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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

14 days

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

8 months

TAXPAYER MONEY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS IS A SCAM

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25 days

I do think we should take a second to recognize that while Mark Robinson sucks, @JoshStein_ is a fantastic candidate in his own right and will be a great Governor.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

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My campaign simply would not exist without @abreezeclayton 's support and belief that rural districts matter. That a good ol' boy like me should run for office and share my story. I will be forever grateful.

NC Democratic Party

@NCDemParty

2 months

North Carolina’s delegation cast all 131 votes for @KamalaHarris !

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

NC sample ballots dropped today. I still can’t believe it sometimes. But there I am!

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

5 months

Been a long day. But I can't end it without telling you that I met with the Wilkes County Democratic party tonight. One of the reddest counties in the state. It was so packed they literally ran out of chairs. The @NCDemParty is cooking with 🔥 right now.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

So I was gonna write up some kinda draft thing to send out like an official statement on the stupid right wing commentary about Gus Walz. It's more personal to me than that so I'm just gonna type. My day job is Director of Operations for an agency that helps people with I/DD. 🧵

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

1 year

One of the big themes of tonight's meeting was the shut-up-ism on the GOP side. If they don't like what you say, or how you vote, they will re-draw the maps to shut you up, take away voting rights to shut you up. "Oh shut up" is now a GOP legislative theme.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

5 months

The days of Dem candidates in R+ a million districts speaking to a crowd of a half dozen people is OVER. I have said it, you have heard me say it, the GOP officials in state legislatures have overplayed their hand. We're calling their bluff. #ncpol @abreezeclayton

Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

5 months

Been a long day. But I can't end it without telling you that I met with the Wilkes County Democratic party tonight. One of the reddest counties in the state. It was so packed they literally ran out of chairs. The @NCDemParty is cooking with 🔥 right now.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

6 months

Back at the factory, people would bring up unions from time to time. We were always told, if you do that, they will just close the factory and move it overseas. Well, we never organized, and guess what, they closed the factory and moved it overseas anyway. #friendoflabor

Chris Brooks

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6 months

What do Bill Lee and General Lee have in common? The Union kicked their ass.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 days

Just mention the words climate change, and you are politicizing a tragedy. But accusing FEMA of stealing supplies, that's just asking questions, holding government accountable, so the story goes.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

I'm fucking sick of it. Sick of it. That's all I got right now. That's my statement.

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@Staley4NCSenate

8 months

@joeramoni @pulmyears The freaky thing about this is that Rick Moranis is in fact 6'4" tall.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

I also want to add, that one of Trump's big "cut" ideas is to slash or abolish Social Security Disability Insurance, without which I would not be speaking to you all now. Short thread 🧵

Tim Kaine

@timkaine

7 months

To all the Republicans who boo when Democrats call you out for wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare.... ...do you hear what the leader of your party is saying? Take it up with him.

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@Staley4NCSenate

5 months

I see people are now calling student loan forgiveness welfare. Somehow cheating the people who paid their loans off, via income based repayment or in full. This is just another example of how we don't understand that everyone's situation is different. Thread 🧵

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

Mocking someone with a disability, I'm not talking about cancel culture and jokes and all that, but mocking someone with a disability for exercising their right to publicly advocate for themselves and their rights and their father, is shameful.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

I wasn't really sure about the "weird" tag at first, but so far we have dead bears, shot dogs, couch fuckery, electrocution by drowning batteries, the menstruation police...I gotta admit this is pretty fuckin weird.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

Gus deserves dignity and respect. He had a genuine moment seeing his father on the biggest stage in the world. It was an inspiring, human moment, one that doesn't require sympathy, but empathy and appreciation.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

One thing I have to say. I've been to a lot of these meetings since October. Democrats are FED UP AND FIRED UP. Independents too. For months I've been saying, the GOP has overplayed their hand. A lot of Republican voters too (1)

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 months

I usually don't share memes, especially ones with paraphrasing. It just doesn't seem to add to the discourse and generally just enflames passions in an already overheated environment. But I will use this opportunity to do a thread 🧵on my history with @sternshow .

Michael Cohen

@MichaelCohen212

10 months

You have heard me say this 1000x…and many people are listening. But, having it come from the inimitable @HowardStern , now that’s a whole different level of megaphone! Like this and retweet using the 💙 to show you stand for democracy and with @POTUS @JoeBiden . #ThankHoward

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

11 months

I haven't spoken much about policy on here yet but vouchers are a scam established to drain funds from public education. There is a war on public education in this state and it is disguised with buzz words like "vouchers" and "CRT" and "Parents Bill of Rights."

Meck Dems

@MeckDems

11 months

The “school choice” voucher system is taking money from the education of ordinary kids to transfer it to wealthy parents. It’s highway robbery by the NC Republican Party, and our kids are worse off for it.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 months

If you think young people aren't engaged in this election cycle, you are sorely mistaken. Young Democrats of the Yadkin Valley is a GREAT group and I loved chatting with them over some @Bojangles in Jonesville tonight! @abreezeclayton

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 months

Just to throw another shout to out to @abreezeclayton , I'm in an R+26 district. I have raised almost $6k. I have no primary opponent. And when I file my fundraising report next month, you're gonna see some Republican donors on there too.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

Every time I try not to get riled up on this issue I get riled right back up. IMMIGRATION IS THE PURVIEW OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. NORTH CAROLINA IS NOT A BORDER STATE. Those states who "stand with Texas" are standing with secession. THAT is the disgrace.

Carolina Forward

@ForwardCarolina

9 months

The NC House supermajority also wasn't elected by the people of North Carolina.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

24 days

What an amazing gesture by @charles_gaba . I'm just speechless. He has done such an amazing job raising money for Dems in swing districts. Please give a boost to someone who just went out on a limb for me.

Charles Gaba ✡️

@charles_gaba

24 days

📣 NOTE: I've decided to add @Staley4NCSenate to my North Carolina page as a special case.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

I work, every day, with people with disabilities. I come from a family of veterans, wounded war veterans. And now the right is on record, some on the right, multiple times, mocking and disrespecting both.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

8 months

True Story: Old factory buddy of mine texted me today and asked for one of my yard signs. I said to him, well won't you catch some hell for putting a Democrat's sign in your yard? His reply: fuck em give me two signs. Ya'll ain't seen nothing yet.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

Thanks for the shoutout John. And gives me a chance to do a thread 🧵on this issue. John is 100% correct, and there are additional benefits as well.

John Hensley

@srmhs_hensley

7 months

@danielp_reid @rolandsmartin The Dem candidates in these small NC towns are raising their own funds - which then forces the Republican candidate to spend much more money than they would have, had they been unopposed. You can check out @Staley4NCSenate for a pretty good example of this in action.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

I am an American. A patriot. I see democracy under attack. The Constitution being used and slanted in ways that make no sense. Many times with mockery and disrespect.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

6 months

I have been listening to Stern since the early 90s. Had no idea this was coming. Whoa.

Kamala HQ

@KamalaHQ

6 months

Howard Stern lists off some of President Biden’s accomplishments as they conclude their interview: I want to thank you for your compassion. We're lucky to have you in the Oval Office. I want to thank you for providing a calming influence and an organized administration post-COVID

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

So earlier this week I made a post about my dislike of NC Senate Bill 49, aka the Parent's Bill of Rights. Someone asked me to explain further and I offered to do a line by line take of my objections. So let's get this thread 🧵started.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

It certainly doesn't merit mockery. For centuries people with I/DD and other disabilities have been sent to institutions, with poor conditions, to keep them out of sight and out of mind.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

11 months

I'm working on thanking people and following people so if I get behind I apologize in advance. I was expecting about 100 people to see that speech (which was actually a bunch of scribbled notes on a legal pad I jotted down in the Holiday Inn parking lot).

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

12 days

Just a PSA. If you are voting absentee, as excited as you may be, please do not post pictures of your ballot, especially with the bar code on it. It is illegal in many areas and if that code gets scanned twice your vote could be tossed.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 days

The last couple weeks have been such a blur. The last year, really, but in a very different way. Imagine running a hundred miles an hour and right at the finish line a giant oak tree pops up in your path and you run into it head on. What do you do next? Thread 🧵

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

I/DD stands for Intellectual and Development Disabilities. This doesn't make me any kind of hero. Not like the people who struggle with I/DD and still keep the strength to do more, their family members, and in some situations, the direct care staff who assist them.

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@Staley4NCSenate

10 days

Staley for NC Senate Video Ad

You know the story. Here it is in color.

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@Staley4NCSenate

6 months

I've spent the last couple of days in a fog of frustration. How to address the protests on college campuses. Whether I should address it at all. How do you talk about an issue like this, when the larger issue is so very complex and has been for decades. Centuries even. 🧵

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

Don't get me wrong. I know almost all of the people we serve, all the direct care staff, and their families. But I am not on the ground like they are. And it's hard. It is a struggle. It is hard. I advocate for these folks every day of my life.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

6 months

Sometimes I wonder if the so-called Freedom Caucus even knows their own voters. I live in a very, very deep red district, and while Republicans here would like immigration reform attached, they OVERWHELMINGLY support aid to Ukraine.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸

@RepMTG

6 months

Mike Johnson’s House of Representatives so proud to work for Ukraine. Not the American people!!! It’s despicable!

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

I'll do a brief thread 🧵here. Caveat that this is meant to be just that, brief, and intended to make a point, and not a thorough historical account. Back in 2020, I started to write a book about the history of race in America...

Carolina Forward

@ForwardCarolina

9 months

👀 #ncpol

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

5 months

I have discussed a lot of things here I never planned to discuss. I have put my whole life right here on the table. Because my story isn't unique. The only difference is most people don't have a platform to tell theirs. End of thred.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 months

If asked on the campaign trail why the Civil War was fought, I will not tell the same lies that Nikki Haley did. I will tell the truth. The Civil War was fought because the rich men north of Richmond wanted to make Chick-Fil-A open on Sunday.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

Now I could be a total asshole, and go out and ask all of these folks to do a campaign picture, or campaign video, with me. But I don't do that. I won't do that. And that is NOT what happened with Gus Walz.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

21 days

I know this is gonna sound old fashioned, but I am so thrilled that my hometown paper committed a full page spread to my race. I love democracy so much.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

Just got off the phone with two solid GOP voters. They have committed to vote for me, for Josh Stein, and for Mo Green, and will watch tonight's convention. No promises on other campaigns..but I'll keep at it.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

1 year

On Friday I will be filing my official Statement of Organization to run as a Democrat for NC Senate in the 36th District in 2024. Most people will tell you that this seat is unwinnable for a Democrat, and they may be right. But people deserve options, and I'm gonna give em one.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

3 months

I will say this. If any of the people on the Dem side who called for Biden to step down do not now immediately fall in and support @KamalaHarris I will light your ass up with the fury of god's own thunder.

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@Staley4NCSenate

5 months

The long and short of it is, yes, going to college is a risk, especially with student loans. When it doesn't pay off, why is that looked down upon, when a billionaire gets a huge tax incentive to invest and fails gets forgiveness, and that is somehow honorable?

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

4 months

One year ago today my Master's Degree came in the mail. It was such a proud moment for me. It gave me an even deeper appreciation of our democracy, and made me strive even harder to protect it.

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@Staley4NCSenate

6 months

Long haul truck driver. WWII Vet, Pacific. Operations XRoads radiation survivor. I will always be proud of my PaPaw. Lost today at age 97.

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@Staley4NCSenate

10 months

It is terrible that women have to bring these very private, personal things into the public sphere just because we can't find compassion otherwise. They are all heroes for doing so.

Kamala HQ

@KamalaHQ

10 months

Woman who went into septic shock after being denied an abortion calls out Republicans: These laws are having real life implications on real people

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

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6 months

A short thread 🧵on why I am running for office. When I was 17 I dropped out of high school to work at the local glove factory. In 2001, due to wrong-headed Republican policies, that factory closed and went overseas.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

3 months

This does not seem to me like someone who will be imminently dropping out of the campaign. I'm not going round and round on this again. Biden is in it for the long haul. I have his back. We can Tuesday Morning Quarterback later.

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3 months

BREAKING: David Letterman has just announced he has endorsed and will be hosting a fundraiser for President Biden. Let’s go.

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@Staley4NCSenate

5 months

A wealthy person sometimes risks a lot of money on a business venture that goes belly up. They were investing in themselves. But they get to file bankruptcy at the end. This option does not exist for student loan borrowers. If they gamble on themselves and lose, well, too bad.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

3 months

I'll prolly hang around a while and play some music as it's my birthday. But my last official statement on this issue: replacing Biden as the nominee is a monumentally bad idea that will fracture the Democratic Party. Just want to go on the record here.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

11 months

Thanks for sharing this @abreezeclayton and for everything you to for candidates in rural NC and across the state. There were some really, really good candidates on that stage and passionate advocates in attendance and you had us all fired up! Let's keep the momentum going!

Anderson Clayton☀️

@abreezeclayton

11 months

📍Wilkes County tonight y’all! @Staley4NCSenate had me so excited to see him represent Senate District 36. Darren’s someone who’s benefited his entire life from the work of Democrats. We’re going to remind folks next year which party really fights FOR the people. ✊ #ncpol

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10 months

@CoreyRForrester My 97 year old grandpa. Suffered radiation poisoning at Able/Baker. The family had to fight LIKE HELL to get him full VA disability, after his records were "lost," and the suddenly "found." A certain someone called him a loser and he didn't like that.

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@Staley4NCSenate

11 months

Here I am, signed, sealed, delivered! Let's do some democracy!!! 🎉🎉🎉 #FilingDay #ncpol

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 days

So no. I'm not suspending my campaign. I won't be pushing any fundraising drives, but I will still accept donations. Partially because much of the reaction to the Helene response from the right is part and parcel of why I am running in the first place, and also..

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@Staley4NCSenate

8 months

It's so fucking surreal to me that in like 7 months I'll be poring over these numbers with my name attached. Man I love me some democracy!

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@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

Just spoke at a fundraiser for @ChuckHubbardNC . I've been closely following the NC-5th since 2004 and have been disappointed so many times. I truly believe though that this is the year, and that Chuck is the candidate to finally get it done.

Chuck Hubbard

@ChuckHubbardNC

11 months

First, Virginia Foxx told the media to shut up when asked about Mike Johnson’s efforts to overturn the election. Then, she voted to make Johnson Speaker. I need your help to defeat Foxx and flip the House blue. Can you rush a small contribution today?

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

Come on ya'll. Blow this up! Are you really gonna let em try to just buy it?

Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

It's really insane. So far this election cycle, my Republican opponent, in an R+26 district, has spent almost $75,000 to beat a guy who lives in a trailer. So much winning! #ncpol

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@Staley4NCSenate

11 months

Let’s go file for office!!

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@Staley4NCSenate

8 months

@JeremiahDJohns @bendreyfuss Is it not possible that he was, in fact, at a 7/11, in Manhattan, getting a hot dog and a Big Gulp, when some first responders came in, and he threw paper towels at/to them?

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

Please, ya'll, please. @MoreeForNCHouse is the best advocate for public education in North Carolina that I have ever seen. DO NOT sleep on his campaign. #ncpol

Steve Moree

@MoreeForNCHouse

9 months

Private school vouchers are bad news for public schools in Wilkes and Alexander County.

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@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

It's really insane. So far this election cycle, my Republican opponent, in an R+26 district, has spent almost $75,000 to beat a guy who lives in a trailer. So much winning! #ncpol

Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

Fundraising is wild. During the second half of 2023, my opponent raised $69,000, almost all big money donors. And managed to spend over $60,000 of it in that same period of time. In a district where he has an R+26 advantage.

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11 months

Well I guess I'll post some pictures now. Here is one of me and my friend and mentor @joshtpm meeting way back in the day.

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@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

Today I filled out one of those candidate surveys they send out. The Q was: what is one of the biggest challenges in your state next decade. My answer: We can't have thriving metro areas surrounded by rural ghost towns.

President Biden

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When I became president, 24 million Americans didn’t have access to affordable high speed internet. Now, we're well on our way to connecting every last American to affordable, reliable high-speed internet by 2030.

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2 months

This tends to happen when one candidate is great and the other candidate is one of the all time worst candidates in the history of candidates.

Polling USA

@USA_Polling

2 months

North Carolina Governor Polling: Stein (D): 47% Robinson (R): 37% SoCal Strategies / Aug 27, 2024 / n=612 (Republican Pollster / Republican Commissioner)

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10 months

On a serious note, I have contacted the @NCStateAFLCIO to begin endorsement conversations. That's pretty fucking cool, right?

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@Staley4NCSenate

6 months

What a long, strange trip it's been folks. Thanks for being here. Let's go do some good. #ncpol

Anderson Clayton☀️

@abreezeclayton

11 months

📍Wilkes County tonight y’all! @Staley4NCSenate had me so excited to see him represent Senate District 36. Darren’s someone who’s benefited his entire life from the work of Democrats. We’re going to remind folks next year which party really fights FOR the people. ✊ #ncpol

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

6 months

Ya'll wanna see the new campaign graphic? I think it's pretty rad. What say you?

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@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

Good mail day. #ncpol

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@Staley4NCSenate

28 days

Just getting some screen grabs from the campaign videos. These are from me at the factory.

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@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

Ok...the people have spoken....

Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

Ok I did it. After hearing it suggested multiple times, I finally broke down and bought a sport coat to wear to certain events. I still have mixed feelings about it. What say you?

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@Staley4NCSenate

28 days

It is unfathomable to me that Mark Robinson is holding office right now much less running for chief executive of our state. This is not about some random online comments. This is who he is and anyone even halfway paying attention has known this for years. #ncpol

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@Staley4NCSenate

10 days

All of the efforts by individuals and religious groups and charitable organizations are so laudable. They have saved many lives during this disaster. And these will always be important. But this castigation of the National Guard and FEMA, that's the tell. The underlying agenda.

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@Staley4NCSenate

2 months

This is my grandfather. We just recently lost him. WWII veteran. Democrat, lifelong. Patriot. Right till the end.

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@Staley4NCSenate

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I'll have a website and a fundraising widget and all that soon. But I'm running this campaign literally from my kitchen table, so I'm hoping to put myself on your radar soon as I can. I don't deal in sound bites and empty rhetoric. I wanna talk about the issues.

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There is a reason I always err on the side of helping people instead of always looking at "fairness" or what we think others should do, or be able to do. I have never shared this part of my story before, but I will now.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

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Hey ya'll. As you may recall I just lost my WWII VFW grandpa. Dad and grandma are trying to do all the paperwork to get her survivor benefits. If you know somebody in NC Region I that could help it would be greatly appreciated. They have a meeting on Thursday in Wilkes. DMs open

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

4 months

@joshtpm "..that wasn't that good in the first place.." I don't even know who you are anymore...

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@Staley4NCSenate

10 months

The GOP have overplayed their hand, and I'm gonna call em on it. Smash/share that donate button on my pinned Tweet. Let's shock the world.

Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 months

Just to throw another shout to out to @abreezeclayton , I'm in an R+26 district. I have raised almost $6k. I have no primary opponent. And when I file my fundraising report next month, you're gonna see some Republican donors on there too.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

10 months

Today I sent a campaign update to the @NCSenateDems and the reply I got was "Holy hell!" We're gonna be shaking shit up in the Old North State.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

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I’m getting reports that mobile homes especially are being flooded. But this is just what I’m hearing. Gonna be a while until all this gets fixed. Stay safe out there. I’m bout to take my cell back to the car to charge for a bit. DS

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@Staley4NCSenate

4 months

This is my last comment on the debate issue. And I will die on this hill. If Joe Biden drops out of this race, Trump wins. If Joe Biden stays in this race, it will be close, but either Trump or Biden will win. Choose wisely. Thanks for attending my TED talk.

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@Staley4NCSenate

6 months

If you want to know why I am running for political office, the whole root cause of it, the people I am running for...this is it. 👇👇👇

Richard Lake

@richard_lake_

6 months

This is Ken Allen. He works as a custodian at Southside Baptist Church in Jackson. Like so many other working Mississippians, Ken and his family fall in the coverage gap and are left without health insurance. Ken was kind enough to share his story with me today.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

8 months

I'm glad that my friend @ChuckHubbardNC was able to make this video despite Virginia Foxx demanding that he shut up. From my experience, Chuck isn't a shut up kinda guy. Throw him some love!

Chuck Hubbard

@ChuckHubbardNC

8 months

While Virginia Foxx causes chaos in Washington, D.C., I’m here in North Carolina working hard to earn the vote of our residents. We are coming up on a critical end of month deadline. Can you chip in to help me defeat Foxx in November:

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

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So cool hanging out in a packed house in Surry County this afternoon. The hot dogs were off the chain! Missed the Wilkes Century Club but I'll catch them next month!

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

8 months

For all ya'll on the fence donors. Every nickel my opponent has to spend in this R+26 district is a nickel he can't spend on an R+5 or a D+5. Also, I'm gonna shock the system and win this damn thing!!

Young Democrats of NC

@ydnc

8 months

. @NC_Governor : “You guys can do it! We can do it together.” #YDNC2024

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

3 months

Let me say it about as plain as I can. Anyone who shames people for receiving the assistance they need to survive, people whose backs have been broken to enrich billionaires for centuries, is either ignorant, or full of shit. I'll die on that hill JD Vance.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

And more recently...

Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

Ok I'll stop blowing ya'll up with pics after this one. In 2001, at the age of 27, I finally got my High School diploma. I've told ya'll my story in words, tryin to also show it in a more tangible way.

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@Staley4NCSenate

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Was so great hanging with @abreezeclayton this evening. Had a really good turnout, great conversation. AND, Anderson told me that I should not be hesitant to ask for donations so, yeah, DONATE PLEASE!

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@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

One person at the event said a relative from VA had seen one of my speeches on social media and shared it with them. Another said their daughter in NJ had done the same. Thanks @abreezeclayton !

Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

It was so great meeting @JoshStein_ at a local event today. Also got to spend some time speaking with @MoGreenforNC . Really great, super-supportive, and fired up crowd as well.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

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I started this campaign as the longest of longshots, in the reddest district in the state. But people like you liked my message and wanted it heard. You liked my platform and wanted it implements, and you helped me raise almost $31,000..

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

9 months

Just chatted with @ChuckHubbardNC for a half hour or so about his US House race against @virginiafoxx . I've seen people run against her before. Not sure I have ever talked with anyone as fired up as Chuck. Look out ya'll.

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Darren Staley for NC Senate

@Staley4NCSenate

8 months

I'm literally crying this is so hilarious!

Corey Ryan Forrester First of His Name

@CoreyRForrester

8 months

This man is running for congress in Georgia. I’ve hated him for a while, but now that he’s going after Taylor Swift maybe they’ll finally take him down

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@Staley4NCSenate

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@Staley4NCSenate

7 months

Dear @MarkHamill , we need the force.

Anderson Clayton☀️

@abreezeclayton

7 months

📣 DEADLINE: Help me raise $10,000 by midnight for @NCDemParty to stop MAGA in their tracks. Trump can’t win back the White House without North Carolina… and this year we have a historic opportunity to flip NC blue! Read this thread, share, and chip in:

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