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 Alexander H. Jones | Jul 14, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, NC Politics, Politics, Republicans |
In a CNN interview, Ruth Bader Ginsburg came close to endorsing Hillary Clinton. It was out of line. As I said on Twitter, “[W]e have to be consistent about this. It is very bad and dangerous to lose a politically neutral judiciary, regardless of partisan...
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 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 Alexander H. Jones | Jul 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, National Politics, Presidential race |
For perhaps the first time ever, a U.S. Senator may follow his immediate predecessor in being nominated for Vice President. I’m talking, of course, about rumors that Richard Burr may in SAT language be to Donald Trump as John Edwards was to John Kerry. The selection...
by John Wynne | Jul 5, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics |
Many people are wondering what’s going on in North Carolina this year. Is Hillary Clinton favored in the presidential race, or is Donald Trump? Why is the Clinton campaign spending so much money here when she doesn’t need to win it? My take is that if...
