by John Wynne | Nov 4, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA
House District 118: Rep. Michelle Presnell (R) vs. Commissioner Dean Hicks (D) And so we come to our last installment of the District Geography series for the 2014 election cycle. Once again, it’s a Republican who is vulnerable. Rep. Michelle Presnell is a...
by John Wynne | Nov 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA, Polling |
House District 116: Rep. Tim Moffitt (R) vs. Brian Turner (D) The 116th District features one of the costliest and nastiest contests of the entire cycle. The district itself is based in rural-suburban Western Buncombe County, just outside Asheville. The current...
by Michael Bitzer | Nov 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Bitzer, Features |
Originally published at Old North State Politics. We have the final totals for the vast majority of early votes coming in for North Carolina’s general election; a small number of mail-in ballots will continue to trickle in, but the numbers point to a substantial...
by John Wynne | Nov 1, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features
Three days ago, we looked at the Court of Appeals race featuring a whopping 19 candidates, and it’s anyone’s guess who will win. There are three more Appeals Court races on the ballot, though, and they’re much easier to examine and to keep track of...
by Michael Bitzer | Oct 31, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Bitzer, Features
Originally posted at Old North State Politics. With today’s and Saturday’s early voting, North Carolina will finish up the process leading into next Tuesday’s election. And with the numbers we are seeing in accepted early ballots, we may be seeing a...
by Michael Bitzer | Oct 30, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Bitzer, Features
Originally posted at Old North State Politics. North Carolina’s early voting continues its march ahead of where the state was four years in the last mid-term election; among all early voting methods (in-person and mail-in balloting), 731,251 ballots have been...