LaKesha Womack says a more serious matter would have been served long before early voting
LaKesha WomackDemocratic nominee for North Carolina's 14th District, in an interview with WSOC-TV
LaKesha Womack, the Democratic nominee in North Carolina's 14th District, tells WSOC-TV's Joe Bruno in October 2026 that she cannot discuss her pending felony case, followed by an excerpt of her earlier Facebook video about a rental car she did not return on time.
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Asked what happened to the rental car, Womack says she cannot discuss an ongoing legal case, but that if it were something much more serious she would have been served and charged much sooner than a week before early voting.
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Womack suggests that the timing of the summons, served at a campaign event shortly before early voting and more than six years after it was first issued, was meant to hurt her campaign, and that a more serious matter would have been pursued sooner.
“But I will say that if it were something much more serious, then I probably would have been served and charged much quicker than a week before early voting started.”
Interview
Other statements by LaKesha Womack in this case
- LaKesha Womack says she did not know a case had been filed over the rental car because she was homelessEarlier: Defended or excused
- LaKesha Womack calls Moore's ads deceptive and says accountability must rest on due processSame day: Challenged the characterization
- LaKesha Womack asks whether she would have been served years later if she had stolen a carLater: Challenged the characterization
Where this statement fits
LaKesha Womack beats Rep. Tim Moore while charged with failing to return a 2019 rental car; Moore had said she owed voters an explanation
LaKesha Womack, a Democrat, defeated Republican Rep. Tim Moore in North Carolina's 14th District on November 3, 2026, while facing a pending felony charge that she failed to return a rented car in 2019. Moore said she needed to explain the charge to voters. Womack called his ads about it deceptive and says she will answer questions when the legal process allows.
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Interview
About this source
Channel 9 government reporter Joe Bruno interviews Womack about the felony charge. The broadcast shows body camera footage of her being served in Polk County, her answers to Bruno and an excerpt of an earlier Facebook video in which she says she did not return a rental car on time.
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Before the quotation
Womack tells WSOC she learned the case was an issue on a Friday and was served in Polk County on the Sunday of a holiday weekend. Asked what happened to the rental car, she says she cannot talk about it because it is an ongoing legal case.
After the quotation
WSOC reports that she called the criminal charge a distraction from the main issue in the race, affordability.
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Why this label?
The reference point is the pending felony charge that Womack failed to return a 2019 rental car, and whether it should count against her as a candidate for the seat. Womack declines to discuss the facts but argues from the timing that the matter is not serious, which downplays the charge.
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