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Well, the Second District GOP primary race for 2016 is getting7_number to be quite a crowded affair. We've all known incumbent Renee Ellmers was running for reelection. We've known about challengers Jim Duncan, Kay Daly and Frank Roche.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 3:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Gov. Pat McCrory, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, and 2nd District U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers are among high-profile Republican incumbents who have drawn Republican primary opponents, but 54 other candidates were, in effect, elected to the General Assembly on Monday because nobody chose to run against...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, this ad popped up during the most recent televised GOP presidential debate — making it clear that North Carolina’s Second Congressional District GOP primary will be just as much of a media circus.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2015 @ 9:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We understand — thanks to very good sources in the Raleigh area — that feelers are being put out by political pros to test former NCDOT secretary (and Army general) Tony Tata as a potential GOP primary candidate against congresswoman Renee Ellmers.
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 @ 4:17 am
By: Brant Clifton
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House Majority leader Eric Cantor spent years running around the country meddling in other people's primaries.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 9:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In a state primary race with national implications, House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, defeated seven other candidates and won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kay Hagan. And in a contest that drew more than $1 million in independent expenditures...
Published: Sunday, May 11th, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We were heartened by the success of Mattie Lawson in an NC House primary on the Outer Banks, and state Rep. Larry Pittman's reelection victory in Cabarrus County.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Democratic congressional candidates Toni Morris and former state Secretary of Commerce Keith Crisco espouse similar political beliefs, such as the need to raise taxes while cutting spending.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 12:14 am
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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Early voting is underway. We've got a GOP leadership in Washington looking to sell us out on amnesty and ObamaCare.
Published: Monday, April 28th, 2014 @ 1:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We’ve got record unemployment, a tanking economy, terrorism, an out-of-control lawless southern border, and ObamaCare gutting the vibrancy and spirit of America.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2014 @ 12:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Renee Ellmers has been proud of her ties to House leadership. She once slipped up - I think - in a conversation with me, referring to House Speaker John Boehner as her "boss."
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2014 @ 2:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If you thought this year's US Senate race was going to be fun, wait til you see how our local congressional race may be shaping up.
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 4:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Renee Ellmers is damaged goods. In her 2011 smooch-fest with The New York Times, she talked about the nation ‘coding.’ In 2013, it would appear that it’s her political career that’s in danger of flat-lining.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2013 @ 11:37 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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To the disappointment of many conservatives in The Second Congressional District, The State of North Carolina, and the nation, Chatham County GOP chairman Jim Duncan is taking a pass on a run for Congress in 2014.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 3:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It appears that Raleigh-based radio talk show host Frank Roche will be jumping into the 2014 Second Congressional District GOP primary. The district is currently represented by Republican Renee Ellmers of Dunn.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 2:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Will she or won't she? North Carolina politicos are wondering if congresswoman Renee Ellmers will step up and challenge incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan for reelection in 2014.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2013 @ 2:44 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The media is dismissing Steve Royal, the GOP nominee for state treasurer, as an also-ran -- an after-thought.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2012 @ 9:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Tea Party gatherings April 14 in North Carolina showed that the movement is undergoing the necessary if sometimes difficult process of growing to meet further challenges.
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 @ 9:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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