Two plaintiffs challenging state Senate districts in northeastern North Carolina are appealing a federal judge’s ruling against them. State Rep. Rodney Pierce and Moses Matthews filed a notice of appeal Wednesday, the day after the judge’s order upholding the districts.
A federal judge has ruled that the North Carolina General Assembly did not violate constitutional restrictions against racial gerrymandering when it drew two challenged state Senate districts in northeastern North Carolina. Lawmakers "need not use the odious practice of sorting voters based on race," the judge wrote Tuesday.
NC-1, which covers many counties in northeastern North Carolina, is the only swing district — not only in the state but the Southeast.
On the final campaign day of election 2024, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, spoke to a packed Elks Lodge in Nashville, North Carolina in support of First Congressional District candidate, Republican Laurie Buckhout.
Editor’s note: this story has been updated from the original posting to include more specific partisan leaning data according to analysis by the N.C. General Assembly. While state lawmakers urge the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the 2022 N.C. Congressional maps, filing in the map’s district races is over, for now. At noon on...
For President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, members of Congress filed into the U.S. House chamber, many wearing blue and yellow ribbons in support of Ukraine. Tuesday’s speech comes amid the highest inflation in 40 years, Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine, and just 31% of Americans satisfied with the direction of...
Rep. G.K. Butterfield, N.C.-1, a Democrat, has officially announced he’ll retire at the end of this term in Congress. Originally from Wilson, Butterfield, 74, has served in Congress since 2004. He has been in Congress for 18 years, representing a district that runs along North Carolina’s northern border with Virginia. Butterfield won his first election...
Election Day turnout by Republicans — and record voting turnout overall — kept North Carolina’s purple-state tradition alive in the 2o20 federal election races. President Trump ran up a big margin in Election Day voting to hold a slim and likely sustainable lead in North Carolina’s presidential election vote. At 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4,...
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Grim milestone: North Carolina had its first deaths from COVID-19. A Cabarrus County resident died from complications associated with the virus, state officials announced March 25. The...
Incumbents ruled the day in the North Carolina congressional delegation as the state’s voters sent Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr back to Washington for a third term and kept the GOP’s 10-3 U.S House majority intact. “In a night of surprises, that was probably one of the least of them,” said Andy Taylor, professor of...
RALEIGH — Republicans held a 77-43 margin in the state House of Representatives in the 2013-14 session, and a 33-17 lead in the Senate. Democrats needed to win at least four seats in the Senate and five in the House to eliminate the Republicans’ supermajority status. It was the strongest showing for the governor’s party since 1972.
