RALEIGH — Republicans made historic gains in the North Carolina legislature during Tuesday’s midterm election, gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly by comfortable margins for the first time since the 19th century.
If the Republicans can successfully execute their Four Corners offense, plus a few, they’ll wield more legislative power in Raleigh than they’ve had in more than a century.
RALEIGH — To shrug off the mantle of permanent minority, Republicans need a net gain of nine seats in the state House and six in the state Senate. Aside from a brief stint in the 1990s, the GOP hasn’t controlled either chamber during the 20th or 21st centuries.
SALISBURY — Five Republican candidates jabbed and prodded their way through a debate April 14 in Rowan County, hoping to convince voters in two rural state House and Senate districts to pull the lever for them in the primary.
RALEIGH — For the first time in over a century, minority Republicans have a shot at wresting control of the legislature from Democrats, and it’s banking on a string of competitive races to do it.
The fact that Republicans are mostly playing defense in N.C. House races, and may not gain what they hoped for in the N.C. Senate, is striking — given some Democratic vulnerabilities.
RALEIGH — The creator of the Web site jimblackmustgo.com, citing his belief that House Speaker Jim Black will be indicted as a result of ongoing investigations, has announced that he will remove his site from the Internet at the end of this month.
RALEIGH — Less than two months remain before the elections in November, and while Republicans nationally worry how scandals and spending could lessen their prospects for maintaining power in Congress, in North Carolina it’s the reverse — Democrats fear that corruption might be their undoing.
Labor Day is past. That marks the point at which the job of political pundit starts to get laborious. Today's labor is an NC House preview.
Lost track of the partisan fight for control of the 120-seat NC House in 2004? Join the club. Here’s a list of 19 races worth keeping an eye on when the Tuesday election returns come in.
Looking at the most competitive legislative races in 2004, it could be said that control of the most powerful political institution in North Carolina depends on the outcome of just 14 key contests.
