election politics

Democratic congressional primary could be a gift for Republicans

Perhaps it was inevitable. With the announced retirement of reliably progressive but staid 4th District U.S. Rep. David Price, the race to replace him has degenerated into a madcap scramble to the extreme left. Most of the 4th District is in the western Research Triangle region. The bulk of its population is in Durham and...

Andy Jackson

Opinion

COVID response fueled by quest for political power

Leaders could have opened schools much earlier than they did. They could have admitted that shuttering the economy was devastating, extreme, and wrong.

Woody White

Opinion

Madison Cawthorn begins campaign in new district by insulting voters

When Congressman Madison Cawthorn confirmed through a video that he would change congressional districts, he began by telling Republican voters in the 13th Congressional District that they could not make a wise selection for Congress without him. “I have every confidence in the world that regardless of where I run, the 14th Congressional District will...

Dallas Woodhouse

Opinion

Clash Of The Tightenings

From what I’ve seen in public polls and heard about internal campaign polls, there seems to be a bit of a Republican surge in this last week of the 2008 cycle.

John Hood

Democratic congressional primary could be a gift for Republicans

COVID response fueled by quest for political power

Madison Cawthorn begins campaign in new district by insulting voters

Clash Of The Tightenings

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