State Sen. Brent Jackson and Rep. Tim Moffitt earn the top marks in the latest legislative ratings from the N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation. Jackson, R-Sampson, earns a 100.3 rating from NCFREE. That allows him to top Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, who ranks second among senators with a 99.7 rating. On the House side, Moffitt, R-Henderson,...
New legislative election maps would give Republicans an advantage in the 2022 elections. But the GOP would have to win some competitive races to secure majorities in the state House and Senate, according to a newly-released assessment. The N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation’s Partisan District Index labels 50 of the 120 new N.C. House districts as “strong...
Races filling the N.C. ballot were won or lost by the thinnest of margins. With a few exceptions, races — statewide and national — stayed excruciatingly close days after election night. Just as polls predicted. All teetering within the margins of error, albeit with at least one important anomaly on a largely red night. The...
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Burr stock sales: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is under fire for selling as much as $1.7 million in shares of...
A new N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation report shows Republican lawmakers scored an average of 91.95% on business-related decisions during the 2019 legislative session. Democrats averaged 57.9%, and the General Assembly as a whole averaged 77.15%. NCFREE based its 2019 ratings on 12 recorded Senate votes and 13 recorded House votes. The bills covered outdoor advertising...
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