A North Carolina State Senate race is heading for a recount after the two pro-Trump Republicans come down to a two vote margin.
( Published Sunday, April 5th, 2026 @ 6:43 pm )]]> Former congressman Wiley Nickel made his candidacy for the office of Wake County district attorney official this week, with his Tuesday announcement.
( Published Monday, October 13th, 2025 @ 12:02 pm )]]> Groups representing North Carolina's travel and tourism industry support a lawsuit against Currituck County at the North Carolina Supreme Court.
( Published Monday, October 6th, 2025 @ 8:50 am )]]> Republicans Bokhari and Driggs retain seats on city council.
( Published Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 12:50 am )]]> On Monday, all seven Democratic Wake County Commissioners expressed their full support for a compromise version of House Bill 99, a bill filed by Rep. Erin Paré, R-Wake.
( Published Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 @ 5:51 am )]]> No provisional ballots were cast in the March 7 election for two Town of Dobson Commissioner seats in Surry County.
( Published Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 11:54 pm )]]> The proposed measure House Bill 99 would make Wake County commissioner races nonpartisan and elect commissioners by the voters in their districts rather than the entire county.
( Published Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 3:58 pm )]]> Newly elected Pender County Board of Commissioners member Jimmy Tate is stepping aside. In an interview with WECT in Wilmington, Tate claims he has experienced both racist and homophobic comments from fellow commission members.
( Published Monday, February 20th, 2023 @ 12:42 am )]]> Wake County Sheriff's Office personnel double-dipped by claiming their normal work pay while getting off-duty compensation for working at the State Fair, a report by State Auditor Beth Wood concludes
( Published Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 1:48 pm )]]> Please join the ENC Tea Party on Thursday evening, April 14, at 6:00 pm at La Ribera Mexican Restaurant to learn about the second option provided in the US Constitution for adding amendments - the Article V Convention of States (aka, Constitutional Convention, aka Con-Con).
( Published Saturday, April 9th, 2016 @ 8:14 pm )]]> North Carolina House District 32 will have a new representative next year, and it appears likely it will be either seven-term Vance County commissioner Terry Garrison or Gary Lamont Miles Sr.
( Published Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 @ 12:55 pm )]]> From the start, the Republican primary race between businesswoman Holly Grange and conservative activist and New Hanover County Board of Education member Tammy Covil has been a heated one.
( Published Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 @ 12:32 am )]]> More than 700 gathered outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Complex Building in cold, sideways-rain for two hours in protest and opposition of the Charlotte City Council's transgender bathroom ordinance voted upon this evening.
( Published Saturday, February 27th, 2016 @ 10:35 am )]]> Her son has yet to turn 3, but Kamala Massey of Raleigh already is exploring alternatives to traditional public schools as she determines what's in his best educational interest.
( Published Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 10:23 am )]]> Education and health care are among the top campaign issues in House District 8, where Republican incumbent Susan Martin is seeking a second term against Democratic challenger Barbara D "Bobi" Gregory.
( Published Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 7:38 pm )]]> Incumbent state House Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, faces a familiar challenger in this year's race for House District 36 -- Raleigh Democrat Lisa Baker, who last ran against Dollar in 2012.
( Published Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 2:54 pm )]]> Republican Ken Smith says his campaign to oust Democratic incumbent Rep. William Brisson from the House District 22 seat in the General Assembly is nothing personal.
( Published Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 1:09 pm )]]> Republican Gary Pendleton believes the tax-cutting and program consolidation strategies he pursued while serving four terms as a Wake County Commissioner are a good template to follow as a state representative in House District 49.
( Published Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 1:12 am )]]> Former Person County Commissioner Larry Yarborough is a small business owner highlighting the need for jobs in his bid to win a seat as a Republican candidate in heavily Democratic House District 2.
( Published Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 7:55 pm )]]> First-term Republican state Sen. Chad Barefoot is relying on his conservative credentials to win against Democratic challenger Sarah Crawford in a race judged to be competitive by the North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation.
( Published Monday, October 27th, 2014 @ 1:06 pm )]]> The race in state Senate District 1 was a toss-up in 2012, and it is once again as Republican incumbent Sen. Bill Cook and former Sen. Stan White square off again.
( Published Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 4:52 pm )]]> Governor Pat McCrory has appointed Greg McGuire as a Special Superior Court Judge for a term beginning October 13, 2014. Chief Justice Mark Martin plans to designate him as a Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases at the beginning of McGuire's term. He will then preside in the Wake
( Published Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:31 pm )]]> First-term U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger faces a challenge from Michael Steinberg in the Republican primary for the 9th Congressional District.
( Published Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 12:15 am )]]> McDowell County Commissioner Michael Lavender is used to running campaigns after 12 years on the board, but his current run for state Senate against incumbent Ralph Hise is a little more complicated.
( Published Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 8:14 am )]]> Matt Arnold admits there is very little difference between his political views and those held by incumbent Sen. Robert Rucho. But that did not stop him from challenging the seven-term veteran lawmaker in the upcoming Republican primary for state Senate District 39 on May 6.
( Published Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 1:38 am )]]>