by John Wynne | Dec 14, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics |
North Carolina Democrats have a lot riding on their shoulders this election cycle. Next year, they need to do at least one of the following: either elect Roy Cooper governor, knock off Richard Burr in the U.S. Senate, or deliver the state’s 15 electoral votes to...
by John Wynne | Oct 27, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP |
An interview given by Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest confirms what’s pretty much an open secret in Raleigh: he has aspirations for higher office. Forest, the son of former U.S. Representative Sue Myrick, wants to be governor. If McCrory gets another term (and...
by John Wynne | Sep 25, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, National Politics |
Much has changed since the 1960s, when Jesse Helms opposed a state zoo on the basis that one could be constructed just by putting up a fence around Chapel Hill. But through the decades, Chapel Hill’s reputation as a bastion of liberalism in a somewhat...
by John Wynne | Sep 24, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Democrats, Demographic Trends, Features, NC Politics |
Former State Rep. Deborah Ross has resigned from her job as counsel at the Triangle Transit Authority in order to commit full-time to “considering” a run against U.S. Senator Richard Burr. That’s a fairly significant step … and it’s not...
by John Wynne | Sep 21, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Apparently great minds think alike – or at least the minds of Democratic politicians in North Carolina. Today both State Senator Josh Stein and Spring Lake Mayor Chris Rey announced that they were seeking higher office. To no one’s surprise, Stein is...
by John Wynne | Sep 16, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP
The results are in for the Charlotte mayoral primaries. As a result of last night, the GOP’s chances of taking back the mayoralty increased ever-so-slightly. For the Democrats, former Mecklenburg County Commission Chair Jennifer Roberts failed to break the 40%...
