Dispatches from the trail, April 8, 2015
• The first episode of “The Runner-Up,” Esquire Network’s four-part series about Democrat Clay Aiken’s unsuccessful bid to defeat U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-2nd District, aired Tuesday. If you don’t…
• The first episode of “The Runner-Up,” Esquire Network’s four-part series about Democrat Clay Aiken’s unsuccessful bid to defeat U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-2nd District, aired Tuesday. If you don’t…
The Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” promoted in the past week John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s most recent report. It shows that a significant majority of peer-reviewed academic journal articles…
• Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler gives the new Senate Majority PAC ad attacking Republican U.S. Senate nominee Thom Tillis “three Pinocchios,” saying it is pretty absurd to think that a…
• The National Republican Senatorial Committee produces a biographical ad for GOP Senate nominee Thom Tillis emphasizing from the start the importance of this race for the party’s prospects. •…
No doubt you’ve heard the news that the former Commerce secretary apparently died from injuries after a fall at his Randolph County home. JLF president John Hood pays tribute and…
• North Carolinians, especially those in the business and political communities, are mourning the unexpected passing of Keith Crisco, an Asheboro business owner, former Commerce secretary under Gov. Bev Perdue,…
JLF’s John Hood weighs in here on the sudden death of Keith Crisco, who was locked in a battle for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2nd District seat in…
Carolina Journal Online details a new John Locke Foundation report questioning Haywood County’s pursuit of an occupancy tax increase. John Hood’s Daily Journal profiles Keith Crisco, the businessman, former N.C. Commerce…
Reactions from both major political parties to the death of Keith Crisco came in not long after news reports confirmed that the former commerce secretary and 2nd Congressional District Democratic…
How terribly sad. Keith Crisco – who was battling former American Idol runner up Clay Aiken for the Democratic nomination in North Carolina’s Second Congressional District – died suddenly at…
• Nothing’s set in the Democratic race for the 2nd Congressional District. Clay Aiken leads Keith Crisco by 369 votes, and Toni Morris received just under 20 percent of the…
• Ad wars in the 2nd Congressional District! Democratic candidate Clay Aiken releases an ad citing his work with disabled children as his reason for running. Meantime, rival Keith Crisco…