by Thomas Mills | Apr 2, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
It’s early in the election cycle, but Republican must like what they’re seeing right now. Democrats seem hellbent on tearing each other down while the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination are falling all over themselves to see who can pander to the base the...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 1, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
North Carolina has a long history of revolving US Senate seats. The seat Sen. Thom Tillis holds has flipped every cycle since Jesse Helms gave it up in 2002. The other Senate seat, the one Richard Burr holds, had flipped every cycle since Sam Ervin retired in 1974...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 29, 2019 | Editor's Blog
Yesterday, I got an email from a Washington reporter with the subject line “NC-09.” The body read, “I’m doing a Stevie Rivenbark story…[She] is being pitched as the GOP’s answer to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. What do you think of the comparison and...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 27, 2019 | Editor's Blog
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard cases concerning gerrymandering in North Carolina and Maryland. The results could have wide ranging implications. I’m not a constitutional lawyer and I try not give legal like so many people on twitter. I also try to assume that some...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 26, 2019 | Editor's Blog
Today is gerrymandering day at the Supreme Court. The court will hear cases from North Carolina and Maryland to determine whether extreme gerrymanders in redistricting are constitutional or not. In North Carolina, Republican legislators drew districts that gave them a...
