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 Thomas Mills | Jul 17, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US House |
There’s so much to say about the Republican runoff in NC-06 it’s hard to know where to start. First, Laura Fjeld won the primary. Second, we now know what would have happened to Thom Tillis in a runoff and, after the Cantor and Cochran races, the Republican...
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 | May 12, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, US House
The N&O is out with a long profile on Phil Berger, the Senate pro tem. It’s worth a read. But after the legislature is out of session, we’ll be hearing mostly about his son, Phil Berger Jr., who will be involved in a runoff against pastor Mark Walker...
