Press Releases

NCDP Statement on Mel Watt Confirmation
December 11, 2013

RALEIGH, NC—Yesterday evening, the United States Senate confirmed Congressman Mel Watt (D-12) to serve as the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).  North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) Chair Randy Voller congratulated Congressman Watt in a prepared statement this morning.

Tillis Would Charge Seniors More For Drugs, End Medicare As We Know It
December 03, 2013

RALEIGH--  North Carolina Seniors can’t count on House Speaker Thom Tillis.  Tillis endorsed a plan to end Medicare as we know it, and he would make seniors pay more for prescription drugs and put insurance companies back in charge of your healthcare decisions. 

Tillis’ Proxy Problems? Berger Ally Brunstetter Endorses Harris
November 25, 2013

CHARLOTTE--  North Carolina’s chaotic Republican Senate primary is continuing to cause problems for House Speaker Thom Tillis, with a close ally of Senate President Phil Berger throwing his support to Mark Harris in the May primary.  Retiring state Senator Pete Brunstetter, who Berger encouraged to run against Tillis, endorsed the Charlotte pastor Sunday night.  From the Raleigh News & Observer’s Under the Dome:

NCDP Chair commemorates life, legacy of President John F. Kennedy
November 22, 2013

“Today we mark the historic anniversary of the day our nation lost a great leader far too soon.  For those who sat frozen in disbelief while grainy black and white images flickered across television screens, today is a day for reflection and mourning. For those not yet born, today is a day to ponder how our nation might have been different had we not lost such a young, vibrant president.  Today, we remember a man who changed the face of his generation and moved our country closer to the promise that is America,” said NCDP Chair Randy Voller.

NCDP Chair commends Coach Dean Smith on Presidential Medal of Freedom
November 21, 2013

RALEIGH, NC—Yesterday, UNC Coach Dean Smith was among 15 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.  The North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) Chair Randy Voller congratulated Coach Smith today in a statement, touting his work and legacy both on and off the court.

CDNC blasts Republican Meal Plan Tax
November 20, 2013

RALEIGH, NC--A new Republican sales tax on students is coming to university dining halls across the state starting January 1st, 2014.   Over the summer, Republican majorities in the General Assembly, led by Speaker Tillis and President Pro Temp Berger, shifted a major sales tax burden onto the backs of students by ending the meal plan exemption.  This week, The Daily Tar Heel reported that on top of the 6.75 percent sales tax, UNC students will be subjected to additional taxation at the county-level.

It's a boy! Baby Berger announces run for Congress
November 20, 2013

RALEIGH, NC—As expected, today Phil Berger, Jr., the son of current N.C. Senate Pro Tem Phil Berger, announced his intention to run for the open seat in North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District.  In the past, Berger, Jr. and his father have made no secret their desire to see Junior promoted to Congress, up to Sen. Berger attempting to draw a congressional district for his son.

ICYMI: Tillis Hires Firm To Draft Law, Then Pays Them Big To Defend It In Court
November 19, 2013

RALEIGH-- The Raleigh News & Observer reports this morning on House Speaker Thom Tillis’ decision to hire a law firm to help draft his controversial voter access cuts, then pay that firm thousands in taxpayer dollars to defend the law in court.  Tillis passed a law this session allowing him to hire council to defends laws passed by the legislature, a move that is already costing taxpayers big:

McCrory Administration’s outrageous jobless claims
November 13, 2013

RALEIGH, NC—In Charlotte yesterday, N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker made the claim that the state’s stagnant unemployment rate, one of the highest in the nation, is the result of a large migration of jobless people coming to the state.  Decker also pointed to a large skills gap in the workforce to account for the state’s 8.3 percent unemployment rate.  The North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) responded in a prepared statement today:

Chaotic GOP Field Growing, Leveling Attacks
November 12, 2013

RALEIGH--  North Carolina’s increasingly chaotic Republican primary field is growing and beginning to attack one another in advance of the May primary.  Winston-Salem radio host Bill Flynn announced Sunday that he would be joining the fray, and WRAL’s Mark Binker captured the building tension among the candidates:  

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