10/20/2026
🎯🎯MIDTERM VOTING IS HERE, EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED AND ENDS THE 31ST!
🎯It is imperative that you vote during midterms. These are where your voice is heard the loudest and where leaders of our city get elected. 🙌
Need help? I'm here to help. First, take into consideration if you like how our country as a whole is doing then if you like how our city is doing. That will help YOU decided. It'll would be entirely too long for me to put the full ballet, but here are some key facts about those running.
~This guide summarizes publicly stated campaign priorities and does not represent endorsements. Voters should review candidate websites and official statements for complete positions.~
🎯U.S. Senate (THE BIG ONE!!! Speaks for all of North Carolina (more than 11 million people) and has additional powers, especially on judges and presidential appointments.)
Roy Cooper (D)
●Supports abortion rights and says government should stay out of personal medical decisions.
●Focused on lowering costs for families, including housing, healthcare, and groceries.
●Supports clean energy and climate initiatives.
●Supports protecting and expanding healthcare access.
●Has positioned himself as willing to work across party lines when beneficial for North Carolina.
Michael Whatley (R)
●Strong supporter of President Trump's America First agenda.
●Supports stronger border security and increased immigration enforcement. "I.C.E"
●Anti-abortion and identifies as strongly pro-life.
●"Back the Blue" candidate emphasizing law enforcement and tougher criminal penalties.
●Supports lower taxes, deregulation, and conservative economic policies.
🎯U.S. House District 1 Eastern NC
Don Davis (D)
●Focuses on lowering everyday costs for families.
●Supports rural healthcare access and hospital stability.
●Emphasizes bipartisan problem-solving and economic development.
●Supports veterans, military families, education, and agriculture.
Laurie Buckhout (R)
●Supports tax cuts and reducing government regulations.
●Supports stronger border security and immigration enforcement.
●Strong supporter of Second Amendment rights.
●Focuses on military readiness, national security, and veterans.
●Supports expanding energy production and technology innovation.
🎯U.S. House District 2 Raleigh area
Deborah K. Ross (D)
●Generally supports abortion rights.
●Supports voting rights protections.
●Supports expanded healthcare access.
●Supports climate and clean-energy initiatives.
●Supports gun-safety legislation.
Eugene F. Douglass (R)
●Supports conservative fiscal policies and lower taxes.
●Supports stronger border security.
●Supports Second Amendment rights.
●Supports law enforcement and public safety initiatives.
●Supports limiting federal government regulation.
🎯U.S. House District 3 Eastern/coastal NC
Raymond Smith (D)
●Supports expanding healthcare access.
●Supports public education investment.
●Supports workers' rights and economic opportunity.
●Supports protecting voting rights.
●Supports environmental protection and coastal resilience.
Greg Murphy (R)
●Anti-abortion.
●Supports lower taxes and reduced federal spending.
●Supports stronger border security.
●Supports Second Amendment rights.
●Physician who frequently focuses on healthcare policy, especially affordability and provider issues
Josh Stein was sworn in after Roy Coopers second term ended. He runs North Carolina's executive branch, signs or vetoes state laws, manages state agencies. If these are things you have issues with, mail his office directly and show up to vote when his 2 years are up.
🎯GO VOTE!!!! YOUR VOTE HAS IMPACT ON THE ENTIRE CITY!! DO MORE RESERCH! JUST VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!🎯
