Why the Senate?

North Carolinians are hearing a lot in the media right now about the governor's race. While it’s drawing more attention, it doesn’t mean it’s a more important race to win than any Senate or House seat.

In fact, even if Josh Stein wins, he would be powerless to stop dangerous anti-choice legislation if there is a Republican supermajority ready to override anything he vetoes.

In 2020, 200,000 North Carolina ballots voted only for Biden and Cooper. The rest of those ballots were left blank. Democrats tend to not vote in races when they don’t know the candidate, where Republicans tend to “fall in line,” voting “R” down the ballot whether or not they know anything about the candidate at all.

With more education, 200,000 North Carolina Democrats may have voted for down-ballot candidates, potentially changing the trajectory of the legislature and political landscape in the state.

Conversely, if a voter is motivated to turn out for a Democratic NC Senate candidate way down the ballot, you better believe they'll be voting for the Democratic governor candidate too.

For every voter we can turn out for our candidates, Josh Stein gets another vote.

State senate races cost far less than state-wide and national races. Media markets are smaller, ads cost less, campaign teams don’t have to travel as far, and candidates are introducing themselves to their neighbors - not the entire state or country. Every dollar you contribute makes a big difference in these races.

To break the Republican supermajority in the North Carolina legislature, we need to flip only 1 seat from Republican to Democrat, and also ensure Democratic incumbents are re-elected.

Can we count on you?”