Garland Pierce

Rep. Garland Pierce is a pastor and U.S. Army veteran running for reelection to the North Carolina House, where he has been a strong voice for Hoke and Scotland Counties for over 20 years. Garland has led the way on legislation to support public schools and increase economic opportunities for working families. If reelected, he will continue to focus on providing reliable public service and solving problems for his community.

Garland has consistently defended his seat cycle after cycle, but as North Carolina Democrats work to prevent a GOP supermajority in the state House, we can’t afford to take a single district for granted.

North Carolina is one of the most heavily gerrymandered states in the country, which has allowed an increasingly out-of-touch Republican legislative majority to cling to power for decades, even as Democrats have won elections statewide. 

In the 2024 elections, Democrats pulled off a major victory by breaking the GOP supermajority in the state House, giving them the power to protect newly-elected Governor Josh Stein’s veto authority. Now, 2026 presents a historic opportunity to gain ground and end the GOP’s gerrymandered supermajorities in both chambers for good.

Democrats in the North Carolina Senate are just one seat away from breaking the GOP supermajority in their chamber, and Democratic candidates in the House are running to put a Republican supermajority even further out of reach. With competitive races for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House alongside these legislative races,  the DLCC is all hands on deck to help fund the strong campaigns and infrastructure needed to reach voters and win seats in both chambers in November.