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Liberal Pundits Line Up to Give Cheri Beasley a Participation Trophy for Campaigning in Mayberry Instead of Only in Metropolis
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 10:52 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In public and behind the scenes, there’s a lot of movement on both sides of the aisle as candidates prepare to enter the race to succeed retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, setting up competitive primaries and a general election race in 2022.
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 @ 12:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Over at PoliticsNC.com, former political consultant Thomas Mills re-runs the old trope about how low-income North Carolinians pay a higher share of their income in taxes relative to high-income earners.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 1:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Over at PoliticsNC.com, former political consultant Thomas Mills re-runs the old trope about how low-income North Carolinians pay a higher share of their income in taxes relative to high-income earners.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2020 @ 11:57 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina boards and commissions appointments.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 7:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, denied claims from Democrats and some media outlets that he helped carry out a plan to mislead House Democrats into not showing up to an early morning session so House Republicans could more easily pass a veto override of the budget.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 6:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Speculation has begun over who might run in a special election to succeed Republican U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, whose death Sunday left the 3rd U.S. Congressional District seat vacant.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Incumbents ruled the day in the North Carolina congressional delegation as the state's voters sent Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr back to Washington for a third term and kept the GOP's 10-3 U.S House majority intact
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 4:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, the Republican incumbent for North Carolina's 8th Congressional District, is running on his track record and roots in the district
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2016 @ 4:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is concerned that insurers "have left health insurance markets in droves due to the increased burdens" of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 @ 3:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly 20 members of the General Assembly, including several powerful veteran lawmakers, will not be running for re-election in 2016, and that number could swell as the candidate filing period that opens today at noon moves forward
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, and 2nd District U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers are among high-profile Republican incumbents who have drawn Republican primary opponents, but 54 other candidates were, in effect, elected to the General Assembly on Monday because nobody chose to run against...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans are highly unlikely to lose majority control of either legislative chamber in the 2016 General Assembly elections, and the state treasurer's seat is expected to be a hotly contested race that Republicans are hoping to flip into their corner, political analysts from each major party say
Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 @ 10:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you've ever watched any late-night TV, you've seen the ads for the Ashley Madison web site. It facilitates adultery. It's kind of a Match.com or JDate for married people.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:26 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 one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate contests nationally, Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis of Mecklenburg County knocked off incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan in a race capping a night that saw the GOP seize the majority in the upper chamber, unifying control of Congress.
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 8:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the biggest motivating factors in politics is anger.
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2014 @ 9:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Gov. Pat McCrory's coal ash clash with the General Assembly to determine the framework of North Carolina government is an important fight, but is unlikely to influence voters' decisions in the Nov. 4 general election, political analysts say
Published: Thursday, September 11th, 2014 @ 6:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Republicans continue to portray Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan as joined at the hip to an unpopular President Obama, and with congressional approval ratings in the ditch, the freshman senator’s best campaign strategy is to avoid national issues, political observers say.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 12:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With budget done, Medicaid and coal ash resolutions could wait
Published: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 @ 9:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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