Private citizen (physician associate and educator)

Ashley Bell is a physician associate who trained at Wake Forest School of Medicine and has worked for 15 years in emergency medicine, primary care, rural clinics and telemedicine². She has also been a public school band director and a university professor training physician associates². She is the Democratic nominee⁴.

Where they stand 17 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Politicians trading stocksNo, ban it for members and their spousesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports banning congressional stock trading. (2026) source
• Campaign financeOverturn Citizens United by amendment and add public financing of campaignsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports ending Citizens United, abolishing dark money and creating a system that lets working people run for office. (2026) source
• Supreme Court reformAdd term limits and ethics rules, and expand the Court beyond nine seatsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports expanding the Supreme Court and term limits for justices. (2026) source
• Paid leaveCreate a national paid family and medical leave program plus paid sick daysmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports paid sick, family, maternity and paternity leave, with longer duration for each. (2026) source
• Energy and climateAn aggressive shift to clean energy with firm deadlinesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports a Green New Deal with more clean energy jobs, less pollution and expanded public transit. (2026) source
• Minimum wageRaise it higher and tie it to the cost of livingmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports a $17 an hour national minimum wage with cost of living adjustments. (2026) source
• HealthcareGovernment-run coverage for everyone (Medicare for All)medium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Calls Medicare for All the goal, with preventive, basic, emergency, dental, vision and mental health care fully paid. (2026) source
• Drug pricesSet legal price limits on all prescription drugs for every buyermedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Wants to cap prescription drug prices and outlaw pharmacy benefit managers until Medicare for All covers prescriptions. (2026) source
• Student loansMake repayment cheaper and forgiveness fastermedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports student loan relief for public service and health care workers and automatic repayment caps. (2026) source
• Safety net programsExpand help for childcare, housing and paid family leavemedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports expanding the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, universal free school meals and paid family leave. (2026) source
• Business regulationStronger rules on big corporations, banks and tech companiesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Wants to enforce antitrust laws against grocery, meat and energy monopolies and ban hidden fees. (2026) source
• Income taxesRaise taxes on the highest earners and corporations to pay for programsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Says Medicare for All can be paid for by taxing billionaires appropriately. (2026) source
• AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low

  Said · low confidence

  • Says every woman deserves control over her own body and pledges to protect reproductive rights. (2026) source
• ImmigrationNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Wants to abolish ICE and replace it with an accountable agency focused on public safety and due process. (2026) source
• RedistrictingNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports banning partisan gerrymandering. (2026) source
• Term limitsNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports term limits for lawmakers, saying Congress isn't supposed to be a career. (2026) source
• Childcare and pre-KNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Supports child care tax credits and direct subsidies. (2026) source

No public position found on: National debt, Social Security, Guns, Trade and tariffs, Foreign policy, Judges, Marijuana, Electoral College, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Birthright citizenship, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, Aid to Israel, Aid to Ukraine, China policy.