It’s like that ol’ saying, you can take the Democrat out of the criminal, but you can’t take the criminal out of the Democrat.
Most newly elected members of Congress spend the week after their victory buying plane tickets to Washington and picking out office furniture. Democrat LaKesha Womack is spending hers preparing to show up at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse in North Carolina on felony charges for failing to return a rental car. Only in a blue wave, folks.
According to court records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, Womack was served a felony summons just three weeks before Election Day. The summons was originally issued back in 2020, returned unserved, then reissued on October 11. She’s ordered to appear November 10 at 9:00 a.m., and the summons warns she could be held in contempt if she skips it. So she’s got that going for her as she prepares to represent the people of North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District.
The original police report says Womack rented a 2019 Toyota Corolla, valued at $20,000, from a Budget Car Rental in Charlotte and failed to return it 16 days later. “Attempts to locate the suspect have been unsuccessful,” the report states. Under North Carolina law, willfully failing to return a rental car worth more than $4,000 is a felony. A $20,000 Corolla clears that bar pretty comfortably.
Womack addressed the charges during her campaign, suggesting her Republican opponent Tim Moore had something to do with the summons being reissued. “I’m not an attorney so I don’t know how these things work, but I would hate to believe that this was brought forward to give my opponent an unfair advantage by implying I’m a felon,” she told the News and Observer. She also declined to say whether the car was ever returned. When asked for details, she said she had retained counsel and could not comment. Classic.
She offered a different explanation in an October 9 live stream, saying she didn’t know a criminal case had been filed against her because she “was homeless” and “had nowhere to receive mail.” Axios, two days before the election, noted she was poised to beat Moore but somehow forgot to mention the felony charges, describing her instead as a “minister and consultant” who had experienced “home insecurity.” That’s one way to put it.
Speaking of home, LaKesha Womack congressional race also raised questions about where exactly Womack lives. Property records first reported by WBTV show she purchased a home in South Charlotte, which is outside her district. Her voter registration listed an address inside the district that was available for rent online. Womack agreed to an interview with WBTV about it, then canceled and never responded to follow-up. Congressmembers don’t have to live in their district, but they do have to live in the state, so that one may work itself out.
Womack raised $60,000 for her race against Moore, who had $2.1 million, and still won by 2 points in a district the Cook Political Report rated “likely Republican.” Moore had carried it by 17 points in 2024. She also appears to have no personal financial disclosure on file with the House of Representatives, even though candidates who spent more than $5,000 are required to file one. She spent more than $55,000. Neither the House Ethics Committee nor her campaign responded to requests for comment.
Womack ran on raising the federal minimum wage and pumping federal money into public schools. She also wrote a Substack blog with hits like “Why Is ‘Antifa’ the Boogeyman?” and “Is School Choice a Gateway to Segregation?” She attended Vanderbilt University and founded the Womack Consulting Group, though how much it has earned remains unknown since, again, no financial disclosure. The 2026 blue wave delivered Democrats a congresswoman-elect with an active felony case, no filed financial disclosure, and a question mark where her home address should be. Democracy, baby.
