A hearing is scheduled Sept. 5 in a lawsuit challenging the North Carolina Republican Party’s recent election of its chairman. The session at the Wake County courthouse will address the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Rep. Tricia Cotham’s party switch from Democrat to Republican. Kokai offered these comments during the April 7, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Jim Broyhill, a Republican who spent nearly a quarter-century representing North Carolina in Congress, has died at age 95. His family announced the news Saturday. Broyhill served in the U.S. House and Senate from 1963 to 1986.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the impact of the drawn-out voting for a new speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Kokai offered these comments for a Jan. 7, 2023, report on WTVD (ABC11).
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the roles of U.S. Reps. Dan Bishop and Patrick McHenry in the extended debate over a new U.S. House speaker. Kokai offered these comments during a Jan. 4, 2023, report for WNCN (CBS17).
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, assesses the performance of election polls in the 2022 midterms. Kokai offered these comments during the Nov. 16, 2022, edition of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”
A federal court has rejected former top N.C. political donor Greg Lindberg’s request to drop GPS monitoring while he awaits a new trial. The federal government plans to retry Lindberg on charges of bribery and fraud in connection with his campaign donations.
Oktoberfest is back but inflation hits brewers, cost of beer As if the news can’t get any more depressing these days. Don Lemon Suggested Royal Family Should Pay Reparations. What Happened Next Is the Stuff of Legends. I’m far from a royalist but this is a massive takedown of trendy talking point circulating on the...
Data from the N.C. State Board Elections shows that 41,795 North Carolina voters have changed their party affiliation since the beginning of 2022. More than half of those, 23,374, are now unaffiliated voters, instead of a Democrat, Republican, or Libertarian. Republicans were the only N.C. party to gain more voters than they lost, with nearly 5,000 N.C. Democrats becoming Republicans so far this year.
A group that works to elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate and an election watchdog group are offering their support to North Carolina’s challenged voter ID law. Meanwhile, the N.C. Republican Party hopes to restore a section of the law dealing with election observers. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, Lawyers Democracy Fund, and N.C. GOP...
We are now about 15 months away from the 2022 general election, and six months into President Joe Biden’s term. The top 2022 political prizes in North Carolina include: The open U.S. Senate seat A 14th House seat plus likely one or two competitive U.S. House seats created by a new district map and population...
