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U.S. House, District 7: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Kimberly Hardy

Kimberly Hardy

Running for U.S. House · North Carolina District 7

NationalDemocrat

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David Rouzer

David Rouzer

U.S. House · North Carolina District 7

NationalRepublican

Kimberly HardyCandidateDavid RouzerCurrent rep

Job fit

Kimberly Hardy

Other work

  • Since 2016, Kimberly has been a professor at Fayetteville State University 1

David Rouzer

Other work

  • helping small businesses with marketing and sales through his consulting business, The Rouzer Company. 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Kimberly Hardy

  • Health care costs
    Hardy says she will 'protect Medicare and Medicaid and fight to keep health insurance premiums affordable' and support lowering prescription drug costs. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Hardy supports 'raising the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly 30 years' and closing the 'salary loophole' that denies workers overtime pay. 3
  • Immigration
    Hardy told a reporter, 'Let's find a way for these folks to have a legal pathway to citizenship,' saying she is 'not opposed to these folks working' and wants them able to contribute openly. 4

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety

More on their website →

David Rouzer

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

Kimberly Hardy

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

David Rouzer

  • Clean water and pipes that work → Federal money for water and stricter standards (10 of 10 votes) 5
  • A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) 5
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 5

Who pays them

Kimberly Hardy

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorsother politicians
small donors$99Klarge donors$185Kotherpoliticians$211$293K raised
$99,1686Small individual donors
$184,8236Large individual donors

David Rouzer

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$7Klarge donors$774Kcompanies$552Kindustryassociations$419Kmembershiporganizations$73KOther kinds ofdonors$167K$2.1M raised
$6,7057Small individual donors
$773,9077Large individual donors

Checks

Kimberly Hardy

No voting record to check yet

David Rouzer

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 11 since 2019. 8

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. About Kimberly — Dr. Kimberly Hardy for Congress · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. Biography | U.S. Representative · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. kimberlyhardyforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  4. portcitydaily.com used in: Top issues
  5. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  8. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2025-12-09 used in: Checks
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Kimberly Hardy
Candidate A

Kimberly Hardy

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $293K raised, 63% from large donors, 0% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $911.21 (0% of $293,402.18 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $211.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

1 Background: About Kimberly — Dr. Kimberly Hardy for Congress · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

5 more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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David Rouzer
Candidate B

David Rouzer

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $2.1M raised, 38% from large donors, 59% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $1,209,449.00 (59% of $2,061,964.39 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,210,000.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 11 since 2019.

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 Background: Biography | U.S. Representative · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2025-12-09

4 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Maad Abu-Ghazalah
Candidate C

Maad Abu-Ghazalah

Libertarian

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $5K raised, 54% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Says they are for: lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

1 Background: Maad Abu-Ghazalah - Libertarian Party · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 lower taxes and fewer rules on business: Candidate statement

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