As North Carolinians start early voting Oct. 20 and head to the polls Nov. 8, a few races in the Charlotte area will be among those political analysts watch to learn the balance of the state General Assembly and the congressional delegation. Republicans would need to win 72 seats in the North Carolina House and...
Where Keith Olbermann channels past segregationist governors. What a clown.
North Carolina Democrats lost four seats in the state House on Election Day. Republicans will open the 2021 legislative session with a 69-51 majority. It was an upset. Legislative redistricting, brought on by lawsuits in 2019, should’ve made it easier for Democrats to gain ground. Instead, the party lost seats during an election year where...
Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says nearly 50 N.C. Democratic House lawmakers and candidates have backed a dangerous pledge to defund the police, but House Minority Leader Darren Jackson, D-Wake, says that’s a lie. During a Monday, Sept. 14, news conference, Moore attacked Democrats for signing a pledge to accomplish a list of policy...
While some lawmakers are leaving the General Assembly in 2020, 11 former legislators are aiming for a comeback. The 2020 general election ballot will include 11 former lawmakers aiming to reclaim a spot at the General Assembly. Returning lawmakers have some advantages over an average challenger, said Chris Cooper, a political science professor at Western...
[This story has been updated with additional comments] Democratic lawmakers want the General Assembly to act on a pair of gun-control bills. In a morning news conference, Democratic lawmakers urged Republicans to sign discharge petitions, which would move two gun-control bills out of committee and onto the House floor for debate. “I invite my Republican...
State Democrats accomplished a major goal in Tuesday’s midterm election, breaking the Republican Party’s supermajority in the General Assembly. Unofficial results show the GOP, which has a 75-45 advantage in the 2017 session — three votes more than needed to override a veto by Gov. Roy Cooper with a unified caucus — lost nine seats....
The Rev. Mark Harris, who lost the 2016 Republican primary in the 9th Congressional District by 134 votes, won a rematch Tuesday with three-term incumbent Rep. Robert Pittenger. Harris’ stunning win was one of many surprises in North Carolina’s 2018 election cycle — the first major test the state’s elected officials have faced with divided...
