Rodney Sadler
Rodney Sadler (Democratic Party) is running for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 106. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.
Sadler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rodney Sadler earned a bachelor's degree from Howard University in 1989, a graduate degree from the Howard University School of Divinity in 1992, and a Ph.D. from Duke University in 2001. His career experience includes serving as a pastor.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
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General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 106
Rodney Sadler is running in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 106 on November 3, 2026.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 106
Rodney Sadler defeated incumbent Carla Cunningham and Vermanno Bowman in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 106 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rodney Sadler | 70.0 | 7,716 |
 | Carla Cunningham | 21.8 | 2,401 | |
 | Vermanno Bowman | 8.3 | 912 | |
| Total votes: 11,029 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Morris McAdoo (D)
Endorsements
Sadler received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Sadler's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
- State Rep. Julia Greenfield (D)
- Gov. Josh Stein (D)
- State Sen. Caleb Theodros (D)
- Frmr. Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts (D)
- Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
- North Carolina Association of Educators
- Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ
- North Carolina Asian Americans Together
- Planned Parenthood Votes! South Atlantic
- Progressive Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party
- Sierra Club North Carolina
- Sunrise Movement
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Rodney Sadler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sadler's responses.
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In 2013, I set foot in the NC General Assembly for the first time and was promptly arrested for peacefully protesting against the immoral leadership of the Republican-controlled legislature. I came home to Charlotte and realized that something had changed in my life. I knew that we needed a moral movement so that we could say: we should never have a government that lifts up the wealthy on the backs of the poorest among us.
In the North Carolina State House, I will be a champion for love in action. I will stand up to the powerful corporate interests, and be a voice for working families. I will fight for a state where every child can receive an excellent public education. Where one job is enough to afford a home, clean water to drink, and good food to eat. Where every one of us can get quality healthcare when we need it as a basic human right.- Right now, working people in Mecklenburg County can’t afford to live. The basic things — paying the electric bill, going to the doctor, buying eggs at the grocery store, keeping a roof over your head — get more expensive every day, while wages stay rock-bottom and jobs get harder and harder to find.
We know that things can be different. We all deserve wages we can live on. We all deserve a home we can afford. We all deserve quality healthcare as a basic human right. Our kids deserve strong public schools and safe streets.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, this is not beyond reach. But it will only be possible when our government works for people, instead of for profit. - The wealthy few try to tell us to blame each other. They tell us it’s the fault of our immigrant neighbors. They hand out blame based on the color of our skin, how we dress, where we come from, or who we love. We know better. My faith is clear: Love God, Love Your Neighbor, Love the Stranger.
- As a diabetic, I am only alive today because – by the grace of God – I got the care I needed when I needed it most. Too many of my neighbors, my close friends, my own family, have gone without the care they need because it’s too expensive, or have found themselves buried in mountains of debt after one desperate hospital visit. It is not just, and it doesn’t need to be this way. In the Poor People’s Campaign, I fought fiercely to win Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, only for Trump and his billionaire buddies claw it away. In the NC House, I will be a champion for universal, single payer healthcare. Quality healthcare must be a fundamental right for everyone in North Carolina.
At the same time, we must urgently raise the minimum wage to a living wage – at the state level, indexing it to inflation and removing the unjust sub-minimum wage for tipped workers; and removing undemocratic “pre-emption” laws so that local government in Charlotte and Mecklenburg can set wages that reflect the cost of living in our county.
Black Political Caucus
UNITE HERE Local 23
SEIU Local 32BJ and Workers United
Carolina Federation
Sierra Club
Sunrise Movement
Climate Cabinet
Carolina Forward
Charlotte Muslim Caucus
NCDP Arab Caucus
NCAAT in Action
Advance Carolina
Caleb Theodros, NC Sen. District 41
Jennifer Roberts, Former Mayor of Charlotte
Honorable Al Austin, Former Charlotte City Councilor, D2
Julia Greenfield, NC House District 100
Christy Clark, Mayor of Huntersville
Rev. Dr. Peter Wherry, Lead Pastor, The Field Charlotte, Professor, D.Min. Program Director, Howard University
Cornelius Atkinson, The Heights Ministries
Rabbi Tracy Klirs, Retired from Temple Israel and Kol Tikvah
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Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 2, 2026
