by Thomas Mills | Apr 4, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate
In 2010 and 2012, Republicans missed opportunities to take the U. S. Senate, in large part, because of their nominees. By all accounts, Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, probably Colorado and quite possibly Connecticut would all have elected Republican senators if...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Thom Tillis really needs to win the primary outright in May if he’s going to challenge Kay Hagan as a moderate, pragmatic Republican. The runoff is set for mid July. The short session of the legislature starts in mid-May. And in both events Thom Tillis will be a main...
by John Wynne | Apr 2, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate
SurveyUSA has been busy lately; this is the third poll they’ve conducted on the North Carolina Senate race in as many weeks. The firm previously conducted surveys on behalf of Civitas and WRAL. Because this latest poll appears to use the same voter screen as...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate
Mark Harris sure took a long time to come out of his shell, but he might be coming out at just the right time. And Harris might have been doing what he needed to do to be competitive in May–raising money. Now, he seems to on the rise while Thom Tillis and Greg...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 31, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Thom Tillis is whining. They guy with all of the resources but none of the base has accused Rev. Mark Harris of “going negative.” Since Harris isn’t even up on television or using paid media, Tillis’ accusation is laughable. However, it underscores the problems Tillis...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 28, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
This week, two ads were released supposedly supporting Senator Kay Hagan. One works. One doesn’t. An environmental SuperPAC called Southern Alliance for Clean Energy released an ad that supports Hagan and touts her accomplishments protecting North...
