Evonne Hopkins

Evonne Hopkins is an entrepreneur and family law specialist running to flip her Wake County district in the North Carolina House. Evonne is committed to helping lower the cost of living, supporting public education, and creating sustainable economic opportunities in North Carolina. Evonne’s race is a must-win opportunity to build Democratic power in the Tar Heel state while blocking a Republican supermajority from re-forming.

Evonne ran a great campaign as a DLCC Target candidate in 2024, coming within 2,000 votes of victory. This year, she’s hitting the ground running to seize this opportunity to flip another North Carolina House seat for Democrats.

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.