by Thomas Mills | Jun 18, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
News in the North Carolina Senate race keeps rolling in. Former state Senator Eric Mansfield is officially running for US Senate. Mansfield announced a month or so ago that he was forming an exploratory committee. With Cal Cunningham’s announcement yesterday,...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 27, 2016 | Campaigns, National Politics, Politics, Republicans, US Senate |
To the surprise of few, Richard Burr’s “moderation” turns out to be a mask. Faced with his first real political threat, he has chosen the way of decades of demagogues. Not for him are bipartisanship and affable pragmatism. No: In Burrworld, fear-mongering appears to...
by Michael Cooper | Oct 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
The United States Senate race pitting Kay Hagan against Thom Tillis is the most expensive campaign in the history of North Carolina, yet it’s cheapening our politics during a critical time for our state. The $30 million already spent on advertisements, by the...
by Thomas Mills | May 19, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Well, it looks like Thom Tillis snuck in and got the keys to his twitter account again. On Thursday night at 11:45, Tillis tweeted, “Reid/Hagan’s sketch ads in NC: DESPERATION. Bright side: NC gets $6+ million in our economy. Thanks Harry. #ncsen.” It took me...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 1, 2014 | 2014 Elections, NC Politics, US Senate
You have to hand it to Paul Stam, the fellow is blunt. And for once, he’s even right. In endorsing Tillis, he said “those who attack him for lack of conservative credentials are disconnected from reality.” Indeed they are. Stam should know. This man has long been...
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