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Written by Sarah Taber on 2024-11-07 at 16:42

THANK YOU to everyone who’s supported my run in ways large and small. To all our many volunteers, our donors, and everyone who helped spread our message. What we’ve accomplished is a testament to you.

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Written by Sarah Taber on 2024-11-07 at 16:42

Nobody runs for office alone. I could not have done this without you. And I have to thank you for putting your trust in me to work for you. Even- and especially- when it’s hard.

I congratulate Mr. Troxler on his sixth victory and wish him well.

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Written by Sarah Taber on 2024-11-07 at 16:42

When I decided to run for Commissioner of Agriculture, I did it because at 41, I’m still a young person in agriculture. If I wanted to have a future in agriculture, something had to change. North Carolina’s led the country in farmland loss for decades.

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Written by Sarah Taber on 2024-11-07 at 16:42

In the last 20 years, our farm economy has shrunk by nearly a quarter. And why is that? Because certain folks in leadership of North Carolina’s farm economy have stopped imagining new possibilities for our future.

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Written by Sarah Taber on 2024-11-07 at 16:42

But they certainly haven’t stopped doing what they can to hold onto power. To win this race, the incumbent had to raise more money than he’s ever raised before. He had to get backup from at least three different dark money groups backed by big agribusiness.

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Written by Sarah Taber on 2024-11-07 at 16:42

Why did they intervene in this way? I can only guess, but sometimes folks make peace with a sector’s decline as long as they get their piece of the dwindling pie. And they saw the same polling we did: neck-and-neck, while being out-spent and outgunned, with no name recognition to speak of.

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Written by Sarah Taber on 2024-11-07 at 16:42

We lost this battle. But the fight to revive our farm economy has just begun.

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Written by Dadbod AntiFa on 2024-11-08 at 15:36

@sarahtaber Thank you for bringing a great campaign to NC politics. I will continue to support you and what you stand for.

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