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The taxpayer-owned N.C. Railroad Company plans to spend $13 million to buy land that sits nowhere near its existing railroad track. It’s part of a project supporting a proposed Randolph…
North Carolina has a major military presence, with installations such as Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune, and state government has focused in recent years on trying to make the Tar…
A dispute over rail funding leads to a testy exchange during a candidate forum in the 9th Congressional District (Charlotte Observer) Two Democrats face off in N.C. House District 12…
Little discord at N.C. Democratic gubernatorial debate Monday night (N&O) Gov. Bev Perdue joins other Democrats in asking N.C. Democratic Party Chairman David Parker to resign (Associated Press) National Republicans…
Triangle congressional race turns on super PAC spending (N&O) Election TV ads on the way in the 11th Congressional District (Citizen-Times) Candidates in the 7th Congressional District try to distinguish…
North Carolina voters are expected to see a new party on the ballot in November (Dome) President Obama leads Mitt Romney by five percentage points in North Carolina, according to…
GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich stops in the Tar Heel State (WRAL-TV) In the 7th Congressional District Republican primary, Ilario Pantano criticizes David Rouzer on immigration (WECT-TV) Renee Ellmers, U.S.…
GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich brings his campaign to North Carolina on Wednesday (WWAY-TV) Patsy Keever, a Democrat, promises a clean campaign in the 10th Congressional District (Citizen-Times) 11th Congressional…
Guilford County Republicans will host debates in House District 59, Senate District 27 in mid-April (News & Record) The N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation reports that campaign ads are beginning to hit…
House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, says the marriage amendment will be repealed in 20 years, but he still supports it (WRAL-TV) Brevard debate includes seven of eight Republicans running in…
Poll shows Larry Kissell in the lead in the 8th Congressional District (The Hill) Republican Ilario Pantano, running in the 7th Congressional District, urges people to speak out against illegal…
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,…