As someone who grew up in the working class in rural Orangeburg,SC, Vermanno has dedicated his life to helping those who are less fortunate than himself and those who've been left behind in the dust by career politicians. Vermanno has served his community as a military police officer in the North Carolina Army National Guard. Vermanno has served during times of civil unrest when his community needed the service of his unit. Like so many young people across the country, Vermanno aspire to lead by example and be a voice for the voiceless in the NC General Assembly.
In the 2022 election cycle, Vermanno Bowman was the youngest candidate running for public office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bowman enlisted in the North Carolina Army National Guard as a military police officer to serve and protect his state and to be an example to youth in his community. Bowman is currently in his 5th year of military service.
Vermanno is currently a senior at Southern New Hampshire University majoring in B.A political science. Vermanno signed up for the NC adopt a highway program in early 2023 to keep his community clean and maintained 2 miles of Huntersville - Concord Rd in Huntersville, NC. Vermanno is also a member of indivisible Charlotte (formally SwingLeft) that supports Democrats in the Charlotte area.
Goals when elected-
Once I’m elected to the NC General Assembly, I hope to accomplish a variety of tasks. My main focus will be to ensure that a bill passes the state house that gives public teachers and other certified staff in North Carolina another raise. As our state struggles to retain the best teachers to other higher paying states. Secondly I want to go after and hold fossil fuel corporations like Duke Energy accountable and make them pay their fair share in taxes. While also encouraging more clean and renewable energy companies to come to our state and provide more good paying jobs while also helping to reverse the effects of climate change. My next biggest goal to accomplish would be to build support and pass a Medicare for All bill, that will end the greed by the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. As even with Medicaid expansion in NC, hundreds of thousands of people can’t afford to go the the doctor when they
are sick and have a large deductible or copayments. I believe that it is a shame that we are the only major developed country in the world the doesn’t make healthcare a human right and not a privilege.
It’s long overdue that we allow people to opt into a Medicare for All program and pay for it by making Corporate America and those who are extremely wealthy to finally pay their fair share in taxes and raising the corporate tax rate for multibillion dollar corporations.
