North Carolina has long been a true purple state, regularly electing both Democrats and Republicans at all levels of leadership. But over the past 15 years, Republican-led gerrymandering and a weakened Democratic infrastructure shifted power in the state legislature to the GOP.

Following the devastating results of the 2016 Presidential election, motivated Democratic voters in Orange County turned their anger into action and 2 groups were born. County-to-County (C2C) and Neighbors on Call (NoC) were created by separate groups of passionate Democratic voters to elect more Democrats to the North Carolina House and Senate.

By leveraging the Democratic stronghold, resource-rich area of the Triangle, both groups worked in close partnership with county parties, candidates, legislative caucuses, and the NCDP, becoming key players in engaging and activating Democratic voters across North Carolina.

From 2016 to 2024, each group mobilized passionate volunteers to build local Democratic power. NoC focused solely on door-to-door canvassing, building the largest volunteer operation in the state. C2C, in addition to volunteer canvassing, also deployed paid canvassers, activated volunteers to phone bank and write postcards, strategized with local county parties and campaign managers, and expanded its Latino Engagement Team.  

In 2025, after years of collaborating around our shared mission, merging was a natural and strategic decision. Team Up NC is now a unified, powerful, deliberate organization keeping our eyes on the battle for the NC General Assembly year over year.