Liberal Republican Troxler at Ag endorses liberal Republican Hardister at Labor
Published: Saturday, February 17th, 2024 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Steed
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Brad Crone, president of Capital Connections and lifelong friend to the late Lauch Faircloth talks about his legacy, and a plane crash the two survived on the way to a campaign stop in August of 1983.
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 1:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former US Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina died Thursday at home in Clinton, North Carolina. A former Democrat-turned-Republican, Faircloth was a prominent figure in Tar Heel politics for more than half a century.
Published: Sunday, December 24th, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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From State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 9:24 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RINO consultant Shumaker behind move
Published: Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 @ 8:24 am
By: John Steed
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To paraphrase Alice, who used the term to describe her adventures in Wonderland, election politics in America is getting “curiouser and curiouser.” North Carolina has been in the forefront of innovation and implementation
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 11:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Republican U.S. Senate challenger Garland Tucker has made double-digit gains on incumbent Thom Tillis, according to new polling data from the Tucker camp.
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 4:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the late 1970s, I was appointed to the Economic Development Board
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2017 @ 9:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When North Carolina Democrats Jim Hunt and Rufus Edmisten were running their races for U.S. Senate and governor in 1984, they kept as far away as they could from the Democratic nominee for president, Walter Mondale
Published: Saturday, November 5th, 2016 @ 10:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Party disunity can be fatal for political campaigns in competitive races. Just ask former governor Rufus Edmisten.
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 5:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tillis campaign pollster Glen Bolger, whose firm is known by the unfortunate acronym POS, has released a poll showing the 2014 US Senate race all knotted up at 44 percent apiece.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 7:48 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Beaufort County has become quite the microcosm for the civil war between the GOP establishment and The Tea Party. We've written extensively about some of the controversies there previously on this site.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 @ 12:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A native of Laurinburg, Sanford possessed a strong commitment to excellence from an early age.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2013 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you had to choose a single election cycle to spotlight as the most consequential in recent North Carolina history, which would it be?
Published: Sunday, April 14th, 2013 @ 2:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An athlete with a background in Chemistry, James Grubbs (Jim) Martin served North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representative for six terms, and as governor for two terms.
Published: Sunday, April 7th, 2013 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today's political lexicon identifies states that vote Republican as red states, while states voting Democratic are blue. Until recently North Carolina was undeniably blue but a current description might color us purple, the result from mixing the two colors together.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 @ 1:10 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Republicans could strengthen their grip on the North Carolina legislature and recapture a majority in the state's congressional delegation in 2012, due in large part to a friendly redistricting plan.
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2012 @ 3:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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