by Thomas Mills | Jan 15, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
I’m an accidental candidate for Congress. I didn’t plan on running in North Carolina’s Eighth District but when I realized nobody would file, seven minutes before the deadline I threw my name in the hat. I believe that people deserve a choice in elections and...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 14, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
In a US Senate primary where no one has substantial name recognition, money is the only thing that matters. EMILY’s List’s endorsement of Deborah Ross now makes her the clear frontrunner. The organization will make sure that she has the money to get her message out...
by John Wynne | Jan 12, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Deborah Ross is the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, but her two main opponents aren’t going away without a fight. Chris Rey and Kevin Griffin are both making arguments from electability: she might be a nice person, but Deborah...
by John Wynne | Jan 11, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics |
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx endorsed Hillary Clinton over the weekend, becoming the latest Obama Cabinet member to do so. What’s significant though isn’t that he chose Hillary over Sanders – that was expected – but that he...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
“The governor believes the bill is unnecessary.” That seemingly anodyne sentence is Robert Brawley’s best hope at the nomination. However wildly remote, it’s possible to imagine a scenario where Brawley could unite the many conservatives who believe, emphatically,...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics, US House |
Well, my opponent, Rep. Richard Hudson, joined his cynical Republican colleagues in voting to bring back pre-existing conditions, strip health insurance away from millions of Americans, and allow people to go broke because of illness or injury. Yes, the House voted...