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the choice is cleare
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2026 @ 4:12 pm
By: John Steed
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RINO Texas speaker of the House gets major conservative primary challenger
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2023 @ 4:55 pm
By: John Steed
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Former Trump administration official John Gibbs has defeated Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) in a U.S. House primary race that went down to the wire Tuesday night in Michigan, Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman reported.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 @ 9:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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loses by 20 points
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 @ 10:06 am
By: John Steed
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Republican candidate for the U.S. House Marjorie Taylor Greene won her Georgia primary last week, prompting renewed scrutiny of her past support for conspiracy theories.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2020 @ 5:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Democrats don't want to face Claire Chase in the fall.
Published: Thursday, May 28th, 2020 @ 5:55 pm
By: LifeZette
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With the 2020 primary election quickly approaching, the State Board of Elections is mailing a postcard (attached) to every residential household in the state – about 4.7 million in all – reminding voters that photo ID is not required for the 2020 primary election.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2020 @ 7:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Open enrollment for Medicaid managed care begins today in 27 counties. From July 15 through Sept. 13, 2019, more than 300,000 households with nearly 540,000 people in Medicaid can choose a health plan to provide their Medicaid services, along with a primary care provider.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 @ 2:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, at the last minute, State Rep. Greg Murphy pulled his name from the Primary sponsors of Carolina Cares legislation (HB 655) just prior to the bill's hearing in the State House which coincides with Election Day for the 3rd Congressional District Primary Runoff
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republican House candidates on average spent 21 percent more than Democrats leading up to the May 8 primary contests But the total fundraising gap between the parties was small
Published: Tuesday, May 29th, 2018 @ 3:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Incumbent Rep. Beverly Boswell, R-Dare, is running for re-election in House District 6, but first she must face Currituck County Commissioner Bobby Hanig in the Republican primary
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:01 pm
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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A Jacksonville financial planner is running in the House District 14 Republican primary against the incumbent who has held the seat since 2004
Published: Friday, April 27th, 2018 @ 9:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a three-way race in the state House of Representatives District 59 Republican primary, with incumbent Rep. Jon Hardister squaring off against former state Sen. Mark McDaniel and newcomer Karen Albright
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 @ 11:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Incumbent Justin Burr, who is 32, is running for his sixth term as a state representative in House District 67. In the 2016 primary, he narrowly defeated contender Lane Burris in a two-way race with 51 percent of the vote
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2018 @ 4:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and his Democratic challenger, former state Rep. Linda Coleman, met on September 13 for their first and only debate broadcast statewide, their sharp differences of opinion on House Bill 2 were, not surprisingly, the primary focus of subsequent media coverage
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 8:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse released the following statement on the special primary election
Published: Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 @ 6:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republicans across the country have voiced concerns that Donald Trump's likely presidential nomination could harm down-ballot Republican candidates' electoral fortunes
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The campaign estimates that 1,300 filed into the Gov. Jim Holshouser Building on the State Fairgrounds to listen to Rubio, who is on North Carolina's March 15 presidential preference primary ballot
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Republican legislative leaders, along with state GOP chairman Hasan Harnett and incoming party executive director Dallas Woodhouse, announced on Tuesday that new provisions in a law allowing legislative caucuses to establish separate fundraising committees would not be exercised during the...
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 8:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Mark Meadows collected a lot of new fans with his recent tussle with John Boehner and crew. An effort has arisen to encourage Meadows to forego election to the House in 2016 and primary incumbent US senator Richard Burr.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2015 @ 1:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The House on Wednesday approved a bill that would shift next year's North Carolina presidential preference primary from late February to March 8. That chamber also nixed a proposed amendment to the N.C. Constitution that would have required a party's candidates for governor and...
Published: Sunday, April 26th, 2015 @ 11:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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On March 26, several members of the North Carolina House of Representatives filed House Bill 348 - The NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The bill, with primary sponsors Rep. Jacqueline Michelle Shaffer and Rep. Dan Bishop, is one of several pieces of legislation nationwide that have...
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 8:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Proving yet again that corporate welfare is a bipartisan problem, four Republican legislators last week introduced House Bill 117, NC Competes Act. The primary sponsors of the bill are Reps. Susan Martin (R-Wilson), Charles Jeter (R-Mecklenburg), Jeff Collins (R-Nash) and Bob Steinburg...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 7:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Thank you to Rep. Michael Speciale and Rep. John Torbett for filing House Bill #93. Rep. Speciale and Torbett are the primary sponsors. Further, Representatives John Bell, Becky Carney, George Graham, Pricey Harrison, and coastal Representative Paul Tine have signed on as co-sponsors.
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 1:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Is North Carolina ready to be an early stop on the road to the White House? Thanks to recent legislation, the Tar Heel State has abandoned its traditionally late presidential primary, held in May. State lawmakers couldn't let Iowa, New Hampshire, and especially South Carolina have all the fun...
Published: Friday, January 2nd, 2015 @ 8:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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PACs associated with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) spent big to get Richard Hudson through the 2012 GOP primary and general elections. (Cantor, as you know, got upended last week in the Virginia primaries.)
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 2:32 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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I am hearing from quite a few folks who heard from Pat McCrory on their home telephones Sunday evening.
Published: Saturday, May 10th, 2014 @ 12:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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Thom Tillis, conservative candidate for US Senate and North Carolina House Speaker, tonight used a Republican US Senate Primary debate to focus his message on Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State House speaker and US Senate candidate Thom Tillis has been catching some flak from GOP activists — and finally from the mainstream media — for skipping out on candidate debates in the GOP primary race.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 11:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Moore County's Richard Morgan set the standard for hard-nosed vindictive political tactics during his tenure in the NC House. If a legislator dared to "cross" him, Morgan would personally seek out a primary challenger for said legislator.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2013 @ 10:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It is looking more and more like Charlotte pastor Mark Harris is about to join Cary physician Greg Brannon and state House Speaker Thom Tillis in the May 2014 GOP primary to pick an opponent for incumbent US Senator Kay Hagan (D).
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 11:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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This week, I voted against the House version of the budget. This was a very difficult decision but it came down to one primary issue, the future of our rural communities.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 12:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Well, the worst kept secret in North Carolina politics got "let out of the bag" today - state House speaker Thom Tillis is jumping into the 2014 US Senate GOP primary.
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 @ 10:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A bill passed Wednesday by the House Elections Committee would require local government special elections to be conducted during regularly scheduled general elections and primary elections in even-numbered years.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2013 @ 8:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 35, with primary sponsors Rayne Brown (R-Davidson) and George Cleveland (R-Onslow), would repeal the statutory authority enabling the state to issue Certificates of Participation (COPs) as a form of debt financing.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2013 @ 11:49 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Republican John Szoka is promoting a limited government message in slightly Democratic House District 45 and suffered a curious intraparty betrayal after the spring primary, but political observers believe his contest with Democrat Eddie Dees is tight.
Published: Monday, October 29th, 2012 @ 11:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Primary election night Tuesday resulted in several upsets and close races in legislative contests in North Carolina, setting the stage for a competitive general election season this summer and fall.
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 11:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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