Candidate · November 3, 2026
Maad Abu-Ghazalah
On the ballot for U.S. House · North Carolina's 7th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $8,899
- cash on hand
- $279
- issues with public statements
- 10
§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 7th District1, |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Libertarian Party1, |
| Status | Challenger |
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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.
Ballotpedia says he holds a 1983 bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a 1985 graduate degree from the University of Virginia and a 1993 law degree from Santa Clara University.4 It lists his career experience as working as a consultant.4 His campaign website's Maadcasts page says he also ran for U.S. Congress as a Libertarian in 2002.5
Why they say they're running
His campaign website's home page lists defending the environment, stopping war funding, limiting data centers and returning control of government to the people as his priorities, and says that if elected he will work to bring power back to the people.6
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitegetmaad.org6
§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.
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website's home page says the United States should stop arming Israel and other foreign governments and should use its leverage to promote peace through diplomacy.6
- Increase military aid to Israel
- Keep military aid at current levels, without new conditions
- Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza
- Reduce or end military aid to Israel
His campaign website's home page names Ukraine, along with Egypt and Jordan, among the foreign governments the United States should stop arming.6
- Send more US-funded weapons and money to Ukraine
- Keep supplying weapons, with European allies paying for most of them
- End US weapons and aid for Ukraine, including weapons paid for by allies
His campaign website's Platform page says he would reduce the military budget sharply, to a level suited to a country that is not at war, noting that the latest budget proposal sets aside $1.5 trillion for the military.7
- Increase military spending
- Hold it near current levels, adjusted for inflation
- Cut military spending
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website's Platform page says he would balance the budget by sharply cutting the military budget and by shifting services to state agencies and local organizations, helping them transition and weaning them off federal funding without reducing the services until others can take them over.7
- Increase overall federal spending
- Hold overall spending near current levels
- Cut overall federal spending
- Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
His campaign website's Platform page says he wants a federal sales or consumption tax on goods in place of the income tax, arguing it would have no loopholes and would not tax labor.7
- Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax
- Cut rates further, including the top rate
- Keep current rates
- Raise rates on high incomes only (for example, above $400,000)
Health Care
His campaign website's Platform page says he would like private organizations to offer long-term and preventive health care options, and that society owes everyone a safety net so that no one goes bankrupt or dies because of a catastrophic event, citing medical bills as a cause of bankruptcy.7
Immigration
His campaign website's Platform page says he would increase the number of visas to better match how many immigrants the country wants and would streamline the immigration process so that coming legally is the more attractive choice.7
- Admit more immigrants, such as by adding work visas or clearing family backlogs
- Keep green cards and work visas near recent levels
- Admit fewer immigrants than in recent years
- Pause most new legal immigration for a time
His campaign website's Platform page says people found in the country without documentation should pay a fine, leave, and be given a chance to enter legally, and that ICE should protect civil liberties while doing its job.7
Energy and Climate
His campaign website's home page says he would limit the spread of data centers, which it says use and pollute large amounts of water, draw heavily on energy supplies and cover land in concrete, and it says the government currently subsidizes them.6
- 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
His campaign website's Platform page says he would address political corruption by ending government benefits for corporations and foreign countries, so they have no reason to pay politicians, rather than by limiting the size and source of campaign donations.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, 2026.8
| Raised | $8,899 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $8,621 |
| Cash on hand | $279 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $2,000 |
Where the money came from
§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 report9filed May 13, 2026