by John Wynne | Jul 17, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Democrats, Features, US House |
Could Democrat Laura Fjeld pull off the extraordinary and defeat Mark Walker in this strongly Republican district? Of course. It’s possible. Then again, there are a lot of things in politics that are possible but not particularly likely to happen, and a...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 17, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US House |
There’s so much to say about the Republican runoff in NC-06 it’s hard to know where to start. First, Laura Fjeld won the primary. Second, we now know what would have happened to Thom Tillis in a runoff and, after the Cantor and Cochran races, the Republican...
by John Wynne | Jul 16, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGOP, US House |
In my last post, I predicted that Phil Berger Jr. would win the runoff, and it wouldn’t be that close. Well, I got the second part right. Walker clobbered Berger, 60-40. So, what happened? The biggest takeaway from this race: Candidates in today’s GOP have...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 16, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Media, NC Politics
Today, I’m offering an audio blog, my interview about the primary election runoff results with Patrick Johnson of WPTF. I’d like to thank Patrick for having me on this morning. We’ll take a more in-depth look at the race later, but for now, check out the...
by John Wynne | Jul 15, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, US House |
Today is the day of the second primary here in North Carolina. The last time we held a runoff election, only 3.5% of registered voters came. To look at it another way, 96.5% of registered voters in North Carolina were doing something else besides voting. Emphasis on...
by John Wynne | Jul 14, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGOP |
Tomorrow, North Carolina is holding runoff elections, technically the second primary elections. Just think. Had Thom Tillis not eclipsed 40% two months ago, he would have been engaged in a heated runoff battle with Greg Brannon and the most fired-up conservative...
