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Morgan Jackson’s Selfish and Profitable Game

Sabotaging North Carolina Democrats for Cash While Others Thrive Through Unity

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May 09, 2025
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Morgan Jackson, North Carolina’s Democratic kingpin consultant, loves to parade his victories: Roy Cooper’s 2016 and 2020 gubernatorial wins, Josh Stein’s 2024 landslide (versus Mark “NudeAfrica.com” Robinson), and the $2.5 billion Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bond issue referendum in 2023.

But behind the swagger and braggadocio, Jackson’s Nexus Strategies plays a cutthroat game, hoarding wins and donor funds for his clients while the broader Democratic ticket—and national hopes like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris—crash and burn in North Carolina.

His 2024 playbook, where clients Stein and Jeff Jackson soared while VP Kamala Harris, Natasha Marcus (Commissioner of Insurance), Jessica Holmes (incumbent State Auditor), and Wesley Harris (Treasurer of State) flopped, raises a sinister question:

Does Jackson want certain Democrats to fail to boost his business?

Why doesn’t he integrate his client …

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