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With only six weeks till North Carolina’s primary election, legislative and congressional candidates have been working on getting as much attention to their campaign as possible to represent their party…
• Former state Rep. Stephen LaRoque, R-Lenoir, who recently received a two-year prison sentence for diverting federal funds for personal use, says his prosecution was a “witch hunt” led by…
• She’s out? Roll Call reports that former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will not challenge GOP incumbent Richard Burr next year. The D.C.-based publication cites sources saying that Hagan has…
• Outgoing Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan keeps getting attention from national outlets. The New York Post puts her on a list of “crazy politicians” for her decision to be…
The first question is who will run on the Democratic side. The issue Democrats face is that they have no obvious candidate. That said, John Wynne of Carolina Strategic Analysis…
Former American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken‘s bid to unseat Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers in North Carolina’s Second Congressional District elicits the following analysis from Michelle Cottle for The Daily Beast.…
I’m always interested in how members of Congress use their official websites. Often it’s what’s NOT there that is as revealing as what is. I visited each of our 13…
In case you’re interested in how North Carolina’s U.S. House delegation voted on the “fiscal cliff” bill last night, here it is. The vote was not along strict party lines.…
• Money dud. It’s official: The fundraising arms of House Democrats and Republicans say they’ll give no more money to the contenders for the 11th Congressional District, Republican Mark Meadows…
• Officials continue to say fundraising efforts are on track, but Charlotte’s Democratic National Convention has not met its monetary goals. • A new survey by Public Policy Polling…
• Rep. Larry Kissell, D-8th, is being shunned by local Democrats for his endorsement of a vote repealing the Affordable Care Act and his refusal to back President Obama for…
• The North Carolina FreeEnterprise Foundation releases a report tallying spending by outside groups in the 2012 primaries. The two biggest spenders: the State Employees Association of North Carolina and…