by Kirk Kovach | Aug 6, 2019 | 2018 elections, 2020 election, NC Politics, The Kovach Corner
In the wake of the tragic massacres in our nation over the weekend, one in El Paso, Texas, the other in Dayton, Ohio, most if not all Americans took a moment to reflect on the type of rhetoric and inaction that has brought us to this point in American history. I say...
by Kirk Kovach | Jul 31, 2019 | 2020 election, The Kovach Corner
You might have noticed a trend in North Carolina politics: dysfunction. That sense now pervades even those seemingly innocuous arms of the government. Just this week, the chairman of the Board of Elections, Bob Cordle, resigned after apparently telling some lengthy,...
by Kirk Kovach | Jul 25, 2019 | 2020 election, Trump
It’s been about a month since the infamous diversity episode with Lt. Gov, and gubernatorial aspirant, Dan Forest. If you’ve already forgotten, and given the pace of news these days it’s no small feat to remember last month, let alone last week,...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 19, 2019 | 2020 election, Editor's Blog, Politics
With the president coming down to North Carolina to put his racism and xenophobia on display, developments in the governor’s race got overshadowed. On the Republican side, state Representative Holly Grange is challenging Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest for the GOP...
by Kirk Kovach | Jun 29, 2019 | 2020 election, The Kovach Corner
Over the course of the last week, the Democratic debates have demonstrated in succinct form what has been known since at least 2016: The Democratic Party is shifting leftward. Or is it? Certainly, the leftward flank of the party is ascendant now. On the heels of...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 17, 2019 | 2020 election, Editor's Blog
Former state senator and veteran Cal Cunningham announced he’s switching races today. Cunningham says he’s moving from the lieutenant governor’s race to the US Senate race, in part, because he’s heard the request on the campaign trail. As incumbent Republican...
