While there is no path for Democrats to flip the state House or Senate in North Carolina this year, they need to just flip one seat in either chamber to break up the GOP’s supermajority, which would serve as a major boon to Democrat Josh Stein if he goes on to defeat Robinson in the governor’s race.
“The good news is that the overall electoral environment — with Kamala Harris on the upswing — and now with these revelations about Robinson, is such that there are numerous paths to breaking the Republican supermajority, especially in the suburban districts around the state, in both chambers,” said Vicky Hausman, the co-CEO of Forward Majority, a Democratic super PAC focused on state legislatures.