N.C. Rep. Graig Meyer, D-50, who has served in the N.C. House of Representatives since 2013, won re-election Tuesday night. With about 96.08 percent of precincts reporting, Meyer led with 62 percent of the vote.
Meyer defeated Kenneth Rothrock, a lawyer living in Hillsborough. Rothrock previously worked for the Democratic Party but chose to run as a Republican. He has served as an elected delegate for both Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
Meyer, one of two trained social workers in the General Assembly, campaigned on approaches to legislation with an eye on protections for marginalized, vulnerable and oppressed classes.
He also campaigned on increased incentives for teachers to earn advanced degrees, investment in small towns and rural businesses and increased equal rights protections for North Carolinians.
“All North Carolinians deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, without exception,” Meyer’s official site said.
His legislative committee assignments include K-12 education, finance, Judiciary I, Aging and Homeland Security, Military and Veteran Affairs.
Meyer is the founding co-chairperson of the Early Childhood Caucus and the Life Sciences Caucus.
During his time in the General Assembly, Meyer has worked with schools and youth-serving nonprofits as the co-founder and principal consultant with The Equity Collaborative – an organization that provides equity-focused coaching for identified district or school leaders to lead toward student performance goals.
Leading up to the election, Meyer posted five episodes in a web series titled “Our Shot” that discussed various ways for North Carolina citizens to be active in changing the General Assembly from the Republican veto-proof majority to a Democratic majority.
