While all 170 seats in the North Carolina General Assembly are on the ballot this year, a relatively small number will ultimately determine the balance of power in Raleigh.
While all 170 seats in the North Carolina General Assembly are on the ballot this year, a relatively small number will ultimately determine the balance of power in Raleigh.
Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House. We look at where they’ve been, what they’re doing now, and what we might expect them to do as lawmakers.
The 2021-22 session began in late January. Expect COVID-19 and the ongoing fallout from the pandemic to be top priorities for lawmakers, who are crafting a new budget for the biennium. They’ll also draw new legislative and congressional maps for the next decade based on fresh census data. Each legislator, too, has their own priorities.
Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House. We look at where they’ve been, what they’re doing now, and what we might expect them to do as lawmakers.
The 2021-22 session began in late January. Expect COVID-19 and the ongoing fallout from the pandemic to be top priorities for lawmakers, who are crafting a new budget for the biennium. They’ll also draw new legislative and congressional maps for the next decade based on fresh census data. Each legislator, too, has their own priorities.
Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat, announced Saturday on Twitter that she will fill a seat in the N.C. Senate vacated by Sam Searcy, who resigned. Cooper would appoint her.
Batch, elected to the N.C. House in 2018, in November lost her seat to Republican Erin Pare, who got 50% of the vote to Batch’s 47%.
Searcy had won a second term to the Senate in District 17, defeating Republican Mark Cavaliero.
Searcy, part-owner of a distillery, in November endorsed Batch for the vacated seat. In 2017, he considered running for the 2nd U.S. Congressional District but chose to run for the General Assembly instead.