The Voter's Promise
You don't have to agree with me. In fact, it's probably better if you don't. I don't need you on my side. I need them on yours.
You're not happy. And here's the thing...you're right not to be.
I'm Andy Bowline. I'm a Democrat. A really progressive one, actually. I'm not going to pretend otherwise...you'd see through it in ten seconds. But I'm running because the people in Raleigh should have to answer to voters. All of them. Even here. Especially here.
This district was drawn to be deep, deep red. As a progressive, I'm not going to win. But every vote for me is a crack in their foundation. Enough cracks, and the people who built it have to start paying attention.
Andy Bowline, NC Senate District 31 candidate
Every number in this report is public record. Every figure links to its source.
Read it. Check it. I'll wait.
spoiler: it's not Republican vs. Democrat
When your representative can't lose, they don't have to listen. Everything else in this report follows from that.
of NC voters oppose partisan gerrymandering. 78% of Republicans. Poll by a Republican-leaning firm.
Sixteen redistricting reform bills filed since 1993. Zero hearings. Both parties have had control. Nobody wants to give up the power to choose their own voters.
their greatest hits
The bill was filed by a former Duke Energy executive. The governor vetoed it. The legislature overrode the veto. You're paying for it.
shifted from industrial customers to residential customers. Duke Energy made $4.4 billion in profit. Then the legislature passed a law sending you the bill.
SB 266 lets Duke charge you for power plants before they're built. If the plant never gets finished...you still pay. That already happened in South Carolina. $9 billion.
"I don't want to hear about the accountability piece."
Rep. Tricia Cotham (R), opposing voucher oversight on the NC House floor
of voucher recipients were already in private school before getting taxpayer funds. The schools don't report test scores, graduation rates, or open their books.
Nobody knows if the money is working because nobody's allowed to check.
The House passed a fix. The Senate left town without voting on it. They just...left.
Drop in overdose ER visits since Medicaid expansion covered 650,000 North Carolinians. Overdose deaths dropped 27%. These are your neighbors.
NC DHHS Medicaid expansion report · KFF Medicaid expansion tracker
Two counties have zero physicians. 92 of 100 are shortage areas. The legislature appropriated $319 million less than what was needed to fund what was already promised.
The John Locke Foundation calls these programs "corporate welfare." They're not liberals.
of NC voters oppose eliminating the corporate income tax. Including a majority of Republicans. The tax drops to 0% by 2030 anyway. $2 billion/year in lost revenue.
Corporate incentive programs promised 204,000 jobs since 2002. Delivered less than half. 60% of grants were canceled or clawed back. Most of the money went to urban counties. Not here.
Cut the state's revenue. Let the counties scramble. Talk about capping their fix. Call it fiscal conservatism. It's a shell game.
other states offer property tax relief for homeowners of all ages. North Carolina's program only covers 65+ or permanently disabled, and puts a lien on your house.
They created the shortfall, pushed it onto local governments, and now want credit for "solving" it.
I will show up. I will listen. I will answer your questions. I will tell you where I stand and why, even when you disagree. That's the bare minimum. And right now, you're not even getting that.
Your ballot is secret. Use it however you want.
Can't win. Yet.
Accountability starts here. Every number links to where we got it. Try that on for size, Raleigh.