Cabarrus County Republican Party

06/03/2026

Join us on Thursday night at 7pm for the annual Pegge Haywood Scholarship Night at the Cabarrus County GOP HQ at 7pm.

05/29/2026

This Thursday at the Cabarrus County Republican Party Monthly Meeting we will focus on education.

We will be giving out our annual Pegge Haywood Scholarships. Our guest speakers are Chad & Leah McGhee, the parents of Christian McGhee, who has been in the national news regarding free speech in the classroom. The family will be here to tell their story and encourage parents to be fully engaged in schools.

Our meeting begins at 7pm at GOP HQ at 21 Union Street in Concord.

🚨VICTORY: North Carolina high school student Christian McGhee has won a major victory against his school district after being suspended for using the term "illegal alien" in English class.

Central Davidson High School in Lexington, NC suspended McGhee for the phrase — which is established legal terminology used for decades in U.S. federal statutes.

His family sued the school board... and WON.

Settlement terms:
- $20,000 payout
- Public apology from the district
- No record of the suspension on his transcript

A clear win for free speech in the classroom.

05/28/2026

Registration is still open for the 2026 NCGOP State Convention in Greensboro!

We look forward to joining Republicans from across the state for a weekend of great speakers, fellowship, and motivation. Don’t miss out, register today.

05/26/2026

Join me in supporting Kevin Crutchfield for NC

05/25/2026

Today, we honor our brave patriots in the armed forces who dedicate their lives to preserving and protecting our freedoms. Thank you for your selfless service to this great nation.

Never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice so we can live freely today.

05/24/2026

VOTER ROLLS: North Carolina must now purge noncitizens flagged through jury-duty records, per a consent judgment the RNC secured.

The state elections board has 30 days after receiving clerk data to review registrations and refer potential illegal voters to investigators.

The agreement sets a schedule through 2028.

05/22/2026

We are just 3 WEEKS away from the 2026 NCGOP State Convention! 🇺🇸

Don't miss out the biggest Republican event of the year--register by visiting www.ncgopconvention.org

05/21/2026

Happening today! — with Rowan County Republican Party in Gold Hill.

05/20/2026

Only 13 short months ago, State Rep Brian Echevarria filed House Bill 432, The Property Tax Relief Study Act, in response to the 111% increase in Cabarrus County property tax revenue over the last decade - outpacing the combined growth of inflation and population.

While some said study bills are where things go to die, the NC House Property Tax Committee, with Cabarrus Representatives Almond, Echevarria, and Campbell, and Mecklenburg Representatives Cotham, Cunningham, Majeed, and Carney, along with other Representatives from across the state, worked hard and developed a solution to add a property tax levy limit to our state constitution.

Today, the bill passed both chambers of the General Assembly today, and the constitutional amendment will be placed on the November ballot. House Speaker Destin Hall championed the measure.

"Property taxes are out of control, and some local governments are abusing their power by overtaxing and underdelivering for their constituents," Hall said. "It's time for real reform, and this constitutional amendment on levy limits will help stop runaway property tax hikes and protect North Carolina taxpayers."

Thank you to Representative Brian Echevarria, Jonathan Almond for NC House 73 and Grant Campbell for NC House for your diligence and committee work to see this move forward.

Voters in November will be asked: Should the state constitution cap the state's income tax rate at 3.5%? Should the state limit local governments' control over their property tax rates?

05/20/2026

May 20, 2026, marks the 251st anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which preceded the more famous Declaration by more than a year.

As we prepare to celebrate our Semiquincentennial, today we recognize the families of Charlottetown who first declared themselves “free and independent” of the British crown by taking the bold & courageous step of signing the declaration. It was read out loud on the Charlottetown courthouse steps at noon on May 20, 1775. At the time, all of the land that is now Cabarrus County was part of the larger Mecklenburg County.

251 years later, we are especially thankful to six of the 27 signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration who resided in the region we today call Cabarrus County:

- Rev. Hezekiah James Balch was a Presbyterian minister and one of the most prominent local leaders of the period. He is buried at Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church.
- Richard Harris was an early settler in the region that became Cabarrus.
- John Phifer was a member of a well‑known local family who lived in the Rocky River/Poplar Tent region.
- Benjamin Patton was a member of the Mecklenburg Committee of Safety with associations to the northeastern part of Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus).
- Dr. David Reese was a prominent physician who lived in the Rocky River area.
- Zaccheus Wilson was an Elder in the local Presbyterian community with connections to the Poplar Tent/Rocky River region.

James Jack, a tavern owner and future Revolutionary War officer, rode by horseback from Charlotte to Philadelphia to deliver copies of the Mecklenburg Declaration and Mecklenburg Resolves, written on May 31, 1775, to the Second Continental Congress. On the way, he stopped in Salisbury to read the documents publicly in the district court.

During the Revolutionary War, British General Lord Cornwallis reportedly called our area, “a hornet’s nest of rebellion.” He said this after encountering fierce resistance from local militia, many of whom came from the Poplar Tent, Rocky River, and Sugar Creek communities. I believe that rebellious spirit is still alive today in parts of our Republican Party.

Despite what is declared by antifa at our County Commissioner meetings, our nation was founded by Scotch‑Irish God-fearing Presbyterians living right here in the Cabarrus/Mecklenburg region. The men listed on the Poplar Tent historical marker — Balch, Phifer, Reese, Patton, Harris, Wilson — were part of the same revolutionary culture that earned the region its “hornet’s nest” reputation. Poplar Tent and Rocky River were hotbeds of early rebellion, and their leaders were among the most outspoken patriots in the South.