Filing w/ the FEC matters but that doesn't make you a candidate.

To appear on the ballot you must file w/ NCSBE. Those deadlines vary by state, but in #ncpol, the filing period is Dec. 1-Dec. 19.

see @oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social 🔗 ⬇️ for more

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www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/08/who-...

That brings the grand total to 8 Democrats & 2 Republicans who have filed w/ the @FEC.

1 of those Democrats has withdrawn (@ColMoeDavis) & 1 other (@ChrisHarjes) is still posting online content, but has indicated that he is not going to file.

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BREAKING: Justice Alito has temporarily blocked the Texas redistricting court's order, effectively restoring the newly drawn map, while the Supreme Court considers the petition. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

So what happens now? Why appeal, of course.

But, as @taniel.bsky.social reminds us, the filing deadline is right around the corner

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And, there were, of course, experts presenting quantitative data showing the likelihood of creating such a map based on criteria other than race.

See here for a good summary of the court's assessment of Dr. Moon Duchin's report.

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The order is 160 pages, so there's too much to tweet w/o taking all day), but the decision systematically reviews a whole lot of legislative history & public record information to establish that it was race, not partisanship that drove the decision. See this, for ex ⤵️(3/5)

The defendants had argued that this new map was about partisanship (namely, getting more Reps in office), not race.

This is a similar argument to what we're likely to see in #ncpol & elsewhere (see #5 in this @theassemblync.bsky.social piece: theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...)

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It went beyond the songs--every word of those seemingly spontaneous stories was planned, practiced & served a purpose

Stage patter wasn’t something to to kill time while tuning his guitar on stage; it always set up the next song.

Every word and every thing with a purpose

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Not yet. But we can hope that next year they will.

Many of them this semester were enamored with "kick-ass concepts." Less so when they looked it up & figured out that it's just a real estate developer, but when their imaginations were flying as to the purpose, it was truly something to behind.