In Summer of 2025, the State Executive Committee (SEC), of the North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) voted favorably to establish a "People’s Primary" policing banning billionaires and corporations from buying or unduly influencing primary elections. A committee is drafting the official People's Primary policy to "ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that candidates in Democratic primaries are not benefited by, dependent on, or elected due to outside or independent electioneering spending funded by big donors who are circumventing legal limits on direct contributions to a candidate’s campaign fund to spend tens or hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars of private wealth to elect the candidates of their choice."

We need your help. Early 2027, the SEC may vote on whether or not to adopt the People's Primary policy for the NCDP as a pilot program. If you are a North Carolina Democrat, please show your support for the policy by talking to your precint leader, your County Chair and Dem primary candidates in your district. We encourage everyone to read the policy for themselves to understand it clearly.

Other state parties like Arizona, New Mexico and even the DNC itself, have joined the North Carolina Democratic Party in committing to enact reforms like the People's Primary. 

The Resolution

Resolution passed by the North Carolina State Democratic Party on June 28th, 2025

WHEREAS, The Democratic Party is the party of the working class and Americans who believe in a one person, one vote democracy where our elections are determined by We the People as equal citizens –– not billionaires and big corporations; and

WHEREAS, Working class voters should have no doubt that the candidates chosen in our primaries are not beholden to the same billionaires and corporations that are exploiting and hurting them; and

WHEREAS, The North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP), as a voluntary association, has the authority and responsibility to regulate its internal affairs, including nominating processes and primary elections, to ensure fairness, integrity, and alignment with our values; and

WHEREAS, To strengthen our party’s brand, win back trust from many voters, and empower our party to win elections and govern to deliver for the working class, the North Carolina Democratic Party must act to confront the crisis of big money corrupting our democracy within the arena under our direct authority: our primary elections; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Democratic Party will establish a "People's Primary" policy to bar, to the greatest extent possible, the use of massive private wealth to buy or unduly influence our primary elections. This policy will ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that candidates in Democratic primaries are not benefited by, dependent on, or elected due to outside or independent electioneering spending funded by big donors who are circumventing legal limits on direct contributions to a candidate’s campaign fund to spend tens or hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars of private wealth to elect the candidates of their choice; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Plan of Organization Review Committee shall form an ad-hoc committee to develop this policy that includes the organizers of this resolution, one mutually-agreed member of the State Executive Committee and one mutually-agreed member of the Plan of Organization Review Committee. The committee will be charged with developing this policy to achieve the purpose established here-in and with formulating official proposed NCDP People's Primary policy and procedures, including any bylaws changes, if necessary, to implement and enforce it. This policy and associated procedures, and any additional supporting resolution or bylaws changes, will be prepared and submitted to the Plan of Organization Review Committee.

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About Us

The Stop Big Money NC campaign is a project of a grassroots coalition of North Carolina Democrats committed to building a party that puts the working class first, not billionaires and big corporations. The coalition is helmed by the Progressive Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party, which is the largest Caucus or Council in the North Carolina Democratic Party with over 150 members. We are united by the mission to bring the progressive values of our communities to the state legislature and beyond, to create the North Carolina and United States of America we all deserve. Interested in joining us? Email exec-comm@pcncdp.org! 

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