by Thomas Mills | Dec 22, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US House |
Well, yesterday was put up or shut up day. After urging people to run for office to contest every Republican-held seat, I filed to run for Congress in North Carolina’s 8th District. I didn’t plan on running, but I also wasn’t going to watch a Republican incumbent get...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 17, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
Back in December 2012, North Carolina had about 6,624,000 registered voters. Back then the state had about 9,750,000 or so. Today, it has over 10 million people but there are only 6,431,000 registered voters. Where the hell did all the voters go? We gained 250,000...
by John Wynne | Dec 16, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics |
When it comes to the legislative elections next year, Wake County is going to be a major battleground. The Democratic Party chairman there says his goal is to win at least four of the five competitive seats in the county. It’s a lofty goal, but with presidential...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 16, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog |
By this time in 2013, North Carolina was in full-tilt campaign mode. Third-party groups were running ads for and against both Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis. We knew we were in for a long ride. This year? Nothing. I think a pro-McCrory group may have run some warm and...
by John Wynne | Dec 15, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics |
In January 2013, Ted Cruz came to the United States Senate with a brilliant idea: just go hard-right on everything, and carve out a niche as the most conservative, most uncompromising guy in Washington DC against a backdrop of weak-willed, hand-wringing establishment...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 15, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The Republican civil war in North Carolina is raging. Today, the conservative blog The Daily Haymaker is calling the John Locke Foundation leaders “RINOs” or Republicans In Name Only. That’s quite an insult to the oldest conservative think tank in the state. Over in...
