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Evangeline Hundley
Evangeline Hundley (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent South Carolina's 5th Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Evangeline Hundley was born in Newberry, South Carolina. She earned a bachelor's degree from Winthrop College in 1992. Her career experience includes working as a owner, construction company.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
South Carolina's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
South Carolina's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 5
Incumbent Ralph Norman defeated Evangeline Hundley in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ralph Norman (R) | 63.5 | 228,260 |
 | Evangeline Hundley (D) | 36.3 | 130,592 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 557 | ||
| Total votes: 359,409 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Elizabeth Tedder (Independent)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Evangeline Hundley advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 5.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ralph Norman advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 5.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hundley in this election.
2022
See also: South Carolina's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 5
Incumbent Ralph Norman defeated Evangeline Hundley and Larry Gaither in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ralph Norman (R) | 64.0 | 154,725 |
| Evangeline Hundley (D) | 34.5 | 83,299 | |
| Larry Gaither (G) | 1.5 | 3,547 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 136 | ||
| Total votes: 241,707 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 5
Evangeline Hundley defeated Kevin Eckert in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 5 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Evangeline Hundley | 57.6 | 11,257 |
| Kevin Eckert | 42.4 | 8,274 | ||
| Total votes: 19,531 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ralph Norman advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 5.
Green convention
Green convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 5
Larry Gaither advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 5 on May 7, 2022.
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| ✔ | Larry Gaither (G) | |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign website
Hundley’s campaign website stated the following:
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Healthcare Healthcare is a human right. No one in America should be forced to choose between healthcare and paying bills or between healthcare and buying food. To help Americans deal with high costs, the Biden-Harris Administration recently announced new actions to protect consumers and lessen the burden of medical debt on American families so that healthcare costs will not be able to destroy your credit or bankrupt you (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/11/fact-sheet-the-biden-administration-announces-new-actions-to-lessen-the-burden-of-medical-debt-and-increase-consumer-protection/). However, in South Carolina, no matter how much the federal government tries to help us, SC’s Republican Governor and his administration, the Republican led State Senate and the Republican led State House do not want it because those guys don’t need it. They have proven repeatedly that they want to keep South Carolinians sick, poor, and ignorant. But they keep getting re-elected. Because of bad leadership and voters who don’t know any better, SC is one of only 12 states left that has not adopted the coverage under Medicaid expansion that became effective in January 2014. Yet, SC ranks at the bottom for nearly all issues related to healthcare, from access, to nutrition, to mental, to physical and to outcomes. Medicare for All will solve this problem. Medicare for All will allow everyone to receive quality care that is affordable whether at the hospital, doctor’s office, emergency room or pharmacy. Medicare For All will eliminate copays, deductibles, premiums and provide reproductive care, home health care, maternity care, mental healthcare, dental, vision, and substance use, prescription drugs, hospital, and long-term care. Medicare for All will greatly improve long-term health by reducing underlying health conditions, aka “comorbidities” (i.e., diabetes, kidney failure, obesity, hypertension). We must never forget that throughout the Covid pandemic “comorbidities” was cited as the reason for such a high rate of death in the lowest economic and minority communities. I will be a vote for Medicare for All and continue to work to reduce prescription drug costs.
Our beautiful planet Earth needs urgent attention. Global warming is real. Climate change is happening, like it or not. We must enact the legislation that is in the Democratic House passed Build Back Better plan that reduces gas house emissions and lessens greatly our dependance on fossil fuels. This can start our transition to 100% clean energy, create more than 10 million new, green jobs, and commit us to ending environmental injustice too. I will be a vote for the Green New Deal. It is past time to take bold actions. And we need to act now before it’s too late.
Every working American in the country, in my state and in District 5, should be making living wages that rise with the cost of living. Although some may have seen their paychecks increase slightly, there are many more who have not seen the kind of wage increase that keeps up with the cost of living. The cost of living continues to rise while wages remain stagnant. Why? Because of today’s Republican leadership. They always vote no to raising the minimum wage. Don’t you think you deserve better? I do and I will be a vote for empowering workers by raising the minimum wage to at least $17 per/hr, creating new, American jobs. I will also be a vote to Permanently Extend the Child Care Tax Credit (aka – monthly stimulus checks) and to have Paid Family and Medical Leave like every other industrialized country. Right to Work States like ours, are especially in need of a federal minimum wage law to be enacted. It’s time for the hardest working people here in this state, the working poor, to get some economic justice and have a little more than it takes to make the end meets. Over the last 50 years, 90% of Americans saw their wages increase by a measly 28% while we saw 1% of Americans increase their wages by 119%. In 2020, annual wages for the top 1% reached $823,763 while income at the bottom 90% averaged $39,858 (https://www.epi.org/data/) Wow! This wage gap between the average worker (i.e., me and you) versus the CEOs of the companies you work for and buy from, the stations you watch on TV, and the people you listen to on social media is outright ridiculous. And it’s by design. The reason 90% of American incomes haven’t increased much at all is that instead of the 1% putting the money back into building up the people who make this country great, they spend billions to make you think that you do not deserve to make a living wage. They spend their money to sew division and hate against one another, fellow citizens, where neither one is better off than the other, while they laugh all the way to the bank. And in today’s Congress, the 1% has paid off the representatives and senators who always vote against your economic interests like living wages that rise with the cost of living and like the ACA, aka Obamacare or better yet healthcare that we deserve for all. Unfortunately, Republicans who serve in today’s Congress have unanimously voted against you to keep you poor, ignorant, and sick! Good government is supposed to do things to make our lives better, not worse. Hate won’t pay the bills, feed us, clothe us, or provide us shelter. It’s high time to get rid of bad leadership on all levels. It’s time to tune out the noise, the noise that keeps us divided, confused, misinformed and under their control. It’s time to vote out bad leadership once and for all.
Our seniors are such an important part of our community. Protecting them in every possible way is important. Everyone should have the chance to retire with the dignity and support they need. I will be a vote to secure original Medicare and expand Medicare to include home health care so if seniors want to, they can stay in the home they love with the assistance of well-trained home healthcare providers. There is a need in this district to build more affordable housing for low-income seniors and I support that. I will be a vote to protect Social Security and fight to expand those benefits. And I will vote to lower prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate lower prices on behalf of our seniors.
99% of Americans do not make $400,00.00 per year. We must stop letting the super wealthy 1% continue to skirt their responsibility by not paying taxes. Corporate media would have you believe that the people who do not pay taxes are poor hard-working immigrants, while all the time robbing you and your kids blind. We must demand that tax loopholes are closed and that giant corporations pay income taxes like me and you. I will be a vote for tax reform legislation that makes wealthy corporations pay their fair share while cutting taxes for the middle-class and small business. I commit to be accountable to District 5. I commit to assure that the taxpayer’s funds distributed by the federal government will be used to build up both the lives of hard-working taxpayers and the infrastructure that we use daily in this state. We must build a better place for the people we live with, work with, play with, serve with and worship with so that we all come out as winners.
For all the sacrifices that our military service members make at home and abroad to guard against and protect us against all enemies, we must assure that our Veterans rights to the best healthcare, disability compensation, pensions, education and vocational training and home loan guarantees will always be protected. I will always be a vote for our service members who have served our country faithfully and kept us safe.
Due to the Supreme Court decision in 2010, ruling in favor of Citizens United, (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), corporations can give unlimited money to campaigns and literally pay for unscrupulous lawmakers to vote for policies that benefit the corporations’ goals financially, even when the policies hurt their constituents. Corporations such as big Oil, big Tech and big Pharma have done more damage to this country than want to admit because we are consumers of what they offer. But for us to rectify our mistakes and minimize future damage, we must get this dark money back out of our politics and end corruption in Washington DC. America deserves better from elected officials. We must have representatives who will fight against special interest groups that threaten to take over our government and our country and that keep us from living our best lives. We are a country of, for and by the people, not of, for and by totalitarians. I will vote to end dark money in American politics. We need a Congress that will create policies that benefit the people they represent, not the corporations that have unlimited money to put into a campaign.
There are 120 guns for every 100 people in the United State of America! Ask yourself, does this make any sense? Even if part of the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution does say, “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”, no other country on earth has that kind of gun to man ratio. The closest country to us is war torn Yemen in the Middle East, with a 30 gun to 1 man ratio. And in Germany, it’s a 7 gun to 1 man ratio. To survive our insatiable love of guns here in America, we need effective common sense gun safety laws and violence prevention programs to stop the death caused by the misuse of guns. States can set up some basic systems to regulate how private individuals can own and use firearms and ammunition to prevent them from misusing firearms to abuse people’s rights to life, to physical integrity, security of person, and to health. And we need military grade weapons to remain in the military an off the streets. I will be a vote for common sense gun safety laws to move our country in a safer, non-violent, and real pro-life direction.
Voting is vital. Voting is the lifeblood of our democracy. I strongly believe in the right for all Americans to vote! Unfortunately, for way too long we have taken that sacred right for granted, especially when about 1million registered voters in SC consistently do not vote. Voting should be easy to do, but instead, Republican led states have presented over 400 bills that deliberately seek to restrict access to the polls, purge voters and make it very hard to cast a ballot this November 2024. To save our democracy, we must pass S.2747, The Freedom to Vote Act immediately so that voting all elections will be secure, free, fair and convenient for all. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2747). In this upcoming 2024 election, all eligible voters need to vote. Use it or lose it.
Women’s rights are human rights. These include the right to live free from violence and discrimination; to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; to be educated; to own property; to vote; and to earn an equal wage. Every woman and girl must have autonomous sexual and reproductive rights and be able to make decisions about their own body. This means we are entitled to equal access to health services like annual check-up, mammograms, contraception, and safe abortions, to choose if we want to have children and if so, how many, when and with who. Women should be able to live without fear of gender-based violence, including rape and other sexual violence. I will always be a vote for a women’s right to choose what to do with her body.
From Universal Pre-K to Graduate School, a good education is the best foundation for making progress as a country. For education to be good, it must have the best teachers, genuine parent participation, be inclusive and based on recorded history and current facts. CRT is not a subject being taught in any of our secondary education curriculum. It is being used as scapegoat to eliminate black history. History is doomed to repeat itself if we do not learn from each other the good, bad and the ugly. It is a disservice to our great democracy if we allow forces from within to hamper our children’s educational growth due to the shenanigans of the uneducated. We need to add more diversity to our curriculum, not remove it. I will be a vote to give every child a great and inclusive public-school education, make public college and technical school tuition free, cancel student loan debt for 95% of Americans with student loans and offer free universal childcare.
Discrimination and violence continue to exist against of the LGBTQ+ community. It needs to stop or to be stopped. Equality under the law must apply to all of us, not just some of us. I will be a voice for and a vote to end violence and discrimination against LGBTQ+ in schools and the workplace. No person should be turned away from healthcare, housing, or any other services due to who they choose to love or identify as. Prejudice of any kind must not be tolerated.
Professional, well trained, and fully funded law enforcement is absolutely needed in our state and country. My own brother, retired Chief of Police here in SC, served straight out of college until his retirement and right now, several of my close family members also serve in law enforcement in SC. So, I have a lot of respect for the brave men and women who serve and protect us. Unprofessional, uncaring, and badly trained cops are not needed and should not be serving the public, full stop. When an unarmed civilian ends up dead by their actions, they should be tried and punished just like any other criminal. That’s what fairness would look like. But with laws like “qualified immunity” on the books, cops who kill innocent civilians have been getting away with murder for far too long. We can change this by making H.R.7120, The George Floyd Policing Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1280) the law of the land. As for our jails and prisons, black people are 13% of the US Population, yet black people are 41% of the incarcerated. Why is that? One reason is that 80% of jails and prisons are filled with people who have committed misdemeanors. To get real criminal “justice”, we must reduce the number of incarcerated who are in prison for misdemeanors. Our prisons are overcrowded, and our national parole policies disproportionately affect men of color and the poor. I will be an advocate for the vote to pass legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis for adults in SC and work with the state to expunge past convictions for this offense, which again, disproportionately affects men of color. I believe voter rights should be restored immediately after time has been served whether a misdemeanor or felony. And finally, education and training programs should be fully funded and available for the incarcerated so that they are able to get good jobs, paying living wages, for a greater chance at success once released.
It is time that we start to level the playing field in this State and in our country for minorities in all areas such as education opportunities, fairness in banking and housing, fair and equitable credit scoring, recognition of the economic contributions made to the state and the massive generational wealth minorities have created for the majority stakeholders in this state. Recognition and intentional actions toward correction is the beginning of repair, justice, and unity. I do believe that descendants of the black people who were enslaved in America deserve reparations.
Clean, safe, and affordable housing is a human right. It is my passion to see families who never thought it was possible to have a home that they can be proud of. Homeownership helps families build wealth and contribute to good physical and mental health. We must make this dream a reality for more families in this country. There is a huge gap between those who can own a home and those who rent. We can close this gap by building more homes that working people can afford. In rural districts like mine, there are towns that have housing deserts, where there is a need but little to no investment. I will work closely with the USDA to be a voice and a vote to advocate for more housing, clean drinking water and technical development in rural America.
Legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis for adults only makes sense in South Carolina. Agribusiness (agriculture + forestry) is the state’s No. 1 industry, an ideal location for growing all forms of Cannabis sativa, which is the mother plant for Hemp and Marijuana. Hemp, is a botanical class of Cannabis sativa cultivars is grown specifically for industrial or medicinal use and is now legal here in SC. Cannabis (THC), also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug also from the Cannabis plant and has been used as a drug for recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines for centuries. The medical use of cannabis is legal with a doctor’s recommendation in 37 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia D.C. The recreational use of cannabis has been legalized in 18 states,[a] Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and D.C. Another 13 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands have decriminalized its use. The US House of Representatives recently passed a bill to decriminalize cannabis. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617). I will advocate for a vote to legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis in SC for the following three reasons: 1) To bring a lot more money in state sales tax revenue for South Carolina, which would help build up our rural and urban communities by bringing in more resources for schools, infrastructure, housing, mental healthcare facilities, and spur economic growth opportunities, without raising taxes. 2) To work with the state to expunge past convictions for this offense which again, disproportionately affects men of color, and instead of punishment, give ex-offenders educational opportunities to learn how to run this kind of business legally. 3) To build more trust between the civilian population and law-enforcement because the low-level crime of possession of marijuana within the legal limits will no longer be a criminal offense, allowing for more harmful crimes to be pursued or stopped.
We spend way too much time taking about border security and not enough time doing what’s needed the most: immediate and comprehensive immigration reform that will provide a fair pathway to citizenship for those who are undocumented but live here, work here, learn here, and pay taxes here. With my construction industry background, I’ve felt and seen first-hand, how hard it is to find good, reliable, and highly skilled labor like that of immigrants. Let’s face it, 90% of the homes built in this country in the 21st century was built by immigrant labor. And most of the fruits and vegetables we enjoy every day are also provided to us by hard, back breaking immigrant labor. So, when I see the shortages in labor due to the difficulty in travel here and then turn around and see elected officials grandstanding at the border while blocking real progress, it makes me determined to work for a solution. I will be a vote for the working and student undocumented individuals and their immediate families to be full members as American citizens of the country that they call home.
The Electoral College is not in the Constitution. According to the National Archives, “There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their States.” Given the totality of the events of January 6, 2021, this is not acceptable (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/electors#why-vote). I will be a vote to abolish the Electoral College. The Filibuster is not in the Constitution. It is a legislative practice used in the United States Senate by a minority of the senators—sometimes even a single senator—to delay or prevent parliamentary action (https://www.britannica.com/topic/filibuster). It is an Old Jim Crow Relic that was and still is most famously used to block civil rights and voter rights legislation. I will be a vote to abolish the Filibuster. |
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2022
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- We, the people must defend our democracy as we know it and the rights we fought so hard to have. Personally, I could not sit idly by any longer and watch the hardworking people in my district and my state continue to suffer the suppression of bad leadership, of one-party Republican rule, which has made its citizens sick, poor and ignorant. Yes, ignorant of the fact that good leadership in government can help us all live better lives and be healthier, wealthier and wiser.
- I will strongly advocate for opening the Medicaid Exchanges in SC, then Healthcare for All. Healthcare Affordability, Access, and better Outcomes in SC is long overdue. We are among the last of 12 states that have not opened the exchanges, which has kept my fellow citizens underinsured or uninsured. Other states are benefitting from the gross neglect.
- I will vote for a real living wage for South Carolinians (starting at $15/hr), for paid family leave and for the childcare tax credit. This is especially important when SC still has the poverty wage of $7.25 as the law, in 2022.
H.R.5746 Freedom To Vote Act
H.R.4 John Lewis Voting Rights Act
H.R.3755 Women's Health Protection Act
H.R.5 Equality Act
H.R.603 Raise The Wage Act
H.R.1280 George Floyd Policing Act
H.R.806 Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator Act
H.R.599 Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries with Pre-Existing Conditions Act
H.R.5866 Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act
H.R.8803 IGNITE HBCU, TCU, and MSI Excellence Act 2022
H.R.8729 Debt Cancellation Accountability Act of 2022
1) Strong lifetime ties to the community I'll serve.
2) Established credibility in business and service in SC District 5.
3) Broken barriers in the field of Residential Construction for Women.
4) Fought for Working Families, Women and Voting Rights.
Healthcare For All, Living Wages, Quality Debt-Free Education, Equality For All, and a Clean Environment.
Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Environment and Public Works
Veterans Affairs
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Campaign website
Hundley's campaign website stated the following:
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HEALTHCARE FOR ALL Healthcare is a human right. No one in America should be forced to choose between healthcare and paying bills or between healthcare and buying food. To help Americans deal with high costs, the Biden-Harris Administration recently announced new actions to protect consumers and lessen the burden of medical debt on American families so that healthcare costs will not be able to destroy your credit or bankrupt you (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/11/fact-sheet-the-biden-administration-announces-new-actions-to-lessen-the-burden-of-medical-debt-and-increase-consumer-protection/). However, in South Carolina, no matter how much the federal government tries to help us, SC’s Republican Governor and his administration, the Republican led State Senate and the Republican led State House do not want it because those guys don’t need it. They have proven repeatedly that they want to keep South Carolinians sick, poor, and ignorant. But they keep getting re-elected. Because of bad leadership and voters who don’t know any better, SC is one of only 12 states left that has not adopted the coverage under Medicaid expansion that became effective in January 2014. Yet, SC ranks at the bottom for nearly all issues related to healthcare, from access, to nutrition, to mental, to physical and to outcomes. Medicare for All will solve this problem. Medicare for All will allow everyone to receive quality care that is affordable whether at the hospital, doctor’s office, emergency room or pharmacy. Medicare For All will eliminate copays, deductibles, premiums and provide reproductive care, home health care, maternity care, mental healthcare, dental, vision, and substance use, prescription drugs, hospital, and long-term care. Medicare for All will greatly improve long-term health by reducing underlying health conditions, aka “comorbidities” (i.e., diabetes, kidney failure, obesity, hypertension). We must never forget that throughout the Covid pandemic “comorbidities” was cited as the reason for such a high rate of death in the lowest economic and minority communities. I will be a vote for Medicare for All, to protect and expand Social Security benefits and reduce prescription drug costs.
Every working American in the country, in my state and in District 5, should be making living wages that rise with the cost of living. Although some may have seen their paychecks increase slightly, there are many more who have not seen the kind of wage increase that keeps up with the cost of living. The cost of living continues to rise while wages remain stagnant. Why? Because of today’s Republican leadership. They always vote no to raising the minimum wage. Don’t you think you deserve better? I do and I will be a vote for empowering workers by raising the minimum wage to at least $15 per/hr, creating new, American jobs. I will also be a vote to reinstate and extend the Child Care Tax Credit (aka – monthly stimulus checks) and to have Paid Family and Medical Leave like every other industrialized country. Right to Work States like ours, are especially in need of a federal minimum wage law to be enacted. It’s time for the hardest working people here in this state, the working poor, to get some economic justice and have a little more than what it takes to make the end meets. Over the last 50 years, 90% of Americans saw their wages increase by a measly 28% while we saw 1% of Americans increase their wages by 119%. In 2020, annual wages for the top 1% reached $823,763 while income at the bottom 90% averaged $39,858 (https://www.epi.org/data/) Wow! This wage gap between the average worker (i.e., me and you) versus the CEOs of the companies you work for and buy from, the stations you watch on TV, the people you listen to on social media is outright ridiculous. And it’s by design. The reason 90% of American incomes haven’t increased much at all is that instead of the 1% putting the money back into building up the people who make this country great, they spend billions to make you think that you do not deserve to make a living wage. They spend their money to sew division and hate against one another, fellow citizens, where neither one is better off than the other, while they laugh all the way to the bank. And in today’s Congress, the 1% has paid off the representatives and senators who always vote against your economic interests like living wages that rise with the cost of living and like the ACA, aka Obamacare or better yet healthcare that we deserve for all. Unfortunately, Republicans who serve in today’s Congress have unanimously voted against you to keep you poor, ignorant, and sick! Good government is supposed to do things to make our lives better, not worst. Hate won’t pay the bills, feed us, clothe us, or provide us shelter. It’s high time to get rid of bad leadership on all levels. It’s time to tune out the noise, the noise that keeps us divided, confused, misinformed and under their control. It’s time to vote out bad leadership once and for all.
90% of Americans do not make $400,00.00 per year. We must stop letting the super wealthy 1% continue to skirt their responsibility by not paying taxes. Corporate media would have you believe that the people who do not pay taxes are poor hard-working immigrants, while all the time robbing you and your kids blind. We must demand that tax loopholes are closed and that giant corporations pay income taxes like me and you. I will be a vote for tax reform legislation that makes wealthy corporations pay their fair share while cutting taxes for the middle-class and small business. I commit to be accountable to District 5. I commit to assure that the taxpayer’s funds distributed by the federal government will be used to build up both the lives of hard-working taxpayers and the infrastructure that we use daily in this state. We must build a better place for the people we live with, work with, play with, serve with and worship with so that we all come out as winners.
Due to the Supreme Court decision in 2010, ruling in favor of Citizens United, (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), corporations can give unlimited money to campaigns and literally pay for unscrupulous lawmakers to vote for policies that benefit the corporations’ goals financially, even when the policies hurt their constituents. Corporations such as big Oil, big Tech and big Pharma have done more damage to this country than want to admit because we are consumers of what they offer. But for us to rectify our mistakes and minimize future damage, we must get this dark money back out of our politics and end corruption in Washington DC. America deserves better from elected officials. We must have representatives who will fight against special interest groups that threaten to take over our government and our country and that keep us from living our best lives. We are a democracy, not an autocracy. We are a country of, for and by the people, not of, for and by totalitarians. I will be a vote to end dark money in American politics. We need a Congress that will create policies that benefit the people they represent, not the corporations that have unlimited money to put into a campaign.
Voting is vital. Voting is the lifeblood of our democracy. I strongly believe in the right for all Americans to vote! Unfortunately, for way too long we have taken that sacred right for granted, especially when about 1million registered voters in SC consistently do not vote. Voting should be easy to do, but instead, Republican led states have presented over 400 bills that deliberately seek to restrict access to the polls, purge voters and make it very hard to cast a ballot this November 2022. To save our democracy, we must pass S.2747, The Freedom to Vote Act immediately so that voting all elections will be secure, free, fair and convenient for all. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2747). In this upcoming 2022 election, all eligible voters need to vote. Use it or lose it.
From Universal Pre-K to Graduate School, a good education is the best foundation for making progress as a country. For education to be good, it must have the best teachers, genuine parent participation, be inclusive and based on recorded history and current facts. History is doomed to repeat itself if we do not learn from each other the good, bad and the ugly. It is a disservice to our great democracy if we allow forces from within to hamper our children’s educational growth due to the shenanigans of the uneducated. We need to add more diversity in our curriculum, not remove it. I will be a vote to give every child a great and inclusive public-school education, make public college and technical school tuition free, cancel debt for 95% of Americans with student loans and offer free universal childcare.
Professional, well trained, and fully funded law enforcement is absolutely needed in our state and country. My own brother, retired Chief of Police here in SC, served straight out of college until his retirement and right now, several of my close family members also serve in law enforcement in SC. So, I have a lot of respect for the brave men and women who serve and protect us. Unprofessional, uncaring, and badly trained cops are not needed and should not be serving the public, full stop. When an unarmed civilian ends up dead by their actions, they should be tried and punished just like any other criminal. That’s what fairness would look like. But with laws like “qualified immunity” on the books, cops who kill innocent civilians have been getting away with murder for far too long. We can change this by making H.R.7120, The George Floyd Policing Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1280) the law of the land. As for our jails and prisons, black people are 13% of the US Population, yet black people are 41% of the incarcerated. Why is that? One reason is that 80% of jails and prisons are filled with people who have committed misdemeanors. To get real criminal “justice”, we must reduce the number of incarcerated who are in prison for misdemeanors. Our prisons are overcrowded, and our national parole policies disproportionately affect men of color and the poor. I will be an advocate for the vote to pass legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis for adults in SC and work with the state to expunge past convictions for this offense, which again, disproportionately affects men of color. I believe voter rights should be restored immediately after time has been served whether a misdemeanor or felony. And finally, education and training programs should be fully funded and available for the incarcerated so that they are able to get good jobs, paying living wages, for a greater chance at success once released.
It is time that we start to level the playing field in this State and in our country for minorities in all areas such as education opportunities, fairness in banking and housing, fair and equitable credit scoring, recognition of the economic contributions made to the state and the massive generational wealth minorities have created for the majority stakeholders in this state. Recognition and intentional actions toward correction is the beginning of repair, justice, and unity.
We spend way too much time taking about border security and not enough time doing what’s needed the most: immediate and comprehensive immigration reform that will provide a fair pathway to citizenship for those who are undocumented but live here, work here, learn here, and pay taxes here. With my construction industry background, I’ve felt and seen first-hand, how hard it is to find good, reliable, and highly skilled labor like that of immigrants. Let’s face it, 90% of the homes built in this country in the 21st century was built by immigrant labor. And most of the fruits and vegetables we enjoy every day are also provided to us by hard, back breaking immigrant labor. So, when I see the shortages in labor due to the difficulty in travel here and then turn around and see elected officials grandstanding at the border while blocking real progress, it makes me determined to work for a solution. I will be a vote for the working and student undocumented individuals and their immediate families to be full members as American citizens of the country that they call home.
Our beautiful planet Earth needs urgent attention. Global warming is real. Climate change is happening, like it or not. We must enact the legislation that is in the Democratic House passed Build Back Better plan that reduces gas house emissions and lessens greatly our dependance on fossil fuels. This can start our transition to 100% clean energy, create more than 10 million new, green jobs, and commits us to ending environmental injustice too. I will be a vote for the Green New Deal. It is past time to take bold actions. And we need to act now before it’s too late.
Our seniors are such an important part of our community. Protecting them in every possible way is important. Everyone should have the chance to retire with dignity and support they need. I will be a vote to expand Medicaid to include home health care so if seniors want to, they can stay in the home they love with the assistance of well-trained home healthcare providers. There is a need in this district to build more affordable housing for low-income seniors and I support that. I will be a vote to protect Social Security and fight to expand those benefits. And I will vote to lower prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate lower prices on behalf of our seniors.
For all the sacrifices that our military service members make at home and abroad to guard against and protect us against all enemies, we must assure that our Veterans rights to the best healthcare, disability compensation, pensions, education and vocational training and home loan guarantees will always be protected. I will always be a vote for our service members who have served our country faithfully and kept us safe.
There are 120 guns for every 100 people in the United States of America! Ask yourself, does this make any sense? Even if part of the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution does say, “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”, no other country on earth has that kind of gun to man ratio. The closest country to us is war torn Yemen in the Middle East, with a 30 gun to 1 man ratio. And in Germany, it’s a 7 gun to 1 man ratio. To survive our insatiable love of guns here, we at least need effective common sense gun laws and violence prevention programs to stop the American-on-American carnage caused by the misuse of guns. States can set up some basic systems to regulate how private individuals can own and use firearms and ammunition to prevent them from misusing firearms to abuse people’s rights to life, to physical integrity, security of person, and to health. We must invest a lot more time and educational resources in areas that perpetuate this outcome to root out this cancer called gun violence. And finally, we need military grade weapons to remain in the military an off the streets. I will be a vote for common sense gun laws to move our country in a safer, non-violent, and real pro-life direction.
Women’s rights are human right. These include the right to live free from violence and discrimination; to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; to be educated; to own property; to vote; and to earn an equal wage. Every woman and girl should have autonomous sexual and reproductive rights and be able to make decisions about their own body. This means we are entitled to equal access to health services like annual check-up, mammograms, contraception, and safe abortions, to choose if we want to have children and if so, how many, when and with who. Women should be able to live without fear of gender-based violence, including rape and other sexual violence. I will always be a vote for a women’s right to choose what to do with her body.
Discrimination and violence continue to exist against of the LGBTQ+ community. It needs to stop or to be stopped. Equality under the law must apply to all of us, not just some of us. I will be a voice for and a vote to end discrimination in schools and the workplace. No person should be turned away from healthcare, housing, or other services due to prejudice of any kind.
Clean, safe, and affordable housing is a human right. It is my passion to see families who never thought it was possible to have a home that they can be proud of. Homeownership helps families build wealth and contribute to good physical and mental health. We must make this dream a reality for more families in this country. There is a huge gap between those who can own a home and those who rent. We can close this gap by building more homes that working people can afford. In rural districts like mine, there are towns that have housing deserts, where there is a need but little to no investment. I will work closely with the USDA to be a voice and a vote to advocate for more housing, clean drinking water and technical development in rural America.
Legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis for adults only makes sense in South Carolina. Agribusiness (agriculture + forestry) is the state’s No. 1 industry, an ideal location for growing all forms of Cannabis sativa, which is the mother plant for Hemp and Marijuana. Hemp, is a botanical class of Cannabis sativa cultivars is grown specifically for industrial or medicinal use and is now legal here in SC. Cannabis (THC), also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug also from the Cannabis plant and has been used as a drug for recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines for centuries. The medical use of cannabis is legal with a doctor’s recommendation in 37 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia D.C. The recreational use of cannabis has been legalized in 18 states,[a] Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and D.C. Another 13 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands have decriminalized its use. The US House of Representatives recently passed a bill to decriminalize cannabis. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617). I will advocate for a vote to legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis in SC for the following three reasons:
The Electoral College is not in the Constitution. According to the National Archives, “There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their States.” Given the totality of the events of January 6, 2021, this is not acceptable (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/electors#why-vote). I will be a vote to abolish the Electoral College. The Filibuster is not in the Constitution. It is a legislative practice used in the United States Senate by a minority of the senators—sometimes even a single senator—to delay or prevent parliamentary action (https://www.britannica.com/topic/filibuster). It is an Old Jim Crow Relic that was and still is most famously used to block civil rights and voter rights legislation. I will be a vote to abolish the Filibuster.[2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Evangeline Hudley for Congress, "About Evangeline," accessed June 7, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ [XURLX Evangeline Hundley's campaign website, “The Issues,” accessed June 7, 2024]
- ↑ Evangeline Hundley for Congress, “Issues,” accessed August 12, 2022
