FLIP NC is fighting to take back our state courts!

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This year, we’re working to turn out left-leaning voters for races up and down the ballot and make sure they know about the critical importance of North Carolina’s state court races for the future of our state and our country.

Our lit drop program will relaunch after the March primary, with house parties soon to follow. Sign up at the links below to let us know you want to join us!

Congratulations to these outstanding candidates!

Voters want Democratic legislators who will fight for the people, not give ground to Republican extremists. That message was clear when these outstanding candidates won their primaries by huge margins!

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 and elect Judge Christine Walczyk to the N.C. Court of Appeals (COA).

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.