Next week voters will finally decide which Republicans and which Democrats will be on the general election ballot. As part of the important spring cleaning at “The Woodshed” here are some final thoughts going into the primary day, and what we will be watching. The Delay Hurt Voters It is hard to identify exactly what races...
Political endorsements have fallen by the wayside in recent years — unless it means the backing of Donald Trump.
As we head towards the primary, campaign finance reports showing how the candidates did in the first three months of the year are now being posted. Here is a rundown of some of the most closely-watched races. U.S. Senate After a week of difficult polling news showing him trailing Congressman Ted Budd, former Governor Pat...
Trump endorsed 13th GOP candidate Bo Hines is taking heat from his primary opponents for a 2017 interview in which he said he was not a social conservative and is “more liberal” on social issues. This comes as Hines prepares for this Saturday’s Save America rally in Selma, N.C. where former President Donald Trump is...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Johnston County attorney Kelly Daughtry, a Smithfield Republican, made a big splash when she announced she would seed her own campaign for the new 13th Congressional District with $2 million of her own money. Daughtry is the daughter of Leo Daughtry, a former member of the state House...
In North Carolina’s sole competitive U.S. congressional race, there is a wide open primary with seven Republican candidates. Five of those candidates gathered on Saturday, March 19, for a forum moderated by Carolina Journal’s Dallas Woodhouse and hosted at the Harnett County GOP’s annual convention. A sixth, Bo Hines, the 26-year-old Trump-endorsed candidate, also showed...
Former President Trump endorsed 26-year-old Bo Hines Tuesday March 14 for the newly created 13th congressional district. Hines played one year of football at N.C. State before graduating from Yale, and lives far outside the district with a scant political resume. In a statement from former President Trump’s Save America PAC, Trump called Hines a...
North Carolina began its redistricting process for the 2022 elections in early August. Six and a half months later legislative and congressional maps for 2022 became final after the Democrat-controlled state supreme court seized control of the process forcing the legislature to bend to its will and adopt Democrat-friendly legislative maps. The court then imposed...
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