by John Wynne | Sep 10, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NC House Races, NC Senate Races, NCGA, Polling, US Senate
Some of the hottest political races of this cycle are happening in Wake County. Wake just passed 1,000,000 residents, so it’s no surprise that this county is going to be seeing a lot of action, both now and in the future. Both parties are going to be heavily...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 18, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Congressional Races, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US House
On Tuesday, Laura Fjeld, the Democratic nominee for NC-06, got a huge break when Phil Berger, Jr. lost his runoff. She drew Mark Walker, an untested baptist preacher, as her opponent. Now, she’ll probably need another break to win–but that break might already be...
by John Wynne | Jul 17, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Democrats, Features, US House |
Could Democrat Laura Fjeld pull off the extraordinary and defeat Mark Walker in this strongly Republican district? Of course. It’s possible. Then again, there are a lot of things in politics that are possible but not particularly likely to happen, and a...
by John Wynne | Jul 16, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGOP, US House |
In my last post, I predicted that Phil Berger Jr. would win the runoff, and it wouldn’t be that close. Well, I got the second part right. Walker clobbered Berger, 60-40. So, what happened? The biggest takeaway from this race: Candidates in today’s GOP have...
by John Wynne | Jul 15, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP, US House |
Today is the day of the second primary here in North Carolina. The last time we held a runoff election, only 3.5% of registered voters came. To look at it another way, 96.5% of registered voters in North Carolina were doing something else besides voting. Emphasis on...
by John Wynne | Jul 9, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, NCGOP |
North Carolina-based political analyst John Davis says Phil Berger Jr. is likely to win next Tuesday’s low-turnout Republican runoff. The reason, says Davis, is opponent Mark Walker’s inconsistent position on illegal immigration. With all the charges of...
