Candidate · November 3, 2026
Ashley Bell
On the ballot for U.S. House · North Carolina's 10th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $148K
- cash on hand
- $12K
- issues with public statements
- 21
- outside spending for or against
- $30K
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · North Carolina's 10th District1, |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Democratic Party1, |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Her campaign website says Ashley Bell is a physician associate who has spent 15 years working in North Carolina in telemedicine, rural clinics, primary care and emergency medicine.4 It says she has also spent 20 years as an educator, starting out as a band director for junior high and high school students in Texas and later becoming a university professor who trains physician associates.4 It says she earned her physician associate credentials at Wake Forest School of Medicine and later a Doctor of Medical Science degree from the University of Lynchburg.4 Ballotpedia says she graduated from the University of Houston in 2003 with a bachelor's degree.5 Her campaign website says she has served on boards of directors and national committees in her profession and has visited Capitol Hill to advocate for physician associates and patients.4
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running because her work as a physician associate shows her what Washington gets wrong about healthcare, and she believes she knows what is broken and how to fix it.4 It also says she is answering a call from working families, students carrying debt and patients who wait weeks for care.4
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteashleybellforcongress.com5,
6 - Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=615750880944176
- Instagraminstagram.com/ashleybellforcongress6
- TikToktiktok.com/@ashleync106
- Threadsthreads.net/@ashleybellforcongress6
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/ashleybellpac.bsky.social6
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@AshleyBellForCongress6
- Otherashleybellforcongress.substack.com6
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Health Care
Her campaign website lists universal healthcare among her top issues, saying she backs universal coverage with benefits that are not tied to a job and would write legislation ending prior authorization and keeping insurers from refusing care that is medically necessary. Her draft bills include the Patient Care Without Delay Act, which the site says would effectively end prior authorization.7,
Technology, Privacy and AI
Her campaign website lists regulating artificial intelligence and data centers among her top issues and says Congress twice passed on the chance to write real rules for AI.7
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website says data centers should cover their own costs, face enforceable limits on how much water and power they use, and not pass costs on to residents' electric bills.7
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Elections and Government Reform
Her campaign website says she supports banning stock trading by members of Congress.7
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
Her campaign website says she supports ending the Citizens United decision and abolishing dark money, and wants a system that lets working people run their own campaigns. Its FreeAgents page adds that she supports the DISCLOSE Act, which it describes as aimed at dark money and corporate lobbying.7,
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Her campaign website says she supports banning partisan gerrymandering so that every American's vote counts.7
Her campaign website lists term limits for lawmakers among the policies she supports.7
Economy, Jobs and Trade
Her campaign website says she supports a national minimum wage.7
Her campaign website's FreeAgents page says employers should not be able to make workers give up their right to organize, to sue as a group or to change jobs as a condition of employment.9
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website's FreeAgents page says she supports changes to the tax structure, including taxes on extreme wealth and closing tax loopholes.9
Abortion and Reproductive Health
Her campaign website says she will protect reproductive rights, and lists among her draft bills a Reproductive Freedom and Health Protection Act that it says would return the right to choose and write it into law.7,
Her campaign website says she will defend access to contraception.7
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
Her campaign website says she opposes laws that would treat LGBTQ+ Americans as second-class citizens and supports full legal equality.7
Her campaign website lists expanding the Supreme Court among the policies she supports.7
- Add justices to the court
- Keep nine justices under current law
- Fix the number at nine in the Constitution
Her campaign website lists term limits for Supreme Court justices among the policies she supports.7
- Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
- Keep lifetime appointments
Immigration
Her campaign website says she wants to abolish ICE and replace it with an accountable agency that concentrates on public safety and gives everyone due process.7
- Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
- Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
- Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
- Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
Foreign Policy and Defense
Her campaign website says the United States should stop funding Israel's conduct toward Palestinians, saying American money should not pay for the deaths of Palestinians, among them thousands of children.7
Tribal Nations, Territories and DC
Her campaign website lists statehood for Washington, D.C. among the policies she supports.7
- Make most of DC a state, with two senators and a voting House member
- Keep DC a federal district with its own elected local government
- Give Congress or the president more direct control over DC's local government
Her campaign website lists statehood for Puerto Rico among the policies she supports.7
- Make Puerto Rico a state
- Keep it a US territory
- Make it an independent country with close ties to the US set by treaty (free association)
- Make it a fully independent country
Family and Social Policy
Her campaign website lists among the policies she supports paid leave for sickness, family reasons, maternity and paternity, with a longer duration for each type.7
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.10
| Raised | $147,720 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $135,901 |
| Cash on hand | $11,774 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $9,086 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $29,276 supporting and $242 opposing Ashley Bell this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 20, 2026.11
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| WE THE PEOPLE...CAN'T EVEN | $29,276 | — |
| THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY | — | $242 |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report12filed May 15, 2026