by Thomas Mills | Jan 1, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Well, it’s that time of year again. 2015 is nothing but a memory and 2016 is all anticipation. Let’s review my predictions for 2015 and I’ll make a few for the upcoming election year. Last New Year’s Day, I predicted that scandals would continue to plague Pat McCrory....
by John Wynne | Dec 23, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGov |
Governor Pat McCrory got some rare buzz over the past few hours as a potential vice presidential pick – for Donald Trump, specifically. It’s rare to hear veep speculation about the governor because McCrory is locked in a tight reelection battle with Roy...
by John Wynne | Dec 22, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics, NC Politics |
The filing period is now officially over. First, a look at who filed for U.S. Congress. Some takeaways: *In good news for Democrats, they got a candidate in every U.S. House district (including Thomas Mills in the Eighth). While 10 of the districts are lopsidedly...
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 John Wynne | Dec 17, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US House |
Renee Ellmers is getting yet another challenger in the Second District primary race: Tim D’Annunzio, a businessman who lives in Raeford, just outside the district. He filed his candidacy two days ago. (Congresswoman Ellmers has yet to do so.) Longtime observers...
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...
