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Ashley Bell
NC-10 Democratic nominee?
$6.3K
MAR 10, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current rolePhysician assistant
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationNorth Carolina
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BackgroundPhysician assistant
EducationWake Forest School of Medicine (Physician Assistant program; graduated 2011)
Notable personal detailsAshley Thrasher Bell is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. She is a physician assistant and educator, with experience in emergency medicine, primary care, rural clinics and hospitals, and telemedicine. Bell has said she graduated from Wake Forest School of Medicine in 2011 and has lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports policies that expand social spending and affordability measures, including a national minimum wage, expanded aid for household costs, and Medicare for All, and frames economic policy as prioritizing working families over the wealthy.
Healthcare
Supports Medicare for All and expanding access to healthcare, including ending prior authorization and restricting insurer practices. Advocates untethering healthcare benefits from employment and strengthening support for healthcare providers and telemedicine. Prioritizes affordability and protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
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Immigration & Border
Supports abolishing ICE and calls for humane, legal immigration reform with expanded protections rather than expanded enforcement. Advocates policy changes aligned with progressive immigration reform.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying and protecting a woman’s right to choose and opposes abortion restrictions and bans. Describes abortion care as a decision between a woman and her health care provider and calls for increased access to emergency contraception (Plan B and Ella).
Climate & Energy
Supports the Green New Deal and a transition to clean, renewable energy with public transit expansion and increased clean-energy jobs and manufacturing. Has professional experience working at the USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center, indicating engagement with climate adaptation work.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports common-sense gun reform while affirming support for the Second Amendment; opposes gun violence and favors policies to reduce it. No detailed legislative prescriptions are listed on the campaign site.
News
AINews Summary
Last updatedMay 26, 2026
Ashley Bell is being mentioned in the context of a broader shift in the 2026 House landscape, where Republicans have lost ground in eight key districts. The update suggests some previously safer GOP seats are now more competitive, which could improve Democrats’ chances of retaking the House. No separate, person-specific development about Bell is provided in the summaries.
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Polls
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$28.0K
$21.0K
$14.0K
$7.0K
$0
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$28.0K
$5.7K
$24.3K
$1.6K
Source: FEC
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