Gov. Roy Cooper headlines a roster of North Carolina candidates who won election or re-election this year with the endorsement of the N.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club.
"Sierra Club's endorsement and the support that they provided was critical to my race," said Sarah Crawford, who defeated Larry Norman for the N.C. Senate's District 18 seat in Wake County. "Their endorsement ensured that voters know that I will be an environmental champion in the legislature."
Crawford was one of 53 winning candidates for statewide or legislative offices who were endorsed by the N.C. Sierra Club. Five endorsed candidates for U.S. House won their races, as did 24 endorsed candidates for local offices such as county commission.
Cooper was endorsed by the N.C. Chapter for his first gubernatorial race in 2016. His support of a state government-wide plan for clean energy and climate action, as well as his opposition to offshore drilling, earned him a second endorsement for this year's race.
Volunteers with each of the Sierra Club's 13 local Groups in North Carolina vet candidates with questionnaires, interviews and reviews of records of leadership on environmental issues. The N.C. Chapter's political committee endorses candidates based on Group recommendations. Note that the N.C. Sierra Club did not endorse candidates in every race.
Our winning endorsees:
U.S. House, by district:
- 1: G. K. Butterfield
- 2: Deborah Ross
- 4: David Price
- 6: Kathy Manning
- 12: Alma Adams
Council of State:
- Governor: Roy Cooper
- Attorney General: Josh Stein
- Secretary of State: Elaine Marshall
- Auditor: Beth Wood
N.C. Senate, by district:
- 15: Jay Chaudhuri
- 16: Wiley Nickel
- 17: Sam Searcy
- 18: Sarah Crawford
- 19: Kirk deViere
- 20: Natalie Murdock
- 22: Mike Woodard
- 23: Valerie Foushee
- 27: Michael Garrett
- 37: Jeff Jackson
- 38: Mujtaba Mohammed
- 39: DeAndrea Salvador
- 40: Joyce Waddell
- 41: Natasha Marcus
- 49: Julie Mayfield
N.C. House, by district:
- 9: Brian Farkas
- 11: Allison Dahle
- 18: Deb Butler
- 24: Linda Cooper-Suggs
- 29: Vernetta Alston
- 30: Marcia Morey
- 31: Zack Hawkins
- 32: Terry Garrison
- 33: Rosa Gill
- 34: Grier Martin
- 35: Terence Everitt
- 36: Julie von Haefen
- 39: Darren Jackson
- 40: Joe John
- 41: Gale Adcock
- 44: Billy Richardson
- 49: Cynthia Ball
- 50: Graig Meyer
- 54: Robert Reives
- 56: Verla Insko
- 57: Ashton Wheeler Clemmons
- 61: Pricey Harrison
- 63: Ricky Hurtado
- 88: Mary Belk
- 92: Terry Brown
- 100: John Autry
- 102: Becky Carney
- 103: Rachel Hunt
- 104: Brandon Lofton
- 105: Wesley Harris
- 107: Kelly Alexander
- 114: Susan Fisher
- 115: John Ager
- 116: Brian Turner
Local races:
Buncombe County Commission:
Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Brownie Newman, Parker Sloan, Terri Wells
Chatham County Commission:
Karen Howard, Mike Dasher
Durham County Commission:
Heidi Carter, Wendy Jacobs, Nida Allam, Nimasheena Burns
Mecklenburg County Commission:
Elaine Powell, Laura Meier, Susan Rodriguez-McDowell
New Hanover County Commission:
Jonathan Barfield
Orange County Commission:
Mark Dorosin
Wake County Commission:
Sig Hutchinson, Maria Cervania
Asheville City Council:
Sage Turner, Kim Roney, Sandra Kilgore
Durham County Board of Education:
Alexandra Valladares, Jovonia Lewis
Durham County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor:
Anjali Boyd
Pitt County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor:
David Nash Collier