RALEIGH — Incumbent state House Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, faces a familiar challenger in this year's race for House District 36 — Raleigh Democrat Lisa Baker, who last ran against Dollar in 2012. Baker said public schools, the environment, and women’s issues rank high among the topics of particular interest to voters in her district. Meanwhile, Dollar said jobs continue to be the No. 1 issue in his bid for re-election.
RALEIGH — Bob Steinburg, the Republican candidate for state House District 1, is fighting mad, at least according to his Democratic opponent’s campaign manager, who filed assault charges against Steinburg. Steinburg was charged with third-class misdemeanor assault after he confronted Russ Haddad, campaign manager for Democrat Bill Luton, immediately following a candidate forum.
RALEIGH — For the first time in a decade, state Rep. Ray Rapp, D-Madison, could face a tight race as North Carolina House District 118 voters decide whether he’ll get a sixth term. Republican Michele Presnell, a Yancey County commissioner and the wife of former state Sen. Keith Presnell, beat two other Republicans in the primary to challenge Rapp.
RALEIGH — Though Democrats outnumber Republicans by 20 percentage points in this southwestern Piedmont district, it's considered competitive because the General Assembly's redistricting plan moved many more conservative voters into the district.
RALEIGH — Republican Nathan Ramsey is promoting his track record of bipartisanship as he campaigns against Asheville Democrat Susan Wilson to represent the left-leaning state House District 115. But Ramsey, a former Buncombe County commissioner, may surprise in the battle for this open seat in the General Assembly.
RALEIGH — As a swing district it already commands interest. But a General Election anomaly has drawn heightened interest of the state’s political observers to state House District 93. It is the only House district in the state to feature the same opponents from the 2010 election — freshman Republican Jonathan Jordan and former two-term Rep. Cullie Tarleton.
RALEIGH — North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson is traveling across the Tar Heel State to educate voters about the relationship between smaller class sizes and improved student performance. But studies conducted over the last 30 years show conflicting results.
PITTSBORO — The new conservative majority on the Chatham County Board of Commissioners says its focus has been to restore funding to the core functions of governemnt, such as public safety and education, while eliminating programs unrelated to those goals.
RALEIGH — Under the proposed legislation, N.C. high school students who scored a 3 or better on most Advanced Placement tests would have been eligible to receive college credit in exchange for the passing grade. Teachers would have received a $50 bonus for each student who received a 3 or better on an AP test.
RALEIGH — Five Republicans are competing for the open seat in N.C. Senate District 41 in Mecklenburg County, the most crowded GOP primary in the upper house this year. The district is entirely different from its last iteration under the old maps — which included parts of Gaston, Lincoln, and Iredell counties.
RALEIGH — Republicans Jack Wall and Brian Brown will compete in the May 8 primary for the North Carolina House District 9 seat currently held by six-term Democrat Marian McLawhorn. The winner will face McLawhorn in November.
