Opinion
NC Republicans are in trouble, but there’s still plenty of time to fix it
NC Republicans have time to regain some ground. But if the numbers stick, or slip more, it could signal major 2026 losses.
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Trump-backed Simmons clinches NCGOP chairmanship
With more than 1,600 delegates from across North Carolina, Republicans gathered this weekend at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro for the 2025 NCGOP Convention to elect the party’s chair and vice chair.
Opinion
The harmonic 2024 duet of the RNC and MAGA
While a lot of inputs lead to these results, don't underestimate the harmonic effect produced by the RNC and the Trump campaign seamlessly singing from the same song book.
News
Early voting in NC’s lone toss-up congressional race may favor GOP
In the highly competitive CD-01, which spans eastern North Carolina, early voting is down by 30,00 votes (-23%) compared to the 2020 election, yet more Republicans have voted thus far than four years ago. Early voting among Republicans is up 2,540 (+27%), while registered Democrats and Unaffiliated voters are down 31,680 (-25%) and 1,014 (-19%), respectively.
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Democratic registrations keep falling as NC undergoes ‘rapid political shifts’
With less than 60 days until ballots begin arriving in some North Carolinians’ mailboxes, the latest voter registration data shows significant shifts in the makeup of North Carolina’s electorate.
Opinion
Michael Whatley is the right choice to lead RNC
Chairman Michael Whatley is the right guy at the right time to lead the Republican National Committee. I have spent a decade working in Republican politics, mainly in opposition research, and had the privilege of serving as the NCGOP communications director in 2020, where I directly witnessed why Whatley would make a great RNC chairman....
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Fired Republican Wake County poll worker calls for more partisan balance
John Kane, Jr., son of successful Raleigh land developer John Kane, told Carolina Journal that he was hired Aug. 12 as a Wake County poll assistant and then dropped for vague reasons on Sept. 12. He believes the Wake County Board of Elections ignored state statute by not taking into account partisan balance among workers...
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RNC contacts 4 million NC voters, Dems bring in celebrities as voting begins
As early voting began on Oct. 20, both major parties in North Carolina are ramping up their last-minute voter-outreach efforts. The Republicans are reporting they have made 4 million voter contacts, and Democrats are sponsoring events across the state, including with celebrities like rock icon Dave Matthews. “The best way for voters to show up...
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State elections board gives both parties a say in early voting disputes
Despite being controlled by Republicans, the State Board of Elections didn’t seem to heed a request to make “party-line changes” last week when it approved plans for early voting this fall. “I did not get any impression this was any kind of party-line vote or party-line decision,” said Mark Ezzell, the lone Democrat on the...
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League of Women Voters Presenting ‘Unbiased’ Session on Obamacare
HILLSBOROUGH — An announcement for the session says it will provide "unbiased" information. But the website of the local League of Women Voters unit sponsoring the event states: "The League is opposed to a strictly private, market-based model of financing the health care system. The League also is opposed to the administration of the health care system solely by the private sector or the states."
