Caleb Rudow is an American politician serving as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 116th district. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2025. Rudow is a member of the Democratic Party.
A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Rudow graduated from Asheville High School in 2005. 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.
Rudow’s career experience includes working as a COVID-19 case investigator with Community Care of North Carolina, a research and data analyst with Open Data Watch, and a United States Census enumerator with the U.S. Census Bureau. 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. 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.
Rudow is running for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.
