Phil Berger Sr. is known as the most powerful Republican in North Carolina. Since the GOP took control of our state legislature in 2010, Berger has led the General Assembly in enacting a far-right agenda through every means available to him – including his children.
Meet a FLIPster: Sarah Greenberg
Sarah lives in downtown Raleigh, within walking distance to as many coffee shops and baked goods as she can consume. She works as a content strategist for an industrial automation company.
Check out this Q&A with Sarah, and then sign up to join her at an upcoming canvass!
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Meet a FLIPster: Page Potter
Page retired in 2017 from a career as a legal educator at Meredith College and, more recently, at North Carolina Central School of Law. Never having been active politically in her life before, she realized in 2017 that she had been shirking her responsibility as a citizen. When not canvassing, she can most often be found exercising at the YMCA or working to transform her yard into a bird-friendly landscape. She lives in Durham with her egomaniac tuxedo cat, Carlito.
Check out this Q&A with Page, and then sign up to join her at an upcoming canvass!
Our Conversation with Justice Allison Riggs, Part 4
Our Conversation with Justice Allison Riggs, Part 3
Our Conversation with Justice Allison Riggs, Part 2
In Part 2 of our wide-ranging conversation, Justice Riggs discusses serving “without fear or favor”; what voters are focused on going into the general election, including maintaining bodily autonomy; the impact the Court has on the day-to-day lives on North Carolinians; and how to end gerrymandering once and for all.
Our Conversation with Justice Allison Riggs, Part 1
We sat down with Justice Riggs, one of two Democrats on the N.C. Supreme Court, who is defending her seat in November’s election. In Part 1 of our wide-ranging conversation, she talks about her civil rights background, her decision to become a judge, the importance of judicial elections to the future of our state, and how her values make her a better member of the bench.
Our Interview with Court of Appeals Candidate Martin Moore
Democrats hold only 4 of the 15 Court of Appeals Seats in North Carolina. We have the opportunity to take back the N.C. Court of Appeals by 2028. Three seats are up for election this year, and winning these races is critical! FLIP NC Communications Director Andrea Cash interview N.C. Court of Appeals candidate Martin Moore, a 36-year-old former public defender who is also a Buncombe County Commissioner. He discusses his pitch to voters; the importance of racial, generational, and geographic diversity on the bench; the energy he’s receiving by meeting fired-up voters, and more.
Meet a FLIPster: Mike & Joaquin Dlott
Mike and his son Joaquin live in Cary. Mike is a preschool director/owner, and Joaquin is a junior at Enloe Magnet High School. Mike was active in local and national political campaigns in college and previously taught high school civics. They have enjoyed discussing politics since Joaquin was very young, and they decided this election would be a great opportunity for them to put that love for politics into action. Joaquin has canvassed three times with FLIP NC, and Mike has canvassed twice.
Check out this Q&A with Mike and Joaquin, and then sign up to join them at an upcoming canvass!
FLIP NC Featured in NC Newsline
NC Newsline featured FLIP NC in a story that was published on April 18.
We appreciate Kelan Lyons’ reporting on the history of FLIP NC and our recent pivot to focus on judicial elections so that we can end gerrymandering in North Carolina.
Read the full story here.
Meet a FLIPster: Lopa Patel
Lopa lives in Durham her husband, Neelesh, their 9- and 12-year-old kids, and their two rescue dogs. She works 150 hours a week as a personal assistant, driver, chef, therapist, life coach, maid, tutor, mind reader, and more. “Being a stay-at-home parent is seriously the hardest job ever,” she says. In what little free time she has, she also volunteers with FLIP NC. We are so glad she does!
Check out this Q&A with Lopa, and then sign up to join her at an upcoming canvass!
NC’s Republican Justices on the Issues
FLIP NC’s Andrea Cash and Amy Cox Interviewed on WCHL Radio
North Carolina's One Big Shot at Fair Maps
In 2022, Republicans swept our statewide court races and now hold large majorities on both our State Supreme Court (5 of 7 seats) and Court of Appeals (11 of 15 seats). We cannot get fair maps and return the power to the people until we take back our state courts. We have a path to take back both the N.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals by 2028 – before new maps are drawn for the next decade.
Meet Our 2024 Democratic Judicial Candidates!
Where Can You Canvass with FLIP NC? Anywhere in North Carolina!
Our Interview with Justice Anita Earls, Part 2
In January, we sat down with Justice Earls, one of two Democrats and the only Black judge on the N.C. Supreme Court, to discuss her civil rights background, how the state courts affect the day-to-day lives of North Carolinians, what cases are expected to come before the court in the coming weeks, and more. Read part two of our interview.
Our Interview with Justice Anita Earls, Part 1
In January, we sat down with Justice Earls, one of two Democrats and the only Black judge on the N.C. Supreme Court, to discuss her civil rights background, how the state courts affect the day-to-day lives of North Carolinians, what cases are expected to come before the court in the coming weeks, and more. Read part one of our interview.