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A total of seven laws enacted during the 2023 General Assembly session took effect on July 1st.
Published: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In 2010, when Democrat Charles Graham first ran for Robeson County’s state House District 47, he defeated Republican Brawleigh Graham by a more-than-comfortable 67% to 33% margin.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 2:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State House lawmakers from two of the state's largest school districts are calling on Governor Roy Cooper to stop delaying and sign Senate Bill 37, which ensures every family in North Carolina has access to in-person learning in K-12 public schools if they so choose.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 @ 10:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) announced he will host an open house at his district office in Greenville on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 from 4:30-6:00PM.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 10:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Republican Party is excited to have Jake Johnson joining the NCGA as the new Representative for House District 113.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 @ 6:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I recently had a series of wonderful chats with Dr. Greg Murphy, who is running for the US Congress, from North Carolina's district 3.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 11:12 am
By: Diane Rufino
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After much encouragement and prayer, Michael Speciale of Craven County has decided to run for the U.S. House seat for District 3. This seat was left vacant by the untimely passing of Walter B. Jones.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 2:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the more high-profile state House of Representatives races in the Nov. 6 general election is the matchup between longtime Republican incumbent Rep. Nelson Dollar and Democratic challenger Julie von Haefen
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2018 @ 4:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Call it a backyard battle between two Wake Forest residents. Democrat Terence Everitt, a lawyer, is challenging three-term incumbent Republican Rep. Chris Malone in a rematch for the N.C. House District 35 seat on Nov. 6. Libertarian Michael Nelson is waging a third-party bid for the job
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2018 @ 1:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For voters in House District 119, it's a case of déjà vu all over again. Republican incumbent Mike Clampitt and Democrat Joe Sam Queen are battling in another general election to win the legislative seat
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. 13th U.S. Congressional District (Southwestern half of Guilford County, and parts of Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Rowan, and Iredell counties.)
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 @ 9:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House District 37 (covers southern Wake County bordering Johnston, Harnett, and Chatham counties.)
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 @ 5:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dickinson Avenue has welcomed a nationally acclaimed axe throwing social house to the Uptown district. FORD+SHEP owners Brandon and Taylor Qualls have embarked on their next venture with the opening of Stumpy's Hatchet House
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 @ 11:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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House Bill 514, which would allow four cities in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district to create and run their own charter schools, passed its initial vote in the Senate, 30-20
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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All three candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. House District 3 believe President Trump is Making America Great Again. Only one believes incumbent Walter Jones will help him
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 @ 11:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two political newcomers are fighting it out in the 13th U.S. Congressional District Democratic primary in hopes of unseating freshman Republican Rep. Ted Budd in the November general election
Published: Sunday, April 29th, 2018 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eight members of the state House either will face challenges from incumbents or will need to run for election in new legislative districts
Published: Monday, August 21st, 2017 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The race for North Carolina's House District 88 is a hotly contested showdown between two-term Republican Rep. Rob Bryan and Democratic newcomer Mary Belk, a Charlotte native who says Bryan's policy decisions are disconnected from the district's needs
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Located in western Mecklenburg County, House District 92 is the rare legislative swing district in the state's most populous county
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2016 @ 10:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A state House committee on Wednesday looked at some of the successes and pitfalls neighboring Tennessee's Achievement School District has experienced as lawmakers pondered ways to turn around some of the state's worst performing schools.
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 5:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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
By: John Locke Foundation
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The NC General Assembly was in session until 1:30 am hammering out Amendments to the budget, and it was passed 93-23, with 11 Republicans and 12 Democrats voting against and sent to the Senate.
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 @ 5:48 pm
By: Michael Speciale
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The NC General Assembly was shut down for about two weeks due to snow and other bad weather. The Bill submission deadline was not extended due to the weather, so we are jumping through hoops now to get our Bills into Bill Drafting before the submission deadline on March 18th.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
By: Michael Speciale
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A few days a week, I ride a Triangle Transit 301 bus to and from the palatial Civitas HQ in the Warehouse District of Raleigh. But even as a transit rider, my blood runs cold when I hear government planners are plotting ways to bring throw taxpayers' money at light-rail systems and commuter rail...
Published: Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 @ 1:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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
By: John Locke Foundation
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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
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2014 Primary Election is over and only one legislative race remains undecided. In N.C. House District 23 Democratic primary, where four candidates were vying for the open seat, no candidate received more than 40 percent of the total vote. As a result, the candidate in second place...
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 6:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A crowded field is squaring off in the N.C. House District 58 race. Incumbent Rep. Alma Adams is making a run for the 12th District Congressional seat formerly held by U.S. Rep. Mel Watt. District 58 covers Guilford County's midsection, including much of Greensboro.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 12:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Following a narrow defeat in her run for NC House Representatives for District 6 in 2012, long-time Republican and Dare County resident Mattie Lawson has maintained an active role in local issues of concern to Eastern North Carolina citizens.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:02 am
By: Mattie Lawson
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State Representative Michael Speciale has announced that he will run for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives for District 3.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 @ 12:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is a shame that the Republicans did not have the intestinal fortitude to stay the course, and the result is that you (Republicans) will be blamed for the shut down.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 10:41 am
By: Michael Speciale
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Members of the House Finance Committee heard the details of the House tax reform plan this week.
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 @ 2:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The race to fill the open seat in state House District 63 is being waged by a pair of veteran municipal officials, one viewed in some quarters as an establishment Republican, the other a Democrat with some conservative notions.
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 @ 8:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bob Steinburg, the Republican candidate for state House District 1, is fighting mad, at least according to his Democratic opponent's campaign manager, who filed assault charges against Steinburg.
Published: Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 @ 10:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservative Jones switched from unaffiliated to Republican after upset win in 2010. Both candidates in the N.C. House of Representatives District 65 race have one thing in common: They're tired of politicians not keeping their promises to constituents.
Published: Monday, October 15th, 2012 @ 7:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The race for the 3rd District of the N.C. House offers voters clear differences in principles and priorities. Democrat Robert Cayton, a Beaufort County commissioner, touts a nuts-and-bolts approach to governance.
Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Wake County, the open-seat contest in N.C. House District 35 features two candidates with ties to the Wake County school board, which recently has been roiled with controversy over partisan politics, especially over student assignment policies.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Washington is buzzing about a bit of theater on the US House floor recently, involving a group of Members that included The Second District's Renee Ellmers:
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 7:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I understand that Rep. Walter Jones has come out to support Arthur Williams in the run-off election for NC House for district 6. I'm sure there is a political reason.
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2012 @ 1:29 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The days of cordial campaigns where worthy opponents debate the issues instead of sling mud haven't gone away completely. Take a look at the GOP primary for N.C. House District 3 as an example.
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2012 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the first time in decades, a trio of Republicans are seeking their party's nomination to this district's General Assembly seat in the state House.
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 @ 9:25 pm
By: Jeff Aydelette
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