FLIP NC is fighting to take back our state courts!

Join NC Democrats Statewide Judicial Campaign Kickoff

On Wednesday, May 21st, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, the NC Democratic Party will kickoff the statewide judicial campaign with their Unite for Justice event! Find the location closest to you or join via Zoom at ncdp.org/unite.

In 2024, Justice Riggs was elected to a full 8-year term. In 2026, every other statewide judicial seat held by a Democrat – and no seats held by Republicans – is up for election.

It’s critical that we re-elect Justice Anita Earls to the N.C. Supreme Court, re-elect Judges John Arrowood and Toby Hampson to the N.C. Court of Appeals (COA), and elect a Democrat to the COA seat currently held by Judge Allegra Collins, who is not running for re-election.

Winning these races is the critical first step in the 3-year plan to take back our state courts. We need judges who will respect our constitution and protect our rights and our democracy, and it’s vital that we elect them before new election maps are drawn for the next decade.

Introducing: The NC Fair Maps ALliance

The NC Fair Maps Alliance was co-founded by the FLIP NC team in partnership with the Can’t Win Victory Fund and NoC co-founder Becca Zerkin in early 2025 to serve as a collaborative hub for grassroots organizations and activists working to end gerrymandering and protect voting rights in North Carolina.

The Alliance’s first event, Courting Justice, was geared towards college students and featured a panel discussion with NC Supreme Court Justices Anita Earls and Allison Riggs and Professor Sam Wang from the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. It was great to see young folks engaging on the topic of gerrymandering and asking great questions. We had so much fun we just might have to take this show on the road!

Keep an eye out for future events and ways to get involved with the Alliance. And in the meantime, learn more about what we’re fighting for – and why.

The far right has taken over our state courts, and we’re fighting back!

Following the 2022 elections, extremist Republicans took over our state courts. Led by Republican Paul Newby, the new right-wing majority has wielded its power in unprecedented ways, trampling norms and conventions, overturning the prior court’s rulings, and aiding right-wing lawmakers’ unconstitutional power grabs for partisan gain. Read more about the corrupt GOP court and why FLIP NC chose to shift our focus to our state courts.

This year, far-right Republicans on our state courts have continued their attacks on our rights and our democracy, approving yet another unconstitutional power grab that allowed a right-wing takeover of the N.C. Board of Elections and issuing rulings to try to help their buddy, Jefferson Griffin, overturn his election loss – until their plan was foiled by a conservative, Trump-appointed federal judge.

FLIP NC is an all-volunteer, grassroots organization working to elect progressives in North Carolina.