This article is dedicated to our great Founding Fathers - men who had the courage, the foresight, and the wisdom to secure the freedom that I exercise and enjoy every single day. - Diane Rufino
Published: Saturday, April 24th, 2021 @ 9:01 am
By: Diane Rufino
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This article is dedicated to our great Founding Fathers - men who had the courage, the foresight, and the wisdom to secure the freedom that I exercise and enjoy every single day. - Diane Rufino
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 4:17 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The recent abrupt departure of Tony Tata as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has left many in government and political circles in Raleigh and across the state talking. His manner of leaving — with no public notice, while repeating the cliché about...
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 12:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In two previous articles, we examined how Republican political consultants in North Carolina have pushed the agenda of Big Solar - the solar power companies and their millionaire owners - in order to protect renewable power source mandates, thus driving up electricity bills and hampering the...
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 @ 3:11 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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They say "timing is everything", but it's hard to understand the timing behind this week's "Bad Bill of the Week"; House Bill 239, Restore Early Voting Days. HB 239's primary sponsors Larry Hall (D-Durham), Marvin Lucas (D-Cumberland), Garland Pierce (D-Hoke) and Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford) are...
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 10:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A Democrat named Arthur Williams represented the Outer Banks-centered Sixth District in the North Carolina House from 2003-2011. During that time, he was a good Democrat — a good soldier for then Senate boss Marc Basnight and then-House speaker Jim Black.
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015 @ 9:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When the news broke that Rep. Tim Moore would be the Republican nominee for speaker of the North Carolina House and Rep. Mike Hager would be majority leader, the usual suspects did the usual things.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 10:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Polling, it is said, is more of an art than a science. Pollsters are among the first to say this — particularly when the products, causes, or candidates they project to succeed fall flat.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Months ago, as the 2014 election cycle was shaping up as a good one for Republicans, the Democrats in North Carolina resolved to buck the trend. They had a great deal of help
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the 2014 election cycle draws to a close, few states have drawn so much national attention as North Carolina, thanks to the tight Hagan-Tillis race, the dramatic turn in state government from blue to red, and our status as a presidential swing state in 2008 and 2012.
Published: Friday, October 31st, 2014 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The silly season is here as we move towards the end of the 2014 election cycle and the different races move into high gear.
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 12:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's account in Thursday's Senate debate regarding ethics questions surrounding the $250,644 stimulus grant awarded in 2010 to JDC Manufacturing
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first and only time I ever helped take a political survey was during my undergraduate days at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill back in the 1980s. I was one of many journalism students who made phone calls on behalf of the Carolina Poll, a regular survey of North Carolinians on...
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 5:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If Republican Thom Tillis were running for the U.S. Senate from the state of North Piedmont, he'd be clearly favored to defeat incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan. Alternatively, if Hagan represented the state of Trianglia, she'd be such a shoo-in that we'd all lose interest in the race.
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"I always want my students to start with facts, and the fact is Thom Tillis is terrible for education in North Carolina."
Published: Thursday, September 11th, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan has been running hard for reelection for more than a year.
Published: Thursday, August 28th, 2014 @ 3:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2014 election cycle has seen an unprecedented effort by out of state groups through independent expenditures to control the results of Republican primaries for Congress and the Senate in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 4:04 am
By: Steven P. Rader
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For Democrats to retain control of the U.S. Senate, they need to keep GOP gains to no more than five seats, which would leave the chamber split and Vice President Joe Biden - Leslie Knope's dream date - the deciding vote.
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Because I enjoy watching and analyzing legislative politics, it pains me to say this: for the 2014 election cycle in North Carolina, the most competitive and fateful races will be found at the top and bottom of the ballot — not in state house and senate contests, which probably aren't going...
Published: Thursday, March 27th, 2014 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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And so it begins again. Filing is over, and the 2014 election cycle is off and running. North Carolinians will elect a U.S. senator and 13 U.S. representatives to serve in Washington. We will elect 50 state senators and 120 state representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Saturday, March 8th, 2014 @ 2:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As we approach the 2014 vote, the PR stunts, dirty tricksters, and other political slimeballs will start oozing out of the woodwork.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 1:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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After a weekend of online chatter, media spin, and political fulminations, there can be no doubt that the end of the 2013 legislative session was, in truth, the start of the 2014 election cycle.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Republicans unveiled a voter ID bill Thursday that resembles a version the House passed earlier this year, with a handful of glaring differences.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 10:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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