HI, I am Bob Drach — your best choice for New Hanover County Commisioner. I have long standing ties to New Hanover County and understands the challenges facing local families, small businesses, and neighborhoods because I live them every day. My decisions are grounded in what is best for residents, not outside interests.

Tim White is a Brunswick County resident, Iraq War veteran, husband, father, and financial advisor who is running for North Carolina Senate District 8 as a Libertarian candidate. Originally from New Hampshire, Tim came to North Carolina while serving as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg and has called Brunswick County home since 2009.

As a Private Wealth Manager, Tim has spent more than a decade helping individuals and families plan for their financial futures. His experience in financial services, military service, and community involvement has shaped his focus on fiscal responsibility, individual liberty, and practical problem-solving.

Tim advocates for limited government, lower taxes, free market solutions, strong individual rights, and greater voter choice. As a third-party candidate, he believes voters deserve more options and a government that is accountable, efficient, and focused on protecting personal freedom and opportunity.

Maad Abu-Ghazalah is running for the U.S. House of Representatives to offer voters an alternative to the traditional two-party system. His campaign is built on the belief that government should protect individual liberty, spend taxpayer dollars responsibly, and remain accountable to the people rather than special interests. He believes Washington should focus on practical solutions that strengthen communities, preserve constitutional freedoms, and restore trust in government.

A central focus of Maad’s platform is fiscal responsibility and reducing the size and influence of the federal government. He supports balancing the federal budget by reducing military spending, ending U.S. involvement in wars that are not purely defensive, and shifting more responsibility to states, local communities, and private organizations where they can provide services more effectively. He also advocates replacing the federal income tax with a national consumption tax, arguing it would create a simpler, fairer system that rewards work instead of penalizing it.

Maad also supports reforming immigration by expanding legal pathways while maintaining secure borders and enforcing immigration laws in a way that protects civil liberties. He believes no American should face financial ruin because of a catastrophic medical event and supports maintaining a public safety net for extraordinary circumstances while encouraging private-sector solutions for routine care. Throughout his campaign, Maad emphasizes reducing corruption by removing government incentives that encourage corporate and foreign influence over elected officials, allowing government to better serve the people it represents.