Hey everyone!
Good news this week as State Senator Erica Smith jumps into the race to take out Thom Tillis in NC. Smith is serving her third term in the NC State Senate.
Y’all know that our state legislature has been dominated by Republicans since 2011, and we have only recently broken the supermajority to even allow Governor Cooper to veto the worst of their ideas. So it hasn’t been the greatest time in history for a Democratic state legislator to make a mark with great legislation since, just like in the US Congress, the majority won’t let good ideas move forward.
But if you look at Erica Smith’s record in the legislature, she’s not sitting back and waiting for more favorable circumstances, she’s sponsoring those good ideas and standing up for the people of NC:
Closing the Medicaid Coverage Gap
Restoring Merit Pay For Teachers
Standing Up For Rape Victims
Adopting the Equal Rights Amendment
Paid Parental Leave for State Employees
...and so much more.
Here’s a great video of her talking about ratifying the ERA.
So far, she’s articulated a six-point platform that includes some of our top issues for 2020:
Smith unveiled her Six-Point Lesson Plan and Platform for Progress:
• Economic expansion
• Environmental stewardship
• Education equity
• Equitable health care
• Equal justice access, opportunity & protection justice reform
• Re-engineering policies for progress, compensation, tax codes, immigration
Smith has a campaign site all set up, and you can donate on ActBlue. #PresidentWarren is going to need all the support she can in the Senate :)