The road to winning 30 or more N.C. state Senate seats in the 50-seat chamber, a number that would allow for party-line overrides of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, just got easier for the Senate Republican caucus. Democrat Sen. Sarah Crawford, who currently represents Franklin County and part of eastern Wake County, declined to seek re-election...
Mecklenburg Republican Charlie Mulligan decided he could no longer wait. This week he announced his campaign for the newly drawn N.C. Senate District 41 in southern and eastern Mecklenburg County. It includes the GOP-leaning towns of Matthews and Mint Hill. “In Mecklenburg, not only can we do better, we deserve better, and that’s why I’m...
State Senate Republicans have landed their top two recruits for two newly-drawn Wake County Senate seats that are critical to GOP efforts to win a supermajority in the Senate in 2022. Senate Republicans hold 28 of 50 N.C. Senate seats and need a net gain of two seats to secure a supermajority to be able...
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review: ECU Poll: A new poll from East Carolina University offers mixed messages on the future of President Trump. The poll found 50%...
