April Cook

April Cook is a CEO and public health advocate from Concord running to flip a seat in the North Carolina Senate this November. April has dedicated her career to helping North Carolinians access the health care they need, and now she’s ready to apply her talent and passion to championing legislation that will improve the lives of working families throughout the state. April’s district will be one of the most competitive in the state in 2026, but she’s ready to step up to help shift the balance of power in the North Carolina Senate away from right-wing extremism and back towards Democrats. 

Republicans have taken April’s district for granted for years, but since 2020, their margin of victory has steadily diminished in each election, making this seat more vulnerable to a Democratic flip than ever in 2026.

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.