Caleb Rudow
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Assumed office
February 1, 2022
Preceded bySusan Fisher
Constituency114th district (2022–2023)
116th district (2023–present)
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity 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.

Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

Electoral history

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 116th district general election, 2022[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Caleb Rudow (incumbent) 25,161 62.36%
Republican Mollie Rose 15,185 37.64%
Total votes 40,346 100%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ "Caleb Rudow". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  2. ↑ "Caleb Rudow to Fill Out NC Rep. Fisher's Term". The Urban News. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  3. ↑ "Representative Caleb Rudow - Biography - North Carolina General Assembly". www.ncleg.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  4. ↑ "RPCV Caleb Rudow (Zambia) replaces Susan Fisher in North Carolina House | Peace Corps Worldwide". peacecorpsworldwide.org. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Susan Fisher replacement appointed to NC House". The Asheville Citizen Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  6. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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