Dante Pittman’s campaign focuses on improving the lives of working families in eastern North Carolina. He is a strong advocate for affordable healthcare, quality public education, and expanding economic opportunities.
Increased wages, strong public education, and full reproductive freedom are central to Bryan Cohn’s vision for North Carolina. He is pro-union and a strong advocate for common-sense gun safety measures.
In her campaign, Democrat Beth Helfrich has been advocating for abortion rights, public education, gun safety, and the environment, among other issues. She has been endorsed by a litany of progressive groups.
Democratic nominee Dr. Lorenza Wilkins has lived in Nash County for 20+ years and has served youth, small business owners and vulnerable communities in the state through a variety of organizations.
In 2008, Anton Moore founded DJs at the Polls in Philadelphia. He started this nonpartisan organization on the belief that voting and democracy are something to be celebrated and that DJs playing at polling places can increase voter turnout.
County boards of elections began sending out absentee ballots to those who requested to vote by mail on Tuesday, Sept. 24. So far, county boards have received over 207,600 absentee ballot requests.
Political observers are impressed by the Harris campaign’s efforts in North Carolina. “She’s got an even better infrastructure built into the ground than Barack Obama did in 2008,” said Catawba College politics professor Michael Bitzer.
Although Rep. Terence Everitt had initially planned to retire and spend more time with his family, he reconsidered when State Sen. Mary Wills Bode announced she wouldn’t seek re-election in one of the state’s few swing Senate districts.
State Sen. Michael Lee, who has no medical background or knowledge, has used his vote seven times to tell women that what they do with their bodies is his decision and not theirs. Candidate Dr. David Hill will stand up for a woman’s right to choose.
Lt. Col. James Mercer has spent his life serving the people of his community, his state and his country. Mercer is the Democratic candidate for North Carolina’s 11th Senate District.