Former congressional candidate, Pastor Mark Harris, a Republican, announced Tuesday morning that he will make a third try for Congress, despite the controversial 2018 election that saw Harris’ victory overturned due to allegations of ballot fraud.
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 1:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Aug. 3, US Congressman Dan Bishop, NC-08, announced his candidacy for North Carolina Attorney General. The Club for Growth (CFG), an influential national conservative 501c4 organization, immediately declared its support for Bishop.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 8:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday an anti-Biden Super PAC announced a $1 million spend on behalf of N.C. Republican Senate candidate Ted Budd.
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 2:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Bladen County political operative at the center of a 2018 congressional election scandal will serve six months in federal prison.
Published: Friday, October 8th, 2021 @ 12:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The man once described by Carolina Journal as “the alleged mastermind of an election fraud scheme in the 9th Congressional District” has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his 2018 election work.
Published: Friday, June 25th, 2021 @ 12:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Marc Elias, the high-profile Washington, D.C., political operative with a law license, has one goal — getting Democrats elected to office.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 5:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A small group of N.C. voters are suing the state and the N.C. State Board of Elections over absentee voting regulations, but demands in the lawsuit may lead to election fraud, or the appearance thereof, legal and political analysts say.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 5:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus is interfering with state elections, and it could make the runoff for the Republican nominee in N.C.’s 11th U.S. Congressional District problematic.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Republicans and Democrats should hold onto their money until they know the Democratic nominee for president, Anna Beavon Gravely, executive director of N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation, said during a post-primary briefing.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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More than a year has passed since North Carolina voters adopted a constitutional amendment requiring voters to present state-approved identification documents at the polls.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2020 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Rep Mark Meadows, an 11th District Republican, has held his seat since 2011, and he chaired the conservative House Freedom Caucus.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Sen. Dan Bishop on Tuesday, Sept. 10, won the state’s 9th Congressional District race against his Democratic challenger, Dan McCready.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 9:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When all was said and done, North Carolina’s special congressional elections this year proved not to be particularly special.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans held serve. Let the 2020 election campaign begin.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 @ 2:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Tuesday (September 10) is Election Day for voters in North Carolina’s 3rd and 9th Congressional Districts, as well as the primary for city of Charlotte municipal elections.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 @ 8:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tax credits claimed by clients of Dan McCready’s solar investment company may be jeopardized by Gov. Roy Cooper’s Department of Revenue.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 10:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections said cybersecurity worries prompted a delay in certifying election system vendors to sell voting machines to counties.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 @ 9:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 9th Congressional District race, one political expert says, may come down to voters’ perception of which candidate has moved closer to the center.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 9:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Congressional elections in odd-numbered years? Odd is certainly one way to describe what many North Carolinians are experiencing right now.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 6:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 9th Congressional District has a Republican nominee for the upcoming special election and with more than 40% of the vote, Senator Dan Bishop has cleared the field to avoid a runoff.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 4:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections ousted Executive Director Kim Strach Monday, May 13, on a party line vote, naming Karen Brinson Bell of Charleston, South Carolina, to replace Strach effective June 1.
Published: Thursday, May 16th, 2019 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Voters registered as Republican or unaffiliated in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District will go to the polls Tuesday, May 14, to choose who will run as a Republican in the upcoming general election.
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dallas Woodhouse, former TV reporter and grass-roots activist, announced Monday, April 15, he would leave his position as executive director of the N.C. Republican Party after the party’s state convention in June.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 6:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Ten Republicans are among the 13 candidates seeking election to the vacant 9th U.S. Congressional District seat after the 2018 contest was marred with so much fraud the State Board of Elections ordered a new contest.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Crowded is an understatement. Twenty-six candidates from four political parties lined up to seek the vacant 3rd U.S. Congressional District seat in a July 9 special election
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 10:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Candidate filing for North Carolina's fraud-scarred 9th U.S. Congressional District will begin next week for a May 14 primary, and the general election is set for Sept. 10
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After the breaking news regarding Dr. Harris' decision not to run in the special election for the Ninth District, Chairman Robin Hayes has released the following statement
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 @ 8:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With his congressional campaign in debt, his integrity under siege, his health in question, and a criminal investigation over corruption gathering steam, some political observers are doubtful.
Published: Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 @ 10:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Rev. Mark Harris has thrown in the towel on his hopes of going to Congress. He called for a new election in the 9th U.S. Congressional District as evidence mounted of election fraud in Bladen County during the 2018 election.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections on Thursday unanimously ordered a new election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District and two local contests in Bladen County.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 2:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have a few thoughts in the aftermath of the North Carolina State Board of Election's hearing on the 9th District congressional race and its decision to call for a new election there.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 8:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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McCrae Dowless, the main person of interest in an alleged ballot harvesting ring that helped Republican Rev. Mark Harris defeat Democrat Dan McCready in November, appeared under subpoena at a State Board of Elections evidentiary hearing Monday but refused to testify.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The newly appointed, five-member State Board of Elections will hold a public evidentiary hearing later this month on claims of irregularities related to absentee by-mail voting and other alleged activities in certain counties in the 9th Congressional District.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 8:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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