Elections & Public Integrity
Democrats Can’t Beat Someone with No One
Democrats have severely handicapped themselves by not recruiting a fuller slate of candidates.
Kay Hagan
American politician (1953-2019)
Liberty
RIP former Sen. Kay Hagan
Sad news yesterday that former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan died yesterday at her home here in Greensboro. Hagan had been in poor health since contracting the Powasan virus from a…
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Re: Former Sen. Hagan’s public appearance
It’s an understatement to say that I was shocked to see the condition of former Sen. Kay Hagan at her recent appearance for the groundbreaking of the $61 million air…
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John Goodman Accuses the Democrats of Race Baiting
And he makes a very strong case: It is the Democratic Party – not the Republican Party – that has persistently engaged in overt race baiting and, predictably, they do it…
Elections & Public Integrity
Campaign dispatch, February 3, 2016
• Debategate, round two? Attorney General Roy Cooper and former state Rep. Deborah Ross of Wake County, the Democratic Party’s presumed front-runners for governor and U.S. senate, respectively, still have…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the trail, January 18, 2016
• A few days before WRAL News reported that the U.S. Department of Energy was investigating potential self-dealing and conflicts of interest regarding stimulus grants taken by businesses owned by…
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Cooper and Hagan scandals, Halifax school woes, election insights, and more
When Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington broke the news this week that Raleigh lawyer Gene Boyce had filed a State Bar complaint against N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, the…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Carolina Journal Online reports on a federal investigation involving stimulus grants and members of former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s family. Becki Gray’s Daily Journal explains how one recent small-scale election…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the trail, December 30, 2015
• Several members of the North Carolina congressional delegation made news in the recent report by the watchdog site OpenSecrets.org of the estimated wealth of federal lawmakers. At one extreme,…
Liberty
Kay Hagan sighting
Former Sen. Kay Hagan speaks during the Rotary Club of Greensboro’s luncheon, with none other than N&R editor and publisher Jeff “Grits” on the story. The theme of Hagan’s speech?…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the trail, July 1, 2015
• Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th District (at right), is out of the doghouse. For now. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who heads the committee on government reform, restored Meadows to the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the trail, June 24, 2015
• 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…