I can’t be the only one who loves a good debate. During election seasons past, I’d get as excited for a big debate as others do for a major sporting event. But there has been a sharp drop in candidates willing to participate in a classic, no-holds-barred verbal rumble. Starting at the top, former-President Donald...
Former NC State football player and failed 2022 GOP Congressional candidate, Republican Bo Hines, won the endorsement of Club for Growth Action in the closely divided GOP primary for North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District. Club for Growth is a strong force in GOP primary circles, backing up endorsements with large sums of outside spending. The organization spent...
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.
Between the months of April and June of 2023, Congressman Wiley Nickel, D-NC13, accepted $88,500 from corporate PACs. Company PACs include Amazon, Visa, and H&R Block. During his time in the state legislature, then state-Senator Wiley Nickel sponsored legislation urging Congress to act on corporate influence in American elections, saying “corporate participation in the political process often conflicts with...
The Carolina Journal has learned that Jeff Hauser, a current NCGA House staffer and experienced Republican operative, will announce an exploratory committee for the 13th U.S. Congressional District on Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, is the district’s incumbent. Hauser is currently a research assistant for state Rep. Kristin Baker, M.D., R-Cabarrus. Baker also serves as the...
North Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Budd announced Thursday his endorsement of former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
A well-known political network that focuses on limited government says it’s time to look ahead to the future for Republican presidential candidates for 2024, and that future doesn’t include former President Donald Trump.
Every new member of North Carolina's congressional delegation — Don Davis, D-NC1; Valerie Foushee, D-NC4; Chuck Edwards, R-NC11; Wiley Nickel, D-NC13; and Jeff Jackson, D-NC14 — is coming into office via the state Senate.
As the 2022 midterms near their end on Nov. 8, candidates in North Carolina’s congressional races are spending whatever resources they have to get an advantage over their rivals. And according to late-October financial reports, Democrat candidates raised more in the third quarter in every major race. Republicans, alternatively, have spent more in independent expenditures...
The GOP is anticipating considerable gains in November’s midterms, but there are plenty of cracks in their façade. Poor candidates, sub-par messaging, and the Donald Trump effect are just some of the political baggage handicapping Republicans across the country. While North Carolina Republicans are far from immune from these problems, there are several signals they...
On Tuesday, U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was in Wake County campaigning for Congressional District 13 Republican candidate, Bo Hines. The event came a day after the unprecedented raid on former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. Republicans in North Carolina's congressional delegation are also responding to Department of Justice and the FBI's actions this week.
