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According to the Carolina Journal, Republicans garnered support from real North Carolinians, whereas the North Carolina Democrat Party received about 80% of their 2024 individual contributions from out-of-state donors.

According to State Board of Elections records for the 2024 election cycle, more than 70% of individual contributions to the North Carolina Republican Party came from within the state, but more than 70% of individual contributions to the NC Democratic Party came from outside the state.

The same cannot be said for statewide Republicans, who lost the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general contests as well as a legislative supermajority that would have served as a safeguard against the new executive trifecta. In 2024, President Donald Trump easily carried North Carolina. In addition, the Republican is trailing in a state Supreme Court contest that is still pending a formal decision due to ongoing litigation.

Democrats and Republicans had almost opposite fundraising trends, according to a study by the Carolina Journal and the John Locke Foundation that used data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Republicans received 71.8%, or $2.8 million, of their individual contributor financing from within the state, compared to Democrats' 78.5%, or $4.2 million, from out-of-state donors.

As you might anticipate, this is not as shocking as it is. Jim Stirling, a research fellow at the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation, told The Federalist that Democrats have been shifting more toward an out-of-state model, even though this is the least amount of money they have raised for in-state contributions in the previous six years.

Republicans will have the in-state edge in being able to maintain relationships with contributors who actually have an interest in the North Carolina elections; therefore, Democrats' reliance on out-of-state money is probably going to have an impact on the 2026 midterm elections. Stirling clarified in the Carolina Journal that it also shields Republicans from "national political dynamics."

With Cooper and others, the Council of State Committee, also known as the Leadership Fund, was able to secure $42 million in contributions from high-profile donors outside of the individual donor party funding, giving Democrats a financial edge over Republicans in spite of the decline in in-state support. Of the $42 million, roughly $18 million went through the party, according to The Federalist.

About half of in-state contributions to Democrats came from in-state individual donors, including the billionaire Sall family, which contributed $4.5 million, and the parents of now-Gov. Josh Stein, D-N.C., who contributed roughly $570,000. The Carolina Journal claims that Stein personally moved $13 million from the Leadership Fund to the state party, enabling the Democrats to surpass the Republicans' $29 million in fundraising.

Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, donated $3.5 million, and billionaire left-wing activist George Soros contributed an additional $250,000. According to Stirling, Bloomberg allocated about $2.5 million of his money to the Leadership Fund and the remaining portion to the state party.

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