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Tom Bailey

LIB

Advanced from a canceled Libertarian Party primary.

Tom Bailey is the Libertarian Party nominee in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District. He is a Vietnam veteran and longtime Libertarian Party activist focused on ballot access and election law.[6]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

In their words — priorities

  • Restoring voting rights of citizens to put control of government back in the hands of the people.[6]
  • Major federal tax reform limiting the federal government to taxing only state governments.[6]
  • Restoring the Bill of Rights with an emphasis on due process.[6]

Background

  • Served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1971; earned a high school diploma from South Bakersfield High School and graduated from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington in 1993.[6]
  • Served on the Libertarian Party of North Carolina Executive Committee and as chairman of its Legal Action Committee, where he helped lead the federal ballot-access lawsuit McLoughlin v. Marsh.[6]

Also on the ballot for this seat: Donald Davis, Laurie Buckhout · Compare side by side

Sources cited in this profile

  1. 6.Tom Bailey - Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026 Candidate's own words