Daniel Cavender is from Lexington and works as fire protection specialist. He graduated from UNC Greensboro and previously ran for N.C. Senate in 2024 but was not elected.
NC Health News reached out to Daniel Cavender’s campaign multiple times — including multiple emails, DMing on Facebook, and phone call attempts — looking for answers to our list of questions and received no response. To give readers information, we combed the internet and social media for statements by Cavender that could address the themes in our questions. Unfortunately, we were not able to find material to answer every question.
According to his campaign Facebook, Cavender supports gun rights and deregulation, legalizing recreational marijuana, and lowering taxes.
Candidate Q&A
What do you see as the biggest financial and administrative challenge to implementing the work requirements for Medicaid that were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill?
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What would be your plan for ensuring the future security/strength of Social Security and Medicare?
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What would you support in Congress as a plan to help control health care/ pharmaceutical costs?
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What steps would you take to improve access to health care in rural areas? How do we make the Rural Health Transformation Program successful in North Carolina?
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The rollout of AI is moving fast, including in health care, and leaders in that space are calling for things to slow down. What federal moves should be taken to regulate it, if at all?
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Where do you stand on federal vaccine policy? What should be done to prevent future disease outbreaks?
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We’ve had some high-profile food contamination outbreaks, yet the federal government is pulling back on regulation of food, air and water. What level of federal regulation do you support and why?
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PFAS contamination is a nationwide issue; how do you address it while balancing public safety and business interests?
In a survey hosted by the organization Beyond Pesticides, Cavender said the following regarding PFAS regulation:
“First, I would like to state that I have firsthand experience in my industry, dealing with chemicals that contain PFAS. With this said, I see the potential harm that PFAS can cause. We certainly do not want to see it in any runoff, or see it anywhere near the farms that produce our food.
This said, I want to be clear in saying that I cannot support a full ban on PFAS. There are certain fire extinguishants that contain them, and would therefore face a rare release, only in emergency circumstances. I support the use of them in these limited circumstances.”
Cavender also expressed support for legislation that would help decrease dependency on synthetic agrichemicals in the agricultural sector, as well as legislation that would hold agrichemical corporations accountable for not disclosing the potential harmful effects of their products.
The building and placement of data centers have become a big issue, particularly in many rural communities. What should be the federal government’s role, if any, in how these are developed?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
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