by Kirk Kovach | Feb 16, 2019 | 2020 election, Democrats, The Kovach Corner
Politico published an article yesterday outlining how the Democratic Primary will unfold over the next year or so. Back during the primary leading up to Hillary Clinton’s eventual nomination in 2016, a lot of people were uncomfortable with the processes and took...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 15, 2019 | PODCAST, Politics
I met with Rep. Graig Meyer on Wednesday, February 13th, to talk about the 2018 elections, some salient issues in the current session, and what he sees as the big picture items facing the state in the year(s) to come. Here’s where you can find us: Apple...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 14, 2019 | The Kovach Corner
I wrote a column this week for the Salisbury Post, where I lauded the bipartisan efforts of the General Assembly and Attorney General Josh Stein in pushing the Survivor Act. Briefly, the act would provide millions of dollars to continue testing the embarrassingly...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 8, 2019 | Politics, The Kovach Corner
One week ago today, it came out that Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia had apparently posed in either blackface or as a Klansman in his medical school yearbook. Northam waffled on the issue, at first claiming responsibility and then the following day suggesting that...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 8, 2019 | The Kovach Corner
Though it likely went under the radar for most, Governor Cooper rescinded a controversial choice for the North Carolina Human Relations Commission this week. Lawana Mayfield is currently on the Charlotte City Council, and in December the Governor appointed her to the...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 7, 2019 | 2020 election, Poll Analysis, Polling, The Kovach Corner
I admit: at this point, reading polls and taking them as an indication of anything more than a snapshot in time is a mistake. But to discard what they say now, and what they might portend, is also wrongheaded. Øptimus Consulting released a poll conducted between...
