In 2012, Pat McCrory was elected as governor of North Carolina. He served one term, having attained statewide recognition as mayor of Charlotte from 1995-2009. He lost a bid for a U.S. Senate seat in 2022.
No longer seeking election himself, McCrory in the last month has accepted a role as national co-chair of an organization called No Labels.
It’s not a political party and it won’t be endorsing candidates, but it has the potential to affect upcoming national elections, he explained, by offering voters a choice other than what’s on the traditional Democrat or Republican tickets.
McCrory was a guest on Tuesday’s TownTalk to discuss his association with No Labels and what it is working on at a national level.
No Labels, established in 2009, is oiling its political machine in advance of the upcoming 2024 Presidential elections.
McCrory cited recent polls that show voters are dissatisfied with the current frontrunners for President. And if Super Tuesday – the day many states hold primaries – produces a Trump-Biden race, then No Labels could jump into the race with its own candidates.
“No Labels is talking about running a bipartisan third-party option,” McCrory said. “A Republican and Democrat on the ticket.”
The main push now, he said, is getting on states’ ballots now. They have been added in five or six states, but the goal is 20 by December and, ultimately, all 50 states. “We hope to be in North Carolina in a short period of time,” he noted.
The group is expected to release a more detailed agenda in July with additional information about a variety of topics it will get behind.
He said No Labels seeks to provide a common-sense approach to address challenges that the mainline parties find little on which to compromise.
“I’m a conservative who believes the more competition, the better.” Divisions and failure to find compromise among political parties only create chaos, he said.
“I’m in favor of more choice,” McCrory said. And if No Labels does come up with a President/Vice President team as an alternative for voters, dissatisfied with the options from traditional parties, make no mistake: “It’ll be to win, not to be a spoiler.”
Read more at https://www.nolabels.org/ and listen to the complete interview with McCrory just below.
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