Take the Lead is the Lillian’s List Blog where you can find updates on what we’re doing, letters from our Executive Director, and spotlights on our members and legislators.
Rep. Gale Adcock was the Lillian’s List heroine of 2014 when she was the only progressive woman legislator elected to the NCGA. We’ve been so lucky to have her in our legislature every year since. Gale is a Nurse Practitioner and approaches her work w...
Representative Susan Fisher was first appointed to the NC House in 2004. She has since handily won all of her elections to House District 114 in Buncombe County. She is a past recipient of the Lillian’s List Courage Award. How have you grown or changed ...
Senator Gladys Robinson has been a key voice in the NC Senate since 2010. She has lived in Guilford County since she attended college at Bennett College. She serves as the Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate. How have you grown or changed as a leader sin...
Representative Sydney Batch became a household name during the veto override votes for the ridiculous born-alive anti-abortion bill in the summer of 2019. She was a freshman legislator recovering from a breast cancer diagnosis and mastectomy and had to at...
Newly appointed Senator Natalie Murdock is the first Black woman under forty to serve in the North Carolina Senate. We’re absolutely certain she will be breaking other records as her career in politics grows. She is one of our many 2020 Featured Candida...
Right before this interview started Dr. Kimberly Hardy rescued two dogs that had wandered into her neighborhood. By the end of the interview she had connected with their owner and they were on their way home! Kim approaches everything she does with enthus...
Frances Jackson has a background in city planning, teaching, and as a magistrate. She’s now a candidate for HD 45, running to flip a newly redrawn district in Cumberland County. Frances is running to improve access to healthcare, ensure that her com...
Today, like so many of you, we are grieving the violent, needless end of another Black life. Too many have died and too many families have been traumatized because of racism. We are grieving that so little progress is being made in our state and natio...
This is definitely not Jenna Wadsworth’s first campaign. She was first elected to public office at age 21 to the Wake County Soil and Water Board of Supervisors. She was the youngest woman ever elected to public office in North Carolina. Jenna is now ru...
There are some parts of Emily Bunch Nicholson’s district that you have to take a boat to get to. She is running to represent House District 1 which covers Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrell, and Washington counties. It’s no small feat, but Emi...
