by John Wynne | Jul 2, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, Polling, US Senate |
We’re halfway through the year and Democrats still haven’t come up with a candidate to challenge Richard Burr for United States Senate. The two candidates who would appear to be strongest, Anthony Foxx and Kay Hagan, have ruled out bids. Our reader poll at...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 1, 2015 | Democrats, Editor's Blog |
Last week was an historic week. It began with a repudiation of the Confederate battle flag by political leaders who just weeks earlier would have defended it. Next, the Supreme Court again upheld the main provisions of the Affordable Care Act, moving us closer to...
by John Wynne | Jun 29, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP |
Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court keeps hope alive for a nonpartisan redistricting commission here in North Carolina. The question before the Court was whether or not the legislature could delegate drawing districts to commissions, or if that power resided...
by John Wynne | Jun 24, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Last night, reports came that Kay Hagan would not seek the seat held by her former colleague Richard Burr after all. That’s what she’s been telling donors. It’s definitely a blow to the DSCC, who sorely wanted to see her run again. Though Hagan was...
by John Wynne | Jun 23, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, Poverty, US Senate |
While outgoing UNC President Tom Ross is sometimes mentioned as a potential candidate for U.S. Senate, there’s another academic whose transition to politics might come more naturally: Gene Nichol, law professor and Director of the Poverty Center at the...
by John Wynne | Jun 19, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics |
Wake County is the county with the most voters and a plurality of the readership here, so the following is an overview of some of the important recent news stories going on there: Democrats Swarm Stein Seat Josh Stein is going to vacate his seat to run for Attorney...
