by James Kotecki | Oct 5, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Features, HB2, Issues, LGBT Rights, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian
Jane Campbell is a retired Navy captain and an unaffiliated candidate for NC House. She’s also openly gay. After learning her state representative was an architect of HB2 and running unopposed for reelection, she decided to do something about it. UPDATE 10/5/16...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 3, 2016 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Deborah Ross raised a whopping $4.3 million for the quarter that ended September 30. The amount shows the enthusiasm behind Ross’ campaign and gives her momentum heading into the final stretch of the race. It also tells us where the national Democrats’ priorities lie...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 29, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
North Carolina is different. In 2014, the country as a whole saw the lowest voter turnout in decades. In North Carolina, turnout was about average for a non-presidential year. While a Republican wave washed over the rest of the country, North Carolina Democrats picked...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 29, 2016 | NC Politics, Politics, Republicans |
As recently as 2009 David Frum could write, “Americans have long associated Democrats with urban machines, Republicans with personal integrity and fiscal responsibility,” iron-spined people who could be trusted to “cast an austere eye on the depredations of Democratic...
by James Kotecki | Sep 28, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian
24 years after her first campaign, Patsy Keever chairs North Carolina’s Democratic Party for what she implies is her last election in an official role. Keever says it’s time for a new generation of leaders to take over. Before leaving, all she has to do is help her...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 26, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NC Politics |
North Carolina has gotten used to being in the political spotlight. Since 2008, we’ve been one of the most closely watched states in the country. And I’m not talking about the negative publicity brought to us by the Governor and General Assembly. I’m talking the...
