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Is the NC Forward Party the Future — or Another Flash in the Pan?
Pat Newton is Chair of the North Carolina Forward Party and he talks about the upstart party’s strategy for the 2026 election cycle and its very different approach to breaking into North Carolina politics.
Newton explains the thinking behind that strategy, what the Forward Party hopes to accomplish by working within the existing two-party system, and why the party believes it can have an impact without appearing on the ballot itself. The conversation also looks ahead to 2028, when the Forward Party hopes to secure full ballot access in North Carolina.
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