Quanta Edwards
Quanta Edwards (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 38. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.
Edwards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Quanta Edwards was born in Lumberton and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for graduate study. Edwards' career experience includes working as a licensed real estate broker.
She has been affiliated with the Democratic Women of Wake County, non-profit organization Families Together, non-profit organization Nurse-Family Partnership, and the North Carolina Association of Realtors.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 38
Abraham P. Jones defeated Kenneth Bagnal and Richard Haygood in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 38 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Abraham P. Jones (D) | 77.7 | 33,058 |
 | Kenneth Bagnal (R) | 17.7 | 7,535 | |
 | Richard Haygood (L) | 4.6 | 1,949 | |
| Total votes: 42,542 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 38
Abraham P. Jones defeated Quanta Edwards in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 38 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abraham P. Jones | 57.2 | 8,718 |
 | Quanta Edwards | 42.8 | 6,512 | |
| Total votes: 15,230 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Kenneth Bagnal advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 38.
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Richard Haygood advanced from the Libertarian primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 38.
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Quanta Edwards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Edwards' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a product of the Wake County Public School System and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. I raised my daughter as a single parent , and presently I am a licensed real estate broker who owns a real estate firm. I have served on affordable housing boards and committees that provided mortgage & rental assistance to working families during a disaster and bought properties so low income families living in hotels, in their cars and on the streets can have stable housing. I have had my own personal encounters with the health care system and I have a personnel appreciation for what some people are going through.
- Affordable Housing - Under our present shortage of affordable housing, we have people earning a descent income, but still can't afford a descent home of their own, but they are paying extremely high rent. Therefore, I would favor legislation that would offer state subsidized incentives to businesses, agencies and non profit entities to engage in the business of providing housing that working people can afford.
- Medicaid and Health Care Expansion - It is well known that our present health care system denies many residents of the health care coverage they need. As a result of that, we have people who can not afford their prescriptions, do not have access to a needed specialist, and are disqualified on the basis of income to obtain coverage. As your elected official, I would sponsor, co-sponsor or favor legislation that would adjust the qualifying income limits, expand prescription drug coverage and push for expanded coverage of specialty care.
- Education-Presently, NC ranks 48th in the nation in student spending & 36th in the nation for quality of education for K-12th grade. Additionally, NC teacher salary ranks 35th nationwide. Collectively these stats suggest that public schools will routinely turn out students who will not be prepared for our local employee market. NC routinely recruits new companies with incentives and those companies bring out of state employees and rarely higher locally. My goal is to improve our schools by making sure that they fully funded.
There are two areas of public policy that I am personally passionate about and they are income and housing. As it relates to income, it is my belief that the cost of food, clothing, shelter, reliable transportation and health care are rising at a greater rate than the average income in NC. Some of these below average income earners are state employees. Our state employees deserve a livable wage.
As for housing, I would seek to minimize barriers to homeownership and housing affordability.
I look up to several of my family members. Some of them have had successful military careers and others are or have been successful business owners and each have made substantive contributions to their respective communities.
My example to follow is my Aunt Ronnie. She runs a successful transportation company in her County, and she genuinely makes an effort to employ local people and family. In addition, Aunt Ronnie is a staunch community activist who often gives of her free time to help people in her community.
1. My genuine passion to help those in need.
2. My ability to analyze difficult circumstances and identify potential solutions.
3. A humble perspective of the human condition.
4. My sincere belief that some genuine effort, on the part of those in a position to affect change, can make a difference in the lives of the people.
1. Listening to and digesting the needs of the people in my district and the people statewide.
2. Identifying the most critical concerns of the people, and devising a plan to address those needs.
3. Developing relationships with other legislators who may be empathetic to those expressed needs. AND
4. Sponsoring and or supporting bills and/or legislation that enact laws to specifically address the needs and concerns expressed by the people.
No, I do not believe previous experience always beneficial. My view is that people of diverse career experience, ethnic backgrounds and life experiences are more beneficial to the legislative body, in that a diverse legislative body is best to address the needs and concerns of a diverse population.
By having legislators who are serial politicians drafting our laws, we often wind up with legislation, worded in a manner, that reflect ONLY their collective views and not the views of our diverse citizens.
Yes, I believe it is necessary to build relationships with other legislators because, the collective view of the many, is more likely to enact laws that will benefit the people who will be affected by those laws.
I firmly believe that the individual legislator must come to a point where they set aside their personal views for the good of the people they serve. To that end, should it become necessary to compromise on a particular bill, so that more homeless children will become housed, then I'm inclined to compromise with other legislators, in order to help the people who are most affected.
Yes, I once encountered a young boy (about 12 years old) who was pan-handling with a sign, seeking money to help with rent. I learned from this young boy, that he lived in a nearby hotel, with one parent and siblings, and that they paid rent on a weekly basis.
After further inquiry, I learned from the hotel front desk, that the weekly rate was $314.00 per week, and that this particular hotel was HOME for several families, living under similar circumstances.
After digging even further into this issue, I also learned that there are several thousand, school aged children, living in hotels, with at least one parent and siblings. I am forever touched by this revelation, and I am committed to making a difference in the lives of those good parents and their children.
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See also
2020 Elections
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