Democracy

With the March primary approaching, several North Carolina House Democratic primaries are drawing increased attention as polling shows meaningful movement once voters receive more information about the candidates.

North Carolinians have endured one punch after another this year. And that’s why Tuesday’s response by the voters was so, so uplifting. Voters in every corner of the state stood up and said “we’re done”– done with higher costs, done with leaders who embolden authoritarians, done with politicians who don’t listen to their constituents. 

House Speaker Destin Hall and Senate leader Phil Berger announced their partisan redistricting plan this week, saying that they were committed to fulfilling President Donald Trump’s request to redraw maps in Republicans’ favor. 

Over the weekend, thousands of people showed up for the No Kings protests. Winston-Salem and High Point, Jacksonville and Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Cary– pick a town, North Carolinians showed up to protest in it. They spoke out against Trump defiance of Congress, the courts and federal law through his executive orders and unilateral slashing of government programs.

This week, Justice Allison Riggs won. North Carolinians won. American democracy won. 
When Jefferson Griffin finally conceded, you could feel a collective sigh of relief– not just in North Carolina– but across the country.

Every week, there’s another rally or protest. And regardless of the theme, the message is clear– we are not going to let the country we love go quietly. There’s much more fighting to do, and there’s a ton of energy left in the tank to do it.

Whether it’s one ballot or 65,000, there’s a deeper threat still present to every single voter in North Carolina and across the country.