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North Carolina’s Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is currently campaigning to be the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s next governor, was named as one of three potential options for Vice President of the United States by a Fox News commentator on Sunday.
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2024 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign announced that North Carolina’s junior U.S. Senator, Ted Budd, has endorsed Robinson in his bid for governor.
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 @ 4:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a much-anticipated rally at Ace Speedway in Elon, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson declared his candidacy for governor of N.C., joining N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell in the Republican primary field.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 7:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the assumed Republican primary frontrunner for North Carolina governor in the 2024 election, was a keynote speaker at CPAC in Maryland on Saturday.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 1:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is calling for broad reforms to the K-12 education system in North Carolina. Robinson’s comments came during a standing committee meeting on Monday, Feb. 21, that touched on themes of accountability, discipline, and restoring common sense.
Published: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 @ 11:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Social media is buzzing about Virginia’s Republican Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears. Her story bears a striking resemblance to North Carolina’s Republican N.C. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. Sears became the first woman and woman of color to be elected to that office in the state’s history on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Published: Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 @ 7:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lt. Governor Forest's comments on Gov. Cooper trying to shutdown North Carolina without telling the public
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2020 @ 2:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Dan Forest for Governor campaign has launched its first statewide TV advertisement, highlighting Lt. Governor Forest's background as a businessman and his vision for rebuilding North Carolina's economy.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 @ 5:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Losing the Republican National Convention is a devastating economic blow to the Charlotte region and North Carolina as a whole.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 7:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As our state prepares to deal with COVID-19, Lt. Governor Dan Forest sent the following message to the people of North Carolina on Saturday
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2020 @ 11:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lt. Governor Dan Forest claimed the Republican nomination for Governor of North Carolina on Tuesday with 89% of the vote.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 7:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Once again, Becki Gray made her regular appearance on North Carolina Public Radio with WUNC Politics host Jeff Tiberii. Joining Gray and Tiberii was Rob Schofield from the N.C. Justice Center.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 7:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last month, on the 116th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first successful powered flight, the Greg Gebhardt for Lt. Governor Campaign announced their plans to fly across North Carolina in a small aircraft, as the "First in Flight" Lt. Governor Candidate.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 2:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In light of today’s Congressional redistricting lawsuit hearing, Lt. Governor Forest releases the following video highlighting the truth behind why North Carolina is constantly being sued.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, newly-elected 3rd District Congressman Dr. Greg Murphy has endorsed Buddy Bengel to be the next Republican Lt. Governor of North Carolina.
Published: Monday, October 7th, 2019 @ 1:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The plan is Forest's first major policy announcement in his 2020 campaign for governor.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 11:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest will formally enter the 2020 race for North Carolina governor during a public announcement and rally at 2 p.m. August 17, 2019, at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 @ 10:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest has announced the formation of the North Carolina Blockchain Initiative to study the unique attributes and use-cases of blockchain technology, virtual assets, smart contracts and digital tokens.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tomorrow, Buddy Bengel, a conservative business owner, and entrepreneur from New Bern will launch his campaign to be the next Lt. Governor of North Carolina.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 2:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Chairman of the Special Committee on Computer Science at the State Board of Education, Lt. Governor Forest announces the members who will help lead the process of ensuring high-quality Computer Science training and education is available to all our North Carolina public school students.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 1:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has announced the creation of an exploratory committee for the governorship, a first step in formally running for office
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 @ 5:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lt. Governor Dan Forest announced the formation of an exploratory committee for the Governorship of North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Court of Appeals gave Lt. Gov. Dan Forest the green light for his lawsuit against the Employees Political Action Committee, the political arm of the State Employees Association of North Carolina
Published: Thursday, July 5th, 2018 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Committee to Elect Dan Forest today released their 2015 year end re-election campaign fundraising reports. Financial reports for all North Carolina candidates for public office are due today with the State Board of Elections.
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 1:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A ruling Thursday by the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals on gay marriage restrictions in Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, and Kentucky could open the door to a US Supreme Court review and offer some hope for advocates of traditional marriage.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 5:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld as constitutional the Marriage Amendments in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The Sixth Circuit's ruling almost ensures that the United States Supreme Court will hear the issue.
Published: Friday, November 7th, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Over the last two weeks, those of us who have publically offered that the states, rather than federal circuit and district courts, have the constitutional authority to make decisions on marriage have been met with derision by liberals.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 9:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you've been paying attention to the media, you've been told numerous times from opponents of North Carolina's Marriage Amendment that the fight is over, and that they have won.
Published: Friday, October 24th, 2014 @ 10:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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While Gov. Pat McCrory tucks tail and runs, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest is sticking to his guns and standing up FOR the folks he represents.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 7:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina Education Endowment is a special fund created in 2014 to help supplement teacher compensation for North Carolina's highest performing teachers.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 6:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In reviewing the legislative session, one of the topics we discussed was our work in opposition to ferry tolls. The Lt. Governor immediately expressed his long standing opposition to tolling North Carolina’s highways.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 9:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Soon, the North Carolina General Assembly will vote on a history-making budget agreement which provides the largest teacher pay raise in North Carolina history and creates the North Carolina Education Endowment.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 9:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest today announced his intention to create the North Carolina Education Endowment aimed at supplementing teacher pay in our public schools.
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2014 @ 2:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, responding to legislative action to replace Common Core State Standards in North Carolina, issued the following statement
Published: Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 @ 7:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During his ten minute testimony, Forest expressed his belief that the Common Core standards roll out in NC represents a long term danger to local control of education decisions in our school systems.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week Gov. McCrory, Lt. Gov. Forest, House Speaker Tillis, and I announced our plan to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced today his support for a plan unveiled by Gov. Pat McCrory, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis to make North Carolina’s starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 11:47 am
By: Bill Cook
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Governor McCrory, Lt. Governor Forest, Senate Pro Tem Berger, and Speaker Tillis announce teacher pay increases in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, February 14th, 2014 @ 11:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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HomeforHannity.com, a new online campaign to persuade TV and radio host Sean Hannity to choose North Carolina as his family and team exits New York, has officially been launched by Dan Forest.
Published: Thursday, January 30th, 2014 @ 2:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Chair of the newly reconstituted Energy Policy Council, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest announces the 2014 meeting schedule.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 10:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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