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GOP dominates in legislative candidate filing

Republicans “won” the candidate filing race in both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly, with candidates in significantly more races than their Democrat counterparts for the 2022 elections. Democrats’ lackluster candidate recruitment effort is a stunning development after Democratic-aligned groups successfully sued the legislature over redistricting maps.  Republicans were forced to make significant changes...

Dallas Woodhouse
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Key N.C. Supreme Court race shaken, stirred with last-minute entry

A surprise candidate filing has significantly altered the political landscape in one of North Carolina’s most important 2022 political races. It’s a contest to fill a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court. A high-profile Republican primary that will decide who meets Democrat incumbent Jimmy Ervin in the fall had a new entry just as the...

Dallas Woodhouse

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Democrats win redistricting battle, GOP gears up for future fight

North Carolina began its redistricting process for the 2022 elections in early August. Six and a half months later legislative and congressional maps for 2022 became final after the Democrat-controlled state supreme court seized control of the process forcing the legislature to bend to its will and adopt Democrat-friendly legislative maps. The court then imposed...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

GOP path to N.C. Senate supermajority get easier as Wake senator cuts and runs

The road to winning 30 or more N.C. state Senate seats in the 50-seat chamber, a number that would allow for party-line overrides of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, just got easier for the Senate Republican caucus. Democrat Sen. Sarah Crawford, who currently represents Franklin County and part of eastern Wake County, declined to seek re-election...

Dallas Woodhouse
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A call to abolish white people and other outrageous stories

Below are a few of the stories that caught my attention this week. At the Carolina Liberty Conference, we heard from Seth Dillon of the Babylon Bee. Dillon had a great line from his speech, saying, “It is very difficult to parody a world that is a parody of itself.” The stories below aren’t satire,...

Ray Nothstine