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Whether you are a North Carolina Democrat who dreams of recapturing your party's longtime control of the state legislature or a North Carolina Republican who dreams of recapturing your party's recent control of the governorship and state supreme court, I would urge you to calibrate your expectations
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2017 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has added a communications director whose name may be familiar to regular readers of Carolina Journal
Published: Saturday, February 4th, 2017 @ 11:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, a distant relative of 19th century Vice President Aaron Burr, trounced Democrat Elaine Marshall in 2010 with the largest percentage of the vote in North Carolina's U.S. Senate races since the Watergate era.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Labor Day traditionally begins the homestretch of political campaigns
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 @ 12:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won easily against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary, while casino mogul Donald Trump staved off a late surge by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to claim victory in the GOP presidential contest
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During a televised debate Thursday night, the four Democrats seeking the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Richard Burr discussed immigration, health care, the economy, keeping firearms out of the hands of people with mental health issues, and their thoughts about the incumbent.
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2016 @ 6:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Polling, it is said, is more of an art than a science. Pollsters are among the first to say this — particularly when the products, causes, or candidates they project to succeed fall flat.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two aspects of the 2014 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate contests nationally, Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis of Mecklenburg County knocked off incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan in a race capping a night that saw the GOP seize the majority in the upper chamber, unifying control of Congress.
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 8:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You may not be crazy about either of the two major party nominees in the US Senate race. But there are FIVE OTHER OPTIONS beyond Tillis and Hagan. You have Libertarian Sean Haugh.
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Expressing disappointment at Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's record on immigration, about two dozen young immigrants who entered the country when their families crossed the border illegally and their supporters gathered Thursday beneath a billboard on Hillsborough Road critical of the senator who i
Published: Wednesday, October 29th, 2014 @ 11:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The newest Civitas Poll showed state House Speaker Thom Tillis, a Republican, with a slight edge over Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in voters' views of the U.S. Senate candidates.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 8:22 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's account in Thursday's Senate debate regarding ethics questions surrounding the $250,644 stimulus grant awarded in 2010 to JDC Manufacturing
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan did her best at a debate Thursday night to portray North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis as a crony of corporate CEOs seeking tax favors at the expense of the middle class and poor people who would take that practice to Washington.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 5:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Kay Hagan's husband and son created a solar energy contracting company in August 2010, and then, using $250,644 in federal stimulus grant funds, her husband hired that same company to install solar panels at a building he owns.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 1:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new Civitas Flash Poll shows that likely NC voters view former President George W. Bush more favorably than President Obama.
Published: Saturday, September 13th, 2014 @ 7:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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The latest poll on North Carolina's U.S. Senate race has Republican Thom Tillis (43 percent) and Democrat Kay Hagan (42 percent) neck-and-neck, with Libertarian Sean Haugh at 5 percent and 10 percent of likely voters still undecided.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nationally known political analyst Charlie Cook said at Elon University today that the North Carolina contest for U.S. Senate, in a year in which the political balance in the nation’s capital is at stake, could be the closest race in the country.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan has been running hard for reelection for more than a year.
Published: Thursday, August 28th, 2014 @ 3:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yep. That's the way veteran political analyst Dan Balz characterizes the 2014 tussle between incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan, Republican Thom Tillis, and Libertarian Sean Haugh.
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 10:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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