Despite being a school vice principal, it’s hard to imagine Scott Lassiter voting for public school funding knowing he supports right-wing extremist state superintendent candidate Michele Morrow and has ties to the anti-public education group endorsed by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.
Republican Mike Schietzelt, a 37-year-old married father of four who served in the U.S. Marine Corps as part of the Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and currently works as a litigation attorney at a Raleigh law firm. Voters should be cautious about buying into what Schietzelt (pronounced Sheet-zelt) is selling. It’s easy to be fooled when reading what he thinks about providing more funding for our public schools or supporting efforts to keep our air and water clean. Once you scratch below the surface and look deeper into his background, the picture of who he is as a candidate becomes clearer – and it’s not pretty.
Ashlee Bryan Adams is firmly in the MAGA Republican camp and would likely vote in lockstep with the state GOP’s right-wing policy priorities.
Ken Fontenot is not a household name in North Carolina. Still, for the people who live in House District 24 – which covers all of Wilson County, plus a small section of Nash County – it’s a name they should familiarize themselves with.
For those familiar with Tricia Cotham, Frank Sossamon’s story might sound similar. Sossamon, a reliable Democratic primary voter for over two decades, abruptly changed his party registration to Republican after 2020. He then ran for a seat in the State House as a Republican, won, and has been a reliable vote for the party’s far-right policy priorities ever since.
“I would love to get [abortion restrictions] down to six weeks. And I’d like to get down to zero. I would like to push it back as far as we could and eliminate as many abortions as we can,” Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson told supporters earlier this month.
Republican perennial candidate (and perennial election loser) Joshua Niday is running for a seat in the legislature for the fourth time this fall and his right-wing extremist beliefs have been flying under the radar in his district.
The significant drop comes amid efforts by Republicans to undo the last 60 years of progress, erasing anti-discrimination protections and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from state agencies and institutions.
In addition to more than 400,000 school supply items, WakeEd raised over $70,000 in monetary donations, including a $20,000 challenge match from the 4 Others Foundation.
“The usual pattern in political science is that as people grow older, they become more engaged and recognize the importance of participating in activities like voting,” NC politics expert Michael Bitzer said. “However, millennials aren’t following this trend.”