Mr. Lloyd Rufus Taylor, age 84, a resident of Chocowinity, NC died Wednesday May 10, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 @ 10:27 am
By: Announcements
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When North Carolina Democrats Jim Hunt and Rufus Edmisten were running their races for U.S. Senate and governor in 1984, they kept as far away as they could from the Democratic nominee for president, Walter Mondale
Published: Saturday, November 5th, 2016 @ 10:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1984, Jim Martin and Rufus Edmisten were opponents in our state’s gubernatorial election. As with any statewide election, it was a hard fought contest, but one that can provide lessons for today.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Party disunity can be fatal for political campaigns in competitive races. Just ask former governor Rufus Edmisten.
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 5:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Rufus David Burbage, Sr., age 78, a resident of Pinetown, NC died Saturday May 2, 2015 at his home.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 @ 10:04 pm
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One of my favorite modern historians, the late Rufus Fears at the University of Oklahoma, was fond of saying that “ideas make history.”
Published: Friday, October 10th, 2014 @ 7:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Rufus E. Moore, of 9291 Highway 33 East, Chocowinity, died Wednesday, April 22, 2014.
Published: Thursday, April 24th, 2014 @ 8:17 am
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"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again," wrote the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes. "There is nothing new under the sun." More than two millennia later, Karl Marx, wrote that history repeated itself "the first time as tragedy, the second as farce."
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 10:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At the precise moment I heard that longtime Republican strategist Jack Hawke had finally lost his battle with cancer, I was editing a book chapter about the 1984 race for North Carolina's governor. It was a pivotal campaign in the state's political history, as the Democratic Party fractured and...
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you said that you found the current political climate in Raleigh and Washington to be frustrating, dispiriting, and often juvenile, I'd second that emotion. But if you said it was unprecedented, I'd have to disagree - politely, of course!
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 3:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Rufus Blount of Washington, N.C. died Friday, August 30, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Washington
Published: Sunday, September 1st, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: Announcements
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I have no problem offering electoral predictions. Until 2008, I had a fairly good record pegging races, and my 2010 predictions proved to be within a couple of seats of the actual congressional and legislative results.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Major Colon “Rufus” Alligood Jr., 39, a resident of 140 Alligood Drive, Washington, died Saturday, May 26, 2012.
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 @ 12:41 am
By: Announcements
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Rufus C. Carraway, 83, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Plymouth United Methodist Church, Plymouth.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 @ 3:55 pm
By: Announcements
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