
Kyah Creekmore
NC-05 Democratic nominee?
Primary Election
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Overview
Current roleRetail worker
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
LocationNorth Carolina
BackgroundRetail worker
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EducationNorth Carolina A&T State University
Notable personal detailsKyah Jordan Creekmore is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. She has described herself as an alum of North Carolina A&T State University. Creekmore has worked in retail and has filed with the FEC as a challenger candidate.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports raising taxes on corporations and large industry (including restoring corporate tax rates and new taxes on insurance and pharmaceutical companies), stronger IRS enforcement, and using tax revenue to expand government programs such as universal healthcare, canceling medical debt, and rebuilding public services.
Healthcare
Supports universal healthcare and describes healthcare as a human right, advocating policies to ensure healthcare access without debt. Endorses major public health expansion to lower out-of-pocket costs and expand coverage.
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Immigration & Border
Supports a secure but humane, fast, and fair immigration system that prioritizes processing asylum claims, opposes for-profit detention, and rejects fear-based enforcement rhetoric; emphasizes expanding legal pathways, protecting immigrants’ contributions and rights, and rebuilding immigration infrastructure rather than expanding punitive enforcement.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports protecting reproductive rights and restoring the standard of access established by Roe v. Wade, framing reproductive care as necessary to protect mothers and ensure doctors can provide needed treatment. The campaign calls for federal action to guarantee reproductive rights and prevent bans that endanger maternal health.
Climate & Energy
Supports climate justice and protecting clean air and safe water; opposes corporate projects that threaten water supplies and community health (e.g., pipelines). Emphasizes environmental protection as part of a progressive platform focused on community wellbeing and corporate accountability.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports gun reform including background checks and banning assault rifles and frames gun violence prevention as necessary to keep children safe; opposes proposals to arm teachers. Advocates policies to reduce gun deaths and criticizes protection of the gun lobby.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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