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• Gov. Pat McCrory’s campaign committee released a video touting the economic recovery as the “Carolina Comeback:” https://youtu.be/UNw-NtBrls8 The left-wing group Progress Action N.C. responds: • The big news from…
Charlotte Observer apparently deep sixes the story first reported by Carolina Journal that the “handling of a $250,644 stimulus grant received by a company co-owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay…
Forget the Koch brothers. Eliana Johnson of National Review Online shines a light on the real big-money heavyweight in the 2014 elections. The Republican wave in 2010 may, in the…
• The U.S. Senate campaign of Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis releases a new ad touting his working-class roots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaJa4VFsAfQ • The Karl Rove-founded American Crossroads launches a new radio ad…
• The Karl Rove-founded American Crossroads/Crossroads GPS is spending $10 million nationally attacking Democratic Senate incumbents, $3.5 million of it in North Carolina highlighting Kay Hagan’s support of Obamacare. The…
N.C. House speaker and newly nominated Republican U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis shows up in the latest issue of TIME magazine, serving as the lead item in a story touting…
• Heads up: Early voting starts today! For sites and hours, visit this portal at the State Board of Elections website. • A new ad from the American Crossroads Super…
• The latest ad supporting the Senate candidacy of House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, from the Karl Rove-founded American Crossroads emphasizes Tillis’ opposition to Obamacare and incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay…
• A much-anticipated ad backing Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis for the U.S. Senate nomination from the Karl Rove-founded American Crossroads debuts, initially in the Triangle and Charlotte markets. Incumbent…
Michael Barone delves into more polling data for his latest Washington Examiner analysis of 2014 election contests. The precarious position of Democrats in their battle to hold onto a Senate…
• U.S. Sen Kay Hagan, who has decried independent expenditures against her re-election efforts, will benefit from a $500,000 ad buy from the liberal group Patriot Majority USA. Last year,…
The latest Bloomberg Businessweek uses the recent IRS scandal as the starting point for a larger discussion of money in politics. The following passage is particularly interesting. The rise of…