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Dhillon grew up in Wake County, NC as fan of Sen. Jesse Helms
Published: Saturday, April 26th, 2025 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Steed
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Dhillon in Indian-American who grew up in Raleigh
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 @ 8:23 am
By: John Steed
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claimed to be Freedom Caucus type in primary; now totally swamp RINO
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 4:29 pm
By: John Steed
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Trump sticks with failed RINO incumbent Ronna Romney McDaniel
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Steed
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Senator Jesse Helms was who inspired her to go into politics
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 @ 8:38 am
By: John Steed
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Just one day after Congressman Ted Budd announced he would in fact run for the U.S. Senate, the soon-to-be-open 13th Congressional District already has Republican candidates eyeing the GOP-leaning seat.
Published: Saturday, May 1st, 2021 @ 6:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, former Republican Attorney General nominee and State Senator Buck Newton endorsed Dr. Joan Perry for Congress in the NC-3 Special Election to fill the seat of the late Congressman Walter Jones.
Published: Thursday, June 13th, 2019 @ 2:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Many of us remember North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms' war against CBS news, complaining the "liberal press" consisted of, "men and women who, if they do not hate American virtues...certainly have a smug contempt for American ideals and principles."
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 10:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump "is Clinton's to lose at this point," and Democratic state Attorney General Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Burr campaign today announced the "Women United for Burr" leadership team. In addition to the leadership team, Senator Burr's wife, Brooke Burr, will serve as the honorary chair of "Women United for Burr."
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 1:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 4:39 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 10:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Earlier this week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke on the Senate floor to honor the memory of Dorothy Helms, the ever gracious wife of the late Senator Jesse Helms. Mrs. Helms passed away on November 6th, 2015, at the age of 96.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:57 am
By: Chris Downey
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Today Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) issued this statement on the passing of Dorothy 'Dot' Helms
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In case you missed it, National Review has a great writeup on next year's showdown between Renee Ellmers and Jim Duncan in the 2nd district GOP primary.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 1:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A veteran government relations and policy professional is joining Governor Pat McCrory's staff.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 8:56 am
By: Chris Downey
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Renee Ellmers has spent nearly four years in Congress. For that entire period, the Dunn Republican has served in a Republican majority.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 12:42 am
By: Brant Clifton
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"I didn't go looking for this opportunity," said John Rhodes, the best-known of the three qualified write-in candidates for US Senate in North Carolina. "It found me.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 9:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Delmar's cynicism is earned, in my view. Let me quickly tell you of another story which had a better outcome.
Published: Sunday, May 11th, 2014 @ 11:05 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Listening to the dueling ads on the airwaves, voters may wonder why some ads cite a rating claiming Walter Jones is a liberal Republican and others cite ratings that he is one of the most conservative. The difference comes from who is doing the rating.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 1:44 am
By: Steven P. Rader
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Year after year, challengers from both parties have come after incumbent Walter Jones with both barrels blazing. And year after year, Jones keeps going back for a new term in Congress.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 12:38 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The New York Times finally noticed a Tea Party-aligned Cary physician running for the US Senate in North Carolina. McClatchy licked its chops and piled on.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 @ 7:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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To the disappointment of many conservatives in The Second Congressional District, The State of North Carolina, and the nation, Chatham County GOP chairman Jim Duncan is taking a pass on a run for Congress in 2014.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 3:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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By now, politics-watchers are well familiar with the story of Todd Akin, the GOP challenger to Missouri senator Claire McCaskill (D) in 2012.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 8:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I worked on Capitol Hill for the late Senator Jesse Helms during his early-90s campaign to defund The National Endowment For The Arts.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 9:37 am
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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The mainstream media is chattering away about this party "remake" report issued by a group of establishment Republicans.
Published: Friday, March 22nd, 2013 @ 10:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Publisher's note: Brant Clifton watches well ObamaCare, and its infinite ramifications, in his "bare knuckles" Conservative online publication known as The Daily Haymaker.
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2012 @ 10:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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An awful lot of the DC Republican establishment is lashing out at conservatives who were unwilling to go along with John Boehner and Eric Cantor's tail-tucking surrender on taxes and the "fiscal cliff."
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 @ 8:47 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Some regular readers of this blog have shared a great video with me from the recently-completed national Republican Convention in Tampa.
Published: Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 @ 12:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Time is running short, but a few openings remain for the 2012 Free Enterprise Leadership Challenge, a summer program for high school students hosted by the Jesse Helms Center Foundation at Wingate University.
Published: Monday, June 11th, 2012 @ 8:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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