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Crime issue lifts NC Republican candidates
Voters across North Carolina turned to Republican candidates in races where crime was the top issue in the race.
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Woodshed 2022 election predictions
U.S. Senate and State Supreme Court Races Ok folks. I have written about 75 articles and columns about the 2022 election. Here is my last before the results come in. Below are the long-awaited 2022 Woodshed election predictions. (Click here for what I will be watching on election night) U.S. Senate: Republican Ted Budd will...
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North Carolina Democrats on the ropes
North Carolina Democrats are facing a brutal election that could see their worst results in more than a decade, according to the latest and last Civitas-John Locke Foundation poll of the 2022 election. The poll, released two weeks before Election Day, shows Republican Ted Budd pulling away with a four-point lead. The Trafalgar Group, also...
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On Cheri Beasley, brother of slain state trooper gets his say
In a new television advertisement, Al Lowry finally has his say. The ad opposes Democrat Cheri Beasley’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Lowry, the brother of murdered Cumberland County state trooper Ed Lowry, targets the legal system that has denied his family justice for 25 years. Al Lowry discusses one of the people he holds most responsible for his family’s deep suffering and grave injustices: Beasley.
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Trump’s New Hanover visit highlights importance of coastal county
Donald Trump’s visit to New Hanover County, specifically the Wilmington International Airport, highlights the importance of the “Port City” and its home county, one of two North Carolina counties that embraced Trump in 2016 and rejected him in 2020. New Hanover has become one of the most purple counties in North Carolina, and the largest...
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Why NC Republicans will outperform GOP nationally in midterms
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...
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State politics snaps back toward normal
This year’s U.S. Senate race in North Carolina is shaping up to be a highly competitive and expensive one — which should surprise no one who’s lived in our state or watched our politics for more than an instant. The John Locke Foundation’s just-released Civitas Poll has the Republican nominee, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, and...
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Is Cheri Beasley playing possum?
People connected to Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley are complaining to the national press that Democrat allies are not stepping up to the plate and spending outside money to lift her candidacy. But is Beasley playing possum? According to Dictionary.com, to play possum is to: To pretend to be dead, a trick used by...
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NC Democrats have a big money advantage. Will it matter?
Democrats in North Carolina and nationally face serious headwinds. Team Biden is cratering. His approval ratings are low. Inflation is high. History works against the Democrats. The Democrats have serious problems. Mostly the Democrats have serious problems because the country has serious problems and they are in charge. However, there is one area where Democrats do...
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Beasley’s better answer on crime
If Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley can’t come up with a better answer on crime, then her campaign may stall before she gets out of the general election gate. Senate Republicans have launched another ad scorching Beasley as soft on crime based on her rulings as a state Supreme Court Justice. The new $1.7...
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Primaries showed voters think for themselves
Nothing turns out voters like climbing inflation and $5 a gallon gas. This year a 20% primary turnout represents the highest rate in the last 30 years of N.C. primary elections. The only higher turnout was 2002, the year after 9/11. In a new twist, unaffiliated voters are now N.C.’s single largest voting population and,...
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Disputed ad raises legitimate questions about Beasley’s record
Cheri Beasley never voted to “set free” a child porn offender. But that’s not the end of the story. Shining more light on that offender’s case is likely to do little to bolster Beasley’s political prospects. Beasley, the Democratic nominee for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat, generated headlines earlier this month. Lawyers working on...
