Cabarrus County Republican Party

09/07/2026

09/07/2026

North Carolinians deserve judges who will uphold the Constitution, respect the rule of law, and bring sound judgment to the bench.

⚖️ Sarah Stevens for NC Supreme Court

⚖️ Judge Craig Collins for Court of Appeals
⚖️ Judge George Bell for Court of Appeals
⚖️ Judge Michael C. Byrne for Court of Appeals

⚖️ Judge Christy Wilhelm for Cabarrus District Court
⚖️ Judge Beth Street for Cabarrus District Court
⚖️ Judge Kimberly Herrick Cabarrus District Court

Electing conservative judges across North Carolina is essential to protecting our communities, preserving our freedoms, and ensuring justice is guided by the Constitution — not politics.

09/05/2026

The Cabarrus County Board of Elections will have four early voting locations open next month, from Thursday, Oct. 15th through Saturday, October 31st.

📍 Early voting locations:
• Cabarrus EMS HQ Station 9 | 793 Cabarrus Ave. W., Concord
• Afton Ridge Library and Active Living Center | 6905 Glen Afton Blvd., Kannapolis
• Cabarrus Arena & Event Center | 4751 NC Highway 49, Concord
• Rowan-Cabarrus Community College at NCRC | 399 Biotechnology Lane, Kannapolis

Reminder: The Cabarrus County Board of Elections Office will NOT serve as a polling place.

09/05/2026

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced changes coming to the state's Medicaid program. Welcomed changes include a work requirement for people covered by Medicaid expansion and changes to coverage for non-citizens.

The new rules are due to changes outlined in the One Big Beautiful Bill signed into law in July 2025 and to changes in state law passed by the General Assembly and signed into law in April by Governor Josh Stein.

New rules start on Jan. 1, 2027, for adults 19-64 without a disability who receive Medicaid through expansion. They will need to earn $580 per household each month to keep Medicaid, or prove they are working, in school, or volunteering 80 hours each month. People who do not meet the new rule may lose full Medicaid benefits.

Those who don’t have to meet the new work requirements include: parents, guardians, caretaker relatives or family caregivers for a child under age 14 or a person with a disability; anyone who has been determined by NC Medicaid as having a disability; and women who are pregnant or were pregnant in the last 12 months.

09/04/2026

JUST THE FACTS CRIME REPORT

While Governor Roy Cooper was ordering us not to go to church, restaurants, or bars, he was busy letting thousands of inmates out of jail.

Meet Donna Westbrooks of Guilford County. She paid a contractor $15,000 to kill her husband so she could collect the life insurance policy. She reportedly prepositioned weapons and arranged for the killer and an accomplice to come to the couple’s home under the pretense of repairing flooring. Her husband was found dead in the carport after being attacked and stabbed 23 to 30 times.

A Guilford County jury convicted her of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder. Donna was sentenced to life in prison plus 60 years (life for the murder, consecutive 30-year terms for the conspiracy and solicitation counts). The North Carolina Supreme Court later upheld the convictions.

In August of 2019, the parole commission scheduled her for release on August 1, 2022, but Roy Cooper released her early after she served 27 1/2 years of the Life +60 years sentence for hiring others to murder her husband.

Vote No to Roy Cooper in the US Senate.

09/03/2026

Congratulations to the students, teachers and staff on the historic 2025 test results released Wednesday by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. For the first time in the era of testing achievement, Cabarrus Schools will have no schools designated as low-performing schools.

Twenty-five schools earned an A or B, the most in district history and five more than the previous year. Twenty-one schools achieved their highest School Performance Grade ever. We all know there is much more work to be done inside the school system but today we celebrate the accomplishments of the students and teachers.

Student proficiency reached 68.1 percent across all End-of-Grade and End-of-Course assessments, the highest in CCS history, representing a 4.4% increase from the previous year, as district staff and teachers continue to work hard to recover from pandemic-related learning loss.

CCS now ranks 7th among 115 N.C. school districts in overall student proficiency. Academic growth was also widespread. Fourteen schools recorded growth scores above 4.0, led by W.R. Odell Elementary School at 9.4 (the #1 elementary school in growth in N.C. for the second straight year), Hickory Ridge Middle School at 7.7, Concord Middle School at 7.4, Wolf Meadow Elementary School at 6.9 (the #1 elementary school in math growth in N.C. and #10 in elementary growth overall) and Jay M. Robinson High School at 6.4.

Kannapolis City Schools also saw improvement in their test scores.

“These results are something our entire community can be proud of. They represent the work of our students, our staff, our families and the people who support them every day.” — CCS Superintendent Dr. John Kopicki

It was a historic year for Cabarrus County Schools.

CCS students and schools reached new heights during the 2025-26 school year:

🎓 Highest proficiency rate in district history
📈 #7 of 115 districts in North Carolina for overall student proficiency
🎓 Highest graduation rate in district history at 92.5%
🏫 No schools designated as low performing
⭐ Record 25 schools earned an A or B School Performance Grade

These results reflect more than numbers. They represent students growing, educators making a difference, families supporting learning, and schools strengthening communities across Cabarrus County.

And while there is much to celebrate, our focus remains the same: every school improving and every student growing. Your future is our focus.

🔗 Read more about CCS's historic 2025-26 academic results here: https://www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/14118_2?articleID=75128

09/02/2026

Andrew Dunn of Longleaf Politics cites a July 2026 Elon University Poll that indicates that 29% of North Carolina adults and 56% of registered Democrats in the state identify as democratic socialists. This growing movement is supported by an expanding grassroots infrastructure of local DSA chapters and faces its next major electoral test in Charlotte's upcoming 2027 open mayoral race. Socialist identification is not fringe — nearly 3 in 10 North Carolinians claim to be or are somewhat a Democratic Socialist.

This past year, we saw the Charlotte Metro DSA organizing boycotts against Concord–Scott Padgett Regional Airport and Avelo Airlines over ICE deportation flight contracts, as well as grassroots organizing groups like Down Home North Carolina speaking up at County Commissioner meetings.

Down Home NC is a progressive rural organizing group operating in Cabarrus with a focus on economic stress, public-sector organizing, and anti-corporatism to drive ideological shifts across our county and state. Their campaigns are not “socialist” by branding, but all of their policy priorities align with left‑populist frameworks. They have built multiracial working‑class membership, get-out-the-vote operations, and issue campaigns at doors and commissioner meetings around healthcare.

Republicans believe that North Carolina succeeds when families, churches, and local businesses lead. Cabarrus can be innovative in addressing affordability issues with practical private-sector solutions grounded in proven results, valued pragmatism, and balance. We are at our best when we offer creative solutions, local control, workforce development, and community‑based support. The expansion of government will not yield many results, and it will most likely raise taxes.

What do you think about the growing DSA movement? Are you seeing evidence of it in Cabarrus County?

09/01/2026

Roy Cooper has released thousands of criminals and illegal immigrants back onto the streets in North Carolina.

North Carolina deserves better. North Carolina deserves Michael Whatley for Senate

08/29/2026

Cabarrus County GOP was honored to welcome Michael Whatley, Congressman Addison McDowell and Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez and his team to Mount Pleasant on Friday morning to talk about the importance of public safety!

The National Border Patrol Council endorsed Michael Whatley during the visit. While Roy Cooper and Joe Biden abandoned our Border Patrol agents, Whatley has committed to ensuring that our border remains closed and secure, and all those who are working for our safety have the support they need to carry out their critical mission.