NC Democrats Drop Shelly Headen Support Over Posts, but 2026 Ballots Are Already Finalized
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
NC Democrats Drop Shelly Headen Support Over Posts, but 2026 Ballots Are Already Finalized
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
Summary
North Carolina Democrats withdrew all financial, operational and organizational support for House candidate Shelly Headen after posts resurfaced in which she called for an attack on U.S. soil and likened Trump and MAGA to Hitler and Nazis.
Aug. 20 filing rules keep Headen on the ballot despite the break, because the withdrawal deadline has passed and general-election ballots began going to voters on Sept. 4.
Headen, who is challenging Republican Rep. John Blust in District 62, apologized to people hurt by the posts and said she did not remember making some of them, though she also described them elsewhere as "a few angry moments."
Republicans quickly tied the controversy to statewide Democrats, prompting Senate nominee Roy Cooper's campaign to call the remarks reprehensible and condemn all political violence.
The flare-up adds to a difficult stretch for Headen, who said she has received death threats and faced separate scrutiny last week over 2024 sheriff's incident reports involving her husband.