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Speaker Johnson says Buckhout will flip NC-1 in ‘midterm unlike any other’
Col. Laurie Buckhout, will flip NC01 in a "midterm unlike any other" said Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.
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Davis, Buckhout each raise about $1M in Q2
Davis and Buckhout have come out about even in Q2 campaing finance according to FEC reports.
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Exclusive: NRCC polling puts Buckhout, Davis in dead heat
According to internal polling provided to the Carolina Journal, NC-1 candidates Davis and Buckhout are tied at 41%.
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Exclusive: NRCC Chair Hudson vows to unseat Davis
NRCC chairman US Rep. Richard Hudson says the NRCC is committed to flipping NC-1 red in 2026.
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As Hanig runs for Congress, new candidates eye his NC Senate seat
Jay Lane, a farmer and small business owner from Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, announced his candidacy on Thursday for the Republican nomination for the North Carolina Senate District 1 seat.
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Nov. 19 injunction hearing set in suits against NC congressional map
Federal judges will expedite two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new congressional map. A preliminary injunction hearing is scheduled Nov. 19 in Winston-Salem.
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Judges permit challenge to NC congressional map in existing lawsuits
The three-judge panel overseeing two federal redistricting lawsuits in North Carolina will allow plaintiffs in both cases to challenge the state’s new congressional map.
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Hanig to challenge Democrat Don Davis for Congress
Republican State Senator Bobby Hanig has declared his candidacy for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, setting up a high-profile race against Democratic incumbent Don Davis in 2026.
Opinion
NC’s other big 2026 race taking shape
NC-1, which covers many counties in northeastern North Carolina, is the only swing district — not only in the state but the Southeast.
Opinion
Pastor Mark Harris seriously considering running for Congress
With Congressman Dan Bishop’s (NC-8) announcement that he will retire from Congress to run for North Carolina attorney general, former congressional candidate Mark Harris, a Republican, tells Carolina Journal he is seriously considering making a third try for Congress in the same area, despite the controversial 2018 election that saw Harris’ victory overturned due to...
