House District 63

Steve Ross
Steve Ross is a lifelong native of Alamance County. He has spent over 28 years in public service to his community as a City Councilman, Mayor of Burlington, and State Representative since 2012. Steve has a track record of working across the aisle to find solutions that work for everyone. We need Steve Ross’ steady leadership and results-driven service back in the General Assembly.

Ricky Hurtado
Ricky Hurtado is a radical liberal that came from California to bring far left, big-government policies to Alamance County. He doesn’t represent the values of House District 63 and is bankrolled by out of state liberal mega-donors and abortion money.
Stephen Ross voted to create a $125 million emergency loan program to help North Carolina small businesses continue to pay employees, rent, and mortgages during the Coronavirus outbreak.
64%
of voters said they would be more likely to vote for Steve Ross after learning this. This was the most persuasive message to soft GOP, soft Democrats, white Democrats, and white women 35+. This was the second most persuasive message to white unaffiliateds.
Stephen Ross raised salaries for North Carolina’s teachers by more than eight thousand dollars to $54,000 per year and increased total education funding by two billion dollars.
64%
of voters said they would be more likely to vote for Steve Ross after learning this. This was the most persuasive message to white unaffiliateds. This was the third most persuasive message to white Democrats and white women 35+.
Stephen Ross fought to keep spending under control so the state could save up over three billion dollars in emergency savings to prepare for the next crisis or economic downturn. Thanks to these savings, our state’s finances are in good shape and we won’t have to cut critical services for families and small businesses, despite the effects of the Coronavirus on state revenue.
64%
of voters said they would be more likely to vote for Steve Ross after learning this. This was the most persuasive message to white women 18-54. This was the second most persuasive message to soft GOP and white women 35+. This was the fourth most persuasive message to white unaffiliateds.
Stephen Ross helped pass a bipartisan Coronavirus relief package that includes $50 million to provide protective face masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment to frontline health care workers, $109 million to make Coronavirus testing available to more people in the state, and $49 million to fund research to develop a vaccine for Coronavirus.
64%
of voters said they would be more likely to vote for Steve Ross after learning this. This was the third most persuasive message to soft GOP and white unaffiliated voters.
Stephen Ross secured state funding to detect pollutants in our drinking water, to stop illegal discharges of pollutants such as Gen X, and to give Gov. Cooper the authority to shut down the Chemours plant responsible for discharging Gen X into our rivers.
64%
of voters said they would be more likely to vote for Steve Ross after learning this. This was the second most persuasive message to white men 55+ and white Democrats. This was the fourth most persuasive message to soft GOP voters.
Stephen Ross voted for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which is a bill that protects newborns who survive botched abortions and increases penalties for infanticide.
53%
of voters said they would be more likely to vote for Steve Ross after learning this. This was the most persuasive message to conservative voters. This was the fourth most persuasive message to white women 35+.
Some sanctuary city liberals around our state support releasing illegal immigrants from jail instead of working with federal officers to uphold the law, even after an illegal immigrant was released from a North Carolina jail and then raped a young woman. But Stephen Ross is fighting to stop sanctuary city policies and to uphold our country’s laws.
52%
of voters said they would be more likely to vote for Steve Ross after learning this. This was the most persuasive message to white men 55+. This was the fourth most persuasive message to soft GOP and white women 35+.
Ricky Hurtado supports a complete government takeover of health care that would eliminate all employer-provided and private health care plans, would triple the size of the state’s budget, and require massive tax increases on workers and families to pay for it.
62%
of voters said they would be less likely to vote for Ricky Hurtado after learning this. This was the most persuasive message to white Democrats and white women 35+. This was the second most persuasive message to soft GOP and white unaffiliateds.
Ricky Hurtado has signed a radical, progressive agenda that would raise taxes, significantly damage the North Carolina economy, and kill jobs, even though families and businesses all across the state are struggling from the financial impact of the Coronavirus.
59%
of voters said they would be less likely to vote for Ricky Hurtado after learning this. This was the most persuasive message to soft GOP. This is the third most persuasive message to white unaffiliated voters and white Democrats.
Ricky Hurtado supports the extreme, job-killing New Green Deal, which would amount to a socialist takeover of the economy, comes with a ninety-three trillion-dollar price tag, would increase the costs on the average North Carolina household by seventy-four thousand dollars in its first year alone, and eliminate over a million high paying American jobs.
59%
of voters said they would be less likely to vote for Ricky Hurtado after learning this. This was the most persuasive message to white unaffiliateds. This was the third most persuasive message to soft GOP and white women 35+. This was the fourth most persuasive message to white Democrats.
52%
of voters said they would be less likely to vote for Ricky Hurtado after learning this. This was the second most persuasive message to white Democrats and white women 35+. This was the fourth most persuasive message to white unaffiliated voters.
Ricky Hurtado supports using taxpayer dollars to fund free college education for everyone, including illegal immigrants.
47%
of voters said they would be less likely to vote for Ricky Hurtado after learning this. This was the second most persuasive message to soft GOP and soft Democrats. This was the fourth most persuasive message to white Democrats and white women 35+.