The members of Congress know the ropes in front of the cameras. You could call them a strong bunch of defensive coaches for Team Trump.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 10:52 am
By: LifeZette
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VoteVets Endorsed Cunningham For Senate And He Tweeted Support Of Their Endorsement
Published: Friday, January 3rd, 2020 @ 1:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword and the other is by debt."
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Tonight and tomorrow will be the first time 2020 presidential Democrats debate the extreme positions they’ve been touting on the campaign trail
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 9:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Raleigh businessman and author Garland Tucker officially entered North Carolina’s 2020 U.S. Senate race during an appearance Wednesday, May 8, on Sean Hannity’s nationally syndicated radio talk show.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Rev. Mark Harris, who lost the 2016 Republican primary in the 9th Congressional District by 144 votes, won a rematch Tuesday with three-term incumbent Rep. Robert Pittenger
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 1:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican incumbent Andy Wells was unopposed in his two previous Senate District 42 primaries, and was uncontested in the 2016 general election. But three challengers are seeking the seat in the May 8 GOP primary
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 11:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Saturday, the NCGOPe tossed out the party's first black chairman and replaced him with a, um, "intellectually-challenged" white man who documentary evidence clearly demonstrates was clearly outperformed by said ousted black man.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 @ 8:06 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Unfortunately, we're not voting for the winner of a game show here. We're choosing someone to vote on our behalf amid the DC nonsense.
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Every once in a while we’re blessed with a lone voice of common sense, out in the wilderness, trying to inject some common sense into the nonsense that is the Raleigh political circus.
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 12:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Much has been written about the attorneys the Governor and the legislative leaders have hired to defend the Voter Information Verification Act (VIVA) against lawsuits brought by the NC-NAACP, the ACLU and the U.S. Justice Department. In contrast, to date, there have been no stories spotlighting the
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 2:57 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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At the national level, Republicans have surrendered on taxes, debt, gays in the military, ObamaCare and amnesty. On the state level, the NCGOP is in the midst of surrendering on ObamaCare, taxes, and amnesty.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 10:00 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Day in North Carolina was not a great one for bona-fide conservatives.
Published: Friday, May 16th, 2014 @ 2:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The incumbent, Rep. Walter Jones Jr., defeated challenger Taylor Griffin in a race that saw Griffin's D.C. and New York allies independently spend more than a million dollars to defeat Jones.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 2014 election cycle has seen an unprecedented effort by out of state groups through independent expenditures to control the results of Republican primaries for Congress and the Senate in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 4:04 am
By: Steven P. Rader
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It's always charming when two geriatric liberals attend the same event and come away with two very different accounts.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 5:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Thom Tillis, conservative candidate for US Senate and North Carolina House Speaker, tonight used a Republican US Senate Primary debate to focus his message on Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Senate hopeful Greg Brannon issued fiery constitutional rhetoric and delivered the biggest applause lines Friday night from an audience of about 600 people as he ran away with a straw poll at a Republican candidates forum.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I don't blame Thom Tillis for refusing to attend one of the three televised GOP Senate primary debates. The only mystery is why he (or any candidate) is bothering with any of them.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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All of the pundits are declaring Thom Tillis the hands-down winner of the GOP primary for US Senate — a whole month before the first votes get cast.
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We've done some extensive reporting on the speaker's activities on Jones Street. Greg Brannon – one of speaker Thom's opponents in the US Senate primary campaign has raised ethical questions about the state House's top man.
Published: Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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Carter Wrenn - Richard Morgan's pre-weight loss doppelganger - has surfaced like Captain Ahab's white whale to do a wee bit of the GOP establishment's dirty work in a post on his low-traffic, lightly-read web site
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2014 @ 7:37 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Until now, it's been easy to draw comparisons between the 2014 US Senate GOP primary in North Carolina and the 2010 Kentucky GOP Senate primary, featuring a doctor - and political novice - and a seasoned, well-funded state government official.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 12:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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While political analysts are trying to understand how the most recent municipal elections reflect the current climate and impact outcomes in the 2014 elections, there are two obvious conclusions of statewide note.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 11:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Ever since Robin Hayes’ name popped up in connection with Charlotte pastor Mark Harris’ US Senate campaign, we’ve been a little suspicious
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 11:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Well, it appears Walter Jones is picking up another primary opponent.
Published: Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 @ 9:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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After our reporting came out, the AP confirmed that - as we said - (1) Harris is being advised by longtime Robin Hayes advisor Tom Perdue and that (2) a formal campaign announcement will be made on October 2.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I spoke with a well-placed Tea Party activist based in The Second Congressional District who confirmed for me what has been one of the region's worst kept secrets for some time: Renee Ellmers is getting a primary opponent.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 6:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Tea Partiers in The Carolinas have an opportunity to make a forceful statement in the 2014 GOP primaries for US Senate.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 11:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It's been the conventional wisdom that State House Speaker Thom Tillis was national Republicans' odds-on favorite to take on incumbent Democrat US Senator Kay Hagan in November 2014.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 10:08 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We're just rolling back in to Haymaker HQ after a long relaxing, enjoyable Independence Day weekend.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2013 @ 1:14 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In an interview, Tillis said the two chambers need to breach a "philosophical" divide - one that may take days, if not longer, to reconcile.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 10:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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