Election 2024 | North Carolina superintendent candidates Michele Morrow and Mo Green will face off in the debate

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — It’s the race to run our public schools.

Candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Michele Morrow and Mo Green, will face off Monday. The debate is hosted by the Public School Forum of NC.

The event begins at 7 p.m. at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines.

Election Day is just a few weeks away.

Race attracts national attention

Morrow, the Republican candidate, gained national attention for previous comments on social media from 2019 to 2021 in which he supported the execution of some Democratic officials. They include former President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden and Gov. Roy Cooper.

“We cannot allow this kind of violence,” Green, the Democratic nominee, said of his opponent’s previous comments.

Additionally, after participating in the Jan. 6 riots, Morrow called on Trump to use the military to stay in power in a since-deleted Facebook video.

In March, Morrow responded to ABC11 about her campaign, asking, among other things, whether she felt she was being misrepresented in public.

“I think it’s very obvious that the political climate has become incredibly vitriolic,” Morrow said. “Political agendas have no place in our public school system. So what’s happening on Twitter, what’s happening on social media, shouldn’t even be happening in our classrooms. The discussions we have as adults need to be for adults.” “