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• Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper (at right), who’s running against incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, used a stop at Central Piedmont Community College to claim that recent tax cuts…
That Mike McIntyre may be considering running for U.S. Senate against Richard Burr. This comes as someone was polling recently asking how well Kay Hagan and McIntyre – and only…
• Is Mike McIntyre planning a 2016 Senate run? A John Locke Foundation colleague recently received a call from a polling firm asking about potential Senate matchups, and only three…
• Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-2nd, will have a second (and familiar) opponent in next year’s GOP primary: Investment adviser Frank Roche, who challenged Ellmers in 2014. Ellmers won the primary…
• The 2016 presidential polling continues! The latest from Democratic firm Public Policy Polling of N.C. respondents has Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker surging to the lead among Republican contenders (following…
• McClatchy newspapers notes that the North Carolina congressional delegation’s clout in the 114th Congress should increase. • Two Republicans in that delegation — Reps. Walter Jones (3rd District) and…
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…
• On November 11, a simple thank you. • Patrick Gannon of The Insider says, based on his experience covering the General Assembly, former House speaker and U.S. Sen.-elect Thom…
• Republican Thom Tillis’ Senate campaign launches a new ad referring to a stimulus grant that benefited several companies owned by family members of Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan. See Carolina…
• A new ad by the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate nominee Thom Tillis highlights Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan’s decision to forgo an intelligence briefing on ISIS and instead attend…
• What if they held a debate and Kay Hagan didn’t show up? “A debate on U.S. Senate debates surfaced Tuesday after Democratic incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan said she wouldn’t…
• You just knew that some media outlet would do anything to find a way to make the first Kay Hagan-Thom Tillis debate all about the “war on women.” Helping…