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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

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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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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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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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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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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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 20, 2023 at 2:24 PM

We’ve always healed what’s broken

A cultural anthropologist, a broken bone, and a political campaign walk into an email blast, and you’ll probably never guess what happens next. John, there’s an old story I heard once that I wanted to share with you. I know that I can get long-winded sometimes, so if you’d prefer to skip to the part…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 18, 2023 at 2:54 PM

The sun is still rising

But we need to operate in good faith if we want to keep it that wayHey, John, On the second-to-last Monday of September in 1787, in a hot room in Philadelphia at the tail end of a long summer, the United States Constitution was signed and sent to the States for ratification. The men in that room had…

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September 13, 2023 at 12:24 PM

Did you remember, John?

I’ll give you a hint: it was exactly six months ago today, even though it simultaneously seems like forever ago and just yesterday.Hey, John, Today is exactly six months since we launched this campaign.Six months ago, I took a deep breath and a plunge. When I started this campaign, I mentioned how n…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 7, 2023 at 2:34 PM

Our state employees deserve better

North Carolina’s future hangs in the balance every day, and we won’t unlock our potential until we do right by them.Hey, John,My journey into the world of public service was heavily shaped by my community and the people who raised me, especially my mom. I’ve spoken before about how some of my earlie…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 31, 2023 at 5:28 PM

Before midnight tonight

You’re the only one with the power to decide if this campaign will sink or swimJohn,  It almost feels unreal to think that it’s already the end of August—this morning, my finance director and I plotted out our budget for the rest of the year, and as we were talking about setting up a fundraising eve…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 30, 2023 at 9:24 PM

We can fix what’s broken, John

And if we all band together, if we all resolve to work as a community, we can do even more than that.John, bear with me here. Earlier this year, I broke my favorite mug. Knocked it over, it fell on the floor, and the handle broke off and split into a handful of pieces. Now, maybe in the end that’s …

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 25, 2023 at 2:24 PM

We can’t afford to fall behind

There’s only a week left in the month of August, and we absolutely have to hit this target.Hey, John, I’ll keep this one short. This is a tough email to write, but with less than a week left in the month of August, we’re falling behind on our donor goals. When I decided to run this race, I knew that…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 23, 2023 at 9:29 PM

They’re playing games with our future

If you care about making our state the best place in the country to start a family, then we have got to start doing better by our public employees.Hey, John,Next week, thousands of school children right here in Mecklenburg County will go back to school—and they’ll do so with 516 teacher vacancies, n…

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August 21, 2023 at 2:36 PM

A Tale of Two Cities

Growing up, the difference between where I'd spent the first eight years of the my life and my new home couldn't have been more striking.Hey, John,When I was eight years old, my family moved to Statesville for my dad’s work. Compared to Taylorsville, where I’d spent my life so far, the beating heart…

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August 17, 2023 at 3:48 PM

They can't stop you, John

This is just one of those things that makes North Carolina a truly great placeHey, John, The campaign trail can be a little rough at times—I end up asking a lot of questions like, “Is it physically possible to drive from Waynesville to Greenville and then back to Durham all in one day?” that kind of…

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August 15, 2023 at 2:24 PM

How to protect our democracy

We can find the answer by taking another lesson from our good friend John Maynard Keynes.John, A few weeks ago, at the end of an email about malaria and political standing water (if you missed that one, you can read it here), I mentioned that one of the great ironies of the Panama Canal is that it w…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 9, 2023 at 9:18 PM

Follow the money, John

You can learn a lot about someone who’s running for office just by looking at this report.John, I’ve talked before about how the mid-year campaign finance reporting deadline was our chance to show the world what our campaign is made of—good, bad, or otherwise. But as much as that’s true for our camp…

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August 7, 2023 at 9:24 PM

Are there any adults in the room?

Because the NCGOP sure isn’t governing like it.John, A little over one month ago, our state entered a new fiscal year—traditionally, the deadline to pass a budget for said fiscal year.Well, it’s been a month, and the General Assembly still doesn’t even know what that budget looks like.It gets worse:…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 4, 2023 at 3:59 PM

We’re falling behind, John

And we’re going to keep lagging if we don’t work hard to flip the Treasurer’s officeHey, John, Earlier this week, our current Treasurer shared his annual update on the returns for the State Pension Fund. It… wasn’t that great. For fiscal year 2023, our pension plan only had a 5.3% rate of return, l…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 31, 2023 at 2:24 PM

Looking ahead

There’s a long road ahead, and we need to keep the momentum upHey, John, Yesterday, I emailed you and told you that on a campaign like this one, each goal we set is only as good as the one that comes after it. In a way, this campaign is all about looking ahead, toward the future—it’s certainly about…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 30, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Will you help us beat the summer slump?

We’ve got to keep up momentum or else we might have to make some tough choices.Hey, John, Campaigns are full of highs and lows—the first few weeks of July, I have been ecstatic since we were able to surpass out fundraising goal for the first half of this year, showing the entire state that this camp…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 27, 2023 at 2:51 PM

Standing Water

If we don’t start attacking our political problems at the source, then they’ll just keep cropping back up forever and getting stronger. John, I’d like to take a quick trip back in time together, if you’ll humor me. Picture it: the Isthmus of Panama, the early 20th century. For years, workers have be…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Thanks to your help, John!

We're just getting startedHey, John, Earlier today my campaign announced our fundraising numbers and I wanted to make sure that I relayed my thanks, while also giving a little bit of context: Some bigger numbers have already been reported this cycle, but I cannot express to you how excited and prou…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 18, 2023 at 2:09 PM

John, I have a hot take for you

This email might rile some of my colleagues up, but I just have to say it.Hey, John,Can I tell you a secret? It’s kind of a hot take.I’ll just get out with it: sometimes I hate the way that we as Democrats talk about the economy. 😬 See, the thing is, we spend a lot of time pointing out how good thin…

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