Our Races

As far as races we covered:

                Ellie Kinnaird- Won her reelection for state senate here in Orange County.  Knew this was gonna happen, but we still love to help out such a progressive woman as Ellie, and she’s been absolutely amazing to us over the years.

                Verla Insko- Verla was reelected to state house here in Orange County.  Similarly to Senator Kinnaird, we didn’t have to help out her campaign too much, but she’s an incredible lady and we love having her represent us.

                Deb McManus- She was able to win her election bid down in Chatham County for the state house.  This is great because it was the local campaign we were most involved with, and a good friend of mine/former YD president was her manager.  She won handily, so we’re excited to have a voice for public education going to Raleigh!

                Patty Philipps- Unfortunately, Patty Philipps did not win her race in Alamance County.  About a week after we went to canvass for her, she received a DUI which unraveled her campaign and she was not able to recover.  

                Valerie Foushee- Valerie was able to win her bid for the NC state house up in northern Orange County.  Again, a former YD member was her campaign manager, so it was great to be able to help him out and get another progressive thinker elected to Raleigh.

                Mike McIntyre- In what was the closest US House race in the nation (!), Mike McIntyre won reelection by a few hundred votes.  We knocked on a few hundred doors for him.  Therefore, we won his election.  Don’t tell me otherwise, because blahblahblahICANTHEARYOU.  This is the race we might be most proud of, simply because it shows the incredible impact even a small group of individuals can have on such an important election.

                Larry Kissell-  Unfortunately, Representative Kissell was ousted in his reelection bid.  Large points go to gerrymandering on this one, but he still ran a great campaign and we loved to go work with him.  Best of luck to him in the future.

                Walter Dalton-  Again, Unfortunately, Walter did not beat Pat McCrory for the governor’s mansion.  It was a definite Republican year at that level, and it’s hard to beat a man who has been campaigning for the past six years or so since he lost in 2008.  But it’s okay, Walter was a strong voice for our campus, and he will continue to raise issues that we truly care about.

                 Barack Obama-  Winner winner, chicken dinner.  This was great, after all of our hard work and hundreds of hours campaigning, we were able to see our man, Mr. President, get reelected in what turned out to be a pretty decisive victory.