Private citizen

Stacie McGinn is a lawyer and business executive with a business degree from Baylor University and a law degree from Georgetown University; she has served as general counsel of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party and on the Charlotte Symphony board¹³. She lost the 2024 race for Senate District 42 to Woodson Bradley by about 200 votes and is running again as the Republican nominee²⁷.

Where they stand 15 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• AbortionLegal in early pregnancy, restricted after thatmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said she supports North Carolina's current law, with its 12-week limit and exceptions for rape, incest, fetal abnormalities and the life of the mother, and would not seek to change it. (2024-10-14) source
  • Called herself pro-life and said the state's 12-week law, with its exceptions, sets reasonable limits and should be a model for the nation. (2024) source
• Policing and crimeTougher sentences, more police funding, and stricter bailmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said the state must get tough on crime, supported stiffer penalties for drug dealers and a review of sentencing and bail policies so dangerous criminals are kept off the streets, and pledged to fully fund law enforcement. (2024-10-14) source
  • Her campaign platform opposes cutting police budgets and supports hiring more officers and deploying them in high crime areas. (2026) source
  • Strongly disagreed with redirecting police funds to community programs, saying police should be fully funded. (2024) source
• Qualified immunityYes, keep it as courts apply it nowmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign platform says reviews of police conduct should stay within the department and should apply qualified immunity. (2026) source
• ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadymedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign platform says local and state police should increase cooperation with federal agencies including ICE, and that all available resources should be used to identify and deport or prosecute people who came across the border illegally to commit crime. (2026) source
• School choiceYes, universal school choice for every familymedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign platform praises the state's School Choice legislation, now law, for letting parents make informed decisions about their child's education. (2026) source
  • Strongly agreed that education dollars should follow the child to public, private or home schools, and said she fully supports the law expanding the Opportunity Scholarship program. (2024) source
• Business regulationCut red tape, but keep core safety and environmental rulesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Said she will fight to cut red tape and support pro-growth policies. (2024-10-14) source
  • Her campaign supports reasonable regulations and eliminating unnecessary regulations and licensing requirements. (2026) source
• GunsAdd universal background checks and red-flag lawsmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said current background check requirements should apply to all gun sales and be enforced, and that more should be done to keep guns from children and mentally ill people. (2024) source
• Minimum wageGet rid of it; let employers and workers agree on paymedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said raising the minimum wage raises costs and discourages business investment, and that families deserve a livable wage set by the free market, not government. (2024) source
• Transgender athletesNo, teams should be based on biological sex, with open or coed optionsmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Strongly agreed that biological males should not be allowed to compete in women's sports or use women's spaces. (2024) source
• Mandatory minimumsAdd or lengthen them for serious crimes like fentanyl traffickinglow

  Said · low confidence

  • Said she supports recent steps to stiffen penalties for drug dealers responsible for rising overdose deaths. (2024-10-14) source
• Curriculum and booksParents, including the right to remove material they object tolow

  Said · low confidence

  • Her campaign platform says parents must come first in education, praises the Parents' Bill of Rights, and says teachers should not be beholden to far-left curriculum and should post lesson plan outlines publicly. (2026) source
  • Her campaign says she will continue to support parental rights in their children's education. (2026) source
• Gender care for minorsNo, ban these treatments for minorslow

  Questionnaire answer · low confidence

  • Strongly agreed that children must be protected from what the questionnaire called gender ideology and bodily mutilation, and strongly disagreed with using taxpayer funds for gender transition services. (2024) source
• Election rulesStrict photo ID, paper ballots, cleaner voter rolls and fewer mail ballotslow

  Questionnaire answer · low confidence

  • Strongly agreed that mail ballots should be limited to voters who are 65 or older, sick or disabled, about to give birth, or away from their county, calling absentee ballots the area with the greatest risk of fraud. (2024) source
• HealthcarePrivate insurance with more competition and price transparency, keeping protections for pre-existing conditionslow

  Questionnaire answer · low confidence

  • Said she leans toward keeping Medicaid and Medicare with no other taxpayer-funded programs, that the Affordable Care Act is here to stay, and that leaders must address rising healthcare costs. (2024) source
• Energy and climateAll of the above: oil, gas, nuclear and renewables, and let markets picklow

  Questionnaire answer · low confidence

  • Chose the view that stricter environmental laws undermine energy independence and deter reliable electricity sources, and said energy should be left to the private sector rather than government. (2024) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Housing and growth, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.