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Sydney Batch

NC State Senate
District 17

Sydney Batch - NC State Senate District 17

Candidate Statement:

Senator Sydney Batch is a family law attorney, child welfare advocate, and social worker. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also completed her Juris Doctorate and Master of Social Work. After law school, Sydney entered private practice with her husband, J. Patrick Williams, and is a founding partner at Batch, Poore & Williams, PC, focusing on family law, child welfare law, and appellate work.

Elected to the NC House representing Southern Wake County in 2018, Sydney was appointed to fill a vacant seat in the NC Senate in 2021 and was reelected in 2022. She currently serves as the Democratic Deputy Leader in the NC Senate. Throughout her legislative career, Senator Batch has been a staunch advocate for families and small businesses.

As a legislator, Sydney champions policy and evidence-based research to inform legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly. She has supported common-sense reforms such as paid family leave, affordable childcare, and mental health access. Senator Batch resides in Wake County with her husband and two sons.

Importance of this Race:

Republicans gained a supermajority in the General Assembly in 2022, empowering them to override Governor Cooper’s vetoes of bad legislation. Since then, MAGA Republicans have rolled back gun safety laws, passed an extreme abortion ban, funneled a shocking amount of resources away from our public schools, and are in the process of reducing the corporate income tax to 0%. Before we can make progress in NC, we first must break the GOP supermajority by electing more Democrats to the State House and Senate.

Office Responsibilities:

  • The NC General Assembly is the legislative branch of government and makes laws for NC.
  • The Senate and the House of Representatives are collectively known as the General Assembly.
  • The NCGA meets biennially and all members are elected for two-year terms.
  • The Senate consists of 50 members, and the Lt. Governor is President of the Senate. In his absence, the presiding officer is known as the President Pro Tempore.
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