U.S. House district for North Carolina
North Carolina’s representatives in Congress secured almost $250 million in pork spending in the latest federal spending omnibus bill. While the process for finding federal earmarks is cumbersome and far…
Last week Congress passed H.R. 2471, a $1.5 trillion spending omnibus package to fund the government through September. It was loaded with earmarks costing $9.7 billion. Earmarks are legislative provisions that direct…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on this week’s debate in the hotly contested N.C. 2nd Congressional District election. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains that a state constitutional amendment…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on the battle for the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District. The Daily Journal explains how a larger standard deduction —…
• He’s in! Attorney General Roy Cooper made it official Monday: He’s running for governor against incumbent Republican Pat McCrory. First, Cooper will have to take care of Durham attorney…
• 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…
• If you’ve wondered about the source of commercials touting the “conservative leadership” of GOP U.S. Reps. Renee Ellmers (2nd District) and Robert Pittenger (9th District), the funding comes from…
• Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-10th District, continues to take advantage of his seniority in the lower chamber. McHenry, who’s the chief deputy whip of the Republican caucus, was named vice…
• Happy New Year! Incumbent Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-2nd District, won North Carolina’s fundraising wars during the 2014 congressional campaign, raising $1.83 million in defeating “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken,…
The US Senate and US House went into recess in late September and are now returning to Washington today to resume unfinished business during the lame duck period. The House…
• 6th U.S. Congressional District Democratic candidate Laura Fjeld’s latest television ad attacks Republican “Tea Party” challenger Mark Walker’s positions as “too extreme for North Carolina.” Fjeld also is touting…
• Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan ups the ante by restating the claim (questioned or discredited by researchers and fact-checkers) that Republican challenger Thom Tillis oversaw $500 million cut…