January 2024

A new year, a renewed commitment to America

I am honored and humbled to have been elected President of Moore Republican Women. This organization has always been such a strong force for good, and we should all be proud to be part of it. MRW is dedicated to leading North Carolina in influence and being a positive factor in the national and state GOPs, while improving our community through caring projects.

The coming election year will be a huge challenge.

Each of us must do everything we can to elect conservatives to office – both here in Moore County, across North Carolina and in Washington, D.C. Four years of Joe Biden have come close to making our country unrecognizable, and the outlook seems bleak – but we here at MRW will take a very active part in the grassroots battle to take America back!

It's important to get involved!

Whether you’re a candidate for office, a working mother, an active volunteer, a retiree or a homebound senior, there are important actions you can take to make this happen. MRW will help you find ways to make a difference. Good people cannot just look on, shake their heads, and do nothing. It’s better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

So let’s light that candle, preserve our great country, and fight the good fight together!

And may 2024 prove to be the turning point back to sanity in America.

Charli

As we begin a new year full of promise and challenge, it’s traditional to look back at accomplishments of the past year.

Click on the button below to read more about how we were influential in the areas of educating our members and the public, improving our school system, pushing back on the Biden Administration and liberal policies, 2023 elections and community action and visibility:

Deadline to RSVP: Wednesday, January 3

Guest speakers include Dale Folwell, candidate for NC Governor; Hal Weatherman, candidate for Lt. Governor; Christine Villaverde, candidate for NC Secretary of State; and more!

Collection: Bring in snacks to be included in gift baskets to Moore County law enforcement officers. We love our Blue!

This Collection will be our signature project to submit to the National Federation of Republican Women, so the more snacks, the better! We thank you for your generosity. Also, volunteers are needed to create the gift baskets after the luncheon at GOP HQ, and to deliver them to various sites. Let's make this project something we can be proud of! Questions: Ask Lou Ellen Runyan.

• Monday, January 15: 2024 Primary Ballots out and mail-in absentee voting starts
• Thursday, February 15: 2024 Primary Early Voting Starts
• Tuesday, March 5: 2024 Primary Election

The deadline for filing for election has passed, and the list of the candidates is below.

Because they are unopposed in this election, we congratulate Judge Skipper Creed, Judge Steve Bibey, and Yohan Namkong (who will be our newest judge). We also send congratulations to Mike Hardin for DA and Nick Picerno for District Commissioner! These men are guaranteed to win in November

But there will still be many hard-fought contests between Republican candidates for various positions, including the top ones for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General. So you have decisions to make!

Finally, here is additional information from the Carolina Journal about the Presidential candidates who will be on the ballot.

Still concerned about election integrity in NC? We should all stay alert!

One way to make a difference is to become a Poll Observer. In past elections, there have been far more Democrat poll observers than Republican, even in Moore County. So here's your opportunity to do something positive and useful:

Contact Agnes Puzak 203-558-0361 if you're interested in attending one of these sessions:

(Held at the GOP HQ (211E Central Park Avenue, Pinehurst):

• January 23, 2024 @ 2-3:30 pm
• January 30, 2024 @ 6-7:30 pm
• February 05, 2024 @ 4-5:30 pm

The editor of this newsletter has been remiss in welcoming all our new members with a published greeting. For that, we apologize, but better late than never! Following are the wonderful people who joined MRW in the second half of 2023:

On December 16, members of MRW joined thousands of other Americans across the country to lay memorial wreaths on the graves of veterans. We visited the Seven Lakes cemetery to do our part (pictures below).

Overall, MRW members purchased more than 350 wreaths, which decorated veterans' graves at the Seven Lakes site and in the Sandhill Veterans Cemetery in Fayetteville over the Christmas holidays.

Thank you to all who donated wreaths and helped honor our country's brave veterans!

Here's what you contributed to MRW's coffer's at the Holiday Brunch:

Basket Raffle - $430. Many thanks to Patsy Peele and Lynn Donelly for creating the Mystery Box, and to Patty Breslin for her donation of the darling "pet quilt." Pauline Bruno won the items.

Jewelry - $148. Can't get enough patriotic items!

Split the Pot - $180. JoJo Egitto won $90.

Thanks so much to everyone who supports these efforts!

The Club now has its luncheons on a new week day:

Thursday, January 18

Country Club of Whispering Pines | 2 Clubhouse Blvd. | Whispering Pines | 910.949.3000

Registration: 11:30 a.m. ($25)

NC General Assembly Report from

Sen. Tom McInnis and

Rep. Neal Jackson

A look back on 2023 legislative accomplishments and a preview of the 2024 legislative agenda.



Register now

Per our bylaws, MRW cannot endorse specific Republican candidates before the primaries. However, we do want to let you know about any fundraisers or events they are holding, so:

January 11: Tom Adams, candidate for Moore County Board of Commissioners. Get details about the event here.

​January 26 - 28, 2024 NCFRW Winter Board Meeting, Lumina, Wrightsville Beach

Every week: The Thursday Think Tank

Join fellow Moore County conservatives gathered for a weekly review of issues and events. Moore County Republican Headquarters 11 a.m.