Posted on 12/15/2023 2:56:38 AM PST by cotton1706
Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel will not run for re-election in his home state of North Carolina in 2024, instead opting to explore a run for U.S. Senate in 2026 after a GOP-led redistricting drastically changed his seat.
“Republicans have rigged the system to favor themselves and I don’t have a path to run for re-election in the 13th District,” Nickel said in a statement, referencing redistricting in his state that fundamentally changed the demographic and partisan makeup of the statewide map. “But I’m not giving up and neither should you. Next year, I’m going to be working to elect North Carolina Democrats up and down the ballot in 2024. Then, in January I’m going to look to flip our U.S. Senate seat blue.”
GOP leaders in the state legislature “can’t gerrymander a statewide election,” Nickel continued.
Nickel’s is the latest in a string of departures from this Congress, with several recent retirements coming from North Carolina’s Democratic House delegation, specifically, after new electoral maps were put in place in October. Rep. Jeff Jackson has forgone his own re-election to run for statewide office in 2024, and Rep. Kathy Manning also opted not to run again.
But the decision from Nickel — a moderate, first-term member who turned his seat blue in a razor-thin 2022 race — also tees up a lengthy battle for one of North Carolina’s Republican-held Senate seats, which will not be on the ballot until 2026.
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I was gerrymandered into his district. So long, Lefty.
But you ARE giving up, sir, because your district is not the little safe haven you wanted...just like the 6th with Kathy Manning. She, too, is not running and good riddance. Her two terms have been dumblecrat “successes” which means disasters for normal folks.
But go ahead...if you run in 2026, I hope to have the distinct pleasure of not voting for you.
Firstly, Yahoo. Notice how every Democrat is a “moderate”.
Secondly, they oh so conveniently failed to point out that the state’s then DEMOCRAT majority state supreme court rigged the system to favor Democrats redrawing congressional districts drawn by the state legislature and agreed to by the Governor “cuz racism”....even though of course there was zero evidence presented which showed any “racism” in the drawing of the electoral map. It was the DEMOCRAT state supreme court that “fundamentally changed the demographic and partisan makeup of the statewide map”. This DEMOCRAT partisan gerrymandering resulted in the Democrats gaining 4 house seats they had not previously held.
Fortunately, we chitcanned 2 more Democrat state supreme court justices for their repeated ridiculously biased political interference ignoring and trampling on the state constitution to do so. After the last two elections we flipped the state supreme court from 6-1 Democrat to 5-2 Republican throwing 2 Democrats out on their asses each time. Hopefully, we’ll throw the last two Democrats out in the next election even though we’ve already flipped the state supreme court.
I was gerrymandered into “Jeff’s” district. I voted against him of course but he won anyway. Well now the lunatic Democrat state supreme court is out which means the legislature makes the congressional maps....oh and we WILL have voter ID which we voted for a few years ago after all.
Now watch them put me in the district for Alma Adams *barf*
Who will replace Wiley Nickel?….Tricky Penny?
He should run and take his loss like a man.
He’s running against Tillis and I’ll leave it blank. Tillis isn’t backing mark robertson for Gov I’m done with him
Perhaps we can remove Willis in the Primary. Any ideas as to a good candidate?
Tillis IS the system.
What a name for a pal.
Two NC Dems house members are leaving? Could you tell us non North Carolina FReepers about those districts? Thank you.
“Two NC Dems house members are leaving? Could you tell us non North Carolina FReepers about those districts? Thank you.”
I live in MA. But as I understand it, because of redistricting, and redrawn districts, these two Democrats know they won’t win again and are hitting the road.
This is DemoKKKrat #6 to announce his resignation, plus 3 RINOs.
Note: not one MAGA has announced they are leaving.
Translation: DemoKKKrats/RINOs don’t think they’re gonna win.
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