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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger has requested a recount in the SD-28 Republican primary against challenger Sheriff Sam Page, after the race ended with one of the narrowest margins in recent North Carolina election history.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2026 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs challenging a recent ruling in a federal North Carolina redistricting lawsuit have asked the full 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to consider the case.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 @ 8:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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US Supreme Court is likely to nuke whole issue of racial gerrymandering
Published: Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 @ 1:31 pm
By: John Steed
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Sometimes there are legitimate non-political reasons for districts to have funny shapes.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A federal judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, upheld Republicans’ redrawn congressional maps in Georgia, on Thursday.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 9:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE) had an emergency meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Election Day to extend voting for three precincts that had experienced delays.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 7:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolinians start early voting Oct. 20 and head to the polls Nov. 8, a few races in the Charlotte area will be among those political analysts watch to learn the balance of the state General Assembly and the congressional delegation.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 @ 12:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Supreme Court has opened Pandora’s box with their 4-3 decision on Voter ID. In Greek mythology Pandora’s curiosity led her to open a container entrusted to her husband, unleashing what we today call “a can of worms.”
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 8:46 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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State legislators object to Common Cause's proposal to speed up N.C. Supreme Court consideration of a redistricting case.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 1:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In my previous research brief, I noted how the General Assembly could use the findings of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses to help them draw districts in compliance with the North Carolina Supreme Court’s February 4 ruling in North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v. Hall.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A group dedicated to electing Republicans to Congress is asking the N.C. Supreme Court not to join a political fight involving challenged election maps.
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 @ 7:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The most recent N.C. Supreme Court order in a case involving challenged election maps takes up 3 1/2 pages.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 10:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative defendants in North Carolina’s redistricting lawsuits are opposing efforts to have Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. disqualified from the case.
Published: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 @ 6:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democrat-dominated Buncombe County Board of Commissioners wants to join the legal fight against North Carolina’s new election maps.
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 3:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the John Locke Foundation released the updated Civitas Partisan Index. This tool reflects the political balance of power in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 9:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, has moved his permanent residence from Richmond County to his second home in the Pinehurst area of Moore County to run for the newly-drawn state Senate District 21, which will include all of GOP-rich Moore County, and much of Cumberland County.
Published: Friday, December 3rd, 2021 @ 10:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s one of the best quotes attributed to baseball legend Yogi Berra: “It’s like deja vu all over again.”
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 11:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Draw North Carolina's election maps fairly, and we'll end up with representation that more closely resembles this state's tight partisan split. Right?
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 2:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"North Carolina has become ground zero in the redistricting battles about how much and how little race can be used in the redistricting process."
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2017 @ 1:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A panel of federal judges has denied a request from North Carolina lawmakers to delay an order to redraw state House and Senate districts by no later than March 15 and hold special legislative elections later this year.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2017 @ 12:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Low voter turnout is one of several challenges resulting from a court order setting a deadline to redraw legislative districts and establish special legislative elections next year
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even with so many legislative races already decided and so many others that appear to be sure things, Democrats believe they can make inroads into the Republican majorities in the North Carolina General Assembly this year.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 1:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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According to data released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in July 2016, the lowest it's been in nine years
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm
By: Bill Cook
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