FLIP NC is fighting to take back our state courts!

FLIP NC’s 2026 Launch Party!

Are you looking for a way to take sustained, meaningful action right here in North Carolina?

Come out to FLIP NC’s 2026 launch party on Sunday, February 22, at Motorco Music Hall in Durham.

Grab a drink, play a little NC trivia, meet our statewide judicial candidates, and snap pics in our Fight for Justice photo booth. Then, we’ll share our plans and strategy for 2026 and beyond and hear from leaders like Justice Anita Earls – and you’ll leave knowing what YOU can do to help win critical races up and down the ballot.

*** PLEASE NOTE: This is a free event, but advance registration is required!***

Register here!

FLIP NC’s 2026 Primary Endorsements

Back in September, after several Democrats in the NC Legislature voted with Republicans to override Governor Stein’s vetoes on a series of bad bills, we updated our endorsements policy. We believe that having the right people in positions of power is critical, and progress depends not just on electing Democrats but on electing the right Democrats who will fight for the people – not give ground to Republican extremists.

So for 2026, we are endorsing three Democratic primary candidates who we believe will make a clear and significant difference in the lives of North Carolinians – and who need our support in the primary elections on Tuesday, March 3. All three candidates are running in solidly Democratic districts where voters overwhelmingly reject Republican extremism. The primary is the election. Let’s help elect progressive candidates who will truly represent and fight for their communities.

Learn more about these candidates and how you can support them.

Preventing a republican supermajority while we fight for fair maps

North Carolinians deserve fair voting maps that allow us to choose our representatives instead of representatives choosing their voters. The first step to getting fair maps is taking back our state courts before new maps are drawn for the next decade.

In the meantime, we must keep up the fight to prevent Republicans from regaining a veto-proof supermajority in our state legislature.

Here are the most competitive legislative districts in North Carolina that need our support to win in 2026.

We must re-elect the incomparable Anita Earls!

Now that the fight for Justice Riggs’ seat is finally over, we can turn our full attention to re-electing Justice Anita Earls in 2026. She is exactly the kind of person we want in leadership: smart, humble, and kind. Justice Earls became a lawyer because she saw firsthand how everyday people are impacted by the law (for better and worse) and wanted to do her part to build a fairer, more just society.

Justice Earls has a long history of fighting for the rights, freedoms, and safety of all North Carolinians, and we are SO excited to get out there and talk with NC voters about her!

Learn more about Justice Earls in our interview with her last year, and check out this post for 5 reasons we’re thrilled to support her reelection.

The Path to Fair Maps

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 seat held by a Republican – 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.

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.