by John Wynne | Jul 24, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Senate Races, NCGA |
Senate District 17: Sen. Tamara Barringer (R) vs. Bryan Fulghum (D) The 17th Senate district is located in the southwestern suburbs of Wake County. It contains the booming towns of Cary, Apex, and Holly Springs, places that consistently rank high in “Best Places...
by John Wynne | Jul 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
Undecided voters in the U.S. Senate race. For the politically astute, such as those who read this blog, the concept is hard to understand. Yet they exist. Some of them know a little bit about the candidates and are conflicted, some of them don’t know anything...
by John Wynne | Jul 22, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
The plan this year was for the General Assembly to convene, give teachers raises, make some tweaks to the budget, and then get out so they can campaign. So far, it hasn’t worked out that way. The legislature is still in session, and it doesn’t look like...
by John Wynne | Jul 21, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGA
Dr. Jim Fulghum, who represented House District 49 in the General Assembly, died over the weekend following treatment for cancer. He was 70, a retired neurosurgeon, and until recently, a candidate for State Senate. He was also a model citizen legislator. He was not a...
by John Wynne | Jul 17, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Democrats, Features, US House |
Could Democrat Laura Fjeld pull off the extraordinary and defeat Mark Walker in this strongly Republican district? Of course. It’s possible. Then again, there are a lot of things in politics that are possible but not particularly likely to happen, and a...
by John Wynne | Jul 16, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGOP, US House |
In my last post, I predicted that Phil Berger Jr. would win the runoff, and it wouldn’t be that close. Well, I got the second part right. Walker clobbered Berger, 60-40. So, what happened? The biggest takeaway from this race: Candidates in today’s GOP have...
