2026 Endorsements

Down Home Candidate Academy graduates of many races, ages, and genders join hands to celebrate.
From our small towns and rural places, working-class people are driving North Carolina politics.
Down Home NC members put in the work to develop, finalize, and vote on endorsements long before elections begin. We have built our platform — North Carolina for All — and are using it to back up the research, candidate interviews, and debating in order to identify which candidates — if any — deserve the privilege of our support, our trust, and our word.
Once endorsements are done, our members knock doors, phone bank, and canvass to make sure that we back the candidates who will stand up for our families and communities.
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Statewide Endorsements

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Alamance County Endorsements

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Cabarrus County Endorsements

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Franklin County Endorsements

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Granville County Endorsements

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Johnston County Endorsements

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Nash County Endorsements

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Pitt County Endorsements

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Rowan County Endorsements

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A graphic with blue and red stripes on a gray textured background. At the bottom is an outline of NC in blue with a specific county highlighted. Bold white text reads: Down Home NC members endorse Chariel Minnette Dye for Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education Seat 01 (North) in Rowan County.
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Watauga County Endorsements

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Wilson County Endorsements

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