by John Wynne | Jan 13, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features |
Mitt Romney is running again. Well, maybe. My guess is the noise from the Romney camp is more about freezing potential donors to Jeb Bush. In the meantime, it serves as a trial balloon which will allow Mitt to assess whether or not another run would be worth pursuing....
by John Wynne | Jan 12, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Now-former Senator Hagan is considering running against her old colleague, Richard Burr. Ultimately, I don’t think she’ll pull the trigger and most political observers seem to share that opinion. I think if she could wave a magic wand and become U.S....
by John Wynne | Jan 9, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics |
The legislative session hasn’t even started yet and already NC House Democrats have won the first “worst week in Raleigh” award for the year 2015. This dubious honor was cemented when Paul Tine (former D-Kitty Hawk) announced he was ending his...
by John Wynne | Jan 7, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGOP, US House, US Senate |
Thom Tillis was sworn in as U.S. Senator yesterday. It’s going to be an interesting transition for the former Speaker. He goes from leading a body of 120 members, to going to a place where he’s just one of 100 and near the bottom in terms of seniority....
by John Wynne | Jan 6, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics |
Forget Kay Hagan. The 2014 Senate candidate most likely to mount a repeat bid is Libertarian Sean Haugh. Haugh definitely seems interested in either Burr’s Senate seat or the gubernatorial race, and is apparently leaning towards the latter because, in his words:...
by John Wynne | Jan 5, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, US Senate |
The votes are in. The poll we conducted last week on Democrats’ choice to take on Sen. Richard Burr in 2016 has closed. In the end, it was very close. The results are as follows: 1. Kay Hagan – 21.01% 2. Cal Cunningham – 20.74% 3. Brad Miller –...
