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In recent months, the Democrat-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) has been at odds with conservatives on a number of fronts, causing Republicans to accuse the board of partisanship.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 @ 10:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolinians are hearing from election officials and leaders from both major political about why they can have confidence in North Carolina’s elections.
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 @ 2:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts, a Democrat; and former Judge Bob Orr, a one-time Republican whose recent political efforts have been largely in opposition to his former party, are leading an initiative to increase trust in North Carolina’s elections infrastructure.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A former South Carolina congressman says it’s possible to get N.C. conservatives to back a carbon tax and other progressive climate change policies if the left uses an economic argument to do so.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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During the 2016 gubernatorial campaign, Democratic politicians, progressive activists, and left-leaning media outlets excoriated Pat McCrory and other North Carolina Republicans for elevating divisive social disputes above the issues that most voters care most about, such as creating jobs and impr
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 8:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly will return for a fifth special session Wednesday after a Monday morning vote by the Charlotte City Council repealing its bathroom ordinance that led to the adoption of House Bill 2
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 5:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following statement can be attributed to the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) Chairman Robin Hayes
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory's Press Office issued the following statement from Press Secretary Graham Wilson
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 4:19 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Proponents of Charlotte's controversial "bathroom" ordinance - including the city's attorney - claim that stripping a 1985 facilities privacy provision from the city code was of no consequence.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 6:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) released the following statement on Hillary Clinton's Charlotte visit.
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2016 @ 5:25 am
By: Russell Allen
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In the most recent race-baiting efforts on behalf of the NAACP, a disgusting statement has come to light that tragically hurts community relations, thwarts efforts to recruit minority officers, and delays much needed healing after the riots in Charlotte.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2016 @ 5:11 pm
By: Russell Allen
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In the heat of the Charlotte riots, Roy Cooper and a campaign staffer met with Mayor Jennifer Roberts in a backdoor meeting.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 10:32 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Yesterday, Jennifer Roberts penned an op-ed in the Charlotte Observer calling for North Carolina's body camera law to be repealed.
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2016 @ 9:25 pm
By: Russell Allen
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After Hillary Clinton attacked North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory during a Raleigh campaign stop, the McCrory campaign released the following statement.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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As the situation in Charlotte subsides, attention is now focused on Mayor Roberts' bumbling and bizarre performance.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 11:16 pm
By: Russell Allen
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This latest attack on North Carolina values is being coordinated by the same people who manage the New York City pension fund that is on the verge of an "operational failure..."
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 7:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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House Bill 2 might not be the albatross for Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's re-election bid many pundits and Democrats have suggested, and his decisive response to late October's Charlotte riots could give him an electoral boost
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 11:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians have learned a lot in the past few days - about law enforcement, race relations, cynical politics, media memes, and the need for wise leadership during crisis
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 3:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina State Representative Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg) lobbied members of the Charlotte City Council against voting to repeal the city's non-discrimination ordinance, which would have paved the way for a repeal of the controversial House Bill 2.
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 @ 2:58 am
By: Russell Allen
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After Roy Cooper and Jennifer Roberts again scuttled a compromise deal, North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes issued the following statement
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 5:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor McCrory fact checks related to the Gubernatorial Debate
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 4:04 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In 2015, Charlotte's Democrat City Council Originally Voted Down The Bathroom Ordinance
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 3:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Despite repeatedly telling the public and media that she was following the lead of over 200 cities in passing the ordinance that was overturned by a bipartisan vote of the General Assembly.
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2016 @ 3:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After pressure from the public, members of the media and the North Carolina Republican Party, Attorney General Roy Cooper finally stated his support of the radical dual-sex bathroom ordinance recently passed by the Charlotte City Council.
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2016 @ 1:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Attorney General Roy Cooper sets his sights on the governor's mansion, he should explain why he supports Charlotte's controversial transgender bathroom ordinance, even though it is likely to be the subject of a lengthy and expensive legal challenge if passed. Roy Cooper has been raising...
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 8:27 am
By: Chris Downey
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It may be hard to believe given the results of this fall's municipal elections, but not so long ago Republicans competed effectively with Democrats for political offices in North Carolina's largest cities.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With early voting for city elections in Charlotte beginning in two days, the North Carolina Republican Party released the following statement regarding the mayor's race
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 12:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane cruised to a third term in Tuesday's municipal elections, and Charlotte Democrats voted to end the brief tenure of appointed Mayor Dan Clodfelter in favor of former four-term Mecklenburg County commissioner Jennifer Roberts.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Charlotte and Mecklenburg County have had it rough. Charlotte got the -- ahem -- privilege of hosting the Low-Information Traveling Circus (a/k/a the DNC) this past year.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2013 @ 10:00 am
By: Brant Clifton
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While Republican Robert Pittenger invokes a need to return to the principles of Ronald Reagan, and Democrat Jennifer Roberts implores voters to remember she works in a bipartisan manner, the campaign cash gap between them grows.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 12:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I recently had an eye-opening conversation with an activist who is arguably a mover-and-shaker / household name in Charlotte area Republican politics. This person has been following the drama in the state House District 6 runoff between Mattie Lawson and Arthur Williams.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 1:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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They are heralding solutions to education woes, an anemic economy, joblessness and illegal immigration, but Republican congressional and lieutenant governor candidates in North Carolina's July 17 runoff elections lament that their messages will not spark much voter turnout.
Published: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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