Aida Havel
ON THE RECORD · 7 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“Laurie Buckhout came once, but she only came to Rodanthe, to my knowledge, and didn’t go any further,”
Aida Havel · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Havel noted that Republican candidate Laurie Buckhout visited the area only once and only went to Rodanthe.
“We’ve already had to cancel two fishing tournaments,”
Aida Havel · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Havel said the road outage is killing business on the Outer Banks.
“The money that people make in the shoulder season keeps them going throughout the winter. They’re losing every bit of that revenue right now. Not only the restaurants, not only the shops, the house cleaners, you know? I mean, it’s everybody, it affects everybody and it’s just a complete economic disaster. Dare county is the fourth-highest tourism driver in North Carolina … but we can’t get help to fix the road.”
Aida Havel · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Havel described the economic toll of the road outage on Dare county's tourism-dependent economy.
“When we got gerrymandered into Congressman Davis’s district, I thought, this is the first good thing that’s ever come out of gerrymandering that I’ve ever seen,”
Aida Havel · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Havel said being redistricted into Congressman Davis's district was the first good thing she had seen from gerrymandering.
“But there was a 9.30 ferry. I didn’t make that one. I got on the 11.00 ferry, and I was the very last car on, and they told me I had to fold in my my side mirrors, and they just squeezed me on. I took the ferry over to Stumpy Point, and I got off at 1.05. And then I had to drive to Manteo. It was a 30-minute drive to Manteo.”
Aida Havel · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Havel recounted the hours-long ferry and driving journey she endured because Highway 12 was out.
“I got in the ferry line at 8am, and there was an 8am ferry, and I knew I wasn’t going to make that one,”
Aida Havel · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Havel described her ordeal trying to use ferries after Highway 12 washed out on the Outer Banks.
“Not a single time. Not when the houses fell in, not to have a town hall meeting. Nothing.”
Aida Havel · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02
Havel said her previous congressman Greg Murphy never met Hatteras Island residents in the 11 years she has lived there.