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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM

91.7%

a.k.a. proof positive of the strength of our campaign, from Andrews to Ahoskie and everywhere inbetween.John, A little later today, my team will submit my end-of-year fundraising report for 2023 to the State Board of Elections, and our totals for 2023 will be public for anyone who wants to see them.…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 25, 2024 at 3:17 PM

In just 40 days

It’s crunch time, John, and I need you.John, If you can believe it, as of this morning, there are only forty days left until the primary election.That means absentee ballots are already in the mail, and voters are already getting them.That means that in a little over three weeks, early voting will o…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 23, 2024 at 10:07 PM

This endorsement means the world to me

As the son of a lifelong public school teacher, I couldn’t be prouder.John, Growing up, my mom made her career as a public school teacher. The benefits she had from that job were one of the greatest blessings on our family. Because she was a teacher, we knew that in exchange for her service, she had…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Ballots are in the mail

The 2024 election begins today, and that means it’s crunch timeJohn, as of today, North Carolina is putting absentee ballots in the mail and the primary election is officially underway. This critical milestone drives home for me how far we’ve come—about a year ago, I was thinking hard about running…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 17, 2024 at 3:07 PM

[Endorsement Alert] State employees are with this campaign

We just got one of our most important endorsements of this race—here’s why that mattersJohn, I’ve got big news. Yesterday, our campaign was endorsed by EMPAC, the political action committee of the State Employees Association of North Carolina.This is a big deal—because so much of the Treasurer’s job…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 12, 2024 at 3:12 PM

Our tax system just isn’t fair

And when our tax system isn’t fair, that’s a real danger for our economy and our democracy.Hey, John, Earlier this week, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released a brand new edition of their Who Pays? report, examining how state tax rates are contributing to inequality in our country—a…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 10, 2024 at 10:08 PM

The Other Veto

This race could be the deciding factor in whether our next Governor is able to lead us in an emergencyHey, John, If there’s one thing the GOP supermajority in our legislature loves more than mismanaging our finances and taking peoples’ rights away, it’s weakening the powers of the Governor’s office.…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 4, 2024 at 3:28 PM

This is how we win

This is proof that we don’t have to shy away from our values, we just have to put in the workHey, John, In a lot of ways, Democrats had a shockingly good 2023. It wasn’t that long ago that off-year elections were a nightmare for us—but we’ve seen a real turning of the tide. Last year, in our municip…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
January 1, 2024 at 3:24 PM

Thank you

I couldn't have done it without you Hey, John,I just wanted to send you a quick note to wish you Happy New Year and to thank you for stepping up. We went hard the last few days to make sure we hit our marks for the year-end deadline. I know I ask a lot of you, especially around these deadlines, and …
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 31, 2023 at 10:58 PM

2024 start now, John

With a little over two months left until the primary, 2024 starts now, and I need you Hey!! I'm literally about to walk into my college roommate's wedding (love non-political friends and their EOQ wedding choices, but alas) and just wanted to make sure you saw my email from earlier today. We've got …
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 31, 2023 at 5:06 PM

The time is now

It’s do or die for our biggest fundraising deadline yet, but we can’t breathe yetJohn, You know, Sundays are usually my planning day for the week—a chance to breathe, take stock of what I’ve done, and prepare myself for what’s coming in the days ahead. Well, with our most important fundraising deadl…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 30, 2023 at 3:05 PM

RIP to your inbox, John

I know that checking your email is probably the last thing on your mind right now, but hear me out.John, We make a pretty big fuss about the end-of-year fundraising deadline in the political world. Personally, I feel like an archaeologist just trying to dig my way out of the solicitations in my own …
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 29, 2023 at 2:30 PM

My best guess

Let me tell you a secret about running for officeJohn, Let me tell you a secret about running for office. (But before I do: one of the most important fundraising deadlines of our campaign is coming up on Sunday night, and right now we need to raise another $19,093.23 to keep on track. Will you chip …
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 27, 2023 at 5:03 PM

You can’t do anything alone, John

A lesson that made me cry on Christmas. John, have I ever told you about Christmas the year I decided to run for office? Let’s turn back the clock to 2017. We’d just elected Roy Cooper the year before, but with a Republican supermajority in the legislature, the North Carolina I lived in seemed to re…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 22, 2023 at 3:34 PM

Happy holidays!

Wishing you warmth, joy, and laughter. John, as I get ready to wind down and spend the next couple of days with family and loved ones, I just wanted to shoot you a quick note and wish you happy holidays.Whether you’re looking forward to Christmas, you’ve put a bow on Hanukkah, or you’re just ready f…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 20, 2023 at 3:24 PM

A big tent family

This campaign is building a broad coalition—and here’s why that matters for this race.John, I grew up the youngest of four (well, tied for the youngest—two older sisters and a twin sister I’m technically 9 minutes older than). So I probably don’t have to tell you that the Harris household wasn’t alw…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 18, 2023 at 3:24 PM

My Republican opponents

Our state can’t afford another four years of a Republican Treasurer—and it definitely can’t afford four years with any of these Republicans at the helmJohn, It’s funny how things develop in a race like this—I’ve spent the last eight months running hard against John Bradford, who we’d all expected to…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 15, 2023 at 6:21 PM

The die is cast

Filing for office has closed—here’s what the landscape looks like for our race, and what it means for us going forward.John, In 49 BCE, the Roman general Julius Caesar and his army crossed the Rubicon River, entering the northern border of Italy—the Roman heartland—and officially declaring war again…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 14, 2023 at 1:01 PM

I have a primary opponent, John

And if we want to make sure that we nominate a candidate who can actually win North Carolina in 2024, then it means we have to put the pedal to the metal.John, I said earlier this week that North Carolina politics can be like the weather—wait five minutes, and they’ll change. Well, our race just cha…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 11, 2023 at 1:00 PM

The state of this race just changed

Sometimes politics is like the weather—and while the wind is blowing our way, I’m planning to ride it as far as we can.John, I mentioned to you at the start of filing last week that this was going to be a time for holding our breath and waiting to see how things would shake out. I said we might get …
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 8, 2023 at 3:24 PM

The Theft of the Crown Jewel

There’s a heist happening in Raleigh, and it’s on us to stop it.John, This is going to be another long one—I’ve been trying to be better about keeping these short for you, but sometimes we just need to talk about ideas that are too big for that. I hope you’ll stick around to the end, because this is…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 6, 2023 at 3:07 PM

“The most important Treasurer’s race in the country”

At first, I didn’t believe it either—but it’s absolutely true. Here’s why. Since I’ve been in the legislature, John, I’ve seen us squander a lot of the financial opportunities we’ve had to really invest in our state. We’ve spent cash on absolutely everything even though we had the lowest interest ra…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
December 4, 2023 at 7:42 PM

Just filed

I’m officially on the ballot as a candidate for State Treasurer—and now it’s time to hit the gas John, I just got back from filing my statement of candidacy with the State Board of Elections, which means that I am officially on the ballot to be your next North Carolina State Treasurer. In some ways,…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 30, 2023 at 10:17 PM

FWD: Coming in hot

Just wanted to make sure you saw this! Hey!! Sorry to email twice in one day, but I wanted to make sure you saw this. Your support is the engine behind our movement, and as this race heats up, it's so important that we're able to step on the gas.Donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wesleyemail?…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 30, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Coming in hot

And we can’t afford to take our foot off the gas for even a second John, it’s probably not every month you get an end-of-month email from a candidate saying things are going great. Usually, days like today are a chance to doom-and-gloom in order to squeeze a few more pennies out of you—but today, I’…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 28, 2023 at 3:23 PM

Your support

This campaign is all about giving our communities hope for a better tomorrow—because our democracy depends on it Hey, John, I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. This won’t be a long email, but since it’s Giving Tuesday, I wanted to reach out and ask for your support once again. Days like this one are…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 22, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Happy Thanksgiving, John

Just a quick note before the holiday (and it won’t even have a fundraising ask!) Hey, John, I just wanted to shoot you a quick note before the holiday and let you know I’m wishing you a happy Thanksgiving!! I’m looking forward to spending a long weekend surrounded by family and counting my many, ma…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 20, 2023 at 3:02 PM

Tricia Cotham is running for my House seat

As if lying to voters and being the key vote to ban abortion wasn’t enough, John, now it’s personal John, in case you missed it, over the weekend, Tricia Cotham announced she’s running for reelection—in the seat that I currently represent in the NC House. (And if you missed who Tricia Cotham is, she…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 17, 2023 at 3:17 PM

The game board

John, if we’re going to save our democracy, we have to get back to playing under a fair set of rules. John, I was thinking the other day about when I got into college. For undergrad, I got into both Wake Forest and Carolina, and I remember sitting on the couch with my dad trying to figure out how to…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 13, 2023 at 3:24 PM

We’re failing our counties

And the only way to fix it is by changing our leadership.Hey, John, So, the other week, I got my hands on a book of maps and charts showing off county-by-county economic data for our state. I’d been wanting one of these for a while, because, to be honest, John, I can beat the drum about the ways tha…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 8, 2023 at 3:23 PM

Turning the page

We have some really important lessons to learn from last night.Hey, John, This is going to be a long one, but I hope you’ll read to the end, because it’s important that we all sit with what happened last night. The common wisdom holds that, in off-year elections, the party that controls the White Ho…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
November 5, 2023 at 5:31 PM

One Year

And we’ll be out of time before we know it.Hey, John, It feels kind of unreal to say this, but the 2024 General Election is exactly one year from today. On November 5 next year, voters all over the country will head to the polls and cast their ballots in one of the most important elections of our li…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 31, 2023 at 9:47 PM

$500

We’re almost there—and I’m counting on supporters like you to help us make it over the top. John, I know I already emailed you this morning, so I’ll keep this one nice and short.Tonight is our end-of-month internal deadline, and thanks to grassroots supporters just like you, we need to raise just ab…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 31, 2023 at 1:43 PM

A scary story 🎃

John,it's Halloween, so I thought I'd send you a scary story.John,it's Halloween, so I thought I'd send you a scary story. It was a dark and stormy night, and all across North Carolina, families were huddled together, uncertain about the future. In Canton, out west, John has been out of work since t…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 30, 2023 at 2:27 PM

The number that keeps me up at night

This is going to be our biggest challenge in this campaign, and it’s critical that we tackle it head-on.Hey, John, If you’ve ever wondered what keeps me up at night, it’s this number: $250,000. That’s the amount my likely GOP opponent, John Bradford, loaned himself during the first half of the year.…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 27, 2023 at 2:51 PM

Showing up everywhere

It’s not enough to compete in just Wake, Guilford, Mecklenburg, and our other big, urban counties.Hey, John, So last night I was down in Lumberton to join the Robeson County Democrats for an after-work mix and mingle. It wasn’t a huge event—maybe about fifteen or so people total—but it was a nice ti…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 25, 2023 at 8:22 PM

The people should choose their politicians

Not the other way around. John,As I'm sending you this email, the House just finished voting on new district maps. While there are a lot of unknowns moving forward, one thing is clear: this set of maps is designed to secure a majority for the GOP no matter how people vote. Our redistricting maps sho…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 19, 2023 at 2:24 PM

John, do you want a t-shirt?

The Wesley Harris for Treasurer merch store is officially open. Hey, John, of all the questions I get asked on the campaign trail, maybe the one I hear the most isn’t anything about my policies, or my strategy, or why I’m running.No, it’s, “when are you going to have swag?” Well, if you’re one of th…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 13, 2023 at 1:29 PM

The fair’s in town—see you there?

I'll be at the State Fair in Raleigh tomorrow afternoon and I'd love for you to swing by.Hey, John, I'll keep this one quick. Fair season is always one of my favorite times of year—fairs are great events for our communities and a really solid example of a way that government can bring us together as…
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October 11, 2023 at 2:14 PM

A Light in the Darkness

There are dark times on the horizon, John, but here’s how we can see them through.John, I finally did it.The campaign trail took me down east this past weekend, and so on Saturday morning, I woke up at sunrise and made a pilgrimage from Elizabeth City down to the easternmost point of North Carolina,…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 5, 2023 at 2:07 PM

Chaos and Madness

We need to talk about how dysfunction becomes a winning strategy—and what we can do about it when it does. John, if you’re anything like me, you’ve spent much of this week looking at what’s happening in Congress with equal parts awe and horror. Never before in American history has a Speaker of the H…
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October 3, 2023 at 9:52 PM

It’s all hands on deck

There’s a storm coming for North Carolina, and it’s going to take all of us working at every level to turn the tide.Hey, John, Earlier today, our long-overdue, short-sighted budget finally went into effect. While I'm grateful for the stability that actually having a budget will provide, I have to be…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
October 2, 2023 at 11:24 AM

Thank you (not a fundraising email)

I asked you to step up, and you did. I couldn’t be more grateful.Hey, John,Just wanted to shoot you a quick thank you—like I said in my emails last week, I know I ask a lot of you, and I can’t share enough how much I appreciate it. Thanks to you and my other supporters, we were just about able to cl…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
September 30, 2023 at 10:30 PM

The honest truth about tonight

Because the thing is, John, the fate of this campaign is in your handsHey, John, It’s no secret that I’m not independently wealthy. In fact, my assumption is that tonight, Rep. John Bradford—the current GOP frontrunner for Treasurer and my likely general election opponent—is probably a lot more rela…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
September 30, 2023 at 2:07 PM

John, I need you

Our goal tonight is a pretty critical moment for our campaign—and if we miss it, we'll be feeling the consequences six months from now.Hey, John, I'm on the road again today, back out west for a few events in the mountains, so I'll keep this one really quick and to the point.Today is the last day of…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
September 29, 2023 at 2:24 PM

The looming disaster

If we want to stave off a fiscal cliff and get back to being a state that supports its people, I really need your helpHey, John, So, I was in Rocky Mount last night—the Nash County Democratic Party was holding their annual fall banquet, and I was lucky enough to get the chance to speak to the crowd.…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
September 27, 2023 at 4:50 PM

Our “why”

I learned a lot of things in grad school, but this lesson might have been one of the most important.Hey, John, Graduate school at Clemson was an interesting time in my life, to say the least. I didn’t really know it when I applied there, but their economics program tends to lean a little conservativ…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
September 22, 2023 at 4:14 PM

The best possible birthday present

This year, I’ve got my eyes set on something a whole lot more important than a birthday cakeHey, John, Last night was a pretty tough night—as I said in my earlier email, being up late on the House floor as the GOP rammed through the budget was kind of a crappy way to turn thirty-seven. But this morn…
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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]
September 22, 2023 at 4:01 AM

Are you awake, John?

It’s the middle of the night, but I’m just about to walk back onto the floor of the House, voting on this shameful Republican budget.Hey, John, It’s 12:01 in the morning and I hope that, unlike me, you’re in bed instead of preparing to walk back onto the floor of the NC House so the Republicans can …
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  Team Harris · [email protected]
September 21, 2023 at 1:24 PM

Sign Wesley’s birthday card! 🥳

Help us make sure that Wesley’s birthday is as special as can be.Hey, John, Wesley’s campaign team here, and we need your help with a surprise. What’s the surprise? Well, tomorrow is a very special occasion—Wesley’s thirty-seventh birthday! 🥳  And this week has been kind of rough, to be honest. With…
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