Figuring out the logistics for a special election to fill the vacancy left by the passing of Rep. Walter Jones Jr., R-3rd District, won’t be easy, said Gerry Cohen, former special counsel to the General Assembly. North Carolina has its second congressional vacancy after Jones died Feb. 10. The 9th Congressional District is also without...
HIGH POINT — Adding to High Point’s problems was the controversy surrounding incumbent Mayor Bernita Sims. In October the City Council approved a resolution requesting her resignation following a State Bureau of Investigation probe into the handling of her late sister’s estate. The 6-3 vote was along racial lines, prompting accusations of racial bias against the city’s first black mayor.
RALEIGH — In a state primary race with national implications, House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, defeated seven other candidates and won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kay Hagan. Supreme Court Justice Robin Hudson, a Democrat, was able to survive a challenge from Republicans Eric Levinson and Jeanette Doran and will face Levinson in the general election.
RALEIGH — Six Democrats are on the ballot for a the nomination to succeed former Rep. Mel Watt, the 11-term 12th District Democratic congressman who resigned his seat earlier this year to become director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The candidates tout progressive credentials but differ on several key issues.
RALEIGH – Two Republicans — Vince Coakley, a radio show host, and Leon Threatt, a pastor of a Charlotte church — are vying for their party’s nomination for the 12th Congressional District. The 12th District stretches from Guilford County to Mecklenburg County, and includes portions of Forsyth, Davidson, Rowan, and Cabarrus counties.
GREENSBORO — There are no Republicans running for the District 58 seat, making the May 6 Democratic primary most likely a winner-take-all event. The candidates largely hold similar views on the issues confronting the state. For the most part, they disagree with many of the policies enacted by the Republican-controlled legislature and Gov. Pat McCrory.
RALEIGH — The races for only 7 percent of state legislative seats — and no congressional districts — are likely to be competitive this year, say two organizations tracking North Carolina voting trends.
RALEIGH — Carolina Journal will cover not only the high-profile races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House, but also key legislative and judicial contests, along with races for county commissions. This will mark the third election cycle CJ will profile candidates and campaigns in dozens of races across the state.
RALEIGH — Most of North Carolina’s congressional staffers — the men and women who work for the state’s two U.S. senators and 13 members of the U.S. House of Representatives — will be entering the District of Columbia’s health care exchange once the Affordable Care Act takes effect in January.
RALEIGH — A Congressional Budget Office report in 2012 to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means said unemployment benefit extensions actually "contributed to the increase in the proportion of unemployed people who have been seeking jobs for more than 26 weeks" during and after the recession.
RALEIGH — Three Democratic members of the North Carolina congressional delegation have joined President Obama in calling for more gun control as a means of preventing a mass shooting like the one Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
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