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Two political junkies struck up a conversation. Jane, a staunch Republican well known in state politics, told me she had enjoyed watching NC SPIN on television for many years. “I liked the way you had people expressing different opinions without getting ugly or disagreeable,” she said.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2025 @ 8:34 am
By: Tom Campbell
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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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The democratic process should control the party's actions, not a select few individuals.
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2025 @ 11:13 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The latest polls of the Iowa caucuses show former President Donald Trump retaining a large lead in the state, holding over 50% of Republican support just five days before 2024 primary voting officially kicks off, according to the Real Clear Politics average.
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2024 @ 9:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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Former President Donald Trump’s massive lead in the Republican primary has grown even larger, according to the latest Real Clear Politics polling average.
Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 @ 8:05 am
By: Daily Wire
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A few Republican candidates benefited from the first presidential debate in the polls, but former President Donald Trump still holds a commanding 40-point lead in the Real Clear Politics polling average.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 8:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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No Nonsense Republican & former Healthcare Executive Jesse Thomas poses the question to North Carolinians, what would Lincoln think of the rancor & callousness of our politics today?
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 12:36 am
By: ENC NOW
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Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis are steadily maintaining their top two spots in the Republican presidential primary, but there’s a new face coming in third place, according to the latest Real Clear Politics polling average.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 2:03 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Former President Donald Trump retained a large lead in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Florida following a boost in the polls after his indictments, according to the latest Real Clear Politics polling average.
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2023 @ 11:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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The White House accused Republicans on Monday of “playing politics” over President Joe Biden‘s burgeoning classified documents scandal. The documents were found at a private D.C. office and at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware.
Published: Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 @ 3:36 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Kid Rock slammed “dumb liberals” who he said have moved to red states and brought their “effing politics” with them as he mounts an effort to prevent the former home of late-legendary country music star Hank Williams from being destroyed.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 11:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Former President Barack Obama warned on the campaign trail Tuesday that “demonizing” political opponents was going to cause people to “get hurt,” remarks that he made just a day before President Joe Biden demonized Republicans in an address to the nation.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 4:15 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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A North Dakota man who cops say was drunk when he ran on down and killed a teen in an alleyway claimed the 18 year old was a “Republican extremist” and had been threatening him after an argument over politics, according to police.
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2022 @ 12:58 am
By: Daily Wire
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Nearly four-dozen House seats — 47, to be exact — that are currently held by Democrats are rated as “toss-ups” or possible flips in Republicans’ favor, according to the latest prediction map from Real Clear Politics.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 8:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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The 41-year-old man who allegedly admitted to murdering a Republican teenager over politics at the start of the week said this week in court that he did not want to lose things in his life due to bond because of the charges.
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 1:07 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The 41-year-old man who allegedly admitted to murdering a Republican teenager over politics has been released from jail after posting $50,000 bond.
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2022 @ 10:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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Just yesterday, I was contacted by a real Republican who was very much concerned about the state of local Republican politics here in Beaufort County.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 4:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's been said North Carolina is politically a purple state, a mixture of red (Republican) and blue (Democrat). Now we might have to add green to the mix, since the Green Party has petitioned to gain statewide ballot access in this November's general elections.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 5:51 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Political observers frequently describe North Carolina’s political leanings in terms of a rural-urban divide.
Published: Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 @ 2:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A handful of House Republicans have introduced a series of bills to limit the governor’s powers in a state of emergency, a move that’s likely to further divide politics in Raleigh, political scientists say.
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 @ 3:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two major figures in N.C. Republican politics have announced they will not run in the 2020 elections.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2019 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican legislative leaders’ decision to hold secretive budget deliberations was bad politics, and could further motivate angry Democrats to flood the voting booth this fall, political observers say
Published: Thursday, May 31st, 2018 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The two-party political system is destroying our country.
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 5:43 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Even as the number of voters who identify themselves as unaffiliated rises at the expense of the Republican and (especially) Democratic shares of the electorate, partisan polarization remains a strong force in our politics
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 9:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Democrats fell apart in 2016, and here's why.
Published: Saturday, January 14th, 2017 @ 12:31 am
By: Ryan Case
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Two decades have passed since Jack Kemp earned national headlines as the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1996, but his political legacy continues
Published: Sunday, January 17th, 2016 @ 10:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans' recent success in North Carolina politics can be traced in many ways to the example set by Jim Martin. That's one of the key themes of a new biography focusing on the state's only two-term GOP governor of the 20th century.
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2015 @ 1:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources sent a letter to Attorney General Roy Cooper, The North Carolina Republican Party urged Cooper to put politics aside and do his job by defending the state against new overreaching federal EPA rules.
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 @ 10:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, September 11.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 7:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We've got quite a kerfluffle going down in one Davidson County legislative race. State Senator Stan Bingham is locked in a primary fight for renomination.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 1:15 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, February 13.
Published: Friday, February 7th, 2014 @ 11:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A reader forwarded to us an email conversation they had with NCGOP chairman Claude Pope. (Of course, we came up.)
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 1:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, January 9, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 @ 11:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, December 12, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 @ 8:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, November 14, 2013.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 10:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This summer I took calls from dozens of reporters across the country. A couple of questions were repeated time and again: How could North Carolina Republicans have moved so far to the right? How have the state's politics polarized so much when the Democratic Party barely has budged from its...
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, September 12, 2013.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 2:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, August 8, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 @ 1:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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