The North Carolina General Assembly is expected to have its new legislative and congressional maps ready this week.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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First-term North Carolina Congressman Jeff Jackson has been redistricted out of his seat, but he isn’t going quietly. Jackson took to TikTok on Thursday to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state attorney general.
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2024 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The new redistricted congressional and legislative maps passed by our legislature are not surprising to those who have followed this hyper partisan General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 1:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On Monday, news broke that state House Rep. Erin Pare, R-Wake, is weighing a run for Congress. Pare is currently the only Republican lawmaker who represents part of Wake County.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 6:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has recently made the national media rounds claiming that the current General Assembly is a partisan gerrymander. Does this claim have any merit? The short answer is not at all.
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2023 @ 8:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the new North Carolina General Assembly session commences in January 2023, a mix of old and new faces will be present, along with revisiting some old issues and brand-new ones.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 7:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday morning, Republican leaders announced that Rep. Tricia Cotham, a longtime Democrat from Mecklenburg County, is joining the North Carolina Republican Party.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court heard fresh arguments in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case Tuesday. The court, with a new 5-2 Republican majority, could reverse a December decision from the old court's 4-3 Democratic majority.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The United States Supreme Court has already ruled equal representation of counties in state legislatures to be unconstitutional.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 4:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court will rehear the Harper v. Hall redistricting case on March 14. It will rehear the Holmes v. Moore voter ID case March 15.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 4:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will rehear cases dealing with voter ID and statewide election maps in March.
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a recent WFAE news interview, special master Bob Orr seemed to shift responsibility for North Carolina’s congressional maps from the court’s assigned special masters to the University of California professor advising them
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Majority Ruling Could Lead New State Senate and House Maps
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 2:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. House and Senate pleased overall with the results of the General Election.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With election upon us, the constant stream of campaign ads that most of us cannot seem to get away from has only steadily increased.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 4:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The movement from some Oregon conservatives to push to secede and join the adjacent conservative state of Idaho is heating up.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 12:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled Dec. 7 for oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, the N.C. redistricting case that has attracted national attention.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 3:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In recent months, the Democrat-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) has been at odds with conservatives on a number of fronts, causing Republicans to accuse the board of partisanship.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 @ 10:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the weeks ahead whether the General Assembly must redraw election maps again for the 2024 election cycle.
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 @ 8:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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will give GOP four more Congressional seats
Published: Saturday, May 21st, 2022 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Steed
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Each of the plaintiffs in North Carolina’s legal dispute over election maps is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of the fight. So is the N.C. Justice Department.
Published: Saturday, March 5th, 2022 @ 6:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal dispute over a new congressional map for North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State lawmakers defending their latest election maps are urging a three-judge panel to avoid conducting a “beauty contest” over competing plans.
Published: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 @ 11:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to extend oral arguments in next week’s redistricting case by 50%.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 2:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina, like the nation, has a political history which can be likened to a huge pendulum.
Published: Thursday, December 16th, 2021 @ 7:06 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Filing starts Monday, Dec. 6, for the 2022 elections. The filing moves forward after a three judge panel on Friday refused requests to block new N.C. election maps.
Published: Thursday, December 16th, 2021 @ 6:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Court of Appeals enters temporary order
Published: Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 @ 7:26 am
By: John Steed
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State Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, has moved his permanent residence from Richmond County to his second home in the Pinehurst area of Moore County to run for the newly-drawn state Senate District 21, which will include all of GOP-rich Moore County, and much of Cumberland County.
Published: Friday, December 3rd, 2021 @ 10:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, gave the following comments at a media availability at noon on municipal Election Day
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 10:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A leading national newspaper is linking U.S. Rep. David Price’s retirement announcement to a national pattern. The New York Times cites Price’s decision as one example of Democrats’ “fading” hopes for maintaining control of Congress past 2022.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation delaying municipal elections for offices elected by district until 2022 became law on Monday.
Published: Friday, July 9th, 2021 @ 11:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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While we’re still fussin’ and fightin’ about the 2020 elections the 2022 races have already begun.
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 @ 7:15 am
By: Tom Campbell
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