by John Wynne | Aug 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House, NC House Races, NC Politics
Welcome to the first edition of our series of articles analyzing the State House races in North Carolina. There are 120 House seats but only a fraction of them are truly competitive, or could possibly become competitive. We’re going to be taking a look at the...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Ads, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Last week, the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee reserved $9 million in TV to support Kay Hagan. Immediately, Republicans started saying that Democrats had hit the panic button and the buy showed that Hagan was in real trouble. Hagan’s been in real trouble since...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 15, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Ethics, NCGov |
There goes Pat McCrory, showing off his thin skin and fighting with the media again. When is he going to learn that the best way to kill a story is to down play it, not escalate it? Now, he’s dragging it out for another day and making me write about it again. ...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 14, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Remember Kevin Geddings? No? Well, Kevin Geddings was the former political consultant who went to prison in 2006 for failing to disclose earnings on an ethics form. When Geddings was appointed by former Speaker Jim Black to the newly created lottery commission, he...
by John Wynne | Aug 13, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races
The initial analysis of the competitive NC Senate districts this year is now complete. But wait, wasn’t the latest entry in the series Senate District 25? Aren’t there 25 more districts left? Well, yes, but none of them appear to be competitive. As you get...
by John Wynne | Aug 12, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Polling, US Senate |
Two weeks ago, Tillis campaign spokesman Daniel Keylin said he wasn’t worried about his candidate trailing in the polls. Why? Because, he explained, “Senate campaigns in North Carolina almost always break late.” This isn’t just campaign spin....
