Facing low approval rates, after last year's electoral losses, the Democratic Party is working to figure out its strategy ...

In Washington, efforts to push for a release of the Epstein files have prompted U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to shut down ...

Batch, also from Wake County, was elected to the House in 2018 by less than 1,000 votes, lost a reelection bid, and was appointed in 2021 to the Senate. She won reelection in 2022 and again this year.

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 ...

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 ...

Rep. Sydney Batch, with her husband J. Patrick Williams and sons Mason and Grant, have their photo taken as the N.C. General Assembly convenes in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, January 9, 2019.

After a decade of being led by longtime Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, Democrats in the state Senate decided to elect a new leader this year. Sen. Sydney Batch became Senate minority leader last month.

Rep. Sydney Batch, right, with her husband Patrick Williams and sons Mason and Grant, say the Pledge of Allegiance as the N.C. General Assembly convenes in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, January 9, 2019.

Rep. Sydney Batch, with her husband J. Patrick Williams and sons Mason and Grant, have their photo taken as the N.C. General Assembly convenes in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, January 9, 2019.

Batch, Reives are Democrats’ leaders for new Legislature Alan Wooten December 3, 2024 From left, Sen. Dan Blue, Sen. Sydney Batch, Rep. Robert Reives ©NCLeg.gov ...

Senate Democratic Leader Senator Sydney Batch talks with Senate leader Phil Berger on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at the General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett [email protected] ...