Mrs. Sydney Batch

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Sydney Batch is from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She has a bachelor 27s degree in English, a master 27s degree in social work, and a law degree from the University of North Carolina. She and her husband, J. Patrick Williams, have two sons.

Candidate Info - Sydney Batch - Wake County Democratic Party

Sydney is a family law attorney and a founding partner at Batch, Poore & Williams, PC. She also works as a certified parent coordinator. 

Sydney is currently a North Carolina state senator representing District 17. She was first appointed to the Senate in 2021 and was reelected in 2022. She previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2018 to 2021.

Senator Sydney Batch - Biography - North Carolina General Assembly

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