Jonathan Jordan

Education funding

The 2018 budget Jordan voted for raised teacher pay for the fifth time in 5 years.^[9] Jordan voted for the 2017 budget that added $45 million to the Opportunity Scholarship Program that provides educational improvements for low-income students and their families who are not well served by public schools.^[10] He voted for the 2015 budget that provided teachers and all state employees with a one-time $750 bonus.^[11][12] In 2015, NC teacher pay ranked in the bottom 10 nationally.^[13] He also voted for the 2013 budget, which did not raise teacher pay, cut education spending, and increased class sizes. This bill also included the Opportunity Scholarship Act, which provided money to students and families whose needs did not fit the one-size-fits-all government school system.^[14]

Medicaid expansion

Jordan voted against expanding Medicaid in 2013.^[15][16] A study found that opting out of the Medicaid expansion would cost 455 to 1,145 lives per year.^[17]

Environment

Jordan voted against a bill that passed the cost of Duke Energy's coal ash spill to its ratepayers.^[18] He voted for another bill that allowed Duke Energy to avoid cleaning up coal ash.^[19] Jordan voted against an amendment that would have protected ratepayers from having to pay to clean up coal ash.^[20] Frank Holleman, a senior attorney at the left-wing Southern Environmental Law Center, said "this coal ash bill is damning proof that the families and communities of North Carolina can't rely on state politicians to protect their drinking water supplies from Duke Energy's coal ash pollution..."^[21]

Electoral history