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Michael Whatley, chairman of the Republican National Committee and a key figure in North Carolina GOP politics, is reportedly preparing to enter the 2026 US Senate race.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2025 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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SALISBURY, NC — Conservative Republican Bill Graham is launching a new ad campaign that exposes Mark Robinson for not only calling the Holocaust “hogwash” but for refusing to apologize.
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 8:25 am
By: ENC NOW
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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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Dirty politics in Washington, North Carolina rears its ugly head.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 3:44 pm
By: Gary Ceres
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In this episode of Issues & Insiders, Carolina Journal opinion editor David Larson interviews incoming CEO of the John Locke Foundation, Donald Bryson. Bryson discussed his background, his perspective on North Carolina politics, and his vision for the future of Locke.
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2023 @ 6:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The news of Rep. Tricia Cotham, Mecklenburg County, changing her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican has sent shockwaves throughout the North Carolina politics, even making national headlines.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 3:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s an axiom as old as history. “Those who have no power want it, and those who have power want more of it.” The current power struggles in North Carolina politics are proof of the truth.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 12:28 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Veteran political analyst Marc Rotterman joins Carolina Journal Editor Donna King on the lessons of the Reagan years, the state of the nation, and North Carolina as a pivot point in American politics.
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @ 1:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A long-time leader in national and North Carolina Republican politics has passed away. Dr. Ada Fisher served as the RNC’s Committeewoman for North Carolina for more than decade, elected in June of 2008 and re-elected in 2012. She died Friday October 7, 2022 at the age of 74.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 12:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Your source for all Beaufort County, North Carolina Events, Issues, Business, News and Information, Government, Politics, People, and Arts. Everything a tourist, and others alike need.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 3:13 pm
By: David Winstead
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The little-known North Carolina Textbook Commission was caught in the Senate primary election crossfire this week, after being painted as a body delivering “woke” politics to N.C. classrooms.
Published: Monday, May 2nd, 2022 @ 12:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s now a time in North Carolina to dismiss policy based on politics and embrace a move toward legislation focusing on common sense
Published: Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 @ 8:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If you think about regional differences in North Carolina politics, economics, or culture in terms of urban blue and rural red, you are missing a thick slice of the story: the suburbs.
Published: Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 @ 11:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In North Carolina politics, few issues are as contentious as education.
Published: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. GOP Chairman Michael Whatley says former President Trump will inevitably cast a long shadow in North Carolina politics for the foreseeable future.
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 @ 4:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Over the course of 34 years penning a column on North Carolina politics and public policy, I’ve seen it all.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Education is already a huge issue in North Carolina and Gov. Roy Cooper and Democrats are intent on making it even bigger. Cooper and his party are gambling that the state budget impasse will keep the issue squarely on the front page of North Carolina policy and politics.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2020 @ 11:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Our political process is under tremendous pressure, no question. In North Carolina and beyond, politics has been overly coarsened, polarized, and trivialized. But the system isn’t irreparably broken.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 7:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week, Erica Smith pledged her loyalty to a California socialist agenda when Kamala Harris visited North Carolina. This week, a new report from Real Clear Politics exposes Cal Cunningham isn't far behind her with New York liberals funding his North Carolina's Senate bid
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2019 @ 3:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the context of American politics, North Carolina is a middle state — which is not the same thing as saying North Carolinians are especially moderate.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings is about to leave her job in Chapel Hill, saddling her successor with a daunting task: wrangling a perfect storm of campus and state politics
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The NC Justice Center is the preeminent progressive think tank in North Carolina. The organization describes itself as a "progressive research and advocacy organization."
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 @ 4:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina politics can be exhausting. The past few weeks have brought us wrangling over redistricting and constitutional amendments, conflicts between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican lawmakers over disaster relief and a gas-pipeline fund, and a mob of protesters toppling the Silent Sam statue
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2018 @ 11:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina politics, Democrats dominate urban areas while Republicans win suburban and rural voters
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 3:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether North Carolina pays its public schoolteachers at a level close or equal to the national average is one of the most-debated issues in state politics. Alas, it doesn't deserve to be
Published: Monday, July 2nd, 2018 @ 1:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new Civitas poll of North Carolina likely voters reveals how voters feel about local and national issues, including school choice, the Confederate monument controversy, and partisan politics
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2017 @ 1:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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After Republican Pat McCrory was elected Governor in 2012, North Carolina's well-organized Left-wing nonprofit policy groups met to map out an attack strategy
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 7:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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What's the biggest issue facing North Carolina today? That was the question posed at a recent lunch with Leslie Boney, the newly named Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 3:16 am
By: Tom Campbell
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"Nothing happens on the streets of this town after midnight that you need to be a part of," my parents told me as a teen. Concerned I had neither the experience nor the judgment to impose this discipline on myself, they imposed a midnight curfew on me
Published: Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 @ 9:25 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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I have been writing a regular column on North Carolina politics and public policy since 1986
Published: Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The weekly "Front Row" political panel program on UNC-TV features a regular segment on "who's up" and "who's down" in state and national politics
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2017 @ 12:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether the frame of reference is North Carolina or the nation as a whole, no one can dispute the fact that there is a partisan divide - and that it has been growing
Published: Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We have just witnessed one of the most divisive election campaigns in history, one that saw partisans on all sides spinning narratives to best benefit their candidates and positions
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 8:27 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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There is no doubt Barack Obama's election to the presidency in 2008 was a watershed in America's racial history
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 5:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Judging by what makes the front pages, the top of the newscasts, and the list of "what's trending" on social media, North Carolina politics consists of spirited debates about H.B. 2, spirited debates about voting laws, spirited debates about teacher pay
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2016 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do you want to know why the Left has tried to make North Carolina politics into an "all House Bill 2, all the time" zone? Here are some reasons
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When you ask North Carolina voters to name the top election issue in state politics, the most common answer - unless we are in the midst of a recession - is education.
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It may be hard to believe given the results of this fall's municipal elections, but not so long ago Republicans competed effectively with Democrats for political offices in North Carolina's largest cities.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Commentators and academic analysts trying to make sense of North Carolina's fascinating and ever-changing politics have been arguing lately that the state is becoming increasingly urbanized - and that this trend portends significant shifts in voting behavior and electoral outcomes
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 5:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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