An Issue That Motivated Nicole Sidman to Run for the Governor’s Mansion in Charlotte, N.C. and the Case for North Carolina Ground Zero
Janice Robinson heads the state chapter of Red, Wine and Blue, a group that works to harness the political power of suburban women of all backgrounds. The Supreme Court decision made women in the state uneasy, she said.
“It’s crazy that we’ve come this far and now we’re taking millions of steps backwards,” said Smith, who came out to vote with her husband and adult son.
Yolonda is one of the candidates in the Democratic primary. On Saturday, she was outside the South County Regional Library, handing out her campaign flyers. She said that she was running to avenge the betrayal she felt when she joined the party.
Republican Republicans have a decisive supermajority in the state legislature after a Democratic state house representative from Charlotte switched to their side. The governor could not overturn the 12-week abortion ban with a veto.
The moment that prompted Sidman to run is the one that caused her to run. She described an overwhelming feeling of powerlessness watching the Republican supermajority restrict abortion access.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Nicole Sidman walked up a long driveway in a hilly suburban neighborhood of Charlotte, campaign flyers in hand, ready to talk about an issue that prompted her to run in the Democratic primary for the state legislature this year.
“I know who you are!” Rubenstein told Sidman. Rubenstein, who has three daughters, quickly told Sidman she plans to vote for her and will bring her eight-year-old daughter to polls to be part of a moment she described as critical.
“For my children to be able to have the right to make decisions about their bodies in the future is crucial to my existence,” he said. That’s in the forefront of my vote.
There are worries about new abortion restrictions motivating voters in North Carolina. It’s an issue that the Biden campaign hopes will get voters to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
“When you add issues like reproductive freedom, when you add the biggest governor’s race in the country — those things, I think, come together to make North Carolina ground zero in 2024,” Cooper told NPR in an interview at the governor’s mansion in Raleigh.
Other southern states passed abortion restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned Wade. For nearly a year, North Carolina still allowed the procedure up to 20 weeks.
But Jonathan Felts, a longtime Republican strategist, said Democrats shouldn’t bet on abortion politics putting them over the top in North Carolina. There’s a super group supporting Mark Robinson in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
What Will Be Bey and Jay-Z Say About Trump, Michelle Obama, LGBTQ, and Transgender People? The Game Plan for Mark Robinson’s 2020 Campaign
Both Bey and Jay-Z have songs that soundatanic. Michelle Obama is a man. Gay and trans people are “filth.” The 1969 moon landing may or may not have been “faked.” Donald Trump is someone to think about when thinking about 2020 election conspiracy theories.
Mark Robinson, the nominee for governor of G.O.P., is a man who says and believes things that are pretty weird. North Carolina’s lieutenant governor has said a lot of crazy things, and they will put Tar Heels to the test in November.
Frank Bruni wrote an excellent article last weekend about Cooper and other Democrats who have won elections in red states and battleground states by focusing on pragmatic voter issues. That will clearly be Stein’s playbook in the fall. What will Robinson’s game plan be? He loves to write in capital letters on social media so he is in touch with Trump.