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Wooing rural voters

by Thomas Mills | Feb 15, 2023 | Editor's Blog | 16 comments

I’m glad to see that the new Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party is going to put a renewed emphasis on reaching out to rural communities. I was born and raised in Anson County and began my career in politics working in Cleveland and Rutherford Counties in the...

Here’s to a more robust Democratic Party

by Thomas Mills | Feb 13, 2023 | Editor's Blog | 4 comments

Before I say anything else, I want to sincerely congratulate Anderson Clayton, Jonah Garson, Kim Hardy, and Elijah King for their victories this weekend as they took over the leadership of the North Carolina Democratic Party. I believe the party needs an infusion of...

Talking with Wayne Goodwin

by Kirk Kovach | Feb 21, 2019 | PODCAST | 2 comments

I talked with NCDP Chairman Wayne Goodwin about the debacle that is the 9th Congressional District. Here’s where you can listen to us: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Stitcher. Kirk...

A good problem for Democrats

by Thomas Mills | Feb 26, 2018 | Editor's Blog | 1 comment

The number of grassroots groups popping up and supporting progressive causes and candidates is staggering. They’ve got a slew of names and they probably overlap in activities. The common goal, though, is to elect Democrats in November—or at least ending Republican...

NC Democrats Select White, Cis Male to Lead Party

by John Wynne | Feb 13, 2017 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Politics | 21 comments

In a setback for progress, this weekend North Carolina Democrats elected a white, cisgender, heterosexual male to lead their party. The new chairman of the NCDP is former Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin, who lost his seat on the Council of State in the Trump...