Natasha Marcus is a three-term North Carolina State Senator and the Democratic Nominee for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance.
During her tenure in the North Carolina Senate, Natasha Marcus has stood for people over ideology, individual freedoms, and smart investments in the state's future. She is running to be the next Commissioner of Insurance to serve the people of North Carolina who need and deserve affordable, quality insurance by restoring transparency, advocacy, and accountability to the office.
Natasha Marcus will be the people’s advocate, ensuring that we have a vibrant, competitive marketplace of insurance options with fair rates, honest coverage, and smart regulation.
In sharp contrast to her opponent, Natasha Marcus is free of any entanglements with the insurance companies she will be elected to regulate. She is ready to hold public hearings where she will require insurance companies to justify their rate increase requests with evidence presented under oath and subject to cross-examination. Natasha will fight for affordable, reliable insurance for North Carolinians' homes, vehicles, businesses, and healthcare and will be an honest, frugal steward of the taxpayer money funding the Department of Insurance.
Senator Marcus currently serves on the Senate Commerce and Insurance, Judiciary, Redistricting & Elections, Budget, and Education committees. She earned her undergraduate degree in public policy from Hamilton College and her law degree from Duke University. After passing the bar exam, Natasha practiced law at the Brooks, Pierce law firm doing civil litigation and clerked for a federal judge in Greensboro. Natasha is a mother of two adult daughters -- one is an elementary school teacher and the other is a PhD researcher -- and the mother-in-law of an active duty Naval Officer.
Natasha has been on the front lines of community work for decades, including Moral Monday protests, gun violence prevention, Habitat for Humanity builds, marches in support of women’s rights and Black Lives Matter, volunteering at the local free health clinic, leading volunteers on the Obama and Clinton campaigns, co-founding the Democrats of North Mecklenburg group, and organizing voter registration drives. She also mentors young women who are interested in seeking elected office. When not advocating for her community and constituents, you can find Natasha on a run through Davidson, playing trivia at a local coffee shop, fostering stray cats and kittens, or reading to keep up with her book club.