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Your People's Alliance PAC met one week ago and endorsed candidates for Sheriff, Soil and Water Supervisor and decided to endorse all three referenda on the ballot in November. These endorsements are in addition to many the members of People's Alliance PAC made at a meeting in April 2022.

Our full list of endorsed candidates for the 2022 General Election is below. We will also send tens of thousands of mailers to voters across the county as early voting begins, and will have our well-known "green ballots" in the hands of poll workers at one-stop voting and on Election Day.

Help us get the mailer and the green ballot into the hands of voters to endure a progressive Durham, North Carolina, and nation!

People’s Alliance PAC Endorses Incumbent Sheriff and Other Progressive Democrats

(Durham, N.C.) In a virtual endorsement meeting held by Zoom on September 7 and attended by over 150 people, members of the People’s Alliance PAC met to debate and make final endorsement decisions for the 2022 General Election. Most endorsement decisions were made in an earlier meeting prior to the Primary Election in May. 

Members of PA PAC endorsed incumbent sheriff Clarence Birkhead for the primary; PA PAC members overwhelmingly chose to also endorse him in the General Election, where he faces an independent candidate. We support his transformational work in the Durham Sheriff’s office and look forward to its continuation in his second term.

PA PAC endorsed candidate Nida Allam for US Congress in the primary. She lost the primary to NC Senator Valerie Foushee. At its recent endorsement meeting, PA PAC chose to endorse Senator Foushee in the race to represent the new fourth district of NC in Congress.

PA PAC also endorsed David Harris and Mark Waller, who are running for two available seats on the Durham Soil and Water Board of Supervisors.

PA PAC is a political action committee that shares a common vision and membership with the progressive People’s Alliance in Durham.

Endorsement decisions are made by the PAC membership at meetings in advance of elections every year. At the meeting, PAC committees who have studied the candidates make recommendations, but ultimately the endorsement is decided by a vote of the members after rigorous debate. During Wednesday’s meeting, any member of the organization who wished to speak to the qualifications and policies of a candidate was afforded the opportunity to do so. Candidates value the PA PAC endorsement and work hard within transparent PAC rules to make sure their supporters in the organization attend the meeting. PAC members attend to persuade and be persuaded.

The PAC’s support of its candidates only begins with the endorsement. PA PAC campaigns for its candidates with organizing, events, mailings, social media, canvassing and poll work. This work is managed by a committee of PAC coordinators elected by the membership. Members and supporters donate money to support the PAC campaign and volunteer for poll work and the many other tasks that are necessary to win elections.

The PA PAC ticket includes:

United States Senate - Cheri Beasley

United States House of Representatives District 4 - Valerie Foushee

NC Supreme Court Seat 3 - Lucy Inman

NC Supreme Court Seat 5 - Sam Ervin, Jr.

NC Court of Appeals Seat 8 - Carolyn Jennings Thompson

NC Court of Appeals Seat 9 - no endorsement

NC Court of Appeals Seat 10 - Gale Murray Adams

NC Court of Appeals Seat 11 - Darren Jackson

Durham District Attorney - Satana Deberry

NC Senate District 20 - Natalie Murdock

NC Senate District 22 - Mike Woodard

NC House District 2 - Ray Jeffers

NC House District 29 - Vernetta Alston

NC House District 30 - Marcia Morey

NC House District 31 - Zack Hawkins

Superior Court Judge District 14B Seat 1 - Brian Wilks

District Court District 14 Seat 1 - Dave Hall

District Court District 14 Seat 2 - no endorsement

District Court District 14 Seat 3 - Kevin E. Jones

District Court District 14 Seat 4 - Dorothy Hairston Mitchell

District Court District 14 Seat 5 - Clayton Jones

District Court District 14 Seat 6 - Amanda Maris

Clerk of Superior Court - Aminah Thompson

Durham County Sheriff - Clarence Birkhead

Soil and Water District Supervisor - David Harris and Mark Waller

These progressive candidates are the most qualified and best prepared to serve the people of Durham, North Carolina, and the nation. PA PAC is dedicated to helping them win. PA PAC will prepare and distribute more information about the candidates as the elections draw nearer. Watch www.peoplesalliancepac.org for more information.

For more information about People’s Alliance and its vision, visit www.durhampa.org.

People's Alliance PAC
http://www.peoplesalliancepac.org