by James Kotecki | Jul 20, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Issues, Moral Monday, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGOP, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, Race, Republicans, The North Carolinian |
Greg Doucette supports legalizing marijuana, opposes HB2, and defends protesters from groups like Moral Mondays and Black Lives Matter. And he’s the Republican – yes, Republican – candidate for NC State Senate District 22. Doucette faces an uphill election...
by John Wynne | Jul 19, 2016 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, Presidential race |
It’s hard to ignore the polls lately that show Hillary Clinton with 6 and 10 point leads in North Carolina. Other polls show a much closer race and one even shows Trump leading. But Clinton is doing much better here than one might expect simply from looking at...
by John Wynne | Jul 13, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGA |
Senate District 15: State Sen. John Alexander (R) vs. Laurel Deegan-Fricke (D) The state’s 15th Senate District featured the closest General Assembly contest of the 2014 election. The Republican, John Alexander, defeated Democratic former mayor of Raleigh Tom...
by James Kotecki | Jul 13, 2016 | Gun Control, Immigration, Issues, NC Politics, NCGA, PODCAST, Politics, Race, Religion, The North Carolinian
Jay Chaudhuri is the son of Indian immigrants, a former attorney for both Attorney General Roy Cooper and State Treasurer Janet Cowell, and North Carolina’s newest state senator. We talk about how his unique background shapes his politics, his work on gun violence,...
by John Wynne | Jul 11, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races |
State Senate District 9 – State Sen. Michael Lee (R) vs. Andrew Barnhill (D) If you want to know which way the political winds are blowing in North Carolina, take a look at what’s going on in New Hanover County, which is almost entirely located within the...
by John Wynne | Jul 7, 2016 | Ads, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGov, Polling |
The Roy Cooper campaign launched their first ad of the 2016 general election. It’s actually pretty good. It depicts Cooper as one tough son of a gun who has stood up for North Carolinians against fraudsters, sexual predators, and drug dealers. The rock...
