Wesley Harris · [email protected]

November 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Thank you

We may not have seen the result we wanted, but I couldn’t be prouder of the race we ran. Hey, John,Growing up in rural communities like Taylorsville and Statesville, I experienced firsthand the opportunities a kid from a small town can access when his government believes in him. My twin sister and I…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

November 5, 2024 at 12:01 PM

Today’s the day 🪂

Did you remember your parachute, John? John, running for office is a lot like jumping out of a plane and not really knowing if there’s a parachute in your backpack.It’s about trust. It’s about being vulnerable. It’s about baring your soul to ten million people and hoping they agree with your vision …

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

November 4, 2024 at 3:30 PM

A republic, if we can keep it

The next thirty-three hours could be some of the most consequential in the history of our republic… John, in thirty-three hours, at 7:30 PM EST on November 5th, 2024, polls will close in North Carolina and results will begin to come in.At the dawn of our nation, as the delegates to the Constitutiona…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 31, 2024 at 2:31 PM

Trick or treat 🎃

It’s down to us in these critical final days—but this time of year is all about what we choose to do. Hey, John,Happy Halloween! Today is always kind of a weird day in politics—we don’t usually get many trick-or-treaters where I live, but honestly, at this time of year, I’m usually the one out knock…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM

There are people there and they matter

And when we flip the Treasurer’s office, THIS is why we’ll show Democrats across NC how to win again. Hey, John, On Saturday, I was out knocking doors in my hometown of Taylorsville. Homecoming is always an emotional experience, and this was no exception. I ran into an old favorite teacher of mine w…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 25, 2024 at 2:25 PM

Party like it’s 1774

This is why North Carolinians have always been at the forefront of change when our government doesn’t represent our people… Hey, John, On October 25, 1774 (exactly 250 years ago today!!), fifty-one women from the area around Edenton, North Carolina signed on to a boycott of English goods in protest …

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 23, 2024 at 2:24 PM

See what’s possible

John, this is where the difference between me and my opponent really becomes apparent… Hey, John,I was thinking again about the debate I had with my opponent the other week. My opponent likes to talk about how much overlap we have on policy, but honestly, our two visions for the office of Treasurer …

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM

It’s the economy, John

Here’s what I told the man from Hope… Hey, John,Over the weekend, I got to have one of the greatest days of my ENTIRE life: (They say to never meet your heroes, but I couldn’t disagree more—meeting your heroes is awesome.) Growing up in the 90s, Bill Clinton was the President, and the chance to join…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 19, 2024 at 4:13 PM

Tomorrow could be too late

The LAST campaign finance reporting deadline of the race is TONIGHT—if you’ve been waiting for a sign to support my campaign, this is it. Hey, John,The last few weeks of a campaign like this are all about hitting final milestones and wondering where the time went.TV commercial filmed and airing? Che…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM

A sneak peek of our campaign video 👀

Imagine if a group of political hacks could tell you how to spend your money… Hey, John, I’ll mostly let the video speak for itself here—tomorrow marks the day that our campaign is going up on TV across the state to let voters know about my opponent’s plan to remove accountability from the Treasurer…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 14, 2024 at 2:45 PM

Did you catch the debate?

My opponent and I presented two very different visions for the Treasurer’s office—and now it's time to take my vision to the voters. Hey, John,Last week, my opponent and I met in Greensboro for our only debate of the race. If you didn’t catch the highlights on Loretta Boniti’s Sunday show yesterday,…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

October 9, 2024 at 4:11 PM

About last night…

My opponent and I taped our only debate of the race last night. The difference between us couldn’t be clearer. Hey, John,Last night, my Republican opponent and I met in Greensboro for the first and only debate of our race, which will air this Sunday on Spectrum News.  My opponent spent most of the d…

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  Grayson (Team Harris) · [email protected]

October 3, 2024 at 4:50 PM

This is why I believe in Wesley Harris

It’s not an easy decision to stop fundraising for yourself so close to the most important election of our lifetimes, but Wesley’s big heart is one of the reasons why I truly believe it’s so important that we elect him as our next Treasurer. Hey, John, it’s Grayson here, Wesley’s campaign manager.It’…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 30, 2024 at 2:28 PM

Please support the NC Disaster Relief Fund

We are one North Carolina and right now, there are more important things than politics.Hey, John, It's Wesley Harris again. Under normal circumstances, I’d be sending you an email about our critical end-of-month fundraising deadline today—but these aren’t normal circumstances. Much of Western North …

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 28, 2024 at 4:20 PM

Please help with Hurricane Helene relief

In times like these, North Carolinians come together and help our neighbors out.Hey, John, I’ve never seen anything like Hurricane Helene in my life. I don’t think we can overstate the damage here—the town of Chimney Rock was apparently wiped off the map, much of the mountains have been cut off from…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 24, 2024 at 2:53 PM

Being broke is expensive

Our current government has been shortchanging North Carolinians for the past fifteen years. It’s time to say “no more.” Hey, John,One of life’s great cruelties is that being broke is actually really expensive.  Let’s say that you’re living paycheck to paycheck and your car starts making a funny nois…

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  Grayson (Team Harris) · [email protected]

September 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM

It’s Wesley’s birthday!

Can I count on you to help me give Wesley the best birthday present of all? Hey, John, it’s Grayson here, Wesley’s campaign manager and friend letting you know that today is Wesley’s 38th birthday! I’ll be honest with you – having a birthday less than six weeks out from election day isn’t easy. Wesl…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 20, 2024 at 6:09 PM

Not. A. Single. One.

Birds of a feather flock together—and statewide Republicans are making it abundantly clear that they flock with Mark Robinson. Hey, John,I’m not going to take up much of your time—if your inbox or your text messages or your social media timeline are anything like mine, you’ve probably heard more tha…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 19, 2024 at 2:58 PM

We’re up 👀📊

We just did our first internal poll in our race—and I wanted you to be the first one to see the results. Hey, John,Last week, we got back our first internal poll of our race—and it’s great news. The numbers show that before anyone hears any messaging from either me or my opponent, I start out about…

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  Grayson (Team Harris) · [email protected]

September 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM

The most important meeting of the campaign

When I walk into our team meeting with Wesley tomorrow, I want to make sure that I can look him in the eye and give him the best possible news. Hey, John, it’s Grayson here, Wesley’s campaign manager. I swear, it was just July and then I turned around and all of a sudden it’s mid-September. But that…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 9, 2024 at 2:19 PM

Those who protect and serve

I’m so proud to share that I’ve been endorsed in my race for State Treasurer by the Police Benevolent Association and the Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of NC Hey, John, Back in the Spring, I wrote about how honored I was to receive the endorsements of the State Employees’ Association Emp…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 5, 2024 at 2:35 PM

Two Months

It's been a long journey, but we're finally coming into the home stretch. Hey, John,Don’t panic, but: election day is exactly two months from today.I don't know about you, but I have a feeling this is somehow going to be both the longest and shortest two months of my life.Some of you getting this em…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

September 3, 2024 at 2:24 PM

It’s go time

We’re past Labor Day, and that means the majority of voters are finally tuning into the election. Hey, John,It was in the mid-60’s here in Charlotte when I woke up this morning—which was exciting, because that burst of crisp, cool air means that Fall is finally around the corner. I am unbelievably r…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 31, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Momentum

Something really big is happening all across North Carolina. Hey, John,Something really special is happening in North Carolina right now. Earlier this week, I attended a Get-Out-The-Vote rally in Dobson—Surry County isn't exactly a deep blue region of our state, but you know something? Over two-hund…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM

Homecoming is another word for community

Every opportunity I’ve been able to pursue in my adult life was because of the opportunities I had growing up, and I just couldn’t watch as our state turned away from that any longer. Hey, John,Facebook showed me a fun memory yesterday—about this part of August eight years ago, I came home. When I g…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM

“It will get worse before it gets better”

Our children are our future. Investing in a world-class education system built this state’s economy—and you can be sure that undermining our public schools like we have will destroy it. Hey, John, So, yesterday was my niece’s first day of fourth grade. It’s honestly hard to believe how fast she’s gr…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 18, 2024 at 4:30 PM

The first English child in the New World

Now, you might be wondering what the Lost Colony has to do with a Treasurer’s race in 2024… Hey, John,437 years ago today, on August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare was born on Roanoke Island—the first English child born in the New World. Beyond that simple fact, almost nothing is known for certain about Vi…

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  Wesley Harris & Natasha Marcus · [email protected]

August 15, 2024 at 2:30 PM

Warriors for your wallets

We’re your Democratic nominees for Treasurer & Insurance Commissioner, and we’re excited to be fighting for you. John, it’s Wesley Harris and Natasha Marcus here. The two of us couldn’t be more excited to be running to represent North Carolina as your Democratic nominees for Treasurer and Commis…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 13, 2024 at 2:19 PM

20% of voters

We’re up over our opponent—but that’s not the most important number in the first public poll of our race. Hey, John,In case you missed it: yesterday, one of the first public polls for our race dropped, and it’s pretty good news. We always knew this race was going to be a tossup, and in a 50/50 swing…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 12, 2024 at 2:20 PM

“This is not a crisis that’s going away.”

Our State Health Plan is circling the drain, and it’s entirely a self-inflicted wound due to Republican leadership Hey, John, I’m not sure if you’ve seen the recent articles about the State Health Plan—but according to Treasurer Dale Folwell, we’ve got about two years before the plan runs out of mon…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 10, 2024 at 4:28 PM

This is your support at work, John

Just wanted to show you what your grassroots contributions have done so far. Hey, John, this’ll be a quick one! I’m on my way up to Buncombe County this afternoon, but I just wanted to let you know that I got in a new crop of buttons, yard signs, and palm cards this week: These are just some of the …

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM

She’s made her pick, John

Kamala Harris has made her choice of Vice Presidential nominee—here’s why I’m so excited about it. Hey, John, My mother spent her career working as a public school teacher. I would wake up early to make sure I actually got to see her in the mornings before she had to leave for her classroom, and on…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

August 2, 2024 at 2:51 PM

It’s time for action, John

Voters remember when we show up and deliver on real change—and that’s what I’m running this campaign to do. Hey, John, Here’s a fun fact for your Friday: although the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, it wasn’t actually signed until exactl…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 31, 2024 at 2:26 PM

We could fall short tonight

It might not be the end of the world, but if we don’t raise $7,018 before midnight, we might have to make some hard choices. Hey, John, Earlier this week, I had an all-call with my campaign team. Especially now that we’re less than 100 days out, our Monday meetings are more important than ever. Wi…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 30, 2024 at 2:11 PM

The beginning of something bigger

Sometimes, change doesn’t come overnight—but we have to start somewhere. Hey, John, On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Act into law, insuring a massive population of Americans in the culmination of a fight that had actually begun two decades earlier wi…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 27, 2024 at 4:19 PM

One Hundred Days

Election day will be here before we know it—and when it comes, will you be able to say you did everything you could? Hey, John, This weekend (specifically tomorrow, but I try not to email you on Sundays when I can help it) marks one hundred days left in the 2024 election. Sometimes, it feels like w…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 25, 2024 at 4:53 PM

Coming Home

We need more things that bring us together and remind us that more unites us than divides us. Hey, John, Growing up first in Taylorsville and then in Statesville, one of the great touchstones of my childhood was watching the news on WBTV, and every morning, the voice of that news was John Carter.(S…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 22, 2024 at 2:06 PM

Harris 🤝 Harris

Now, as ever, we need to elect Democrats up and down the ballot—from Kamala Harris for United States President to Wesley Harris for North Carolina Treasurer. Hey, John,There’s really never a dull moment in politics.On September 19, 1796, George Washington shocked our young Republic when he began ci…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 20, 2024 at 4:35 PM

To the Moon

In 1969, we put a man on the Moon. Have we forgotten how to do big things in the 55 years since? Hey, John, On this day 55 years ago, July 20, 1969, the United States made history by successfully landing a human being on the Moon.To most of us alive today, the Apollo 11 mission is just a fact of li…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 17, 2024 at 3:32 PM

Carteret County needs us, John

I hope you’ll join me in standing up for our neighbors and helping them recover from this cowardly act of vandalism. Hey, John, I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but Sunday morning, Carteret County Democrats woke up to find that someone had smashed in the front window of their headquarters building wit…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 16, 2024 at 3:02 PM

The numbers are in, John

We finally know exactly how my opponent and I are stacking up—and that means it’s more important than ever to keep outworking him. Hey, John, So, maybe you remember a few weeks ago when I was emailing you almost constantly about our big end-of-quarter deadline.Well, my and my opponent’s numbers hav…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM

John, NC just lost our #1 spot

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times—and now our lack of investment is finally coming home to roost. Hey, John, Yesterday, CNBC released its annual ranking of the best state in the country for business—and after two consecutive years in the top-ranking slot, this year, North Carolina …

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 10, 2024 at 3:36 PM

It doesn’t really matter, John

This is what happens when the weatherman tells you that it’s sunny every day, and you can look out your window and plainly see that it’s raining… Hey, John, Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics put out their June jobs report, showing that the US gained more than 200,000 jobs last month. On Mon…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 8, 2024 at 2:26 PM

This is the thing about poor soil, John

One of North Carolina’s most unique plant species holds an important lesson for anyone trying to make our state a better place. Hey, John, North Carolina’s natural world is one of the most unique and beautiful in the whole country, and a real standout has always been our unique plant life. We’ve go…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 3, 2024 at 2:29 PM

Taxation without representation

Republicans in Raleigh are making our democracy less and less representative each and every year… it’s time for us to fight back. Hey, John, First off: from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you and everyone else on my email list. We set an ambitious fundraising goal for the end of the quarte…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

July 1, 2024 at 12:13 AM

FWD: John, I need you

Just a little further to go! Hey John, Just wanted to send you an update that we're over halfway to the goal we set this morning—just about $10,000 left to go! I know it's a Sunday evening, and I know I ask a lot of you, but if you haven't already, will you please chip in before midnight tonight? On…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

June 30, 2024 at 1:07 PM

John, I need you

We’re less than 24 hours out from the most important deadline of our race, and it's time to hustle. Good morning, John, I know it's early on a Sunday, but I wanted to make sure you heard from me first thing. Right now, I’m sitting down with my morning coffee and getting ready to spend the day hustl…

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

June 29, 2024 at 11:04 PM

FWD: I need you to support Wesley Harris, John

Did you see Governor Cooper's email, John? Hey John, Did you see the Governor's email earlier? Governor Cooper is all in on this race and wanted to make sure you knew just how important this campaign is, not only to flip the Treasurer's seat, but to boost the work we do as Democrats here in North Ca…

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  Governor Roy Cooper · [email protected]

June 29, 2024 at 3:37 PM

I need you to support Wesley Harris, John

We’ve always been able to count on Wesley to run a campaign that uplifts not just himself, but every Democrat on the ballot—and now he needs your support. Hey, John, Governor Roy Cooper here. In a moment, I’m going to ask you to please join me in supporting our party’s nominee for State Treasurer, …

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  Wesley Harris · [email protected]

June 28, 2024 at 2:32 PM

Our biggest test yet

Whether or not we can show that we have the grassroots strength to go toe-to-toe with the GOP will determine just how much of an uphill battle we have the rest of this election. Hey, John, I know it’s a Friday and you’re likely looking forward to the weekend, so I’ll try to keep this one relatively…

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