by Thomas Mills | Jan 26, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Well, the first oppo dump of the N. C. GOP primary for Senate showed up on Buzzfeed this weekend. Andrew Kaczynski, aka @buzzfeedandrew, posted information from a now-defunct web site run by Dr. Greg Brannon, the Tea Party activist and Rand Paul endorsee. It paints a...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, US Senate |
I’ll continue my obsession with the GOP primary for U. S. Senate. With seven candidates in the race, the primary seems likely headed for a runoff. The Republican establishment sees Thom Tillis as the most electable challenger to Kay Hagan, and groups like Karl Rove’s...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 22, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
In his bid to become the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, Thom Tillis needs to get to 40% of the vote in May to avoid a precarious runoff. Yesterday, the math got harder when a seventh candidate jumped into the fray. If all seven file, a big “if,” getting to 40% is tough....
by Thomas Mills | Jan 21, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate
Thom Tillis has one thing going for him in his bid to get to 40% of the vote in the May primary. Dr. Greg Brannon. Full of naive exuberance and Tea Party crazy, Brannon is clearly a candidate who is not ready for prime time. He’s yet to really leverage his Rand Paul...
by John Wynne | Jan 20, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, US Senate
In an illustration of what an uphill battle Democrats have to regain control of either chamber of the General Assembly this year, PPP’s latest poll shows that the GOP leads the generic legislative ballot by 1 point. Because of the nature of the legislative maps,...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 19, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate
Last week, I wrote that the path to victory without a runoff got tougher for Thom Tillis. The entry of former Shelby mayor Ted Alexander brought the number of candidates in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate to six. Several candidates bring either regional or ideological...
