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Gail Young announced her 2020 campaign for North Carolina’s 83rd House District candidacy for NC House District 83.

Young, a career public servant, retired as a Division Director in the Land Use and Environmental Services Agency of Mecklenburg County after 28 years in local government. She continues to consultant.

In 2018, Young ran a competitive race against four-term incumbent, Rep. Larry Pittman. Young is a Democrat and Pittman a Republican.

“The failures of the majority in the Legislature that first led me to make the decision to run still remain,” Young said. “Our educators have to take to the streets to demand resources; our rural hospitals are in jeopardy of closing; and hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians lack healthcare because, for political reasons, we are leaving federal Medicaid expansion money on the table. North Carolinians deserve leaders dedicated to building a better future for the residents of our state, not petty partisan games.”