.

Transparency: Everything in our government nearly is done in the dark, making & writing policy, the meetings, etc. We must show the American people not only what we do, but how we do it, and promote growth & leadership in our communities so that there can be more good willed public servants within local and federal legislatures.

Outspokenness: Specifically not being bought by corporate, foreign, or big donor interests allows me & others to speak on any issues we desire with no qualms except with our constituents. We must make sure we hold other's accountable & stop using the government as a self promoting power structure & instead start doing things for and by the people. They won't stop being a roach in the dark if they keep getting light shined on them.

Leadership: We need people that have the desire to see through correct and moral policies. We need people that will stand up to blatant attempts at dictatorship & fascism. We need people that don't play nice with enemies of the nation. We need people that will call a spade a spade even when it may not benefit them because they know it's right. That's what I vow to do in congress.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Ensure the basic function of congress in making a budget is done every single time.

Ensure that the people of their district ultimately see their lives get better year over year.

Ensure that they make connections between schools & jobs, grants and trades, non-profits & those in need get the help they deserve.

Ensure that when the people need them to stand up, at a moment's notice, they are there to rally the movement.

Ensure that the people always have a voice & actively set up opportunities to platform their community.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I want to be a story that we don't need to have riches to make things change. We just need hope and a real passion to make it happen. By any means necessary. That history is being made every single day. The history of the past is as important today as it was then. It's up to us to make the history matter. It's up to us to strategize with the history given to us to develop new methods, new systems, and better ways overall to bring us as humans the best outcomes possible. We deserve more and I want to be remembered as someone that did everything possible to make that happen. I want to be remembered as someone that told the truth when it made people uncomfortable or even when most people don't agree because my conviction in understanding the past and using my words to convey what's right is the most important thing I can do. Finally I wanna leave the legacy that if you see something, do something, be the change you want to see in the world. Understand we are all a community and that you can do anything you have your eyes set on, and if it's right, then you'll have people support you, you can do what I did and make your own legacy.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

First black man, Obama became president. I was 7. It was amazing seeing a real leader up on stage representing the nation. My mom and nana often joked about me looking just like him and was really a great time although we were poor, things weren't as stressful then. My mom still had to deal with hell to get us what we needed but she never had to worry about politics so long as Obama was in office.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Carowinds. Around 2 years. Although the pay was a disgusting $8.50 an hour, the amount of fun I had there, our teammates around the park were nearly all my age (16) and that's where I learned I really liked people and socializing was a big draw for me. Nothing else since has ever given me the joy I had working at Carowinds. The managers were a drag but everyone else mostly were really cool and fun to hang with & if we got off work early, we'd just explore the park and talk which made the bad pay pretty worth it usually.

What is your favorite book? Why?

I will be honest, wasn't ever much of a reader growing up and even up until I became an adult. It wasn't until I realized I just didn't have a lot of literature I enjoyed reading that I decided to buy my first books this year. If I was to give a book out of the 9 or so, it'd be:

Hidden Potential by Adam Grant. It's really great storytelling and shows a part of human perception we get wrong about where to actually find the people that are the best in the world at the things they do. I won't spoil it, but the Hidden potential lies in the person's passion & drive for whatever it is they do, and often the people we look at as the best in the world today were actually average at best in their high school teams or other groups. Determination to be the best made them the best. Being comfortable being uncomfortable made them the best. I've been getting extremely uncomfortable putting myself out there to the public, speaking at events and local government meetings and the like. I feel a lot of mirroring in lessons in this book that I've been listening to long before I ever bought it.

Great read, you should buy it!

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Spider man. Extremely confident, unsuspecting ultra strength you'd never expect, always wanted to do what's right, and saved the day when every one believed all was lost. The determination to come back fighting even when he looked to be on death's door just made him truly the GOAT. Not to mention the fire martial arts and spidey senses that made so many scenes so legendary.

Tobey McGuire from the OG trilogy is the GOAT.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Finding a passion outside of video games and basketball. Finding a purpose that pushed me to want to grow no matter what. Finding what drives me more than those things. I didn't find that in school, neither in k-12 or in college. I realized that what I want to do long term is be a guiding light for people I care about. I thought for a bit I may want to become a therapist because I can empathize with but also come up with solutions for peoples situations & relationships. Ultimately life started to happen and realized the competitive spirit I draw from video games and basketball are important. The content creation I dived into for a bit was important. The people skills and empathy I had was important. These all combining to ultimately push me towards the idea of politics since I'm already outspoken in smaller settings, might as well give my voice real power.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

It's uniquely corrupt.

It's the most bought out & corrupt institution you can find anywhere. An interest outside of the American people have purchased their way to power & influence across all sectors of the house. It uniquely needs much reform to ensure that we as legislators (when I get there) must do our job and put the people first every time. uniquely, it seems to be the only institution that can talk about the American people the least while hurting them the most. The house has the most power out of any part of our government yet the most rampant exploited problems.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

I believe it's beneficial but obviously not that important. We have an array of highly experienced, highly educated Harvard scholarships yet we have the worst legislative outcomes and least rights you can find anywhere in a developed nation.

We must have more people that are simply willing to learn how to write laws, put the people first, and be the voice of the voiceless even in the most tumultuous times. Being of the very oppressed people you'll represent benefits you so much more than 2 terms in city council or a political podcast.

What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Unity.

Our algorithms push violence & outrage.

Our republican "leaders" push violence & outrage.

Our podcast bros push violence & outrage many times.

Lies & blatant misinformation is rampant.

Our media is completely bought and owned by billionaires that have turned journalists into a joke that must always both sides every issue when they're apples to oranges and don't know or can't push back on the blatant lies & misinformation that's currently so prevalent.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

I believe it should be 4.

I believe there should also be a law written (I've made & am still working on a proposal for this) that allows the people to actually vote to have a special election and force their representative to fight for their seat if they don't properly represent the will of the people. So that the people aren't stuck for 4 years with representation they don't like but ALSO they're able to vote them out if the representation isn't up to par.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Like with any career there should always be an end. But with this career the end should be much sooner.

There should be a maximum of 15 years and also an Age limit of 75. If there's an age barrier to entry at 25, then it only makes sense.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Bernie Sanders. He really cares for, represents, and speaks to the people at all times. The people are centered. He's not perfect but he's easily the best representative we've had in a very long time even up until today.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

I heard of a teacher who works full time at their school, they make less than 40,000 a year in salary, have 2 children, and don't have enough to get by. So they decided to part-time bartend and do uber to make the extra money. Then she has to also by the materials, decorations, & books for her class herself which can easily add up to hundreds per year. That's extremely heartbreaking knowing what these teachers go through just to provide for their kids at school but also their kids at home. I couldn't imagine being forced into such a circumstance. I know personally that I'd be very depressed and feel hopeless. There are countless stories nearly identical to that, it keeps me grounded and understanding the importance of pushing these policies to raise the floor for the millions of Americans suffering from work exhaustion, depression and poverty.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Not for every policy. Not every policy needs a compromise.

Many times the compromise simply is: Make it worse & watered down and provide loopholes that the wealthiest & most powerful among us can exploit and pretend we fixed the problem.

For example they "compromised" to get the build back better act turned into the inflation reduction act where they ruined many of the greatest parts of the bill to "compromise" with bad actors with self interests at play. It's not desirable unless it's for the better good of the people but not it just being argued that way, it legitimately have the people centered in the writing so that the implementation actually is enhanced as a result of the compromise in the long run.

Then if we're talking about our current state of affairs: Many of the republicans are trump stooges, didn't earn their spot or don't write their legislation (written by a lobbyist) or comprise an assortment of horrible ideologies such as: racism, white supremacy, bigotry, Christian nationalism, neo-Nazi beliefs & fascist ideologies. We don't compromise with that. They're inherently bad faith.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

It plays an enormous role in getting our single payer healthcare system and taxes on the richest Americans & corporations finally proposed and passed. It'd be the first thing I'd do to make sure we can flip the tax priorities from the poorest & middle class to finally tax the rich and designate new top marginal tax rates and progressive taxation so that we don't have people making 140,000 being taxed at the same rate as the billionaires first and foremost. Using the appropriations to starve departments that trump & republicans are using to scare and silence regular every day Americans and immigrants has to come to a halt immediately.

How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?

To investigate the worst human rights abuses and worker abuse cases within Elon's companies, the H1-B visa program and the immense inequities between their treatment & pay vs regular citizens. Definitely need to use their investigative powers to open up all the files that have been under wraps for decades like JFK, Epstein, and others. We must investigate the oligarchs and their unbelievable over stepping in citizen surveillance like with Oracle. There's plenty to do and not enough being done about it.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

None yet.

Candidates hear many personal stories from voters. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching or memorable?

we'd already answered this previously.

What is an accomplishment that you are proud of?

I'm proud of of my ability to go speak publicly in places I'd have never stepped foot into before.

I'm proud of my ability to have quit sports gambling fully as it was getting out of control and hurting my mental health and relationships.

I'm proud of stepping outside my comfort zone whenever I push back on others offering me an opportunity to do something I typically wouldn't do like a talent show, I somehow at the last second push my self to do it.

I'm proud I even have been working to make a campaign and put my self on the ballot.

I have a lot to be proud of and all of that is from this year alone.

What role should the United States government have in the development or use of artificial intelligence?

Government should create a 100% open source, independently created & regulated company that can't be defunded or have any partisan actors putting their thumb on the scale to scale back or defund the project. The AI should be specifically created so that data filing and other data parsing tasks could work much faster and efficiently, besides that I'd have to really come up with more ideas as to how it'd be used as our government has a tendency to act dangerously opposite to the safety & interests of the American people.

What legislation would you enact related to election administration in the United States?

Believing this question to ultimately be asking about election reform: first I'd ensure that we have a newer and robust FECFile program that isn't so dated. Secondly I'd like to pass my People's Election Act (just a proposal currently) and ensure that the American people once again have a say in what the government does & doesn't do. It would give every single legal resident of the US around $25 per level of government, each candidate that opts in to take these funds are capped at $1 million. This proposal also tackles ballot & debate access for third parties allowing for these parties to actually compete and have a spotlight so that even if they're a terrible party with unpopular ideas, they at least get a chance to spotlight them without all the hassle & issues that typically comes with getting on the ballot. Evening the playing field and allowing competition & a variety of ideas would allow the USA to finally get back on track with producing a better country and better laws year over year!

Campaign websiteCreekmore's campaign website stated the following:We've let our nation get to a Near BREAKING POINT.Issues Plaguing Our PeopleFocused on the problems politicians have ignored and slow-walked for decades. We must fight for a democracy that works for Americans — not for corporate lobbyists and not for the Israeli government carrying out genocide. Our tax dollars should build schools, cancel medical debt, and pay teachers with dignity, not bankroll bombs overseas.Healthcare = Human Right.The People’s Healthcare Rescue ActPeoples Healthcare Rescue Act (Click For full Proposal!)Healthcare Is the Hidden TaxAmerica is the richest country on Earth — and the only wealthy nation that still doesn’t guarantee healthcare as a right.Germany covered workers in the 1880s.Canada, France, Japan, and the U.K. proved decades ago that universal care works.We’re the ones still letting billion-dollar middlemen gatekeep survival.We spend $13,500 per person every year — almost double other rich countries — yet we live shorter, sicker lives.Life expectancy here: 76 years. In Japan: 85.Over 100 million Americans carry medical debt.That’s the hidden tax — the price we pay for letting profit come before people.Here in NC-5, folks drive long trips for care.Hospitals closed, clinics packed, nurses stretched thin.It’s your neighbor cutting pills in half.A teacher swiping a credit card for surgery.A grandma hiding her pain to spare her family another bill.That’s the cost of doing nothing.The People’s Healthcare Rescue Act (PHRA)A 10-year plan to guarantee care, erase medical debt, and rebuild America’s health system from the ground up.Universal Coverage in Two Years-Year 1: Kids, seniors, veterans, and Medicaid fully covered.-Year 2: Every adult and employer plan merged into one national care network.-Families keep $5,000–$9,000 more a year.-No deductibles. No surprise bills. No “out-of-network” nightmares.Rural Hospital Rescue-$100 billion upfront to reopen ERs, maternity wards, and clinics.-$30 billion per year to keep them staffed and modern.-No more two-hour drives for a baby delivery or stroke care.Prescription Freedom-Every prescription drug = $0 at pickup.-Prices negotiated at global standards (Canada/EU).-If Big Pharma refuses, America makes the medicine ourselves.-Funded by a 0.25 % Wall Street transaction fee and price-gouge clawbacks.-Savings: $300–$350 billion per decade.Ending Medical Debt-$220 billion erased for 100 million Americans.-Hospitals reimbursed only for debt they still hold — Wall Street vultures get nothing.-Families who lost homes or savings to medical bills get relief and repair.Protecting Women’s Health-Reproductive care guaranteed and federally protected.-One free abortion per year; counseling and safety protocols for abuse survivors.-Ban toxic chemicals in menstrual products and abolish all “tampon taxes.”-Equity first: close racial and gender care gaps once and for all.Taxing the Profiteers-10 % Profiteer Reparations Tax on insurance and pharma giants = $300–$400 billion over 10 years.-Corporate tax restored to 28 %.-IRS enforcement + defense waste cuts = hundreds of billions more.Accountability & Transparency-Health Accountability & Oversight Board (HAOB) publishes yearly Health Equity Scorecard.-Public dashboard shows state-by-state outcomes: cost, life expectancy, racial gaps, hospital access.-States that shortchange their people lose funding. Period.Economic Ripple Effect-$1 trillion saved in total system costs over 10 years.-4–6 million jobs created in construction, care, and tech.-Real wages rise 6 %.-Small-business boom once employer insurance chains are gone.The Bottom Line-In two years, every American covered.-Prescriptions free.-Medical debt gone.-Hospitals reopened.-Families saving thousands.-Healthcare finally a right. Not a bill, not a gamble, not a privilege.Peoples Healthcare Rescue Act (Click For full Proposal!)T.E.A.C.H ActThe TEACH Act: Dignity for Every Student, Respect for Every TeacherT.E.A.C.H. Act CLICK for Historical analysis and step by step breakdown of the proposal! America is the richest country in the world, but many of our schools look broken and are run down. The decades of disinvestment is very clearly showing in our national literacy and test scores reaching the lowest levels they’ve ever been. Kids are learning in buildings with mold and broken AC while teachers are forced to buy their own supplies. Families are drowning in student debt that takes decades to escape. And while classrooms crumble, corporations and politicians keep cashing in. Enough.The TEACH Act flips the script. It invests in our kids, our teachers, and our communities — not the profiteers.What It DoesTuition-Free Education-Public universities, trade schools, and community colleges become tuition-free.-Families never take on 5- or 6-figure student debt again.Teacher Pay That Respects the Work-Pre-K through 5th grade: 20% above the cost of living.-Middle and high school: 30% above cost of living.-Professors: up to 60% above cost of living.-School staff — bus drivers, cafeteria workers, janitors — guaranteed real living wages.After-School Programs in Every District-Sports, arts, music, STEM, tutoring.-Kids stay safe, engaged, and out of the pipeline to prison.Curriculum That Matters-Civic and political literacy in every school.-Literacy benchmarks so every child leaves 3rd grade able to read.-Real history taught honestly, no whitewashing, no more teaching to the test.Schools That Deserve Our Kids-Safe, modern schools in every community, not just wealthy ones.-Free, high-quality meals for every student.-Full accessibility for disabled and neurodiverse students.Safeguards-States cannot redirect funds away from public schools.-Private schools get nothing. Charters only if they play by the same rules.-Equity first: marginalized communities receive funding priority.-Every dollar tracked in a public database, with whistleblower protections for teachers and staff.How We Pay for It-Sequenced after the People’s Healthcare Rescue Act, using the revenue from closing tax loopholes, taxing billionaires fairly, and cutting defense contractor waste.-Education funding locked in a federal trust so it can’t be stolen or gutted by politicians or corporations.What It Means for You-Tuition-free public college and trade schools.-Teachers finally respected with salaries that match the weight of their work.-Schools rebuilt, meals free, after-school programs everywhere.-Kids learning to read, think critically, and understand how this country really works.-Education becomes a ladder again, not a debt trap.The TEACH Act is not a slogan. It’s dignity for every teacher, hope for every student, and pride for every community.Affordable Housing For AllThe Truth About Housing in America–>Check out the full HOME Act Proposal Here<–In the United States, the law has always protected land before people.From the country’s founding, political power was tied to land ownership. Tenants were treated as temporary, disposable, and undeserving of real protect