State-by-State Breakdown
North Carolina
Ross made her career as a civil liberties lawyer including serving as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) State Director for nearly eight years. She most recently served in a private law firm. Ross first ran for office in 2002 and was elected as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She served in the North Carolina House through 2013. During this time she sat on the Education, Elections, Finance, Judiciary, Appropriations, Pensions and Retirement and the Rules…
Manning is a partner at a firm where she practices immigration law. She served as director of the Jewish Federations of North America. Manning was the Democratic candidate in 2018 for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District, losing to incumbent Republican Ted Budd. After North Carolina was ordered to redraw its Congressional map, Manning chose to run for Congress in the 6th district. Manning won the Democratic nomination in a field of five candidates…
Cawthorn is the owner of SPQR Holdings, LLC, a real estate investment company. Cawthorn’s run for Congress was his first foray into electoral politics. Before running for Congress, Cawthorn worked as a Staff Assistant in Rep. Mark Meadows’ district office. Cawthorn placed second in the Republican primary to succeed Rep. Meadows in representing North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. Because no candidate won a majority of the vote, Cawthorn advanced to a runoff election against Lynda Bennett…