Chuck Hubbard

Chuck Hubbard was eight when he began inserting newspaper sections and helping with mailings at his grandfather's Wilkes Journal-Patriot print shop.¹ His grandfather founded the paper after World War I, and Chuck began reporting news at 16 while attending Wilkes Central High School.¹

He earned an English literature degree at Wofford College, then joined the newspaper's staff full time after graduating.²¹ His journalism career has spanned more than 40 years.¹ He and his wife, Shari, have three daughters and are grandparents; Shari, a Greensboro native, spent more than 20 years as a state trooper stationed in Wilkes County.¹

His community service has included board roles with Wilkes Recovery Revolution, the Wilkes Child Abuse Prevention Team and Wilkes Prison Ministry.¹ He became an Eagle Scout at 13 and is a lifelong member of North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church.¹

Hubbard proposes a higher minimum wage, more taxes on wealthy households and corporations, and expanded rural broadband.³ He supports a government health insurance option and protecting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and veterans' benefits.³ His agenda also includes abortion rights, additional public school funding and banning congressional stock trading.³ He seeks federal funding for continuing Helene recovery and more transparency about FEMA's spending.³ He faces Republican incumbent Virginia Foxx.⁴