by James Kotecki | Sep 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Congressional Races, Democrats, Economic Development, Economy, Issues, National Politics, NC Politics, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, Redistricting, The North Carolinian, US House |
2016 is the year of political impossibilities. Among them: Democrats could actually take back the US House. If they do – and it’s still a big if – candidates like Thomas Mills will be riding the crest of the wave. A political consultant and the owner of...
by John Wynne | Jun 8, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
Renee Ellmers lost by a large margin last night. She almost came in third place. So why did she lose? Was it the Trump endorsement? What happened? Conservative discontent Ellmers was elected as part of the Tea Party wave of 2010, and she was a candidate of the Tea...
by John Wynne | Jun 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
It’s a fool’s errand to make predictions for an election with a bunch of competitive races and extremely low turnout. But I’m going to make some anyway, at the risk of looking very foolish. NC-02 Republican The race that’s getting all the buzz,...
by John Wynne | Jun 2, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
One of the most notable congressional campaigns is being waged by a candidate who is in a supposedly noncompetitive district. That candidate is Sue Googe, who is running to be the Republican nominee in the Fourth District, currently represented by David Price. Googe...
by John Wynne | May 31, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
The winner of the Republican primary in District 13 is anyone’s guess. It’s a total jump ball. There are 17 – yes, 17 – candidates running, meaning that technically a candidate could win with as little as 6% of the vote. The General Assembly...
by John Wynne | May 23, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
The latest private polling apparently shows George Holding with a huge lead over Renee Ellmers in the battle to be the Republican nominee for the 2nd congressional district. We could see the real fight being the battle for second place: Brannon vs. Ellmers. Greg...
