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Boliek flips NC auditor’s seat for Republicans
Dave Boliek unseats Jessica Holmes in state auditor's race.
Opinion
Democrats got post-debate bounce
With the exception of the gubernatorial and superintendent races, the polling spreads for statewide offices are smaller than the margin of error.
Opinion
Don’t overlook down-ballot races
Most Americans haven’t fully digested the historic events of the past two months. Perhaps more such twists in the presidential race are coming.
Opinion
Winners still flirt with swing voters
Carolina Journal’s first post-primary survey is out. It shows our state’s 2024 general elections will be, as usual, quite competitive. That’s not to say North Carolina’s electorate is perfectly purple. It’s not. All other things being equal, Republicans enjoy a modest edge statewide of a few percentage points. As John Locke Foundation analyst Andy Jackson...
Opinion
Six Republicans want to be auditor
The former state auditor of North Carolina, Beth Wood, never lost an election. She clinched the Democratic primary for the elected office in 2008, defeated a Republican incumbent that fall, and then won reelection in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Wood never lost an election — but she did lose her job, thanks to a series...
Opinion
Labor race draws four GOP candidates
The commissioner of labor is one of 10 independently elected members of the Council of State, which constitutes the executive branch of North Carolina’s government. Republican Josh Dobson, a former state legislator, is vacating the office after a single four-year term. His predecessor was Republican Cherie Berry, also a former member of the North Carolina...
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Wood’s career as NC state auditor ends with sentencing on misdemeanor charges
Beth Wood’s swan song as North Carolina’s State Auditor came to an end Friday with her pleading guilty in Wake County Superior Court to two misdemeanor counts of misusing her state-owned vehicle.
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Candidate filings off to busy start in NC
A bustling crowd of candidate hopefuls stood in line at the Gov. James G. Martin Building at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh Monday as candidate filing got underway for the 2024 election cycle in North Carolina.
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Cooper names State Auditor Beth Wood’s replacement
Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Jessica Holmes, former chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners, as interim North Carolina State Auditor. Holmes will serve the remainder of outgoing State Auditor Beth Wood’s term, which ends on Dec. 31, 2024.
Opinion
COVID shapes debate on worker safety
Candidates for North Carolina’s labor commissioner were civil and substantive during a recent debate, reflecting both campaigns’ recognition that voters are exhausted by smashmouth politics.
News
Labor commissioner debate exposes stark differences on state reopening plans
Reopening the economy during COVID-19 is a hotly contested issue in the race for N.C. Commissioner of Labor. The two candidates — Republican state Rep. Josh Dobson, R-McDowell, and Democratic county commissioner Jessica Holmes — would take drastically different approaches to that, and labor issues generally. Dobson supports North Carolina’s right-to-work laws, deregulation, and economic...
