Mir Yarfitz
Mir Yarfitz (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 10th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.[source]
Yarfitz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mir Yarfitz earned a high school diploma from Garfield High School, a bachelor's degree from Reed College in 2000, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2013. His career experience includes working as a college professor.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: North Carolina's 10th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
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General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 10
Steven Feldman (L) is running in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 10 on November 3, 2026.
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 10
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- Michael Dean (D)
Republican primary
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Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 10
Incumbent Pat Harrigan (R) and Matthew Sin (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 10 on March 3, 2026.
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Libertarian Party primary
The Libertarian Party primary scheduled for March 3, 2026, was canceled. Steven Feldman (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 10 without appearing on the ballot.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mir Yarfitz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Yarfitz's responses.
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- There should be no billionaires. Hoarding capital is bad for the larger economy and for working people. Trickle-down is a poisonous myth, and we need to stop subsidizing and bailing out corporations. Taxes should be progressive, simple, and fair. I will work with colleagues from various backgrounds to reform our regressive tax system, and return the surplus money earned by the hard work of Americans back where it belongs: in the hands of those who create wealth, not those who hoard it. Daily costs of living, including childcare, groceries, gas, and electricity have become unaffordable for most Americans. It is far past time to raise the federal minimum wage. I propose $20/hour, to automatically adjust annually with further inflation.
- North Carolina’s public schools are some of the least funded in the country. Our children, families, and teachers deserve better. The nutrition, physical and mental health, and other wraparound services provided in schools need further investment. As a professor of history, I am deeply invested in education and will combat attacks on our educational system and critical literacy. Quality K-12 education, trade school, and higher education should be accessible to all. Pre-K and childcare should be universally available. Trade and vocational schools should be free, and there should be more of them. Student loans should be forgiven. We must end the censorship of information labelled woke or DEI.
- Everyone deserves access to quality healthcare. Social safety programs should be available to all, regardless of employment. We can draw inspiration from the many other countries with cheaper and more effective public systems. We must override the objections funded by the insurance, pharmaceutical, and hospital industries. I have been an activist for LGBTQ+ rights since age 14. I support full legal protections, access to gender-affirming healthcare as a human right, and everyone’s right to bodily autonomy. Here in North Carolina, we need to stand our ground to maintain Title IX protections and insurance coverage, and fight anti-discrimination policies in the public and private sectors.
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Campaign website
Yarfitz's campaign website stated the following:
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE: MELT ICE
The foundational inspiration for this campaign was the November-December 2025 incursion into immigrant communities. Stop funding ICE, CBP, and other out-of-control enforcers. Stop racial profiling. Stop detaining non-criminals. Stop separating families. Stop illegal detentions and deportations. Local law enforcement should uphold civil rights, even if federal agents are violating them. Respect due process, habeas corpus, and basic human rights. If you live here, we support your right to live.
ICE’s violations of human rights are an increasingly visible extension of the brutal surveillance and carceral systems which have always existed to control Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. Over the last decade, I joined with many other people to demand change in over-policing, police brutality, and racial profiling. Nothing has changed. The so-called justice and carceral systems need to be rebuilt from the ground up. Mental health and addiction should be addressed through systems of care, not incarceration. Body cameras should be mandatory for all law enforcement officials, and these officials should not be immune to accountability for civil rights violations.
LABOR AND AFFORDABILITY: $20 PER HOUR
There should be no billionaires. Hoarding capital is bad for the larger economy and for working people. Trickle-down is a poisonous myth, and we need to stop subsidizing and bailing out corporations. Taxes should be progressive, simple, and fair. I will work with colleagues from various backgrounds to reform our regressive tax system, and return the surplus money earned by the hard work of Americans back where it belongs: in the hands of those who create wealth, not those who hoard it.
Daily costs of living, including childcare, groceries, gas, and electricity have become unaffordable for most Americans. It is far past time to raise the federal minimum wage. I propose $20/hour, to automatically adjust annually with further inflation.
In the wealthiest country in the world, all working people should be able to afford a home. We need reasonable rents and a fair shot at owning our own homes and land. I have been working for years with Housing Justice Now! to defend the rights of low-income renters against predatory landlords and developers. In Congress, I will continue this work by supporting laws to stop out-of-state developers and billionaires from buying up properties, manipulating housing markets, and unfairly increasing rents. Nobody should have to sleep outside: we need to reform shelter programs and expand wraparound and harm reduction services.
The labor conditions faced by working people demand action. I have been organizing with labor, farmworker, tenant, and academic unions since age 17. I will actively and publicly support unionization drives and legislation to strengthen sectoral bargaining. I will support greater unionization in my district through promoting related legislation, as well as seeking other ways to ensure dignified working conditions.
ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION FOR ALL
North Carolina’s public schools are some of the least funded in the country. Our children, families, and teachers deserve better. The nutrition, physical and mental health, and other wraparound services provided in schools need further investment.
As a professor of history, I am deeply invested in education and will combat attacks on our educational system and critical literacy. Quality K-12 education, trade school, and higher education should be accessible to all. Pre-K and childcare should be universally available. Trade and vocational schools should be free, and there should be more of them. Student loans should be forgiven.
District 10’s strength is its diversity of culture and experiences, which I am dedicated to honoring. All educational institutions and educators should have the freedom to teach, and all students should be free to learn, without ideological interference. We must end the censorship of information labelled woke or DEI. Educators and students must be free to “say gay” and “say trans,” and all family structures must be acknowledged in school programming. I will advocate for the ongoing existence of the Department of Education and its role in supporting students with disabilities. All students should have access to an equitable education.
HEALTH AND BODILY AUTONOMY
The American people are beyond tired of the suffering, needless death, and debt caused by our broken system. Everyone deserves access to quality healthcare. Social safety programs should be available to all, regardless of employment. We can draw inspiration from the many other countries with cheaper and more effective public systems. We must override the objections funded by the insurance, pharmaceutical, and hospital industries: we have to get money out of politics to make healthcare about health.
I have been an activist for LGBTQ+ rights since age 14. I support full legal protections, access to gender-affirming healthcare as a human right, and everyone’s right to bodily autonomy. As more rights are stripped away each day, we will need to work with coalitions to protect them. Here in North Carolina, we need to stand our ground to maintain Title IX protections and insurance coverage, and fight anti-discrimination policies in the public and private sectors. I will oppose all discriminatory legislation and advance policies that affirm LGBTQ+ people in housing, employment, healthcare, and public accommodations.
Reproductive justice is a critical economic and racial justice issue, and needs to be enshrined into law. I support full rights to abortion and reproductive healthcare, including free on-demand access without restrictions. Contraceptives, abortion, and reproductive healthcare should be free and subsidized across more conservative and rural areas. I would like to work with colleagues to support the safety of doctors and other providers, disincentivize “pregnancy crisis centers,” and expand healthcare access.
A STABLE FUTURE
I believe in the dignity and self-determination of people around the world, from Venezuela to Greenland. Our foreign policy should leverage our tremendous global influence to promote peace, human rights, and representative democracy. Stop endless wars. As a Jew who believes that Palestinians are not my enemy, I will insist that Congress listen to the support that the majority of Americans feel for the Palestinian people. The US should recognize Palestinian statehood, regardless of whether or not a two-state solution is currently viable. We should push the government of Israel to immediately stop the genocide, apartheid, and Mar-a-Lagification of Palestine. None of this is good for Jewish people around the world; and it is not antisemitic to insist that everyone deserves human rights.
The US is a leading contributor to the climate change ravaging our planet, and we need to join the rest of the world in protecting the planet for future generations. Farmworkers deserve protection from excessive heat, pesticide poisoning, and punitive raids, and farmers deserve support from the federal government to deal with changing international conditions. Clean energy jobs are good for everyone, and we need to support their expansion and bring back cancelled tax incentives.
Congress needs to stand up to defend the constitutional rights which are being dismantled through cynical legal cases and by unidentified paramilitary forces. Public radio and television must be re-funded, and freedoms of expression and the press defended vigorously. Media consolidation should be discouraged.
We need a dramatic overhaul of our current electoral process. Since the Citizens United decision, corporate lobbyists have ruled Washington, and can do it in secret. Let’s overturn Citizens United, take away corporations’ right to legal personhood, and give everyone who wants to represent people as a politician an equal shot. We can look to other countries for models: no more corporate money, everyone gets equal access to public advertising space, spending limits, transparency requirements, small donations only, without corporate loopholes. We need term limits and mandatory retirement ages. We should encourage young candidates by making a real pipeline to political leadership, and build training and mentorship structures outside of the two entrenched political parties. Let’s move away from the two-party system, and towards the multi-party coalition system that is used in most of the world.
— Mir Yarfitz's campaign website (February 12, 2026)
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2026 Elections
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Footnotes
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