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A recent statewide survey in North Carolina of 800 Republican primary voters found that former Gov. Pat McCrory is maintaining a strong lead over all Republican primary opponents.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 11:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Third-quarter fundraising numbers for U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina show little separation between the Republican front-runners, former Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Ted Budd.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 8:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After Democrat Roy Cooper narrowly defeated Republican Gov. Pat McCrory in 2016, the GOP-led General Assembly moved quickly to dispossess the incoming governor of some of the office’s powers.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2019 @ 8:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If North Carolina Democrats hoped - and North Carolina Republicans feared - that a Roy Cooper administration would represent a clean break from the administration of former Gov. Pat McCrory, both sides have good reason to revise their expectations
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Late last week Parks Griffin, a notable figure in the North Carolina Republican Party, passed away
Published: Wednesday, December 27th, 2017 @ 12:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory says Roy Cooper, his Democratic successor, is repaying his trial lawyer campaign contributors by hiring them for expensive, politically motivated lawsuits against the GOP-led General Assembly
Published: Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 @ 1:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper claims to have won the governor's race, incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory says votes remain uncounted that could reverse Cooper's razor-thin margin, and several Council of State races swung from Democratic to GOP control in Tuesday's historic general electi
Published: Sunday, January 1st, 2017 @ 7:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's outgoing Republican Gov. Pat McCrory arrived Wednesday morning at Trump Tower in New York City to meet with President-elect Donald Trump.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 10:11 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Today the North Carolina Republican Party called on the Durham County Board of Elections and all other local boards of election to follow well established public records laws and allow citizens to fully inspect Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After tonight's State Board of Elections decision, it is clear that most aspects of the 2016 election are ready to be concluded
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 2:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If Attorney General Roy Cooper's election day lead over incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory eventually becomes a victory, the incoming Democrat will face an incredibly difficult challenge in pushing any of his agenda through a GOP-dominated General Assembly, election analysts say
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2016 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper has a lead of roughly 5,000 votes in his attempt to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, and Cooper was quick to claim victory Tuesday night, telling supporters
Published: Saturday, November 12th, 2016 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a night of impressive Republican victories across the country, and right here in North Carolina, the state's Democrats may well have accomplished their top priority of defeating Gov. Pat McCrory - by a whisker.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While some Democratic legislators are calling for a special session to deal with recovery efforts for Hurricane Matthew, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and GOP leaders in the General Assembly say a special session is unnecessary
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 10:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 2 might not be the albatross for Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's re-election bid many pundits and Democrats have suggested, and his decisive response to late October's Charlotte riots could give him an electoral boost
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 11:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican Governor Pat McCrory and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper are both opponents of excessive and duplicative standardized testing. Surveys suggest that parents, teachers, and administrators believe that "over-testing" is a problem
Published: Saturday, August 6th, 2016 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement after the NCAE held a press conference in support of Roy Cooper's campaign for Governor in front of a statue of a known-segregationist to criticize Governor McCrory
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 @ 11:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Republican Party is very pleased to announce that Governor Pat McCrory will visit Beaufort County this Saturday.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 4:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Republican lawmakers have answered a three-judge panel ruling earlier this month with a new congressional map that makes changes to all 13 districts and looks very different from the map it replaced. Since the unveiling, Gov. Pat McCrory has called the General Assembly back into a spe
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 12:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Regardless of one's opinion on HB 2, it cannot overshadow or remotely counteract what North Carolina has done legislatively over the last five years to become one of the most attractive places in the country to do business, invest, live, raise a family, and retire. Since Republicans took control...
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 @ 11:59 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Today, President Obama announced another plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2016 @ 7:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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You've no doubt heard the spin put on the outcome of the Iowa caucuses, but when you cut through the noise this week's vote was a good indicator of what to expect going forward.
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 @ 3:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Unemployment insurance (UI) reform in North Carolina continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. The 2013 UI reform, made possible by the Republican-dominated General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory, will enable $240 million in tax savings for state employers in 2016 alone, thanks to a...
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 12:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, the North Carolina Republican Party released the following statement in response to WRAL's latest hit piece on Governor McCrory
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 @ 12:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement on Governor Pat McCrory's re-election campaign launch...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 5:28 am
By: Chris Downey
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Casting himself as a champion of traditional North Carolina values under assault by a wayward Republican governor and General Assembly, Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Monday he is running for governor against GOP incumbent Pat McCrory "to set a new direction."
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 12:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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School choice has always been one of the core principles of the state and national Republican Party
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 2:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yes, the Republican-led General Assembly has voted for and Gov. Pat McCrory has signed into law an effective increase in North Carolina's gasoline tax. Let's not pretend otherwise.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 12:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For years, the news has been peppered with stories about politicians setting up study panels and commissions to deal with a certain issue.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 11:11 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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That's right. You read it correctly. Leftist strategist Thomas Mills is praising the work of new Republican speaker Tim Moore
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 @ 8:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In previous years, Republicans rightly attacked then-Gov. Bev. Perdue's use of economic incentives to promote growth in North Carolina. Since taking control of the state, however, they have regrettably changed their tune. Gov. Pat McCrory and then-Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker last year urged...
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 6:04 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Phil Kirk has seen nine N.C. governors in action, from his days as a student Republican Club leader, state senator, two-time cabinet chief, chief of staff to two governors and a U.S. senator, chairman of the State Board of Education, head of North Carolina's largest business group, lobbyist, and...
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 7:49 am
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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We don't know what the composition of the North Carolina General Assembly will look like after the November election. Republicans are favored to hold their majorities in both legislative chambers, to be sure, but their edge could shrink a lot, shrink a little, or stay roughly the same (a net increas
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, it appears Robert Brawley's political career on Jones Street and his relationship with the NCGOP powers that be — swims with the fishes. Just like Luca Brasi.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 9:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Republican leaders in Raleigh are hoping to make political gains by getting behind Gov. Pat McCrory's call for a teacher pay raise:
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A leading Republican state senator issued an apology Tuesday for his remarks skewering Gov. Pat McCrory, first lady Ann McCrory and lawmakers in a private meeting about legislation to regulate puppy mills.
Published: Monday, February 3rd, 2014 @ 8:44 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The liars in the remnants of our state's mainstream media would have you believe state government was working like a charm prior to the January 2013 inauguration of Republican governor Pat McCrory.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 12:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In fact, there was a moment in the 1990s - a fleeting moment, as it turned out - when the mayors of four of North Carolina's five largest cities were Republicans. Pat McCrory, the future Republican governor, was mayor of Charlotte. Tom Fetzer, the future chairman of the state GOP, was mayor...
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've been watching politics in this state for quite some time and I CANNOT recall any prior administration in Raleigh having its appointees subjected to such invasive public scrutiny.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2013 @ 3:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Republican Gov. Pat McCrory took it on the chin twice this week as the General Assembly, controlled by his fellow Republicans, voted to override the only two vetoes stamped by the first-year governor.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yes, it is true that Charles Hickman has declined the appointment to the Beaufort County Board of Elections. His letter has been received by the State Board of Elections and they are in the process of responding to it.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Liberal politicians, activists, and commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature. While occasionally goading their targets into making unwise comments, the obstructionists have failed to keep...
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2013 @ 11:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and political commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing new Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature. While occasionally goading their targets into making unwise comments, the obstructionists have...
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax reform moved a step closer to the finish line Tuesday as the Republican-led state Senate gave its tentative approval to its modified plan by a 32-15 margin. While it's not clear whether Republican Gov. Pat McCrory backs the proposal, the GOP leader in the House says his...
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2013 @ 6:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One stark difference between the GOP Senate budget plan and the one proposed by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory is money to compensate victims of North Carolina's eugenics program.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 1:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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