Opinion

Thom Tillis and the road to 2026

As North Carolina’s senior senator, Thom Tillis finds himself in a complicated position ahead of his 2026 re-election campaign. While he has demonstrated political resilience in his past races, he again faces growing scrutiny from within his own party, a potential Democratic challenger with deep fundraising capabilities, and the ever-present influence of President Donald Trump in Republican primaries.

Donna King
News

Griffin’s latest court filings raise number of suspected ‘never resident’ voters above 500

Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin asserts in a court filing that more than 500 people who voted in the recent state Supreme Court election have never lived in North Carolina or the United States. That data point surfaced Wednesday in the legal dispute over Griffin's election contest with Democrat Allison Riggs.

CJ Staff

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Opinion

The left’s ranked-choice voting scheme to replace honest elections

North Carolinians deserve to know the truth about ranked-choice voting. It’s a system that upends the “one person, one vote” principle and replaces it with a partisan tool designed to skew elections for the left.

Jason Snead, Andy Jackson
News

Cooper v. Berger elections board battle renamed Stein v. Hall

In a sign of changing leadership in North Carolina government, a legal fight pitting the Democratic governor against top Republican legislative leaders has a new name. In a court filing Tuesday, a lawsuit challenging changes to oversight of the state elections board is no longer titled Cooper v. Berger. It’s now called Stein v. Hall.

CJ Staff
News

Federal Appeals Court wrestles with proper venue for NC election dispute

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals spent 90 minutes Monday afternoon — more than twice as much time as scheduled — listening to arguments about the proper venue for resolving Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of ballots cast in the Nov. 5 election.

CJ Staff
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Trial court hearing scheduled Feb. 7 in NC Supreme Court dispute

Wake County’s top Superior Court judge has scheduled a Feb. 7 hearing in Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s lawsuits against the State Board of Elections. Griffin challenges more than 65,000 ballots cast in his election against appointed incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs.

CJ Staff