Caleb Rudow | |
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Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
Assumed office February 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Susan Fisher |
Succeeded by | Brian Turner |
Constituency | 114th district (2022–2023) 116th district (2023–present) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill (BA) University of Texas,Austin (MA) |
Caleb Rudow is an American politician serving as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 116th district. He was appointed on February 1,2022,succeeding Susan Fisher.
A native of Asheville,North Carolina,Rudow graduated from Asheville High School in 2005. [1] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Arts in global policy studies from the University of Texas at Austin. [2] [3]
From 2008 to 2011,Rudow worked as a manager at a gardening company.
From 2012 to 2014,he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia. He continued his work in Zambia as a member of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Zambia Economic Development Team until 2015.
In 2018,he worked as a consultant with the World Bank Group. He was also a research fellow at the Center for Open Data Enterprise in Washington,D.C.
In 2019 and 2020,he was a regional organizing coordinator for Swing Left. [4]
From August to October 2020,he was a census enumerator for the United States Census Bureau.
Rudow joined Open Data Watch in 2018 and has since worked as a program assistant and data analyst until leaving the organization in July 2021. In 2021,he worked as a COVID-19 case investigator for Community Care of North Carolina.
He was appointed to the North Carolina House of Representatives in February 2022. [5]
In 2023,Rudow announced a run for North Carolina's 11th congressional district. He was unopposed in the primary and will face incumbent Chuck Edwards in the 2024 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Caleb Rudow (incumbent) | 25,161 | 62.36% | |
Republican | Mollie Rose | 15,185 | 37.64% | |
Total votes | 40,346 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
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