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Dear Friends, Thank you again for helping me secure the Democratic nomination to continue representing you and District 49 in the North Carolina Senate. Now that the challenging part of my race is over, I am turning my attention to other races to make sure that Republicans don’t take over the Senate. And they are…

It’s official! Today, I filed to run for a second term so that I can continue to represent you as your Senator from District 49. I love working for you in Raleigh, and I hope you will send me back. Now that the fight over the maps is settled, we know that the primary will…

I am so excited to announce that I am running again to represent you in the North Carolina Senate. I am grateful that you gave me this opportunity, and I have loved serving as your state senator.  Since you’ve supported me before, I ask you to show that support again by making a donation. Your…

Hello Friends and Supporters, It is official – I am now your state senator for District 49!  Thanks to the few people who were able to join Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, my mother, and me for a necessarily small swearing in ceremony at Pack Square Park.  I would love to have invited you all, but…

I want to give a huge thank you to the voters of Buncombe County for showing up for me on Election Day and to my supporters and volunteers for all the hours you dedicated to promoting my candidacy and encouraging people to vote. Though I won my race to represent you as the next Senator…

Quite a lot has happened in the world and in our community since we won the primary on March 3 – a global pandemic, civil unrest over yet another murder of an unarmed black man by police, two fantastic U.S. Supreme Court decisions banning discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity…

If you’re interested in voting early, you can find all the information you need here. Early voting begins February 13th and runs until the March 3rd primary. You can download the Early Voting Schedule here.  If you need to check your voter registration status or see a sample ballot, you can do that here. There’s…

Today, I’ve posted a new video called “The Cost of Getting By” in which I discuss my plans for tackling our affordability crisis. Housing prices and rents have outpaced paychecks, and working class people are being left behind and pushed out of our region. That’s why as a member of Asheville City Council, I’ve worked…

This past summer, a court identified Senate Districts 48 and 49 as having been unconstitutionally gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. The court ordered our local State Senate Districts be redrawn, along with dozens of other districts across the state.  The legislature approved its new maps in September and the court-approved them on October 28. District 49…