Dispatches from the trail, December 17, 2015
• It looks as if U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-2nd District, may have three high-profile primary challengers. Former Chatham County GOP chairman Jim Duncan already has filed for the seat;…
• It looks as if U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-2nd District, may have three high-profile primary challengers. Former Chatham County GOP chairman Jim Duncan already has filed for the seat;…
We’re not supposed to get political and endorse candidates or anything. The following is merely presented as a curiosity, a twist in politics-as-usual. The Libertarian Party is going to have…
• House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, made it official: He filed to run against first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan. Libertarians will have a choice in the race as well,…
Patsy Keever gets a big win over Terry Bellamy in the Democratic nomination for the 10th Congressional District (Citizen-Times) Democrat Hayden Rogers wins his party’s nomination in the 11th Congressional…
N.C. Families First, a union-backed third party, has set its sights on 2012 after efforts to recruit a candidate to challenge U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell, D-8th, in the midterms fizzled…
U.S. Rep. Mel Watt, D-12th, on Republican opponent Greg Dority’s out-of-district living status: ?He?ll just need a lot of gas money to run his campaign.” Elaine Marshall, Cal Cunningham all…
Harold Johnson is victorious over challenger Tim D’Annunzio in the 8th District GOP congressional runoff.
National Review Online analyzes the Bob Etheridge, Renee Ellmers race in N.C.’s 2nd Congressional District. The N&O‘s Rob Christensen writes that if the Etheridge altercation was an ambush, the kids…
GOP rivals in the 13th Congressional District argue over credentials. WCCB-TV in Charlotte has a good video report on the Tim D’Annunzio, Harold Johnson runoff in the 8th Congressional District.…
Politico reports: North Carolina congressional candidate Harold Johnson is getting a fundraising boost from House Republican leaders ahead of his runoff primary election next week against Tim D’Annunzio, a self-funding…
A new poll gives us insight into why GOP power brokers in North Carolina are so dead set against nominating Tim D’Annunzio in the 8th Congressional District. The left-leaning Public…
U.S. Senate runoff between Elaine Marshall and Cal Cunningham is turning ugly as the candidates trade barbs in a debate last night. In the GOP’s 13th Congressional District runoff, Bernie…