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Kyah Creekmore
I'm an aggie first and foremost & I’m not running to fit in. Most politicians — Democrat & Republican — won’t like me because their loyalty is to big money, not the voters who sent them here. I will call them out. I will hold them accountable. They’re like roaches. They scatter when we shine the light on them. They’ll hate when their AIPAC checks and lobbyist donations go viral, when their votes against their own constituents get exposed for what they are. They posture as moral saviors, but the truth is they care more about campaign ads and donor checks than the people in their districts. That ends when we start shining a brighter light.
My Story, Our Struggle
I was raised in the very conditions this system was built to keep us trapped in. That’s why I’m fighting to break them.
My Lived Experience
I was born to a 15-year-old mother who raised four kids on her own without a diploma. She worked two and three jobs at a time just to keep us afloat. Because of her sacrifice, I became a first-generation college student at North Carolina A&T, the dream she carried for me since I was a child.
We moved almost every two years. By graduation I had gone through nine schools. Some had broken trailers for classrooms. Others had shiny new facilities. That constant shifting showed me how unfairly opportunity is divided by nothing more than ZIP code.
At home, we often did not have enough. My mom would come back from long shifts, depression heavy, juggling Amscot money orders just to cover the light bill. Yet even with little, she opened our doors to other mothers and kids who had nowhere else to go.
I saw my little brother spend weeks in the hospital and then get caught in Medicaid red tape just to get his medicine. I saw family members with diabetes stressed over affording insulin, knowing their lives depended on it. These were not statistics. This was my family.
Later, I worked corporate retail jobs that drained my time and dignity. They demanded everything while paying barely enough to scrape by. Those jobs did not just show me hardship. They showed me how a system designed to grind people down really works.
I have also seen how this same system treats our land, water, and air. In North Carolina, corporations like Transco want to run pipelines through our waterways, including the reservoirs that supply Greensboro’s drinking water. Transco has one of the worst safety records in the nation, yet politicians keep approving projects that poison communities. Families pay with their health while billionaires cash out. I know this because I lived in the neighborhoods that get sacrificed first.
How That Shapes My Beliefs
Because of what I lived, I know what it looks like when systems fail. And I know we deserve better.
-No one should wake up wondering if they can afford insulin, their child’s medicine, or rent.
-No student should be learning in a trailer while politicians cut school budgets.
-No worker should clock in full shifts and still need food stamps while CEOs brag about record profits.
Housing is not a luxury. It is a human right. Clean air and safe water are not bargaining chips for corporations. And poor families should not be blamed for conditions they did not create.
This is not abstract to me. It is lived reality.
Why I’m Running
I have seen nearly every part of our broken system. That is not a weakness — that is exactly why I am ready to fight for the reforms we desperately need.
-Healthcare for all — so no family has to battle red tape like mine did.
-Fully funded schools and dignified teacher pay — So kids in poor ZIP codes are not left behind.
-Union power — So workers are not disposable & can receive FAIR compensation.
-Climate justice — So our children can BREATH clean air and DRINK safe water.
-Gun Reform — so no student has to fear their teachers, their classmates, or themselves becoming victims while receiving an education.
I am not running to be another quiet vote in Congress. I am running to be the kind of representative I never saw growing up: transparent, accountable, and unafraid to call out corruption no matter what party it hides in.
Because at the end of the day, we are one species: human. And if we are serious about justice, then it is time to build an America that finally treats us like it.