Eugene Douglass
R
Advanced from a canceled Republican primary.
Eugene Douglass is the Republican nominee challenging incumbent Deborah Ross in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. He is a retired chemistry professor who taught at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke for over 30 years.[3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Positions on the issues
- OpposesProtect legal access to abortion
Says he wants to protect human life from conception until natural death and end abortion used for birth control, with states regulating the procedure.[3]
- OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporations
Lists lower taxes and a smaller federal government among his top three campaign messages.[3]
In their words — priorities
- A smaller federal government, less regulation and lower taxes, with responsibility returned to the states.[3]
- Eliminating the federal Department of Education and returning education policy to state and local authorities.[3]
- Opposing abortion, saying he wants to protect human life from conception until natural death.[3]
Background
- Grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; moved to North Carolina in 2005 to teach chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.[3]
- Earned a bachelor's degree from The King's College in 1979, a graduate degree from the University of Connecticut in 1982, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2010; also graduated from Bethel Theological Seminary.[3]
- Taught college chemistry for over 30 years and has been affiliated with the American Chemistry Society.[3]