This critical milestone drives home for me how far we’ve come—about a year ago, I was thinking hard about running for State Treasurer, but I still hadn’t made a decision yet about running. I knew that if I ran, I wanted to run a campaign that would be fundamentally different from what we’ve seen in this state before. I wanted a campaign that does things all the talking heads tell you to never do, like spending time connecting with rural voters and telling the truth about everything from taxes to government spending.
Well, a year later, it turns out that we’re doing pretty well for ourselves with that strategy. We’ve built a campaign with real statewide momentum because voters are ready for a government that believes in them. We’ve racked up more than 160 endorsements from current and former elected officials all across our state, including our entire Democratic congressional delegation. And the only public poll in our primary so far shows my campaign in the lead.
But now it’s crunch time. Next week, the ballots sent out today will start to land in mailboxes, and voters will begin making decisions. All the work we’ve put into this movement won’t mean very much if we can’t reach those voters and ensure they’ve heard the central message of opportunity at the heart of our campaign—and whether or not we win this primary will decide whether or not Democrats have a candidate on the ballot in November who can speak to the real struggles North Carolinians are facing every day.
