by Ryan Watts | Sep 8, 2017 | 2018 elections, NC Politics, Politics |
Note: Ryan Watts is a client of PoliticsNC. That said, Thomas Mills fully supports this statement and Ryan’s candidacy. I’m running for Congress in North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District. After years of watching the ineptitude in Washington,...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 30, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Redistricting |
The redistricting debate in North Carolina brings into stark focus the rural-urban divide in the state. In his defense of legislative districts that give Republicans a veto proof majority in the state, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger argues that Democrats have...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 28, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC House |
On Friday, Republican Representative David Lewis cited a blog I wrote on the House floor to justify the gerrymandered districts he’s pushing. The quote he used said, “Democrats have basically ceded rural America, giving the GOP an advantage in district configurations...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 23, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics
Republicans have a very clear plan to hold power in the state while reducing the checks and balances that are designed to prevent consolidation of power. Gerrymandering and voter suppression laws are key to keeping their legislative majorities. Since Roy Cooper took...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 18, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Race |
When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he supposedly told an aide, “We (Democrats) have lost the South for a generation.” If he really said that, he missed it by a couple of generations. After 50 years, the South is still solidly Republican. That’s a...
by Roy Cooper | Aug 16, 2017 | NC Politics |
Reprinted with permission. Roy Cooper is Governor of North Carolina. Read the original here. Last weekend, I watched with horror as events in Charlottesville unfolded. Having served as North Carolina Attorney General for 16 years, I am all too familiar with the...
