“Raise the minimum wage and cut taxes for working families to deliver economic security.”
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Compound economic promise with two prongs: (1) raise the minimum wage and (2) cut taxes for working families. All four cited sources were fetched and verified reachable, on-point, and quote-accurate. PRONG 1 — Minimum wage: NOT delivered. The NC Dept of Labor page confirms the wage is still $7.25/hour, and the WRAL priorities piece confirms Democratic raise bills have not advanced in the GOP-supermajority legislature; the governor cannot set the wage unilaterally. PRONG 2 — Tax cuts for working families: PARTIALLY delivered. Stein's targeted Working Families Tax Cut was stripped by the legislature — Carolina Journal quotes him saying the budget 'failed to enact my Working Families Tax Cut.' But the $34B budget he signed in July 2026 did cut the flat personal income tax rate from 3.99% to 3.49% (WRAL), a broad reduction that lowers income taxes for working families among all taxpayers, even though it was not his targeted design. NET: One prong saw genuine partial delivery via an enacted income-tax cut; the other (minimum wage) saw none. PARTIAL is the most accurate rating — real delivery occurred (ruling out ATTEMPTED) but half the promise is unmet and the targeted cut was stripped (ruling out a fuller outcome). The rating does not overstate the evidence; it explicitly flags the broad-vs-targeted distinction. Outcome is not CHAMPIONED, so no leadership claim requires vetting.
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