On Sunday, August 2, we're hosting a pizza party and canvassing event starting from our office. Come at 3 p.m. for pizza. We'll start canvassing at 3:30. BRING A FRIEND! Bring a driver, bring a buddy, bring someone who's never canvassed before. More people = more doors = more votes! Again: 3 p.m. PIZZA for everyone 3:30 p.m. CANVASS HCDP Office, 2024 F Asheville Highway Let us know you're coming. (Sign up for the pizza and we will automatially include you for the canvass.) Kn

Our MANUAL FOR THE MIDTERMS helps you keep a step ahead of the NCGOP's frantic, antidemocratic efforts. This is a "living" document that we will update as we reach different points in the election cycle and as developments happen. Please share widely, check back often, and let us know what we can do to help.

100 Days before the election: Time to Canvass!

Voter fraud, the SAVE Act, and the insanity of it all

We need you to canvass with us!

Join a virtual launch event with Roy Cooper & ag and rural leaders.

We're so happy to shine our RUNNING FOR US spotlight on the intrepid Mary Ellen Kustin, who is once again fighting for a competitive & quality education for all children in Henderson County Public Schools. In this Q&A, she addresses the changes our local school board has experienced in recent years and shows how her background in public policy and non-profit management aligns with the responsibilities of the school board. Mary Ellen has strong crossover appeal so be sure to s

Our new online bulletin board helps keep track of candidate events, HCDP events, & community events. Be sure to bookmark it and check it frequently during this busy campaign season.

Our candidates are giving their time, energy and resources to build a path to a fairer, more stable future. Read on for ways we can support the people who are Running for Us! To keep up with our candidates' events, please visit our All-in-One Events Bulletin Board. There you’ll find Front Porch Conversations where you can learn about issues, Monday Matters discussions about items on the council agenda, casual meet-ups, creative fundraisers and more. Candidate activities are

Five precincts are sponsoring a Candidate "speed dating" event.

Learn more about voter protection in Henderson County

Connect with voters!

A cap on income tax rates could have negative impacts

Judges Hampson and Walczyk join us on July 25.

Check out this Q&A on Reid Barwick, school board candidate

Have you met Doyle Brown, who is running to represent us in the NC State Senate? Read all about him on our news blog.

Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress – along with the NC State General Assembly – are doing all they can to prevent anyone but MAGA supporters from voting in the 2026 midterms. Continuing the big lie about mail-in vote fraud as justification, the Republicans are imposing barriers to the ability to vote by mail. But an analysis by the Brookings Institute, using conservative Heritage Foundation data from the 2016-2022 general elections, shows that only 4 out of 10 mill

New NC bill will restrict voting rights

Fight Duke Energy's 18% Rate Hike

Our first 2026 RUNNING FOR US series of candidate profiles features John Morgan, candidate for NC House District 113.