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Gov. Roy Cooper is appointing left-of-center activist lawyer Allison Riggs to fill a vacancy on the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 4:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Pennsylvania Democrats successfully flipped the commonwealth’s House of Representatives by a single seat and plan to advance a “center-left” agenda, marking another significant midterm election loss for the Republican Party.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:37 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Republicans made substantial gains on election night 2020, including a clean sweep of all eight statewide judicial candidates.
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 12:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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David Drucker of the Washington Examiner highlights one elected official who is thinking about the post-Trump Republican Party.
Published: Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Richard Weaver’s famous book “Ideas have Consequences” has a pithy and poignant title.
Published: Thursday, November 12th, 2020 @ 12:35 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you think government is too large and wields too much power, then you have plenty of reasons to be dismayed by recent national developments. But if you live in North Carolina, there is some good news mixed in with the bad.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 12:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than half of North Carolina voters and 70 percent of Republicans would be less likely to re-elect Gov. Pat McCrory if he supported the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare, according to a poll released today by the Foundation for Government Accountability.
Published: Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 @ 7:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican margins in the 2014 elections were "significant," suggesting they would have won many of the same victories in a presidential election year as they did during this midterm race.
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 7:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Veteran election observer Larry Sabato has a thought-provoking piece out in the latest edition of Politico Magazine.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 9:39 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A few weeks ago, I wrote that partisan control of the U.S. Senate may well be determined here in North Carolina, where Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan suffers from low job-approval ratings and a close association with unpopular President Barack Obama.
Published: Monday, April 28th, 2014 @ 7:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Because I enjoy watching and analyzing legislative politics, it pains me to say this: for the 2014 election cycle in North Carolina, the most competitive and fateful races will be found at the top and bottom of the ballot — not in state house and senate contests, which probably aren't going...
Published: Thursday, March 27th, 2014 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a Snow Day throughout much of North Carolina. So, naturally, I'm thinking about surfing the waves. The political waves, that is. Historically, the first midterm election after a president is reelected is not a pleasant one for the president's party. In modern times, observes Yale University...
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2014 @ 12:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've had some eye-opening discussions recently with two political pros with close ties to GOP candidates on the November ballot in North Carolina. ( They'll be referenced henceforth as StrategistA and StrategistB.)
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 @ 11:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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They are heralding solutions to education woes, an anemic economy, joblessness and illegal immigration, but Republican congressional and lieutenant governor candidates in North Carolina's July 17 runoff elections lament that their messages will not spark much voter turnout.
Published: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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