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Democrats add NRCC Chair Hudson’s seat to 2026 ‘Districts in Play’
NC-9 is rated a solid R district by the Cook Political Report, which was last updated Nov. 17, 2025, as an R+8 district.
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Candidate filing for 2026 primary gets underway
Candidate filing for most of the North Carolina 2026 elections opened at noon on Monday, December 1, with key candidates for Congress, NC Supreme Court, and the state legislature officially throwing their hats in the ring.
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Stein briefed on threat level after US strikes Iran nuclear sites
NC Gov. Josh Stein was one of the nation’s governors who was briefed on a conference call Sunday by Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem about the elevated threat level after President Donald Trump’s air strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran on Saturday.
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NC congressional delegation calls for $1.4B disaster recovery funding plan approval
US Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, is leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort with his North Carolina congressional colleagues in a letter urging the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to approve the state’s Action Plan for $1.4 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding.
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Escalating threats against political figures take nasty turn
North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, and his family have endured non-stop harassment and threats of violence, including death threats, over the past four months after he filed a lawsuit contesting the more than 65,000 ballots cast in November’s General Election for a seat on the state Supreme Court.
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DC plane crash victims include flight crew, woman from Charlotte
Some of the victims in the tragic American Airlines plane crash with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington DC Wednesday night, including the flight crew of the plane, were from the Charlotte area. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein offered his condolences in a social media statement Thursday afternoon.
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NC lawmakers introduce concealed carry reciprocity, Trump expected to sign
Members of North Carolina's congressional delegation recently introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Act (HR38), spearheaded by Republican US Rep. Richard Hudson, NC-09, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee. If passed, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill, which would give concealed carry license holders nationwide reciprocity.
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North Carolina’s five new GOP representatives sworn into Trump-era 119th Congress
In a joint session Monday, Congress is set to count electoral college votes and certify the November 2024 election, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding.
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Budd, Tillis & Edwards lead bipartisan group requesting more funding for hurricane victims
Republican North Carolina US Sens. Ted Budd, Thom Tillis, and Congressman Chuck Edwards, NC-11, are leading a bipartisan group of members of the Senate and House in sending a letter to President Joe Biden requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), “immediately send a supplemental appropriation request to Congress to support the communities we represent, which were devastated after Hurricanes Helene and Milton.”
Opinion
Despite 1st District loss, NC seats may make the difference for GOP US House majority
If the GOP ends up hanging onto the US House by a handful of seats, NC moving from a 7-7 state to a 10-4 state will certainly be a major part of the equation.
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US House speaker makes last minute push to elect GOP’s Buckhout in CD1
On the final campaign day of election 2024, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, spoke to a packed Elks Lodge in Nashville, North Carolina in support of First Congressional District candidate, Republican Laurie Buckhout.
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FEMA to take control of Greensboro migrant facility for Hurricane Helene recovery efforts
FEMA has announced that it will soon sign an agreement to transfer the Greensboro Influx Care Facility (ICF), previously operated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to FEMA for the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Helene.
