James D. Gailliard
Democratic · North Carolina · 2026Running for North Carolina Senate District 11, North Carolina
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- A criminal justice proposal he calls the Restoration and Reconciliation Act
- A housing down payment assistance proposal he calls the Homes and Hope Initiative
- Expanding broadband access through a proposal he calls the Digital Dignity Act
James D. Gailliard is a Democrat running for North Carolina Senate District 11, covering Franklin, Nash and Vance counties. He serves as senior pastor of Word Tabernacle Church, a ministry spanning counties across North Carolina, per his campaign site. Gailliard is a former North Carolina House representative for District 25, where he was the first person of color elected to that seat, per his campaign site. He serves as a commissioner of MyFutureNC, involved in developing the state's educational attainment goals, per his campaign site.
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