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CD-13: Kelly Daughtry drops out of runoff race for congress

Of the handful of 2024 primary elections resulting in a runoff — in North Carolina the threshold for a primary candidate to win outright is 30% — only one involved a race for a seat in congress. That runoff race for Congressional District 13 became moot on Thursday when one of the two candidates announced...

CJ Staff
Opinion

False attacks like Daughtry’s discourage good people from public service

Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott are fighting hard in the last congressional primary runoff here in North Carolina. As they compete for the Republican nomination, we’ve seen lots of ads trying to point out flaws in the other candidate’s conservative bona fides. No surprise there. But one line of attack that is surprising is the Daughtry...

John Harris

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Opinion

Post-primary round-up of NC’s GOP congressional primaries

With the primary elections wrapped up Tuesday night, let’s take a look at some of the key GOP primaries for US House. Current Congressional Republicans cruise: Greg Murphy (NC-3), Virginia Foxx (NC-5), David Rouzer (NC-7), Richard Hudson (NC-9), and Chuck Edwards (NC-11) all faced little or nominal opposition in the primaries and the General Election...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

Close GOP races for Congress across North Carolina

While there are many important primaries across the state, the hottest races are in several newly drawn congressional districts likely to be won by the GOP nominees in the fall.  Under new maps, North Carolina is expected to elect 10 Republicans to Congress and three Democrats, with one swing seat that could go either way....

Dallas Woodhouse