Oddsmakers have Republican Rep. Ted Budd winning in a landslide victory over Democrat opponent Cheri Beasley.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 10:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Three recent polls have put Republican Ted Budd ahead of Democrat Cheri Beasley as the race for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat enters the homestretch.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 7:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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NBC News features North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race among five potential election surprises that could help determine which major party controls the chamber after the November election.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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National publication The Hill lists North Carolina's U.S. Senate race among the seven contests nationwide where partisan control is most likely to "flip."
Published: Sunday, October 2nd, 2022 @ 10:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Green Party and N.C. State Board of Elections have not reached a deal on resolving the Greens' federal lawsuit against the board.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 7:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new Civitas poll shows that Republican candidates running for U.S. Congress and the state legislature in North Carolina are in good shape heading into the 2022 midterm election.
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Candidate filing for the 2022 statewide primary has restarted across North Carolina. Filing for the primary and rescheduled municipal elections will continue through March 4.
Published: Monday, February 28th, 2022 @ 9:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democratic frontrunner in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race and a sitting state Supreme Court justice both appear on a high-profile shortlist of candidates to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 11:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former President Donald Trump has renewed his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race. The president’s comments follow a Politico report last week that he was “starting to have regrets” about backing Budd.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 5:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The election of 2014 will have widespread impacts. It will determine who will control the legislative branch, directly affect policy decisions (whether to repeal, replace, or renew earlier reforms), and set the stage of the 2016 election and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 12:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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How is North Carolina's economy doing? That is always an important question. During election season, however, it takes on added significance. Fairly or not, voters often hold incumbent politicians responsible for the condition and recent performance of the economy.
Published: Monday, September 29th, 2014 @ 11:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 1:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Political pundits across the nation are watching closely this year as North Carolinians prepare to head to the polls to decide whether first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will keep her job.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the recently completed primary, we were told that Thom Tillis is on cruise-control to Capitol Hill. Kay Hagan needs to start packing. Miss Susan can start measuring for drapes.
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 3:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We had all hoped for this campaign to be about punishing Kay Hagan for her cooperation with Barry Obama and Harry Reid in the enactment of ObamaCare and the accompanying destruction of the US economy.
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 4:57 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When you think of "chamber of commerce," Bob the insurance guy who lives down the street from you probably comes to mind. The US Chamber of Commerce is a whole different ball of wax.
Published: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Don't you love hearing filthy rich people like Diane Feinstein, Jay Rockefeller, and any of the Kennedys raging about the evil rich? Lefties are famous for criticizing, harassing and belittling the rest of us for stuff they do routinely.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 8:56 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A committee is quietly working away on a draft of the North Carolina Republican Party's 2014 platform.
Published: Sunday, April 13th, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We've been told by Pat McCrory, Karl Rove, National Right to Life, and countless members of the drive-by media that Thom Tillis is the most-electable candidate to take on Kay Hagan in November. The problem? THE POLLS.
Published: Friday, April 11th, 2014 @ 12:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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All of the pundits are declaring Thom Tillis the hands-down winner of the GOP primary for US Senate — a whole month before the first votes get cast.
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Who IS Alex Bradshaw? Politicos from Murphy to Manteo are asking this question.
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 9:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If North Carolina voters send Thom Tillis to Washington, they could find themselves in the same boat as Charlotte voters who recently elected Patrick Cannon as their mayor.
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 8:02 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I had the opportunity for an audience with Charlotte pastor — and US Senate candidate — Mark Harris on Saturday. (I do have to commend him for not running away in terror after I introduced myself. For some reason, I scare some political candidates.)
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 12:17 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The NC House speaker's fan club is beside itself over the Tillis for Senate campaign's $1 million ad buy.
Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 @ 6:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Moore County's Richard Morgan has evolved into one of the most polarizing figures ever in North Carolina politics. Amazingly, during his time in the NC General Assembly, he was able to earn an equal amount of emnity from conservatives AND liberals.
Published: Monday, March 10th, 2014 @ 1:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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