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Extreme Diversity Awareness
The Buncombe County Commissioners are expected to give the go-ahead for the placement of a Charters of Freedom Monument in front of the courthouse. No, they are not going to…
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Today Is Election Day, Make Sure Your Voice Is Heard
Low turnout is the expectation for today’s primary runoff election and that means those who vote will have a big impact. Now is your opportunity to give your beliefs a…
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Two Days Left To Vote Early In Runoff Election
Tuesday, July 17 is election day, but early voting continues today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday, July 13 and 14.). If you can’t participate early, remember that the polls are…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail — June 6, 2012
• At the final walk-through for journalists at the site of Charlotte’s Democratic National Convention, party chair Debbie Wasserman Schulz calls North Carolina a “critical battleground” state. • Female…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail — May 29, 2012
• By Memorial Day, more than $1 million had been spent altogether on behalf of the candidates running for governor. • The ad wars between the Pat McCrory and…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail, May 17, 2012
• Pat McCrory and Walter Dalton trade jabs over the number of debates they’ll hold during the fall campaign. • ALIPAC, a group favoring additional limits on immigration, says it…
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Is Gov. Bev Perdue still a candidate? The N.C. Board of Elections examines that question (Dome) Republican Vance Patterson, a candidate in the 11th Congressional District, says he will donate…
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What Boots It?
Vance Patterson, candidate for NC’s 11th Congressional District, announced at a recent GOP debate in Burke County that he will give his salary, if elected, to charity. That is fine,…
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Plenty of public presentations
John Locke Foundation staff will be busy this afternoon with a candidate policy briefing and roundtable issue discussion leading into the 2012 election season. Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray…
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Key U.S. House races to watch in North Carolina
Here is my short list of key and/or interesting congressional primaries to track in North Carolina this year: 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Candidates Mike McIntyre, a Democrat first elected in 1996,…
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11th, 8th congressional districts already packed with candidates
North Carolina’s 11th and 8th congressional districts were competitive under the old redistricting plan crafted by Democrats. So you can imagine how much fiercer that competition is under the new…