Asking for money is our least favorite part of this work. But it’s necessary to ensure that we don’t leave votes on the table for critical candidates like Roy Cooper, Justice Anita Earls, and more.

With just over 100 days until early voting starts for the 2026 election, every dollar we raise will go directly to funding our highly effective text banking program.

FLIP NC’s text banking program is BY FAR the biggest bang for your buck.

Your one-time or recurring donation will help cover the cost of the texting platform we use to reach left-leaning voters across North Carolina and make sure they have the information and support they need to turn out for Democrats up and down the ballot this fall.

Meet the outstanding statewide judicial candidates running in 2026 who will protect our rights and our democracy!

We recently met with Justice Anita Earls, one of two Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court, who is defending her seat in November’s election. In this wide-ranging conversation, she talks about her recent fiery Leandro dissent, the fallout from 2024’s bitterly contested Supreme Court race, her concerns about the state of our democracy locally and nationally, and what’s offering her hope and joy during these trying times.

North Carolina is poised to determine a number of key races for the future of democracy in our state and our country. Here’s what has us hopeful and energized for 2026.

As we wrote 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 have 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.

This cycle, 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 upcoming primary elections on Tuesday, March 3.

Tuesday’s election results brought a steady stream of great news as Democrats racked up wins across the country. Democrats won the governorship in New Jersey, retained their 5-2 majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and flipped two statewide offices in Georgia that Democrats hadn’t won since 2000. A large majority of New Yorkers chose millennial mayor-elect Mamdani over the Trump-endorsed Cuomo. Voters in California easily passed Prop 50, designed to answer Republicans’ election map rigging in other states, and Maine voters rejected a vote-restricting ballot measure.

But our eyes were on Virginia, where Democrats flipped the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General – and picked up a whopping 13 seats in their House of Delegates.

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.

Now through July 11, you can order one of FLIP NC’s Anita Earls tees online through a special fundraiser. Men’s/uni cuts are available here, and women’s cuts are available here.

Here in North Carolina, our first electoral opportunity to begin prying back our state and our country from partisan extremists comes in 2026, when what happens at ballot boxes across the state will shape what happens in Raleigh and Washington, D.C. – both in the near term and for years to come.

The great news is that midterms give us a greater opportunity to impact the outcome than presidential years, when the field is saturated with money and activity. And we know what works. Drawing on analysis and lessons from 2024 and 2018 – the last Trump midterm – we can build the blue wave we need for these critical victories.

We can’t wait until next year to take action; the time to start is now. Here are some ways you can use your time and/or money to help win critical NC judicial races in 2026.

Justice Anita Earls is currently serving an 8-year term as the senior associate justice on the NC Supreme Court. She will run for re-election in 2026. Here are 5 reasons why we’re thrilled to support her.

Five months ago, Justice Allison Riggs won her seat on the NC Supreme Court by 734 votes. Since then, her opponent, Jefferson Griffin, has done everything he can to try to overturn the election. Here’s where things currently stand.

In 2024, FLIP NC's voter outreach aimed to (1) turn out left-leaning voters, (2) reduce ballot dropoff in state court races, and (3) spread the word about the importance of our state courts through canvassing, lit drop, text banking, and social media. Our analysis suggests that our direct voter outreach added a total of ~5.7k votes statewide for Justice Riggs.

Learn more about our 2024 voter outreach analysis and impact in this detailed post.