The Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party will not intervene in one of three lawsuits challenging the state’s new election law. A federal judge has denied GOP requests to take part in a suit led by left-of-center activist group Democracy NC.
Congressman Patrick McHenry, R-NC10, has officially announced his retirement from the United States House of Representatives, saying "this season has come to an end."
Former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg secured a partial victory Tuesday from the state Court of Appeals. The court threw out an injunction and another order related to a $600 million judgment against Lindberg.
A bustling crowd of candidate hopefuls stood in line at the Gov. James G. Martin Building at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh Monday as candidate filing got underway for the 2024 election cycle in North Carolina.
Judges and justices deserve more freedom to comment on matters of public concern, especially in a state that fills the jobs through elections.
Eighteen black and Latino plaintiffs working with Democratic lawyer Marc Elias’ law firm have filed a federal lawsuit to block North Carolina’s new congressional map. They took their case to court on the same afternoon that candidate filing began for the state’s 2024 elections.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s work with national Democrats ahead of the 2024 election season. Kokai offered these comments during the Dec. 1, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg will head back to federal court on May 6 for a retrial on fraud and bribery charges that initially sent him to prison for a seven-year sentence. An Appeals Court later wiped out that sentence. Charges were connected to Lindberg’s interaction with state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.
A three-judge panel agreed unanimously Thursday to block a new state law that would replace the current Democrat-majority state elections board with a new bipartisan body. Judges reached that decision after roughly 90 minutes of arguments in Wake County Superior Court. The new elections board had been scheduled to take effect on Jan.1.
Headed into the 2024 presidential election year, President Joe Biden’s approval rating remains underwater among North Carolina voters.
Nikki Haley got a boost in her bid for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday in an endorsement from Americans for Prosperity Action. The Koch group pushed out a campaign to promote the former South Carolina governor and former United Nations ambassador.
