On Friday, the North Carolina Democratic Party moved the location for a protest against Rep. Tricia Cotham, who recently decided to leave the Democratic Party, after receiving backlash for holding the demonstration within 2.5 miles of Cotham's house.
On Tuesday afternoon, the North Carolina Republican Party announced that its chair, Michael Whatley, has been appointed as the new General Counsel for the Republican National Committee.
After November's midterm elections, Republicans in the Senate have a supermajority, and in the House, Republicans are one vote shy of a supermajority. The partisan make up means that a careful attendance numbers game will likely play a prominent role in this session.
"North Carolinians made it clear last November when they helped elect a Republican House majority that woke mandates and progressive posturing was not their priority. That’s why, one of my first acts as Chairman was to eliminate that Subcommittee and put in its place a Subcommittee on Digital Assets,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-NC10.
On the first day of 2023, Republicans officially took over majority control of North Carolina's highest court.
Nearly two months after Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman won re-election to her job, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging her candidacy in the 2022 election. A Republican attorney had sought to have Freeman removed from the election ballot.
Within hours after the returns came in from the 2022 midterm election, speculation was already floating about 2024. Two years from November, the general election will have presidential and gubernatorial contests on the ballot, along with N.C.’s Council of State and the N.C. General Assembly.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses issues N.C. families might discuss at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Kokai offered these comments during the Nov. 24, 2022, edition of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.”
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.”
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses Republican Ted Budd’s victory over Democrat Cheri Beasley in North Carolina’s 2022 U.S. Senate race. King offered these comments during the Nov. 11, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
The N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE) had an emergency meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Election Day to extend voting for three precincts that had experienced delays. The board voted unanimously to approve a motion to extend voting for one additional hour at all three.
