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Heath Shuler wimps out, joins Pelosi bloc
A year ago 31 Democrats wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing concern over Fast & Furious and especially over the AG’s unwillingness to share documents about the…
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Re: Armed EPA agents
How does that sound? Certainly more “cryptic and concerning” than the e-mail Asheville businessman Larry Keller sent to an EPA official. Keller contacted Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan –as…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Rick Santorum’s North Carolina supporters are holding out hope (N&O) Candidates in N.C. House District 95 focus on immigration, school funding (Record & Landmark) A top media guru will handle…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Background on John Williams, a Democrat running in House District 74 (Salisbury Post) What might Heath Shuler do after leaving Congress? (Citizen-Times) U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, Democrat of the 1st…
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Key U.S. House races to watch in North Carolina
Here is my short list of key and/or interesting congressional primaries to track in North Carolina this year: 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Candidates Mike McIntyre, a Democrat first elected in 1996,…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Monday, March 12, 2012
GOP hopefuls in the 9th Congressional District struggle to pick up TV ad buys (WSOC-TV) Blue Dog Democrats endorse Hayden Rogers, Heath Shuler’s former chief of staff, in the 11th…
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Ellmers, McHenry top National Journal’s conservative rankings
U.S. Reps. Renee Ellmers (Republican of N.C.’s 2nd Congressional District) and Patrick McHenry (also a Republican representing the 10th Congressional District) topped North Carolina’s delegation in new conservative effectiveness rankings…
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Bothwell Explains Progressive Stances
The Macon County News covered a visit by Democrat Cecil Bothwell, who is running for Heath Shuler’s seat. Bothwell indicated this was not the time to cut government spending. He…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Friday, February 10, 2012
Redistricting fuels high turnover in North Carolina politics this year (Charlotte Observer) U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler’s chief of staff, Hayden Rogers, will run in the 11th Congressional District (Dome) A…
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Sue Myrick won’t seek re-election
U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, a Republican who has represented North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District since 1995, has announced that she won’t seek another term in office: Myrick is the third…
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Limelight Love
Families are wonderful, and children are beautiful as long as they haven’t been neglected to the point of turning into little monkeys. Seeing families that really care about each other…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Monday, February 6, 2012
Another Republican, Mattie Lawson, joins the House District 6 race (Beaufort Observer) Incumbent Democrat Larry Kissell leads the way in 8th Congressional District fundraising, hauling in $527,486 through the end…