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Coming off South Carolina victory, Trump to rally in Greensboro Saturday

In South Carolina's Saturday Republican presidential primary, 60% of voters choose former President Donald Trump as their nominee for the 2024 presidential race. Just over 39% of voters chose the state's former governor, Nikki Haley, as the nominee. The vote comes as North Carolina voters prep for the March 5 primary and as Trump plans a visit to Greensboro this weekend.

Donna King
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NC Democrat seeks to empower NCSBE with removing presidential candidates from ballot

In a statement on X Thursday (formerly Twitter) Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, D-Wake, announced that he intends to file legislation that would empower the North Carolina State Board of Elections with the authority to remove a presidential candidate from voter ballots under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Trump/Cooper counties are key to victory in 2024

North Carolina Republicans desperately want to break the Democrats’ hold on the Governor’s Mansion and other key Council of State races including the important Attorney General’s race. Democrats are hoping to keep these and expand their success. For either side to achieve their goals in 2024, they must improve vote totals in counties that were...

Dallas Woodhouse
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Moore, Berger join SCOTUS court filing to keep Trump on ballot

State House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, joined an amicus brief Thursday filed at the US Supreme Court. Moore, Berger, the Arizona legislature, and attorneys general for 25 other states aim to keep Donald Trump on the presidential election ballot.

Katherine Zehnder
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Revisiting Trump special counsel Jack Smith’s failed prosecution of John Edwards

Jack Smith, the Department of Justice’s special counsel who indicted former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over his mishandling of classified documents, has connections to the Tar Heel State through his failed prosecution of former U.S. Sen. John Edwards. Smith, as head of DOJ’s Public Integrity Section, led efforts to indict Edwards...

Grant Lefelar
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NCGOP convention draws presidential primary frontrunners to make their case

North Carolina Republicans gathered in Greensboro over the weekend for the 2023 NCGOP Convention to elect chairman and to hear from frontrunners in the Republican primary race for president in 2024. Current Chairman Michael Whatley was re-elected to lead the party in an election year where the state is expected to play a pivotal role in Republican efforts to take back the White House in 2024.

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