But if the expected count held, Batch would have won. Instead, on the day the caucus would have voted, Blue bowed out. Sen. Dan Blue, a Raleigh Democrat and former longtime Senate Democratic leader, ...

Dan Blue, a groundbreaking figure in North Carolina politics across more than 40 years, will no longer serve as leader of state Senate Democrats after over a decade and is being replaced by another ...

@NCCapitol NC Senate Democrats oust longtime leader Dan Blue State Sen. Sydney Batch of Wake County will replace longtime minority leader Dan Blue.

As the North Carolina General Assembly prepares to begin its 2025 session in earnest this week, Senate Democrats have a new leader. After several years at the helm, veteran Raleigh lawmaker and former ...

Democrats in the North Carolina Senate elected a new leader on Monday to replace Sen. Dan Blue, a veteran legislator who led the caucus for more than a decade. Senate Democrats chose Sydney Batch, a ...

(The Center Square) – Minority in both chambers again for the next two-year session of the North Carolina General Assembly, Democrats have chosen as chamber leaders Sen. Sydney Batch to succeed Sen.

After Senate Democrats chose Sen. Sydney Batch as the new minority leader, she started the work of leading her caucus in a new legislative session by making contact with those who control the General ...

The longtime Senate Democratic leader who lost his leadership position this session is going his own way, voting with Republicans on four key bills and keeping unofficial power. Sen. Dan Blue is now ...