Dr. Joan Perry released the following statement in response to a new attack ad launched today from House Freedom Action.
Published: Friday, June 14th, 2019 @ 7:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Pretty much as soon as the polls closed on Election Day 2014, the political prognosticators began laying bets on what will happen by Election Day 2016. At the national level, attention quickly focused on the seemingly endless parade of Republicans seeking to take on Hillary Clinton.
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Who says you shouldn't mix religion and politics? God and government were invoked Thursday night as solutions to the nation's ills during a three-way debate
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory is partnering with our state's U.S. senators and representatives to raise awareness among young North Carolina students about the rewarding educational opportunity available through attendance at one of our nation's Service Academies.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:58 pm
By: Chris Downey
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This week Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) hosted the first ever Special Operations Caucus meeting focused on Marine Special Operations Forces (MARSOC).
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 8:58 am
By: Christopher Maye
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If Food and Drug Administration regulators adopt new regulations that would place premium, hand-made cigars under the jurisdiction of a law originally passed to regulate cigarettes, sellers of the premium cigars say the changes could put them out of business.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 8:30 pm
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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We've been hearing quite a bit of behind-the-scenes grumbling from GOP insiders and activists on both sides of the Raleigh beltline.
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 @ 12:50 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory hosted staff members from the North Carolina Congressional Delegation at the Governor’s Mansion today for an open and bipartisan dialogue on how to work together better and more often for the betterment of the state.
Published: Friday, May 16th, 2014 @ 12:05 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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In a state primary race with national implications, House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, defeated seven other candidates and won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kay Hagan. And in a contest that drew more than $1 million in independent expenditures...
Published: Sunday, May 11th, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Early voting is underway. We've got a GOP leadership in Washington looking to sell us out on amnesty and ObamaCare.
Published: Monday, April 28th, 2014 @ 1:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Keynesianism is indeed a disease on the body politic in democratic society. An economic doctrine of technocratic arrogance, it ... gives scope to the opportunistic behavior of politicians who become unconstrained by Keynesianism in practice.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 4:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three Republican candidates are battling for their party's nomination to succeed Democrat Mike McIntyre as North Carolina's 7th District Congressman. McIntyre, who held the job for nine two-year terms, chose not to seek re-election this year. He won his race two years ago by just...
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 2:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is little more than a month away from the primary elections that will set the stage for another round of high-profile electoral battles in November. As voters prepare to head to the polls, the N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation is watching the state's most important electoral contests...
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 4:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The power of incumbency, gerrymandered election districts, and a growing national distaste for politics in general might be the causes of having voter ballots for the May 6 primary election showing more blanks than the responses to a pop quiz.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The races for only 7 percent of state legislative seats - and no congressional districts - are likely to be competitive this year, say two organizations tracking North Carolina voting trends.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 8:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I went back in the Google time machine and found some comments from GOP leaders shortly after the Tea Party put them back in charge of the US House of Representatives.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2014 @ 10:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Media reports of President Obama's Wednesday visit to the Triangle highlighted the absence of Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, whose support of the Affordable Care Act has led political analysts to conclude she's at risk in her first re-election campaign. But the other two Democrats in the state's...
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2014 @ 4:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former state senator David Rouzer (R-Johnston) probably had the biggest smile of all on his face upon hearing of Mike McIntyre’s retirement. Rouzer lost a very close election to McIntyre in 2012 in a specially-configured majority-Republican district.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 8:57 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In a real blow to The North Carolina Democrat Party, the last best hope for them to hold the 7th congressional district is stepping down after 18 years of service in Washington, DC.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 1:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Even though Election Day 2014 is nearly 11 months away, the editors and staff of Carolina Journal already have begun reporting and offering analysis of key races across North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 @ 12:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most of North Carolina’s congressional staffers - the men and women who work for the state’s two U.S. senators and 13 members of the U.S. House of Representatives - will be entering the District of Columbia’s health care exchange once the Affordable Care Act takes effect in January.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While political analysts are trying to understand how the most recent municipal elections reflect the current climate and impact outcomes in the 2014 elections, there are two obvious conclusions of statewide note.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 11:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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FreedomWorks scores for the 113th Congress North Carolina delegations are tallied and revealed. The scores are based off of 15 key votes that represent the relative commitment to freedom.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 @ 8:54 am
By: Jeremy D. Adams
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The STUPID mainstream media is covering events in DC like a horse race – how bad did the Tea Party or GOP lose, how big did Barry and the Democrats win.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2013 @ 10:52 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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If you are absolutely sure what is going to happen in next year's midterm elections, my advice is to keep it confidential, tell just a few key folks, let them be awestruck by your prescience on Election Day 2014, and then start a political-intelligence firm. You'll make a killing.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Richard Burr, Renee Ellmers and Bob Pittenger - take note. It would appear that Mitch McConnell and John Boehner are blowing smoke up your posteriors.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:56 am
By: Brant Clifton
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one of the Tea Party's vanguards - has released its latest scorecards evaluating lawmakers on how they vote in terms of the limited government agenda. Lawmakers were assigned percentage-based scores ranging from 1(liberal) to 100 (perfect conservative).
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 5:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A LOT of my Tea Party friends from the Charlotte area are just cooing over the potential US Senate candidacy of Baptist pastor Mark Harris.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Kay Hagan -- our junior US senator AND NY Senator Chuck Schumer's favorite sock puppet -- has been getting a lot of kudos from the MSM for utilizing social media as part of her constituent relations operation.
Published: Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Will she or won't she? North Carolina politicos are wondering if congresswoman Renee Ellmers will step up and challenge incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan for reelection in 2014.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2013 @ 2:44 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina legislators seriously talked up tolls on I-95 in 2011 and 2012, but that idea got shot down by Renee Ellmers, Mike McIntyre, a number of legislators with districts along the interstate thoroughfare, and a huge outcry from the citizenry.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 @ 5:57 am
By: Brant Clifton
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